#52Ancestors – No. 34 – Just A Photo In A Box – Ervin & May King

This post is number 34 in the series of the #52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge where a group of us blog about a different ancestor for each week of the year.  To learn more about the 52 Ancestor Challenge visit Amy Johnson’s site at Amy’s website.

During a scavenger hunt in my sister’s attic, I found a box of photos that originally belong to my grandmother, Olive.  The box was most likely put there after my mom and her sisters cleaned out Olive’s apartment when she went into a nursing home.

I found a couple of photos that had names I didn’t recognize and set about to see if they were related.  There were a set of photos that named three Roll sisters and one identifying two children as Ewin and May King.  My great  grandfather Ollie C. Roll had four sisters.  Researching marriage records for my great aunts, I found that Addie (Ada) Yvonne Roll married a man named Ewin O. King.

Both Ewin, Sr and Addie died in their early forties.  They had three children, Ewin, Jr., born 1912; Mae (May), born 1913; and a son James, born 1921.  The children looked to be about five and four years old in this photo.  There is no date on the photo.  Based on the approximate ages, I would say the photo was taken between 1917-1918.

A Photo in a Box

A Photo in a Box

Ewin, Jr; served in WWII and married Jeslyn Fiddler of Chicago, IL.  They ended up living in Casper, Wyoming. I was not able to find information on Mae or James King.

 

 

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