Marjorie was born on August 10, 1914, and passed away on February 20, 1983. She was married to John Raymond Delemarre, who served in the 70th Battalion Seabees in World War II. In November of 1944, Marjorie gave birth to their son, John Kenneth Delemarre. The photo is undated - my best guess is that she was 18 or 19 when this was taken.
Portrait photographs and paintings of our loved ones and ancestors.
Before photos we had paintings of family members - most usually these were reserved for the well off. The era of modern photography began with the daguerreotype, in 1839. Since the advent of photogr...
The 1930's were a decade of severe stress: the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, the rise of Nazism. But it was also the end of Prohibition, the beginning of the change of land management (poor farm ...