Photo of the Week – Mirota Sisters . . . Kindred Hearts

Here in this charming photograph, sisters Mary and Genevieve Mirota are getting ready for a dance, practicing a duet. They are posing on the side porch of their home in Readington Township, Hunterdon County, NJ. Mary is wearing the breeches and Genevieve the pretty dress. Genevieve Mirota (1909-1978) was almost four years older than her … Continue reading Photo of the Week – Mirota Sisters . . . Kindred Hearts

Photo of the Week – Sarah Ophelia Barnes, née Rose, of Grantham Township, NC

This beautiful portrait of Sarah Ophelia Rose Barnes (1863-1936) came to us from a second cousin, Betsy Coleman. It was taken in Goldsboro, Wayne County, North Carolina at the A.O. Clement Photography Studio.  The family thinks it was taken around the time Ophelia's daughter, Bessie Pauline, married Thomas W. Coleman in 1910.  One way to … Continue reading Photo of the Week – Sarah Ophelia Barnes, née Rose, of Grantham Township, NC