A photo of Paul W. Snickers and Elsie E. Snickers, husband and wife. They had been married one year when this photo was taken. It may have been taken in Worcester where they lived then or in Auburn where my father's mother Christine lived.
Elsie E Snickers of Worcester, Worcester County, MA was born on October 12, 1923 in Worcester to Greta (Jutile) Sundstrom and Axel E. Sundstrom. She had siblings Ero A. Sundstrom and Ernest Sundstrom. She married Paul W. Snickers, and had a child Virginia P. Caputo. Elsie Snickers died at age 85 years old on October 2, 2009 in Westborough.
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...
Coming out of the Great Depression, the world faced another challenge in the 1940's: World War II. Although the war began in the 1930's, it expanded and gained in ferocity (and atrocities) in the 194...
My maiden name is Virginia Paula Snickers. I was born and grew up in Worcester, Massachusetts. My grandmother's maiden name was Jutila. I believe that my father's parents immigrated to the U.S. from Finland. My mother's parents also immigrated from Finland.