Bertha Chew, mother of young Bill, her son, in the backyard of her mother-in-law, Bessie Richards Parker.. |
.Bessie Richards, grandmother of young Bill. Bessie had four or five sisters, one was Bella who lived in St. Thomas, Ontario |
Young Bill, my mother's older brother who died when still a child. |
Young Bill. We always heard that Bill had a childhood illness and that my grandparents called for their family doctor, but the doctor never arrived, he was drunk. |