Beyond Fiction

Well, I almost forgot to post this before I shut off my Internet tomorrow. This is one of those pictures that you wonder about posting. Is it right to post this or will someone ask why I would want to do this? The simple fact is that we can’t choose who is in our family tree, we can only research and report what we find.

This is a picture of my maternal grandfather’s 3rd wife, Mary Jane Hayner. He married her shortly after his second wife died. If you were to look at his situation you might be able to realize that he just felt he had to have someone to help with all those children! She was like 18 (or younger) and he was about 47. Of course, when he found her with some of the younger boys he was quick to divorce her, or at least that is how I have heard it. He did have one child with her and I have been able to find him and set up a meeting between him and my youngest uncle.

Anyways, to cut this story short, I was very surprised when I was allowed to take a photo album home and scan it and found this picture inside. I guess after hearing all the stories that my mother’s siblings told about her I would have never guessed that they would still have a picture of her.

Today, I share that picture and my little story with you all!

Have a great weekend,

Ken