Sunday, May 16, 2010

My great-aunt writes...


"Dear Family, here is a picture of Stevan and Grandma Topsy Olds and Yumma Benedict and 4 Navy WAVES, 18 March 1945, in Woodside, MD not long before Yumma was his date graduation week at West Point. - Margaret/Sis"

Ruth Mary "Yumma" Benedict was my grandma; she's the one in front in the cardigan. May "Topsy" Olds was my great-great grandmother, Yumma's grandma. The dashing Stevan was her cousin.

-Sadie "Sadie" Stein
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 17, 2010 at 2:06 PM

    Hah! Oh WASPy nicknames...The older women on the WASP side of my family all have nicknames such as "Whiffie" and "Kaki"...the South American side, not so much...

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  2. Sadie Stein BlogMay 17, 2010 at 2:50 PM

    @Anon - yes, also notably absent from my dad's side! My mom, however, is "Flossie."

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 23, 2021 at 9:33 PM

    Hmm Topsy is mt second great grandmother on my moms side. Steven is my moms cousin. Grandmother is Katherine, My mother Marietta. I am David.. Small world.

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