My Grandparents on my Dad's side were both "bonus babies", kids who were born to much older parents, long after they expected to have children.
My Grandfather was born in the area of Termini Immerse, Sicily in 1885; he arrived in the US as a toddler in 1887 in the company of the lady shown above: his older sister, and her husband.
We don't know if his parents made the journey to America. Maybe his mother did.
So the photo shows Bernadette, who raised my Grandfather along with her own children.
She was about 20 when my GF was born, so that means my Great Aunt was born about 1865.
She passed away about 1926--my Dad likely did not remember much about her--and is buried in one of the cemeteries west of Chicago, along with her husband, a young daughter who died young. And a mysterious, unmarked grave nearby of Anna Battaglia, who may be her (and my GF's) mother.
