The Owens Connection - continued

In the photo collection of Mary Merritt, there were a couple more pictures of John Robert Owens, also known as Bob Owens.  These 2 pictures were on a page in the album where several of the pictures seemed to all have been taken in 1940, probably around Massena.  The picture below had written under it, and I cropped the picture so the writing could be seen, "Glenn, Leta, and Bob 1940."

There were a couple other pictures on this same page taken in front of that big tree.  Since I haven't yet located a marriage record on Glenn and Leta, I don't know if they were married at this time.  There are newspaper records showing that Glenn Tilden and Leta Owens were visiting some relatives of Leta's, and the listing of the names shows they were indeed not yet married.  There is no intent to make an issue of the marriage, just being genealogically transparent in admitting that I do not yet have the date or place of marriage.

The picture below I have shared before, believing now that I know all the men on the back row, although still working on verification.  From left to right they are Donald Merritt, Glenn Tilden, Bert or Albert Smith, Otis Tilden, and Bob or John Robert Owens. Bob would have been about 16 in both of these pictures.  On the bottom row for the ladies, I do know that the 2nd from the left is Leta Remarque Owens Tilden and next to her is Mary Merritt.  I don't know the name of the baby she is holding at this time.  The next lady is Doris Smith, one of Albert Smith's daughters.  That identification comes from another picture taken in 1940.

Smith and Tilden family 1940