A note from my great-grandmother

This weekend I was going through a box of old papers and photos that belonged to my mother, going down memory lane with the family. I always say it's important to take a lot of pictures, so we don't forget, but now in my fifties, I believe it's equally as important to label the pictures with dates, places, and people because even though we have photos, there are so many pictures of people and places I don't recognize and with all our pictures being digital now, I wonder how many people are labeling their galleries. I know I'm not!

Well, there were many treasures in that old box - old postcards, letters, autographs, and lots of pictures, but one stood out and touched my heart. It was an envelope addressed to my parents, postmarked May 1979, from Santa Ana, California. It was from my mother's maternal grandmother, Delaphine "Mary" (Decker) Dickinson. Her husband, Rev. William Henry Dickinson, had died the year prior and she was visiting with her son, my mom's Uncle Bob Dickinson, in California. Enclosed was a two page hand-written letter filling my mother in on her recent travels, and with the letter was a small card on transparent vellum paper with flowers painted on one flap and a message written on the other. Since it is becoming faded, I scanned it for preservation.

"Keep on learning Bible verses. Grandma"

Delaphina Decker, changed her name to Mary D. Dickinson when she married Rev. William H. Dickinson, in 1925. Together they raised eight children, most of whom lived to old age. You can see a short video about her, complete with photos on YouTube here.

Learn more about this line of my family here.

If you're related to W. H. and Mary Dickinson, connect your branches on Wikitree!

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