Lucy H. Ogle Moore was my great-great-grandmother. In 1911, her family had a picnic at the local park, commemorating it with a group photo that made it into the local newspaper.
Somewhere in that photograph is my grandmother, Susan L. Todd, age 6.
Mrs. Moore’s twenty-three other grandchildren at the time include:
- Frank A. Todd, age 18
- John A. Todd, age 16
- Clayton M. Todd, age 14
- Honour Todd, age 9
- James Todd, age 8
- Elizabeth M. Todd, age 4
- Olivia R. Todd, age 2
- Margaret A. Todd, age 1
- Benjamin M. Moore, age 11
- Elsie Knabb, age 12
- Flenard Knabb, age 4
- William Knabb, age 3
- Margaret Knabb, age 0 (born Dec 1910)
- Clara Moore, age 14
- Frederick Moore, age 7
- George Tazel, age 7
- Martha Tazel, age 5
- Anna Wood, age 5
- Isadore Wood, age 2
- Clara Ulery, age 4
- Dorothy M. Coulter, age 5
- Robert I. Coulter, age 3
- Edna E. Coulter, age 1
Ages are approximate for most of those listed. I am missing at least three names. Except for the Todds whom I have a good handle on, there may be some listed who passed before 1911, so I may be missing more than three. (edited 16 Jul 2013. I found Lucy’s other three grandchildren (the Coulters) and have added them to the bottom of the list.)
I only count twenty-one children in the photo. I’m not sure that I see any older teens, so Frank and John Todd may be two of the ones missing from the photograph. Or maybe the headline is wrong and there were only twenty-one present.
Perhaps there are some Moore cousins out there who can fill in the blanks.