Thank you so much for all your suggestions and enhanced photo’s, they really are lovely.
Whilst it may look like the photo was taken in a ‘barn’, the striped background came from the photocopier rollers. Photocopiers were fairly new when this was taken, so I’m not surprised it’s of poor quality compared with modern times.
I have to admit, I feel a little embarrassed now at asking questions I could have easily answered with a bit of effort. Since posting, I have done a bit of research on this family branch, and have discovered the following. The youngest child, sat on the girl’s knee, was born in January 1915, the little girl was born in January 1914, and the boy standing was born in May1912.
As suggested, the Father would have been away (at war) when this was taken, as he never actually got to see his youngest son. The Father was killed at the beginning of June 1915, making his youngest son five months old. Now looking at the photo, I would say that the youngest is probably nearer one year old, but have to say, I’m not very good at guessing ages. so I would say that the photo was taken after the Father’s death - my next question is, who are the two older girls - they must have been included for a reason.
The Father of this group had four younger sisters, and I am wondering if the two girls were related to him, hence why they were included. They are as follows.
Ada 1891 - 24 at time of photo
Alice 1894 - 21 at time of photo
Gertrude 1897 - 18 at time of photo
Ann aka Annie 1906 - 9 at time of photo
Whilst the oldest girl seems to fit with Gertrude, aged 18, the one stood at the back looks to be a bit older than 9/10 say.
There are no females on Grandma Burgess’ side, so that rules that out.
Any suggestions would be gratefully received, and many thanks again for your input and enhanced photo.
Sally
