Charlie, Monnie and Leo

Charlie, Monnie and Leo
Originally uploaded by Zama Ree Do.

This blog is to honor this mother and two sons. Leo and Charlie had just finished painting Monnie's house in Aurora and posed in their work clothes for this picture. Papa Dorr had passed away several years earlier. The boys were taking care of their mom.

James Dorr Bickford, James Charles Bickford, and James Samuel Bickford, 3 generations

James Dorr Bickford, James Charles Bickford, and James Samuel Bickford, 3 generations
Originally uploaded by Zama Ree Do.

This is the beginning of the Bickford lineage in this blog. This three generation portrait starts with the man on the right, known as J.S. Bickford, his son, James Dorr, and grandson, Charlie.

Young family of James Dorr and Nellie Bickford and Leo Blaine Bickford

Young family of James Dorr and Nellie Bickford and Leo Blaine Bickford
Originally uploaded by Zama Ree Do.

Outside their farm house North of Aurora before flash photography, Dorr, Leo and Nellie.

Lillian Pillard Larsen

Lillian Pillard Larsen
Originally uploaded by Zama Ree Do.

Young Lillian Larsen before she married Charlie.

Charlie Bickford 1938

Charlie Bickford 1938
Originally uploaded by Zama Ree Do.

By the Model A Ford, young Charlie has his portrait taken on the farm about 1937.

Evans, Bickfords and Barnetts

Evans, Bickfords and Barnetts
Originally uploaded by Zama Ree Do.

Aunt Jenny, Uncle Ralph Evans and wife May, son Daryl, Betty June, J.D. Jr, and Papa Dorr in the front row. Claribel and Sam Burt on the porch with Lillian Bickford holding Ella Mae. You can hardly see Monnie (top center) who is behind Claribel on the porch.