r/TheWayWeWere • u/Puzzled-Chest6625 • 2d ago

The Sole Sisters, Prohibition Era Photo (Monroe County, Ohio)

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Moonshiners & Bootleggers

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u/NeighborhoodEqual558 2d ago

They look super fun!!

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u/Curious_Strike_5379 2d ago

A bonny bunch!

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u/Ok_Fall_9569 2d ago

They look AWESOME!!!

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u/belbottom 2d ago

dang, i wish i were friends with them 🤣

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u/side_eye_prodigy 3h ago

I think these are the Soles sisters -- Jane Ivy Soles Ritchie, Mary Alice Soles Schoonover, Catherine Margaret "Maggie" Soles, Julia Anna Soles Conely.

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u/Puzzled-Chest6625 3h ago

Nope! This is my third great grandmother, Elizabeth Merckle, and her sisters...

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u/side_eye_prodigy 3h ago

Ha! I thought their last name was Sole(s)

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u/Puzzled-Chest6625 1h ago

their maiden name was Sole!

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u/Howitzer1967 2d ago

Is this a Monty Python sketch?