Oops! Maybe MD, not Britta

I collected all the photos of Britta and Mary Drucilla in one place, edited them to a similar size and shape, and compared them. The comparison leads me to believe that the woman my ggrandmother Lizzie gazes so lovingly at in the original is her own mother Mary Drucilla McGuire Edins. 

The pictures are below. What do you think?

Young Britta

Britta about 75

Older Britta--Label on photo is "Granny Flynn."

This has been identified as Mary Drucilla McGuire Eddins, age about 52

This photo is labeled "Mary Drucilla, Grandmother Edins."

Guess who???

A new picture of Britta. I think.

I just got back from my annual trip to AL. My aunt was kind enough to give me lots and lots of family pictures, many of which I plan to post here in the coming weeks. 

The most important thing she gave me was her mother—my grandmother's—photo album from the period 1918 - 1922. There are many pictures I'd never seen before. One in particular leapt out at me because I believe it is a picture that includes Britta Ann Green McGuire Flynn among the faces. Here's the picture:

The woman in the middle with her head turned is my great-grandmother Lizzie. I believe the next woman on the right (Lizzie's left) is Britta Ann Green McGuire Flynn. Britta was Lizzie's grandmother. 

The photo's position in the album seems to put it in 1919 or before. The next or so album page says "1919," and the pages are in their original position (i.e., not cut out or reattached).

The woman in question could not have been Mary Ann Jones, who at one time lived with Lizzie. Mary Ann died in 1914. The woman could be Mary Drucilla McGuire, Lizzie's mother, who was alive in 1919; Mary Drucilla died in 1928. But if you compare this person to the one picture we have of Mary D., it doesn't look like her. The face is too thin. 

However, it does look like Britta, who always wore her hair parted down the middle. Who wore a similar black dress in the best picture we have of her. Who was alive during the spring and summer of 1919. Who was thin like this woman. 

I'll continue to study the picture and album to see if it yields any more clues. I can't prove yet that this is Britta, but I sure think it is.