Mary Imelda Holden, born in Moate, County Westmeath, Ireland in 1928, moved to the United States when she was 18-years-old. She had two Aunts living in Pittsburg, Kansas, so journeyed there with her sister, Ursula, after arriving at the famous Ellis Island. This picture, taken before she left her home country, depicts my Grandmother as she looked when she was just a year or so younger than me. And interestingly, all of these years later, I will be tracing her path in the opposite direction at nearly the same age.
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