Granny Jessie and Little Elsie's Special Connection

Grandma Jessie Rae Munce holds her baby granddaughter Elsie Louise Munce (later Caraway)

Born to parents Bill and El Munce at home on April 15, 1913 in Oakland, California, little Elsie Louise Munce became the apple of her grandmother Jessie's eye. Little Elsie's father, Bill, wrote:

"Little Elsie was a red, rosy package when she arrived, and I can still hear my mother singing, crying, and praying as she was giving Elsie her first bath. Mother never got through telling folks of her granddaughter's big blue eyes and ready grin. She was the proudest Granny in town and was happiest when she had Elsie in her arms and was singing some of the old Scottish lullabies."

Grandma Jessie Rae Munce holds a slightly older Elsie Louise Munce (later Caraway)