Birthday Celebration

Here is a photo of a family celebration for my first birthday. I assume my mother took the picture since she is not in it and I’m sure she would have been there. *smile* The party would have been in October 1957. I love looking at these old photos.

From left to right…Ida Amelia (White) Ash (my maternal great grandmother), Myra (Middleton) Barton (my paternal grandmother), Marion (Middleton) Ash (my aunt), David Barton (my father) holding me, John Barton (my uncle, my fathers’ brother), Jim Ash (my uncle, my mothers’ brother) holding my cousin Donna, Jack Barton (my paternal grandfather) and in the forefront is Bob Ash (my cousin, son of Marion and Jim). At first, I was not sure where this photo was taken until a couple of relatives told me that it was my paternal grandparents' house. Of course it was, my parents and I lived there until we moved into our new house in Richmond Hill in 1958.