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Robson family, Edmonton AB, 1916
How often do you see a photo from this era that's not posed?
The tall man on the right is my great grandfather Asa Wingate Robson (who died in the 1918 flu epidemic). My great grandmother Ambrozine Almeda is the woman in the darker dress, the taller boy is John Wingate, and the small boy is my grandfather Charles Asa. We don't know who the other folks are.
Taken in Edmonton in 1916 in the backyard of their home 10147 - 114 St.
Notice that there seems to be a person watching from the window of the house in the background on the left.
Correction on identification of the two boys
I was delighted to come across this photo on the Internet. John Wingate Robson was my father and Charles Asa was my uncle. I think the identification of the two of them is mixed up in the caption. Charles was the older son, John the younger. In the summer of 1916 John would have been 5 years old.
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