Christmas 1916

Merry Christmas!  Christmas is a time for creating memories.

Here is a photo from 1915 of my grandmother Margaret Upton (the baby) with her parents in the back row, and her paternal grandparents in the front row.  The happy grandparents journeyed out by train from Pennsylvania to see the new baby born in Oregon.

The next year Nellie (Ellen) Carter Upton, the grandmother, sent a Christmas card to her son and daughter-in-law ending it with kisses to her young grand-daughter.

103 years ago...

Christmas Card 1916

This post card has a Garland, PA postmark of Dec 23 2pm 1916.  It was written by Ellen (Nellie) Carter Upton, the mother of Otto D. Upton. She sent it to her son and daughter-in-law, Elsie Greenwell Upton, and her young grand daughter, Margaret Upton.  I've transcribed it as accurately as possible - Nellie was not a big believer in punctuation!

To:

"Mr & Mrs Otto Upton

Portland Oregon

c/o Gen. Del.

Dec 1916

To our loved ones

Just a word or two to wish you a Merry Christmas & happy New Year I hope you are all enjoying the best of health We are all well but Me & I am a little better but not at My best yet Glad to know you have found such a good place to Move on to hope you will do well on it   it will seem good to you to get settled I bet for you have been so unsettled for a long time  I will write a letter in a sort time  With lots of love to all & kisses for Margaret

from Mother"