I have just come across an envelope with pictures of my Mom’s parents and Grandfather. I am reposting this with the added pictures. I hope you enjoy them.
Mowry Addison Irwin is the only child of Addison Mowry Irwin, who wrote the note to Carrie Snaman.
Mowry Addison Irwin, c. 1914
Marian Edith Irwin, Wedding Picture, c. 1914
My Grandmother came to visit us in Trumbull shortly after my brother and I were born in 1946, and that was the only time she came. My Grandfather passed away before I was a year old.
Marian Edith (Rider) Irwin and Mowry Addison Irwin, November 14, 1943
Mowry Addison Irwin and Marian Edith (Rider) Irwin, Marian Dunlap (Irwin) Guion and Alfred Peabody Guion November 14, 1943, my Dad and Mom’s wedding day, in her parent’s backyard in Orinda, CA
Marian Dunlap Irwin, c. 1915
Marian Dunlap Irwin and Homer Addison Irwin, c. 1918
The following is taken from a letter I received from my Mom’s sister, Margaret Edith (Irwin) Mitchell Sedberry, She told me it was from a death notice in a California newspaper dated May 10, 1947.
Mowry Addison Irwin was a prominent Civic leader of Orinda, California. A resident of Berkeley for 10 years. Mr. Irwin and his family moved to Orinda seven years ago. He was President last year and a Director this year of the Orinda Association and was instrumental in helping to start the Orinda News, a community newspaper. He was employed by the Westinghouse Wholesale Sales Co.
Tomorrow I will begin a week of letters written in 1940. Lad is still in Venezuela and Dan and Ced have been in Anchorage, Alaska, for about a month.
Judy Guion
"Greatest Generation" Life Lessons 