FOUR GENERATIONS OF THE EFFORD/PORTER FAMILIES
B/W studio photo. Mary-Anne Porter, a white- haired lady in a black, long-sleeved frock with pendant attached to a black ribbon, is sitting with her hand to her face and her elbow on a small table. Her daughter Ruth Jane Efford (nee Porter) is standing at the back. She has short dark hair and is wearing a jacket with collar and long revers, necklace and brooch. Seated beside her is her daughter Ivy Robson (nee Efford) with short dark hair swept to one side. She is wearing a skirt and loose-fitting, long- sleeved jacket with revers and is holding baby Sylvia on a small table. Sylvia Robson, a chubby-faced baby, is wearing a white short-sleeved frock, white bonnet and white booties.
Mary Anne (Polly) Bishop was born on 18 November 1857 in Kingston, Canada. She married William Allen Porter and had 6 children. They lived at 34 Davies Road. Ruth Jane Porter married Charles John Efford in 1900 and had children William Charles Samuel 'Sam' (1903), Mabel Bernice (1908) and Ruth Ivy Margaret Frances (1901). Born in 1901, Ruth Ivy Frances Margaret Efford was the daughter of Ruth Jane and Charles John Efford. She married John Leonard Robson in 1928.
