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Marshall and Vesta Reed and 6 of 8 children

I don't research this family.  If you have any questions, please go to the source link and ask there .  source:  http://www.reedfam.net/OSPictures.html  Marshall and Vesta Reed Family, circa early 1940's.  Children pictured are: Rex, Howard, Irene, Jim, Eleanor, Charles & Maxine. Marshall and Vesta raised over 30 children, including 7 by birth, one adopted, and presumably the rest may have been foster children.

Hindmarch family coming to Canada, from Our Canada magazine

This is from Our Canada Magazine, June-July Issue, 2017, in their feature about immigrants. To read the article/diary, please enlarge the photos by either clicking on each one or if that doesn't work (depending on your browser/settings) right-click and choose "open in new tab," then go to the picture. Then clicking should enlarge it.

Casorso family of the Okanagan Valley, B.C.

Rosa and Giovanni (John) Casorso family with 8 of their 9 children. Source: book: The Casorso Story, A Century of Social History in the Okanagan Valley , by Victor Casorso Rosa and Giovanni (John) Casorso family with 7 of their 9 children. Source: book:  The Casorso Story, A Century of Social History in the Okanagan Valley , by Victor Casorso Also seen in lower quality at:  https://hubpages.com/education/Immigrant-mother-saved-by-the-bell The above link has a very interesting story of Rosa travelling from Italy to B.C. in 1884 with three young children, camping much of the time along the way, following a bell!

Charles A. and Lida Tucker Family with 13 of 14 children

I don't research this family.  If you have any questions, please go to the source link   Source:  https://www.tcpalm.com/story/specialty-publications/your-news/martin-county/reader-submitted/2018/05/16/large-families-martin-county-tuckers-historical-vignettes/617504002/ Taken about 1942.  For more about this family, see the article at the link above.

Census taker gathering information from a large family, 1940

from a US Census news release, as seen at https://dublinlibrary.wordpress.com/2012/03/28/u-s-census-launches-1940-census-web-page/ and other places.

Mochida family awaiting evacuation bus, Hayward, California, 1942.

Source:  https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-ushistory/chapter/social-effects-of-the-war/ Japanese Americans awaiting “relocation,” Dorothea Lange, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, May 8, 1942 : Hayward, California. Members of the Mochida family awaiting evacuation bus. Identification tags are used to aid in keeping the family unit intact during all phases of evacuation. Mochida operated a nursery and five greenhouses on a two-acre site in Eden Township. He raised snapdragons and sweet peas. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.

Getty Image of Dorothy Langohr and her nine sons

Source:  https://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/news-photo/mrs-dorothy-langohr-introduces-her-newest-son-three-day-old-news-photo/515013500 Dorothy Langohr introduces her newest son, three-day-old Douglas, to his brothers, all eight of them, in their Detroit home. The lineup (from left): Dean, 11; Donald, 10; Richard, 9; Ronald, 8; Robert, 7; Lawrence, 6; Thomas, 4; and Raymond, 2.