Family pictures...

[cleofus1]

fur trapper...uncle walter

my wife's side o the family

[cleofus1]

1. My grandfather Cleofus Ortega

Aztec indian...was a cowboy and a soldier in his youth...



picked fruit and vegetables as a man in California

the man on the left

[Xipe Totec]

10. Very distinguished

I gather he was a soldier in the Mexican Revolution. Which side, Federales, or Revolutionaries?

Half of my family emigrated to California as well.

Thank you for sharing the photo.

[cleofus1]

18. Revolutionaries?

or so the story goes....he was born in 1906...

[Xipe Totec]

20. It looked like the right period for the Mexican Revolution

Of 1910, but at 4 years old would have been a bit too young. Sorry.

So he was a soldier in which armed forces, Mex or US?

And what period?

[cleofus1]

21. mexican

but of course that is about all i know unfortunately....he died in 1972

[cleofus1]

2. Aunt Mary (deceased) Nome AK

[cleofus1]

3. My Wife's Great Grandfather

[cleofus1]

4. brothers and sisters...early 60's

[cleofus1]

5. Maternal Great Aunt...on my moms side

Tempe Arizona sometime in the past
very "americanized"

[cornermouse]

6. Great pictures of a nice looking family.

You're very lucky to have them. And the white dress and shoes in the bottom picture are fascinating. I love to look at old clothes.

[Momgonepostal]

7. Here's a pic with my GGgrandfather in it

He's on the bottom row, 7th from the left, the guy with the white beard, looking straight at the camera, Robert Arthur.

Very interesting to see other people's old photos too!

[cleofus1]

8. great foto!

please feel free to post any old photos...

that oneis just wonderful...love those old style shoes...back in those days there were no such thing as right or left shoes? just joking...but it kind of looks that way...

[Momgonepostal]

9. I don't know, I'm not up on 19th century footwear :-)

If I can figure out my scanner and how to post something from a scanned image, I'll post a few more.

[China_cat]

11. Would you like me to fix this picture for you?

[cleofus1]

12. whome?

yes please!

[China_cat]

17. I went ahead and did it anyway,

figuring I could dump it if you said no.

[cleofus1]

19. thank you sooo much

my wifes family will be flabbergasted!

[cleofus1]

13. try again

[cleofus1]

14. john analoak

eskimo in the army



my wifes uncle

[cleofus1]

15. the wedding

[cleofus1]

16. L.A. 1958

[Cooley Hurd]

22. My Great-Grandfather and Grandfather...

NOTE! This was taken in 1898, LONG AFTER slavery was abolished! My Great-Grandfather is the mustachioed fellow in the middle, my Grandfather is the blurry infant on the porch.