Treasured Greenley photo

This is my most treasured picture from the Greenley collection.  On the back it says, “Grandfather and mother Wm. Greenleys golden wedding anniversary.  Ansel (second from left) took the place of his father.  5 sons and 2 daughters.

If this was a 50^th anniversary picture, then it was taken November 1912. 

In 1912, Ansel would have been 20 years old. (Ellsworth, Ansel’s father, moved his family to New Mexcio in 1908.)  This picture would have been taken in Dubuque County, Iowa.

Seeing my grandfather (Ansel) standing next to his grandfather (William) is so cool.  And this picture told me that Ansel did not get his height from his Greenley genes! (Ansel was around 6 ft 7 in tall)

Other family history notes: William Greenley was a Civil War veteran. I will save the details of his service for another blog entry.

The other people in the picture are not identified on the back.  The only people I know for certain are Ansel, William Greenley and his wife Adeline.  I am presuming the other men are their sons (but could be sons in laws!) and the women are combination of their daughters and daughter-in-laws