The purpose of this post is to show the necklace inherited from my great aunt Neva Smith Walker. She wore it proudly at special functions and family events. This necklace was dear to her because it had belonged or her grandmother, Ginevra Withrow Vorhies. Ginevra was my great great grandmother.
Ginevra "Neva" Mary Small Walker, is pictured above wearing the necklace. I wonder if GGGrandma Vorhies gave it to her because they shared the same name. Neva was apparently named for both of her grandmothers. Her paternal grandmother's name was Mary.
The date on the back of this picture of Ginevra and John M. Vorhies says 1888. Sadly, this picture does not show the necklace.
This picture of my husband and me was taken approximately 100 years after the photo of Ginevra and John M. Vorhies. I am proudly wearing my gggrandmother's necklace.
