May Illingworth, Springfield, VT - June 2, 1917

Uploaded for the Vintage Photos Theme Park theme of: KIDS ON HORSES
My husband's aunt, May Illingworth, who was eleven years older than his mother, Joan.
May always went by the name of "Jill" as an adult.
Her gloomy face is prophetic - she didn't have a very happy life, although she was the apple of her mother's eyes at this point in time.

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Alan Mays ^club

She has nice bows, and I'm surprised by her sidesaddle pose--don't recall seeing that on a kid's photo.

3 years ago.

Deborah Lundbech ^club

Thanks, Alan. Perhaps it was a compromise in order to get her on the horse?
And thanks for noting the big bows - reminding me to post her in the Vintage Enormous Bows group!

3 years ago.

RicksPics ^club

A sad tale, but she's beautifully turned out for her photo.

2 years ago.

Deborah Lundbech ^club

Without getting into it too much, Jill had a troubled life - although whether that had anything to do with the name change I don't know. The other weird thing is that my mother - in - law insisted she had always been Joanne and said she was annoyed that people mistook her for Joan but, in fact, Ada refers to her as Joan up to the end in the diaries. Joanne adamantly denied she had ever been called that.

18 months ago.

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