Jennie was born to Salathiel Richards and Fannie Jones Richards in 1863. She lived in a large family and was used to farm work. She met and married Warriner, they making a home in Washington Territory at Port Angeles. She lived in harsh country, but must have liked it well enough, though her husband, a surveyor, was gone many weeks at a time. She evidently, according to a cousin of my mothers', wrote long letters to Warriner and their eldest daughter, describing life in P.A. with younger daughter Helen.
They moved to Seattle later for the girls sake. Each girl married there. After Warriner died Jennie went to live with Helen, raising my mother alongside her daughter. My mom adored her "Nanny" and I grew up hearing tales of Nanny and her cat Itzy.
Jennie died in 1949, just a year after my birth. It broke my moms' heart that she never knew me. She did, however, get to see my moms' first child and evidently loved her company.
They moved to Seattle later for the girls sake. Each girl married there. After Warriner died Jennie went to live with Helen, raising my mother alongside her daughter. My mom adored her "Nanny" and I grew up hearing tales of Nanny and her cat Itzy.
Jennie died in 1949, just a year after my birth. It broke my moms' heart that she never knew me. She did, however, get to see my moms' first child and evidently loved her company.
Jennie was born to Salathiel Richards and Fannie Jones Richards in 1863. She lived in a large family and was used to farm work. She met and married Warriner, they making a home in Washington Territory at Port Angeles. She lived in harsh country, but must have liked it well enough, though her husband, a surveyor, was gone many weeks at a time. She evidently, according to a cousin of my mothers', wrote long letters to Warriner and their eldest daughter, describing life in P.A. with younger daughter Helen.
They moved to Seattle later for the girls sake. Each girl married there. After Warriner died Jennie went to live with Helen, raising my mother alongside her daughter. My mom adored her "Nanny" and I grew up hearing tales of Nanny and her cat Itzy.
Jennie died in 1949, just a year after my birth. It broke my moms' heart that she never knew me. She did, however, get to see my moms' first child and evidently loved her company.
They moved to Seattle later for the girls sake. Each girl married there. After Warriner died Jennie went to live with Helen, raising my mother alongside her daughter. My mom adored her "Nanny" and I grew up hearing tales of Nanny and her cat Itzy.
Jennie died in 1949, just a year after my birth. It broke my moms' heart that she never knew me. She did, however, get to see my moms' first child and evidently loved her company.
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