{"id":18269,"date":"2015-03-03T03:44:30","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T08:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=18269"},"modified":"2019-11-26T07:13:16","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T12:13:16","slug":"ma-grand-mere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2015\/03\/03\/ma-grand-mere\/","title":{"rendered":"Ma Grand-M\u00e8re"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Rhea\"<\/p>\n

Among the family photos I’ve been sorting through is this beautiful portrait of my grandmother, Rhea Lajeunesse Garceau. From the clothing she’s wearing – it looks to have been taken in the early teens. For a one hundred year old photograph, it was in pretty good shape except for a tone adjustment and a few minor creases. The original scan of the photo is behind the cut.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Among the family photos I’ve been sorting through is this beautiful portrait of my grandmother, Rhea Lajeunesse Garceau. From the clothing she’s wearing – it looks to have been taken in the early teens. 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Another photo of the grandmother I've only heard vague stories about from my father, who was six when she died. I love everything about this photo - the pince-nez, her choker necklaces combined with the pendant, and the way she posed.\u00a0Original scan behind the cut.\u00a0\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/RheaOrig.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":19030,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2015\/06\/16\/joseph-lajeunesse\/","url_meta":{"origin":18269,"position":1},"title":"Joseph LaJeunesse","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"June 16, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The good news is there was writing\u00a0on the back of this photo - Mr. Joseph LaJeunesse, 79 Grover Street, wake tonight. 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Lisa, a woman from my hometown, led me to her family's Facebook page.\u00a0I was able to identify one of the women in the photo as\u00a0Parmelie\u00a0Vertefeuille. 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