Bathing Beauties - 4 generations
Well, I couldn’t find some of the photos I had wanted to use, but I was still able to find enough to show 4 generations of women in my family in their swim wear.
Here is a photo of my great-grandmother, Thelma (Seibert-Osborne) Furry, and her daughter (my grandmother), Jacqueline (Osborne-Furry) Cummings, in 1940:
And a photo of me, Amanda (Stiver) Erickson, and my mom, Pamela (Cummings-Stiver) Kilgore, in 1985. This is from a vacation to our cousin’s house in Indiana:
And another one of me in 1985, age 6, at the local pool. I just had to post it because it made me laugh when I saw it. I was always posing like this. Almost every photo of me between the age of 4 and 10, where I know my photo is being taken, is of me in this same exact pose. My grandmother also actually labeled it “Bathing Beauty”:
And another one just for fun. This is my grandfather Floyd Cummings (husband to Jacqueline Osborne-Furry) in 1947 outside of the family cottage at Portage Lakes, Ohio. I’m assuming that these are swim trunks, but I wouldn’t put it past him to just strip to his skivvies in order to take a dip in the lake:
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This is my entry for the 49th Edition of the Carnival of Genealogy: Swimsuit Edition!
Great entry!!
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June 3rd, 2008 at 2:59 pmGreat pictures! Thanks for sharing!
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June 4th, 2008 at 9:48 amDid you ever notice how everyone wore black bathing suits in the 1940s? What a cute collection of photographs!
Janice
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June 4th, 2008 at 10:51 pmDear Amanda,
I’m one of your cousins and I can’t believe I found your website. (I was doing a vague search for Murphy, Cummings info and BINGO! there your site was!)
First, I was so sorry to hear about your grandma passing. She and your mother taught me how to shave my armpits in Virginia one summer. (That’s a bit I bet you hadn’t heard before!)
Your grandpa and my mother (Eleanor Murphy Bucar) were cousins & great buddies. Her happiest times (I think) were at Portage Lakes. She died year before last. My grandmother (Marjorie Cummings Murphy) was Eleanor’s mom. I’m not sure which of Marge’s siblings connected her to your grandfather Floyd.
Anyway, when I saw your website, I thought it might be interesting to share stories. (I’m currently writing a very fictionalized account about Grandma Marge. (You and I have been EXTRAORDINARILY lucky with the amazing women in our lives. For generations.)
Please! Say hi to your mom for me!!!! I had her email address a couple years ago but… well…
Liz Bucar (BJ/Betty Jean)
“I don’t give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way.” Mark Twain
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Amanda reply on June 12, 2008:
It’s funny that you found me, as I was just talking to Floyd a few weeks ago about your mom. I had found your mom’s obit online and was wondering how she was related to me. I’ve done a lot genealogy work on the Cummings’ side, but I’ve neglected to track quite a few sibling’s info. Coincidentally, I was actually working on some of that today when you posted your comment.
Marge was Floyd’s aunt. Her brother, Edward Cummings, was Floyd’s dad.
I’ll send you an email and we can chat further.
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