Just a little obsessed with ancestors

This beautiful woman was my 2nd great grand aunt Alice Frances Brown, the daughter of a convict, born in NSW in 1857 and died in 1940. That's her in the last blog, on the right in the back row (with dark hair). This photo must have been taken when her hair had turned grey, as I don't think she would have been a bottle blonde! A surprising thing is so many of my ancestors lived till they were in their 80s and 90s, yet that is supposed to be a modern occurrence! Hard physical work and no rubbishy food must have been the reason. She was one of 14 children (including my 2nd great-grandmother).

I have put a large print of the photo on my fridge and her eyes seem to follow me wherever I go.