The Jacobs Side - Ethel and Margaret

I'm going to start with my 'Nana', Ethel Sparrow (Jacobs) MacNeil, whom I've already mentioned a few times, and her older sister, Margaret.

Ethel Sparrow Jacobs

She was born on June 24, 1911 in Portland, Maine

to Walter Randall Jacobs and Ethel Bliss (Sparrow) Jacobs

She married Cecil R. MacNeil on November 7, 1931

and after having 6 children, the couple divorced in the 1970's

She passed away in Freeport, Maine on August 6, 2008

Margaret Eleanor Jacobs

She was born on April 19, 1910 in Portland, Maine

to Walter Randall Jacobs and Ethel Bliss (Sparrow) Jacobs

She married John L. Snider on June 21, 1934

They had 2 boys, William and Charles.

She passed away in Newton, Mass. on February 2, 1998

Although we do have a ton of photos of Ethel and Margaret together, they were not raised together as sisters until Ethel was around 10 years old. Ethel Bliss (Sparrow) Jacobs passed away shortly after Ethel was born, leaving Walter as a single parent. He ended up moving in and staying with his mother-in-law, Martha Ann (Tukey) Sparrow, with Margaret, until he remarried a woman named Bessie Frances Weeks in 1919. After their marriage, Ethel (who was being raised by Walter's sister, Fanny) moved back into the Jacobs home with her father, sister, and new step-mother.

Ethel and Margaret - Growing Up

Ethel Sparrow Jacobs - Circa 1912

Ethel Sparrow and Margaret Eleanor Jacobs at Stroudwater

Ethel Sparrow and Margaret Eleanor Jacobs

Margaret Eleanor, Walter R., and Ethel Sparrow Jacobs

Ethel Sparrow Jacobs, Bessie F. (Weeks) Jacobs,
and Margaret Eleanor Jacobs

Ethel Sparrow and Margaret Eleanor Jacobs

Walter R. Jacobs, Bessie F. (Weeks) Jacobs,
Margaret Eleanor and Ethel Sparrow Jacobs

Ethel Sparrow Jacobs (6th Grade - 1923)

Bessie F. (Weeks) Jacobs, Margaret Eleanor Jacobs,
and Walter R. Jacobs

Margaret Eleanor Jacobs w/ her Family

Margarets husband, John L. Snider,  their son (not sure which one),
and Margaret.

Margaret and son (again, not sure which one).

Margaret with Ethel's children
Franklin and Walter