Pictures from Barb Straub

 1.   Robert Russell Emerson's family

Iva Pearl Emerson's  father was Alfred Emerson b. 1857
Alfred Emerson's father was Robert Russell Emerson b. 1827
Robert Russell married three times:
     1.  md.  Sapphrona Smith b. 1841
     Children:  Martha Sapphrona Emerson b. 1856,  William Emerson b. 1854
     2.  md.  Mariah b. 1841
     Children:  Alfred A. Emerson b. 1858,  Frederick Emerson b. 1860
     3.  md.  Sarah Gould b. 1836 
     Children:  Elmer Emerson b. 1862, Ida A. Emerson b. 1865, Rosa Jane Emerson b. 1867,      
                        Anne Emerson b. 1874


The following pictures are of Alfred's step mother, her children and their spouses, Alfred A. Emerson's step sisters and step in-laws:

Sarah Gould and her daughter Ida A. Emerson Covell  c. 1904

Seated Center:   Children of Damon and Anna Emerson Merrill -
Lawrence Winfield Merrill and Francis Rose Merrill
Seated:  Phoebe Brown Merrill - mother of John D. and Damon C. Merrill,
John D. Merrill, Damon C. Merrill (bow tie), Sarah Gould Emerson - mother of Ida, Anne,
and Rose Emerson.
Standing:  Grace Griffith Merrill - second wife to John D. Merrill,  Ida Emerson Covell,
 Anna Emerson Merrill - wife to Damon C. Merrill.
Picture taken by William Covell about 1904

William Covell - husband to Ida Emerson and Damon C. Merrill - husband to Anna Emerson.

2.  Mary and Esther Dahlgren at the Kendall Oil Refinery in the 1940s:

Esther Dahlgren first on bottom row  and Mary Dahlgren fifth on the bottom row.