John Albert Billings
(My great-grandfather)
1856-1932

1921 Ariel Watson Billings holds her baby, Ariel. The older couple is Minerva Smith Billings and  John Albert Billings. Minerva is John's second wife. Emma Brommel Billings died in 1912.  Ila Maxine is the young girl, she is the daughter of John Albert's son William and his first wife.

1921 John Albert, Ariel Watson Billings an unknown man who is related to John Albert. My guess is Shedrick Billing(s) whom I believe to be his first cousin.  Bottom row: unknown girl, Ila Maxine, baby Ariel and Horace Holroyd Watson (Ariel Watson Billings's brother). [I have since found that John Albert's father (Edward) was probably married to a woman named Eliza Cowling before emigrating to Canada and marrying Eleanor Foote. Eliza and Edward were Shedrick's parents; thus, Shedrick and John Albert were half brothers. However, I still don't know if Shedrick is the man with the mutton chop sideburns.

1921 John Albert again, with the man whom I believe to be Shedrick Billing(s), his first half brother.