TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: Photos Pasadena Daughter: Children of Merwyn McKay Bergquist

Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Photos Pasadena Daughter: Children of Merwyn McKay Bergquist

L-r: Merwyn and her mother Blanche

In an earlier blog I mentioned that I'm working on a Power Point Presentation about my mother-in-law, Merwyn McKay Bergquist, who passed away last February 8, 2017.

I'm sharing pictures of her as a young mother and of her six children. She had her twins in 1942, and her youngest child in 1964. (In 1942, World War II was going on; in 1964, the Civil Rights Movement was happening.)

The pictures above were taken in the 1940s, and the pictures below were taken in the 1960s.

The following are pictures of Merwyn her second husband, Oscar Albin Bergquist, Jr.. I especially love the black and white picture below, taken after they got married.

I'm still working on my presentation and have more pictures to share, so stay tuned.

Tags: #MerwynBergquist, Pasadena, family, California, women

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Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard's official website is ceciliabrainarddotcom. She is the award-winning author and editor of 22 books, including When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, The Newspaper Widow, Magdalena, Selected Stories, Vigan and Other Stories, and more. She edited Growing Up Filipino 1, 2, & 3, Fiction by Filipinos in America, Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America, and other books.. Her work has been translated into Finnish and Turkish; and many of her stories and articles have been widely anthologized. Cecilia has received many awards, including a California Arts Council Fellowship in Fiction, a Brody Arts Fund Award, a Special Recognition Award for her work dealing with Asian American youths, as well as a Certificate of Recognition from the California State Senate, 21st District, and the Outstanding Individual Award from her birth city, Cebu, Philippines. She has lectured and performed at UCLA, USC, University of Connecticut, University of the Philippines, PEN, Shakespeare & Company in Paris, and many others. She has served in the Board of literary arts groups such as PEN, PAWWA (Pacific Asian American Writers West), among others.