tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5884373958400377554.post8915365514493231789..comments2015-08-17T14:22:24.232-07:00Comments on The Ancestor Photo Box: J is for Mollie JarvisAnn Hindshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15299824476212373310noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5884373958400377554.post-35307927008469389072015-04-11T14:51:17.384-07:002015-04-11T14:51:17.384-07:00I'm glad she went on to marry someone closer t...I'm glad she went on to marry someone closer to her own age and have a family. She looks kind of shell shocked in the photo. If he had daughter's 24 years older than she was, he didn't really need a wife to look after the kids, doesn't seem like.Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06413795611563683135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5884373958400377554.post-28482646710594310802015-04-11T10:45:55.246-07:002015-04-11T10:45:55.246-07:00OMG-That poor girl to have to marry someone that o...OMG-That poor girl to have to marry someone that old but that is what happened back then to make sure the girl would not become a spinster or have a place to live. My grandfather's wife(my grandmom) died in 1919. He hired a local girl to care for the remaining children in the home (5 still) and ended up marrying her -he was 48 and she was 24-not as huge a difference as your Mollie but my grandfather was blind-ugh. I hope you can find something. I found my grandmother's death certificate online (ancestry.ca when they had a free weekend). I also found the death certificate of my great grandmother which was neat to seeBirgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.com