Your Ancestors Had Fun, Too | Genealogy Jones and the Lost Crusade

You’ve seen your ancestor sitting there all prim and proper, no smile on their face as the photographer takes their picture.

Mary M. Whitford

[Mary Whitford (Toler)]

You see so many images like that that you forget that your ancestor was a person, too. They loved and hated, laughed and cried…and had fun…off camera and sometimes on!

Here are some photos of some of my ancestors and relatives that show them having fun.

Whitford and Wetherington Portrait — Susie Wetherington, Ira Whitford, Mary Whitford, <br />Biggs Wetherington (seated), Henry (or Mack) Wetherington (standing), Effie Wetherington, and Cora Whitford <br /> getting their picture taken while holding apples.

William Pitt Toler holding a bottle.
He loved his liquor, and wanted to send the boys from the neighborhood fighting in World War II a photo. He substituted a Coke bottle for the liquor bottle.

Toler, Quentin and Ronald — Quentin Toler and his brother Ronald

Stilley, Shade and Joshua — Shade Stilley and his brother Joshua <br /> looking like they got caught doing something

Mary W. Toler smoking cigar as Celia Toler laughs — Mary Whitford Toler smoking a cigar as Celia Stilley Toler laughs

So as you sit looking at stodgy old photos of your ancestors, remember, they were just like you and liked to have fun, too…

…except maybe this lady…

Possible Tuten

[Unknown, possibly a Tuten]

Just kidding, she could probably laugh right along with the rest of us.

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