The Moose, Toots, Skin, and Boots Mystery

Harry and I called are sisters Moose, Toots, Skin, and Boots, and we knew just who was who. But we've been gone these many years, and there may not be anyone left to tell our grandsons now just who was who, and why we called those girls such intriguing names.

"Boots" and "Toots" may not sound so bad to you; but you might just be thinking, "They must have had good reasons for 'Moose' and 'Skin'. I ask you, "Do brothers need 'good reasons' for names for sisters?" Like I mentioned in an earlier post, "Everyone has a story," and each of these girls has one too. Remembered stories are at the very center of family life, for that's how we remember those we loved.

The photo above is thought to be one of our sisters and the fellow she married -- Fanny Ethel Campbell and Alonzo Studebaker. I never told the grandsons if it was or not, and I didn't leave any names on the back of the picture to help 'em out either, but there's something to suggest they may be correct in going with their "gut feelings", and post it. I hear they have ideas of their own how to go about getting confirmation one way or another. Was it Lon and Fanny's 50th Anniversary picture or not? We'll see! Sometimes "gut feelings" are nothing more than indigestion.