Ralph Porter worked for the California Bell Telephone System, there are collectible items in the lot, also some personal family greeting cards etc. His lovely wife Stella Porter was his partner in life. Very nice photo of their 50th wedding Anniversary. Photos of their two daughters. Maxine, the youngest is shown at age 4 1/2 sporting angel wings, and again at age 17 a beautiful young lady. Not sure what year but she was the local Bell Tel Co Lady. Velda is shown as a 1 yr old, and another photo with a large group of women and children.
Family genealogy history 30 Photos and 22 miscellaneous family greeting cards and Pacific Bell items 1925-1929
Ralph Briggs Porter b 03/08/1871 Springfield, MA d 1960,
and Estella Craw Porter b 01/06/1873 San Bernadino, CA d 1951
married November 11,1897 California.
Children:
Velda Juliet Porter b 11/26/1901 (married Charles Everett Coff 06/04/1923) (2 photos)
Maxine Mildred Porter b 03/03/1907 (married James Butters Smart III) (3 Photos)
Ralphs Parents:
Byron Porter 1830-1881, Elizabeth F Clay b 1845-1922 (no photos)
Elizabeth was sister to Jonathan Colby Clay aka "Dad Clay"
See photo Postcard and Poem of Dad
Ralph at 3 1/2, and sister Rose b Nov 26, 1874 at 20 mo, d 1876
:
Estella (Stella) Jessie Craw (3 photos)
Parents:
Charles Jesse Craw b 1835 d 1900 married (1 Photo "Grandpa Craw")
Mary Ellen Packard b 1852 d 1936 (1 photo "Grandma Craw")
Siblings:
Henry Ellsworth Craw
George Clarence Craw (1 photo), Clarence was Fire Chief in Long Beach CA, shown in his uniform.
Mary Musetta Craw
Lloyd Craw
Ivy Alberta Craw
Ernest Theodore Craw
A few distant relative photos are of Jimmie Kinman,
Geraldine Keough and Jean Oderlin.