Another old old photo of the Abrahamsson family. This one discovered by a cousin, going through a box of papers and photos left by his mother.
At first look at this photo I immediately recognized my great grandparents Robert Albin and Anna Karolina Abrahamsson 1&2 . Of course 3 is my grandmother Lydia Abrahamsson, 4 is Anna Abrahamsson and 5 is Hilma Abrahamsson. Albin had taken a few other inclusive family photos and often included Anna's sisters and their families. Time to enlarge this photo on my computer and compare to other photos. 6 is most certainly Anna's younger sister, Anna Susanna. 7 is her older sister, Lena Johanna. Now things got a little more difficult. Of course Albin would include all his children therefore the youngest in the photo must be Tyra. Tyra 8 was born in 1901 and appears no more than 3? So I am moving the date of this photo to 1904. The second smallest little girl is now identified as Märta 9. 10 I believe to be Ester as the next oldest? and the telltale lower jaw. Now, identifing Ruth is more difficult. The young girl to the right of my grandma and the young girl knelling at the far lower right are the only two about the appropriate age.. Both obviously blond and the aunt Ruth I knew was a brunette. However many blond children mature to brunette don't they? I pick 11 for no better reason then her dress matches Esters dress and Anna often dressed her girls in a similiar fashion. No doubt the young boy in front is Seth 12. Gustaf is tougher. I pick the young man 13 for two reasons. The stance is similiar to his father's common stance and the ears, the ears, of course! The rest are cousins obviously but I have to leave their identification to another.
The Abrahamsson family @ 1904. I love the hats!
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