Four Generations In Notable Tahiti Family

THIS interesting photograph shows (second from the left) Mrs. James Norman Hall, wife of the famous American who, with Charles B. Nordhoff, has written so many successful books, mostly about Tahiti and French Oceania. They made their name with “Mutiny” (the story of Captain Bligh) and followed it up with many bestsellers.

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Hall s daughter, mother and grandmother, representing four generations.

The great-grandmother, on the right,

is 86. She originally was Miss Maraea Richmond. Her mother was the first Tahitian to marry a European in Tahiti.

Miss Richmond married Captain Ross, of A. B. Donald and Co. Her daughter (second from the right, now aged 64) married Captain Joseph Winchester.

Mrs. Winchester’s daughter, Miss Sarah Winchester, married Mr. Hall; and on the left of the group is Miss Nancy Ella Hall, aged 12, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

James Norman Hall.

One ma - n b eau tif u i Tahiti, many such interesting and charming family groups.