Robert Stone Woods on the Farm

Dad's grandfather, Robert Stone Woods, sometime in the 1930s. He looks like a character from The Grapes of Wrath. 
 

Paternal Great-Grandmother

According to what's written on the back of this photograph--just one word, "Mother--" this is my paternal great grandmother, mother to William James Woods, grandmother to Robert George Woods, and wife of Robert Stone Woods. This is the only photo I've ever seen of her, and I don't even know her name. It's far too late to ask Dad. 

Based on other photos in close proximity to this one in Granddad's album, I'm going to say this was probably shot in the late summer of 1940, likely near Aylsham, Saskatchewan. 
 

Robert Stone Woods

Here is my great-grandfather, Robert Stone Woods (1857-1939), probably taken in Rocanville, Saskatchewan, sometime in the late 1920s or early 1930s. Great-Granddad was a blacksmith and sired twelve children; his youngest, William James Woods, was dad's father. I didn't retouch this photo very much at all, wanting to preserve the natural sepia tone and other slight imperfections. Why is there a cat sitting on his shoulder? I don't know, but the look works for him.