Louisa Boren Denny (1827-1916) and her sister Mary Ann Boren Denny (1822-1910) married brothers David Thomas Denny (1832-1903) and Arthur Armstrong Denny (1822-1899), respectively. All four were members of the Seattle pioneers known as the Denny Party, 24 white people who settled in Seattle in 1851.
In this image, Louisa poses with her great-great-grandnephew, Rolland Denny Lamping (1907-1980), the great-grandson of Arthur and Mary Ann Denny. Rolland was later a partner at the architectural firm Ayers and Lamping for 40 years.
Caption information source: "Pioneer Women of Seattle," by Dorothea Nordstrand, HistoryLink.org Essay 7540 Caption information source: The Seattle Times, February 4, 1980, page 73.
ID Number: SHS95
Date: Circa 1910
Physical Description: 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard: b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant. Metadata updated as part of a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the Library Services and Technology Act, through the Washington State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State.
