Mongie at home in Connecticutt.

This is a picture of my grandmother “Mongie” as I remember her. She is sitting in their backyard in Connecticutt. 

Mongie was my grandfather’s second wife but she’s the grandmother on my mother’s side that I remember while growing up. Tonight I was trying to find information about her and not having much success. Finally, I just googled her name, or rather as much of it that I knew. I found a whole web page about her and her family! http://www.marthachurchill.com/family/Crans-bio.htm.

Jeanette (left), Wilhelmina, and Peter Crans.

FROM LEFT: Peter Crans; his sister Jeanette Crans; his sister Wilhelmina Crans Curtis; Wilhelmina's baby, William Curtis; proud grandpa, Willem K. Crans, holding the baby; and proud grandma, Francoise Tjaden Crans.

Back row: Wm. Myrl McKindley, a fruit farmer who had just served in the Navy in WW I. Jeanette's sister, Wilhelmina Curtis, who was the Maid of Honor. Right: Peter Crans, the bride's brother, who served as Best Man. The little girl is Frances Curtis.