Coffey Sisters, July 1917

Mary and Abby Coffey, originally uploaded by dtimcarr.

My greatgrandmother Mary and her sister Abby can't be talked into saying 'cheese' for the photographer. These women had come a long way from their birthplace in Kerry, Ireland, to finally settle on the West Side of Chicago. A few months after this picture was taken, Mary's daughter Nora would give birth to my mother. (Meet these ladies upclose.)