A photo of Myrtle Boyd with a killer pout. Myrtle obviously didn't want her picture taken. Check the giant tear on her right cheek!
08/2020 Update:
Sam M* contacted us and believes this to be Myrtle Elvira Boyd who was born in 1898 in Colorado. If the same individual, in November 1920, so 16 years after this photo was taken, Myrtle had a daughter Sarah who was born prematurely and died. In February 1923 Myrtle gave birth to Sam's father Samuel who had type 1 diabetes and Myrtle died soon after from complications of childbirth. Her husband Samuel then dropped Samuel Jr. off with his parents and never remarried.
All sorts of questions come to mind. She looks maybe 7 or 8 years old? I wonder how long into the 20th century she lived, how much of the momentous events she witnessed. What was her life like? A beautiful little ghost from the past, but a silent ghost who is keeping her secrets!
Marlinde Strüwer, als je op de link klikt en daarna ergens links onder de foto bij de Boyd familie dan kom je een stamboom en foto's tegen.. misschien is dit wel van jouw tak van de familie.. ☺️😄
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I am 2nd generation San Jose and have seen a lot of changes in the area while growing up. We used to be known as the "Valley of Heart's Delight" (because the Valley was covered with orchards and there were many canneries to process the food grown here, which shipped all over the US) - now we have adopted the nickname "Capital of Silicon Valley" and Apple, Ebay, Adobe, Netflix, Facebook, and many more tech companies are within a few miles of my current home in San Jose (including AncientFaces). From a small town of 25,000, we have grown to 1 million plus. And when you add in all of the communities surrounding us (for instance, Saratoga, where I attended high school, living a block from our previous Mayor), we are truly one of the big cities in the US. I am so very proud of my hometown. For more information see Kathy - Founder & Content and Community Director My family began AncientFaces because we believe that unique photos and stories that show who people are/were should be shared with the world.
I want to build a place where my son can meet his great-grandparents. My grandmother Marian Joyce (Benning) Kroetch always wanted to meet her great-grandchildren, but she died just a handful of years before my son's birth.
So while she didn't have the opportunity to meet him, at least he will be able to know her.
For more information about what we're building see About AncientFaces. For information on the folks who build and support the community see Daniel - Founder & Creator. My father's side is full blood Sicilian and my mother's side is a combination of Welsh, Scottish, German and a few other European cultures. One of my more colorful (ahem black sheep) family members came over on the Mayflower. He was among the first to be hanged in the New World for a criminal offense he made while onboard the ship.