This is a picture of Marie Mathilde Johannsen with her first husband, Newton William Merchant. The younger male in the back ground is one of their children, Sewell.
One of their children?! Yes, one of them. Newton and Marie were married March 30, 1906. The first of their children was Walter, born March 15, 1906. Little Walter died January 19, 1907. Ernest Sewell was born May 20, 1908 and lived until the ripe old age 89. The next child I know of was a little girl, born July 23, 1914. She only lived a few hours and the cause of death is listed as "affixation" [sic].
Timeframe: Newton died in April of 1930. Since Ernest/Sewell was born in 1908 he is no more then 21. That would place this picture taken in the 1920's.
Where It Fits: Marie Johannsen is the daughter of Julius Johannsen & Caroline Japsen. Newton is the son of Bennett Buhr Merchant & Sarah Ann French. Naturally, Ernest/Sewell is the son of Marie Johannsen & Newton Merchant.
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