Those were the days: The Soares clan, with friends & neighbors

Vintage photographs from the 1930s and beyond from the family of Victor Faria Soares, Sr. and Rose Raymond Soares of Somerset, Mass., my grandparents. These were digitized by my uncle, Arthur Faria Soares, who also provided me with many stories about my family and his experiences growing up. The children of Rose and Victor Sr. were: Victor Jr., Beatrice, Raymond (my father), and Arthur.

Yesterday we saw the men of the family in 1938; today it's the ladies' turn. From left to right, Aunt Alexina, my mémère, Rose Raymond Soares, her daughter, Beatrice, and her sister-in-law, Elizabeth Soares, who is holding her own daughter, Anna. Aunt Alexina was Rose's aunt. She was the sister of my great-grandmother, Celina Trahan Raymond. I did not know anything about her until my Uncle Arthur sent me these photographs. She sounds like an interesting person, and I'll have more to say about her in the future!