Sunday, December 15, 2013

Three Little Hendrixes
(Or Should That Be Hendrices?)

From the steamer trunk.

8a Hendrix
(Click on images to enlarge)
Images courtesy of E.H.


These adorable kids are identified on the back of this unused postcard:

8b Hendrix verso

I believe I've found them in the 1920 Census — which is probably about the time this photo was taken — living in Griffith, Indiana. Their mother had been Ida Rossow, which I suppose explains why their picture ended up in Minnie Rossow Harms' steamer trunk, though I don't understand exactly how Ida and Minnie were related. Ida married Charles Hendrix in 1909 (Indiana Marriage Collection) and by 1920 their children, Jackson, Charles R. [Roy? or Ray?] and Rosemary, were 8, 6 and 5 years old respectively.

We've already seen a photo of their mother in her younger days; she is fourth from the right in the back row here.

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