William Rushmer Curtis family

From Benjamin Kingman Curtis

William Rushmer Curtis and his wife Ella May Canfield wife five of their children. The original was a postcard photograph. The family is standing on their farm in Big Timber, Sweet Grass county, Montana. The girl in ringlets is Ada. The young boy is Reed Josiah. The young girl on the left of Ada is Ina and on her right is Etta. The youngest girl in front is Orpha.

Ella May [Canfield] Curtis and her daughters

Photo was taken in 1920 at the Long Beach Park. The occasion associated with this photograph is unknown, although it was possibly a small family reunion due to the family's move a couple years prior. This photograph was taken about three years after Ella May had moved to Long Beach due to her health problems. The three youngest daughters, Etta, Ina, and Orpha went with their mother. It is unknown when the father, William Rushmer, and the rest of the family joined Ella May and the girls in Long Beach.

Back row: Ina Curtis (holding Rosemary Clifford Brown), Lovantia Curtis Roth, Florence Albertha Curtis Brown, Ella May Canfield Curtis, Ada Curtis, Julia Gar (a friend), and Etta Curtis.

Front row: Orpha Curtis, Ruth Roth (daughter of Lovantia Curtis Roth), Ella Josephine Brown and Florence Gladys Brown (daughters of Florence Albertha Curtis Brown).