Deep Nostalgia: Gertrude Inez (Vandervort) Kenyon, 1872-1910

 

How I wish I had a chance to meet so many of my ancestors.  To ask them questions about their lives, listen to their voices, see what they really looked like outside of a photograph. 

One of those is my Great-grandmother, Gertrude (Vandervort) Kenyon.  Gertrude was born in Monroe County, Wisconsin in 1872, married at age 16 to my great-grandfather, Louis Kenyon.  They had one son born a year after they were married in 1889, my grandfather, Charles Kenyon.  Gertrude died quite young at age 38 of an asthma attack.

Long before the time I knew of Gertrude, there was no one left living in the family who had met her in person and we have very few photos taken of her during her lifetime.

MyHeritage has developed a new technology called "Deep Nostalgia" which animates a still photograph.  Although a new process, it gives us an opportunity that we've never had before.  I used one of the few photographs that we have of Gertrude and Deep Nostalgia gave me a glimpse into what she may have looked like.  My heart really is overflowing.

© Karla Von Fumetti Staudt

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