Margaret O’Toole McDermott, aunt and adoptive mother of Alice’s father William
Margaret O'Toole McDermott, aunt and adoptive mother of Alice's father William
What is happening in the photo?
Margaret (O’Toole) McDermott, sister of Alice’s paternal grandmother Elizabeth O’Toole, married Elizabeth’s husband / Alice’s grandfather Thomas McDermott after Elizabeth died. Two years later Thomas died, so she was a widow raising her sister’s four children, including Alice’s father William. Photo taken on holiday in Palm Beach, Florida, 1945.