Matilda Merkley's Grandchildren

(Update, 2/17/2020) Matilda Merkley's Grandchildren. My Grandmother, Hester Zach-Merkley is a young girl about the same age in most of these pictures. This should help determine the approximate "Year".

Group #1: Year abt 1921

(Left to Right) Elaine, ?, Ferne, ?, Hester, Dora Belle, ?, "Demps" (Edgar)

Group #2: Year ?

(Left to Right) Standing: Elaine holding Alta, ?, Everil. Sitting: ?, Ferne, ?, Hester, Dora Belle, ?

Hester Zach-Merkley (JG) and Dora Belle Merkley (JG, JA). *same year as Group #2

Hester is one year older than Dora Belle. Hester Zach-Merkley is my (Jody Gray) Maternal Grandmother. Note: as a child, she is normally seen with a ponytail on top with a big bow. 

Group #3: Year? Creative photo, looks like the boat is floating in mid-air!

(Left to Right) Hester Zach-Merkley; ? (same girl as in Group #1, next to Elaine?); ?; Wilma Merkley; ? (mother of the other children?); "Demps" Merkley; Linda C. Zach-Merkley (JG). Linda Clara Zach-Merkley is my Great-Grandmother, I was fortunate to have grown-up with her! She loved hats.

Group #4: Year ? 

(Left to Right) Back Row: Linda C Merkley; ?; (in front of Linda C): Hester Zach-Merkley and Wilma Merkley; (in buggy) "Demps" Merkley; (right side of buggy) ?; ? Note: the woman (on the Right) and the two children in front of her look like the same ones in the previous "Suspended" Boat Photo, Group #3

Hester Zach-Merkley (Big Bow) and ?

Group #6: Year, abt 1921

(Left to Right) Back: ?; ?; Hester Zach-Merkley; ?; ?;

Middle: ?; ?; Wilma Merkley; ?;

Front: "Demps" Merkley

In the Buggy: Year ?

Standing next to the buggy ?

In the buggy (Left to Right):Minnie Bell Larson-Merkley, Dora Belle; Linda Clara Zach-Merkley, Hester Marie