I am blessed to have access to many family photos and have many favorites. This is one of them.
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| Photo in my possession received from Dominican Sisters Archives, Adrian, Michigan |
The bridge
is in Adrian, Michigan. Adrian is where Alice would send her daughters for
their education. As early as 1900, her oldest daughter, Mary Elizabeth, age 6,
would appear to be living there in the 1900 census.[1]
Mary was attending St Joseph Academy, where her Uncle Michael Fleming was the
Chaplain.
Over the
years, Alice made many trips to Adrian as five of her daughters attended the
academy and later two of her daughters joined the Sisters of St Dominic.
What was Alice thinking as she stood on that bridge? Was she
wondering what the future held for her family? Was she thinking about her aging
parents left in Ireland? Wishing they could know her children?
I do wonder what she was thinking.
[1] 1900 US Federal Census, Adrian, Lenawee, Michigan; Page: 5;
Enumeration District: 0039; FHL microfilm: 1240725; Ancestry.com. 1900 United
States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations Inc, 2004; Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the
Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National
Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.
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