Thursday, December 15, 2016

19th Century Photograph Album of Ohio Families: Reed, Frasher, Popham, Kuntz, etc.


Note of March 2019: A reader has provided additional information on Thomas Popham and Lydia (Britton) Popham; see their photographs below - the additional information appears in bold.

Nineteenth century photograph album containing cabinet photographs, cartes de visite and tintypes by mostly Ohio studios, with others from Kansas and Pennsylvania.


The predominant surname is Reed from Mt. Vernon, Ohio; Nevada,  Ohio; and Wooster, Ohio.

One caveat:  in one case, the name written on the page did not match up with the name written on the back of the photograph; hopefully that was an anomaly.

The surnames mentioned:

?? [30]GGrice
BBarnesKKuntz [3]
CCainMMcClellan [2]
ColemanPPopham [3]
DD ?RReed ]14]
FFrasher [4]SSnyder

An alphabetical list of people identified in the photographs - some are in more than one - appears at the end of this post.  

Below, four children of S. D. Reed, presumably Squire D. Reed:


Below, Mrs. William Frasher [her name is written faintly at the bottom of the album page].  Could she have been Mary C. (Butcher) Frasher, second wife of William Harrison Frasher?


Below,  facing pages with the cabinet photographs of Thomas Popham and Lydia (Britton) Popham, taken at the Philip Edward Chillman studio of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  They were both natives of Ohio who moved to Philadelphia.  A reader has noted: "Thomas was a doctor and had a patent for a asthmatic medicine called Popham's Asthma Specific."  To see images of a box of the medicine:  https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/pophams-asthma-specific-medicine-435270532

The reader also noted that Thomas and Lydia had a daughter Mary, who died in infancy.  Thomas married again in 1900, to Margaret A. Johnson.





If you have information on any of the people identified above or in the list below, please leave a comment or contact me directly.
  • Cabinet photograph of an unidentified girl; by the Burkholder studio of Mount Vernon, Ohio.  Identical to a photograph of a girl identified as Cleo McClellan
  • Cabinet photograph of an unidentified woman; no studio imprint.
  • Cabinet photograph of an unidentified girl; by the B. W. Drake studio of Butler, Ohio
  • Page has the identification of Squire Fletcher Family but the pocket is empty.  I wonder if Squire was Squire D. Reed.
  • Cabinet photograph of an unidentified young child; no studio imprint.
  • Cabinet photograph of an unidentified young woman; no studio imprint
  • Cabinet photograph of an unidentified boy; no studio imprint
  • Bud N.; cabinet photograph by the Osborne studio of 56 South Market Street, Wooster, Ohio
  • Theodore; Bernard; Mary; cabinet photograph by the Rol. Davis studio of Douglass, Kansas
  • CDV of an unidentified child; no studio imprint
  • Tintype of an unidentified man; no studio imprint
  • Tintype of an unidentified woman; no studio imprint
  • Tintype of an unidentified young man; by the G. S. Carey studio of Mt. Vernon, Ohio
  • Small photograph of an unidentified child; no studio imprint
  •  Small photograph of an unidentified child; no studio imprint
  • Tintype of an unidentified young man; no studio imprint
  • Tintype of an unidentified girl or young woman; no studio imprint
  • CDV of an unidentified young man; no studio imprint
  • Tintype of an unidentified woman; no studio imprint
  • Tintype of an unidentified woman; no studio imprint
  • CDV of an unidentified young man; no studio imprint
  • Tintype of an unidentified young woman; no studio imprint
  • Tintype of an unidentified young woman; no studio imprint
  • CDV of an unidentified man; by the C. D. Walker studio of Bloomville, Ohio
  • CDV of an unidentified boy; no studio imprint
  • Small candid photograph of woman in a sunhat; no studio imprint
  • CDV of an unidentified young man; no studio imprint
  •  Photograph of a young woman; no studio imprint
  • Photograph of an unidentified woman; no studio imprint.  She's wearing a fedora type hat with a feather
  • Tintype of an unidentified young man
B
  • Nan Barnes; cabinet photograph by the Burkholder studio of Mt. Vernon, Ohio
C
  • Aunt Dianna Cain; cabinet photograph by the Burkholder studio of Mt. Vernon, Ohio.  Presumably Dianna S. (Arnold) Cain, wife of James Britton Cain
  • Mr. and Mrs. Charley Coleman; cabinet photograph by the Ward studio of Mount Vernon, Ohio
D
  • Mark D, with ? Reed; tintype with no studio imprint
F
  • Mrs. William Frasher; cabinet photograph by the Miller studio of Mount Vernon, Ohio.  Could she have been Mary C. (Butcher) Frasher (1838-1931), second wife of William Harrison Frasher (1812-1897)?
  • A. J. Frasher; cabinet photograph by the Wark studio of Mt. Vernon, Ohio.  His photograph faces that of Flora Reed, taken at the Ward studio of Mt. Vernon, Ohio.  They were Andrew Jackson Frasher and his future wife Flora Mae Reed.
  • L. C. Frasher or L. C. Trasher; CDV, no studio imprint.  Perhaps Lewis Calvin Frasher
  • A. J. Frasher; tintype; no studio imprint.  Presumably Andrew Jackson Frasher, who married Flora Mae Reed - also shown in this album.
G
  • Ella Grice; cabinet photograph by the Star & Crescent Art Gallery at 137 South Main Street, Mt. Vernon, Ohio.
K
  • Cecila S. Kuntz - not sure of surname.  The page contains identification for Cecilia S. K? but the cabinet photograph is of a woman identified on the reverse as Flora Reed.  No studio imprint
  • Mary Kuntz, with Mona Kuntz; no studio imprint
  • Mona Kuntz, with Mary Kuntz; no studio imprint
M
  • Cleo McLellan; cabinet photograph of young Cleo by the Burkholder studio of Mt. Vernon, Ohio.
  • Cleo McClellan; sadly, the pocket is empty
P
  • Thomas Popham; cabinet photograph by the Philip Edward Chillman studio of 914 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  His photograph is faced by the cabinet photograph of Lydia Popham, also by the Chillman studio.  I believe they were Thomas Popham (1822-1902) and Lydia (Britton) Popham (1826-1895), Ohio natives who moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • Lydia Popham; cabinet photograph by the Philip Edward Chillman studio of 914 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  Her photograph is faced by the cabinet photograph of Thomas Popham, also by the Chillman studio.  I believe they were Lydia (Britton) Popham (1826-1895) and Thomas Popham (1822-1902), Ohio natives who moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • Cabinet photograph of an unidentified man; by the Philip Edward Chillman studio of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  From another photograph by the Chillman studio, I believe the man is Thomas Popham.
R
  • Four children of S. D. Reed; cabinet photograph with no studio imprint; presumably Squire D. Reed
  • J. R. Reed, Jr.; cabinet photograph with no studio imprint
  • Flora Reed; cabinet photograph by the Ward studio of Mt. Vernon, Ohio.  Her photograph faces that of A. J. Frasher, also by the Ward studio.  They were Flora Mae Reed and her future husband Andrew Jackson Frasher.
  • Flora Reed.  The page contains identification for Cecilia S. K? but the cabinet photograph is of a woman identified on the reverse as Flora Reed, who was presumably Flora Mae Reed (1868-1937), younger sister of Lewis Britton Reed and future wife of Andrew Jackson Frasher.  No studio imprint.
  • Mrs. Bell Reed; no studio imprint
  • L. B. Reed' cabinet photograph by the Dunn studio of Nevada, Ohio; presumably Lewis Britton Reed (1867-1925)
  • L. B. Reed and Family; "Taken out doors, not good.  Will do to laugh at".  No studio imprint.  Presumably the family of Lewis Britton Reed
  • Lulu Reed; photograph by the Dunn studio of Main Street, Nevada, Ohio.  Lulu Beatrice Reed, daughter of Lewis Britton Reed and Nellie (Gower) Reed
  • L. B. Reed; tintype of, presumably, Lewis Britton Reed
  • Flora Reed; CDV as a young girl by the Poff & Whissemore studio of Loudonville, Ohio.  Presumably the Flora Mae Reed who became the wife of Andrew Jackson Frasher, whose tintype is in the album
  • ? Reed, with Mark D; tintype with no studio imprint
  • ? Reed; CDV by the Clingan studio at Wooster, Ohio
  • J. R. Reed, Sr., tintype with no studio imprint
  • J. R. Reed, Sr.; tintype, no studio imprint
S
  • Lucy Snyder; cabinet photograph by the Mt. Vernon Art Gallery of Mt. Vernon, Ohio

Tuesday, December 13, 2016

c1870s-1880s Photograph Album of Fredericton, New Brunswick area: Atherton; Barker; Currie; Estey; Hartt; McCausland; etc


Photograph album with cabinet photographs, cartes de visite and tintypes from New Brunswick and Maine, pertaining to related people and their friends and ministers, with surnames consisting of:
AthertonHartt [3]
BarkerHenderson
CampbellKitchen
Case ?Long
ClarkMcCausland [5]
Currie [2]Ross
DunphySanderson
EsteyTrueman
FergusonUrquhart
The album measures approximately 10-1/4" by 8-1/2" and contains 32 photographs, most of them identified on the page they are tucked into and some with added information, such as death dates.  An alphabetical list of the people identified in the album appears at the end of this post.


There are five photographs of people with the surname McCausland, whether birth surname or married name:  Annie McCausland; Charlie McCausland; Ella McCausland - and husband George Henderson; Eva McCausland; and George McCausland.


The next largest group of surnames is Hartt:  Mrs. Hartt; Archie Hartt; and Stella Hartt with Guy Sanderson, tintype shown below.


One of the photographs is a carte de visite of Rev. George Frederick Currie, son of Zebulon Currie and Lavinia (Turney) Currie.  Rev. Currie was born at Fredericton, New Brunswick, in 1844 and died while on a mission to India on July 30, 1886.  His death date is written on the carte de visite.  Read more about Rev. Currie's mission to India here.  

Rev. Currie's photograph shares a page with that of young Edith Currie, who I believe was his niece, daughter of Dr. Thomas Turney Currie.



Unidentified Photos - click on an image to enlarge it - please comment if you recognize any of these people from your family photographs and/or research.


















By the McMurray & Burkhardt studio of Fredericton, New Brunswick





People in the Album, including a few unidentified - many of these people are related by blood or marriage
  • Tintype of unidentified man; no studio imprint
  • Tintype of unidentified boy; no studio imprint
  • Two unidentified woman; cabinet photograph by the McMurray & Burkhardt studio of Queen Street, Fredericton, New Brunswick
  • Three unidentified people; cabinet photograph by the Harvey Art Gallery of 164 Queen Street, Fredericton, New Brunswick
  • Eight unidentified people, presumably siblings; cabinet photograph by the John Harvey studio of Fredericton, New Brunswick
  • Man with young child, presumably his; cabinet photograph by the Soule studio of Presque Isle,  Maine
  • Unidentified man; cabinet photograph by the McColl studio of 7th Street, Brainerd, Minnesota
B
  • Walter Atherton; tintype
  • Ben Atherton; tintype
  • Nettie Barker; inscribed "Sarah with love from Nettie, Aug. 1886"; CDV by the J. Harvey studio of Fredericton, New Brunswick
C
  • Rev. G. M. Campbell; cabinet photograph by the W. A. Mooers studio of Fredericton, New Brunswick
  • Willie C. Case - not sure of surname; "Died March 1874"; CDV by J. P. Tuck studio of Fredericton, New Brunswick
  • Rev. Henry Clark; cabinet photograph by the George W. Schleyer studio of Fredericton, New Brunswick
  • Edith Currie, girl; CDV by the J. P. Tuck studio of Fredericton, New Brunswick.  She may have been the Edith Currie was born in 1855, daughter of Thomas Turney Currie, M.D., a brother to Rev. George Frederick Currie, who may have been the Rev. Fred Currie whose CDV is also in the album.
  • Rev. Fred Currie; CDV by the J. P. Tuck studio of Fredericton, New Brunswick.  Rev. George Frederick Currie, who died as a missionary in India on that date.  He was born in 1844 in New Brunswick, the son of Zebulon Currie and Lavinia (Turney) Currie and was later the stepson of Mary W. (Alford ?) Barker Currie.  Two people named Barker have photographs in the album: Nettie Barker and Annie G. Barker Estey.  Read about Rev. Currie's mission to India here.
D
  • Walter Dunphy; CDV by the George W. Schleyer studio of Queen Street, Fredericton, New Brunswick
E
  • Annie G. Barker Estey with child; CDV by the McMurry & Burkhardt studio of Fredericton, New Brunswick
F
  • Mrs. Ferguson; cabinet photograph by the Davis studio of Presque Isle, Maine; and Caribou, Maine
H
  • Mrs. Hartt; CDV by the McMurray & Burkhardt studio of Queen Street, Fredericton, New Brunswick
  • Archie Hartt; CDV by the J. P. Tuck studio of Fredericton, New Brunswick
  • Stella Hartt, with Guy Sanderson; tintype
  • George Henderson; CDV by the William and James Notman studio of Saint John, New Brunswick, with branches at Montreal, Toronto and Halifax
K
  • Julia Kitchen; CDV by the L. W. Cook studio of Boston, Massachusetts
L
  • "Uncle Frank Long"; cabinet photograph by the W. A. Mooers studio of Fredericton, New Brunswick
M
  • Annie McCausland; CDV by the W. A. Mooers studio of Fredericton, New Brunswick
  • Charlie McCausland; CDV by the George W. Schleyer studio of Fredericton, New Brunswick
  • Ella McCausland Henderson; CDV by W. A. Mooers studio of Fredericton, New Brunswick
  • Eva McCausland; "Died October 1880"; cabinet photograph by the W. A. Mooers studio of Fredericton, New Brunswick
  • George McCausland; CDV by the W. A. Mooers studio of Fredericton, New Brunswick
R
  • Andy Ross; CDV by the Climo studio of German Street, Saint John, New Brunswick
S
  • Guy Sanderson, with Stella Hartt; tintype
T
  • Lou Trueman; cabinet photograph by the Climo studio of Saint John, New Brunswick
U
  • Hannah Atherton Urquhart; tintype
If you have corrections to the information above or can identity any of the unidentified people, please leave a comment or contact me directly.

Sunday, December 11, 2016

19th Century Photograph Album of the Dunphy & Jenkins Families & more of Sebec, Maine and Dover, Maine area


Large photograph album of cabinet photographs, cartes de visite, tintype, newspaper clippings and a memorial card, pertaining to the photogenic Dunphy and Jenkins families of Piscataquis County, Maine.

The surname Dunphy has several variants, including Dunphey, Dumphy, Dumphee, etc.

The album measures approximately 10-1/2" by 8-1/2" by 2" (excluding the puffed covers).  It contains:
  • 41 photographs, several of which depict the same person
  • the obituary of Stephen Garland of Sebec, Maine
  • several newspaper clippings consisting of notices of marriages in 1895 in the Piscataquis County area
  • scrap of paper with handwritten death information of Stephen Garland; Albina S. Garland and Olevia (Garland) Dunphy.
An alphabetical surname list and an alphabetical list of the people identified in the photographs or mentioned in the newspaper clippings appear at the end of this post.

The marriage notices, obituary, handwritten death information, a poem and the tintype of a young girl were found in a handmade envelope tucked between the CDV of an unidentified woman and the memorial card of Mrs. Dorothy Garland, who died March 13, 1890.  The woman in the CDV, taken by the J. T. Morrison studio of Dover, Maine, may have been Dorothy's daughter, Marcia Olevia (Garland) Dunphy.  The little envelope is a treasure.



The first cabinet photo in the album is identified on the album page as Marcia Olevia (Garland) Dunphy, (1842-1895), daughter of Stephen Garland, Jr., and Dorothy Jane (Cook) Garland and wife of Benjamin Franklin Dunphy.    The album contains photographs of her children and grandchildren; one of the unidentified people in the album might have been her husband, Benjamin Franklin Dunphy.



The obituary of Olevia's father, Stephen Garland, Jr., mentions a pond on the Garland farm at Sebec, Maine, which was presumably what is now known as Garland Pond.  See a map of Garland Pond at the end of this post.


Transcription of the obituary above:

Mr. Stephen Garland, a long time resident of Sebec, died at his home in that town Friday, June 8, aged 79 years, 8 months and 13 days.
The deceased was born in New Durham, Strafford county, N.H., where he learned the trade of house carpenter.  He removed to Exeter, Me., in 1833, where he superintended the erection of the elegant and subsantial residence of the late Col. Frank Hill, then thought to be the best in Penobscot county outside of Bangor.  Here he married Miss Dorothy Cook, who had preceded him from his native State.
In 1836 he purchased land in Sebec, moved his family onto the premises, cleared away the rough places and made a home which he enjoyed for fifty-eight years without change.
His wife died in the winter of 1890, and since that to him sad event, his last years were solaced by the society and kindly ministrations of a daughter, Mrs. B. F. Dunphy, in his own household.  A second daughter, Mrs. Francis Parkman of Sebec, with Mrs. Dunphy, are sole survivors of the family.
He leaves no son to pertetuate his name, but that will long live in the beautiful and romantic lakelet covering a part of the farm, which bears it, and fast becoming a favorite quiet resort of veterans of the late war, Sunday School children and others.
Mr. Garland was long known among his townsmen, neighbors and acquaintances as a man of exemplary character in every respect, of the strictest integrity in all his dealings, and enjoying the confidence and respect of all who knew him in a remarkable degree.  A good citizen and upright man has left us.

Several of the identified people in the album are further identified to note their relationship to Olevia's grandson, Elmer Franklin Jenkins, son of Olevia's daughter Lucy E. (Dunphy) Jenkins and William Horatio Jenkins.  It would appear that the album passed on to Lucy, then Elmer and to his descendants before being lost to the family.

Surnames

AAstrom [2]FFrenchLLaddWWellington
BBallGGalushaNNewmanYYerxa
BearceGarland [4]PPlummerYoung
BrockwayGrayPratt [3]
CChaseHHansonSSandberg
CrossHillTTaylor
DDeanIInmanThomas
Dunphy [10]JJenkins [5]


People in the photographs or mentioned in the mementos - 26 people are not identified but the identities of several can be guessed because of their resemblance or placement in the album.
  • Cabinet photograph of unidentified older man; by Chase studio of Foxcroft, Maine
  • Cabinet photograph of unidentified baby; by the Chase studio of Foxcroft, Maine.  Whether significant or not, the baby's photograph faced a photograph of Sarah M. (Dunphy) Pearl, daughter of Benjamin F. Dunphy and Marcia Olevia (Garland) Dunphy and wife of John Pearl.
  • Unidentified middle-aged woman; cabinet photograph by the A. H. Dinsmore studio of Dover, Maine.
  • Unidentified baby; cabinet photograph by the Chase studio of Foxcroft, Maine.  Whether a coincidence or not, the photograph faces one of Lillian Abbie (Mitchell) Jenkins, wife of Charles Sumner Jenkins.  They had at least two children: Leonard Horatio Jenkins and Carrie F. Jenkins.
  • Unidentified man; cabinet photograph by the Chase studio of Foxcroft, Maine.  His photograph, whether coincidence or not, faces a cabinet photograph of Mabel F. Dunphy, who would become the second wife of Julius Everett Parkhurst.  He's wearing a name tag.
  • Unidentified man; cabinet photograph with no studio imprint.
  • CDV of an unidentified middle-aged woman; by the J. T. Morrison studio of Dover, Maine.  The pocket for this CDV and a Memorial card for Mrs. Dorothy Garland, who died March 13, 1890 at the age of 77 have a surprise tucked between them, a little homemade envelope full of clippings of deaths, marriages, etc.  Could this woman be Marcia Olevia (Garland) Dunphy or her sister Miss Albina S. Dunphy?
  • Tintype of an unidentified girl.  Tucked in a homemade envelope with other items relating to the Garland and Dunphy families of Sebec, Maine.  
  • CDV of an unidentified young woman; by the A. W. Ferguson studio of Prescott, Ontario
  • Trade card with the name Elmer on the reverse; presumably Elmer Franklin Jenkins, son of William Horatio Jenkins and Lucy E. (Dunphy) Jenkins
  • CDV of an unidentified young man; by the D. C. Dinsmore studio of Dover, Maine
  • CDV of an unidentified woman; by the D. C. Dinsmore studio of Dover, Maine
  • CDV of an unidentified young child; no studio imprint
  • CDV of a young child; by the D. C. Dinsmore studio of Dover, Maine
  • Cabinet photograph of an unidentified young man; by the B. F. Pollard studio of Dover, Maine
  • Cabinet photograph of a young man; by the Weston studio of Bangor, Maine
  • CDV of an unidentified woman; by the D. C. Dinsmore studio of Dover, Maine
  • Tiny photograph of an unidentified woman reading a book; no studio imprint
  • CDV of an unidentified young child; by the J. T. Morrison studio of Dover, Maine
  • Charley; CDV by the J. T. Morrison studio of Dover, Maine.  He may have been Charles E. Dunphy, son of Benjamin Franklin Dunphy and Marcia Olevia (Garland) Dunphy.
  • CDV of an unidentified woman; no studio imprint
  • CDV of an unidentified young man; by the D. C. Dinsmore studio of Dover, Maine.
  • CDV of an unidentified child; by the Morrison studio of Dover, Maine
  • CDV of an unidentified baby; by the Chase & Linnell studio of Foxcroft, Maine
  • CDV of an unidentified woman; by the J. T. Morrison studio of Dover, Maine
  • CDV of an unidentified middle aged woman; by the Morrison studio of Dover, Maine
A
  • Sophia Jennie Astrom; newspaper clipping noting her 1895 marriage to Peter Hanson; marriage performed at Brownville, Maine, on October 26th by Rev. W. C. Curtis
  • John Astrom; newspaper clipping noting his 1895 marriage to Adela Elizabeth Sandberg; marriage performed at Brownville, Maine on Oct. 26th by Rev. W. C. Curtis.
B
  • Mae A. Ball of Sebec, Maine; newspaper clipping noting her 1895 marriage to Edward R. Ladd of Barnard, Maine; marriage performed in Sebec, Maine, by Rev. C. H. Johonnett
  • Tozy Bearce, wife of Charles Bearce, aged about 70 years.  Tozy was Torsella (Gilbert) Bearce.
  • Mabel D. Brockway of Pittsfield, Maine; newspaper clipping noting her 1895 marriage to William H. Newman; marriage performed in Foxcroft, Maine, by Rev. H. R. Mitchell
C
  • Nathan Chase of Bangor, Maine; newspaper clipping noting his 1895 marriage to Miss Lydia M. Inman of Orono, Maine; marriage performed in Orono, Maine, by Rev. Mr. Robinson.
  • Harvey J. Cross of Sebec, Maine; newspaper clipping noting his 1895 marriage to Florence M. Pratt of Sebec; marriage performed at the F.B. Parsonage at Dover, Maine, on October 23d by Rev. W. L. Nickerson.  A cabinet photograph of Florence M. (Pratt) Cross Scales appears in the album.
D
  • Adams M. Dean of Barnard, Maine; newspaper clipping noting his 1895 marriage to Ella J. Yerxa of Sebec, Maine; marriage performed in Sebec, Maine, by Rev. C.  H. Johonnett
  • Marcia Olevia (Garland) Dunphy, "Olevia", mother of Lucy E. Dunphy (Mrs. William Horatio Jenkins); grandmother of Elmer Franklin Jenkins; great grandmother of Dale E. Jenkins.  Cabinet photograph by the Chase studio of Foxcroft, Maine.
  • Charles E. Dunphy, uncle of Elmer Franklin Jenkins.  Charles was the son of Benjamin F.  Dunphy and Marcia Olevia (Garland) Dunphy and sister of Lucy E. (Dunphy) Jenkins, mother of Elmer Franklin Jenkins.  Cabinet photograph by the Chase studio of Foxcroft, Maine.  Cabinet photograph by the Chase studio of Foxcroft, Maine.
  • Mabel F. (Dunphy) Parkhurst, aunt of Elmer Franklin Jenkins.  She was the daughter of Benjamin F. Dunphy and Marcia Olevia (Garland) Dunphy and sister of Lucy E. (Dunphy) Jenkins, mother of Elmer Franklin Jenkins.  She married J. Everett Parkhurst on September 23, 1903 at Lewiston, Maine.  Cabinet photograph by the Unidentified baby; cabinet photograph by the Chase studio of Foxcroft, Maine.  Whether a coincidence or not, the photograph faces one of Lillian Abbie (Mitchell) Jenkins, wife of Charles Sumner Jenkins.  They had at least two children: Leonard Horatio Jenkins and Carrie F. Jenkins. Chase studio of Foxcroft, Maine.  She appears in another photograph by the Dinsmore studio of Dover, Maine.
  • Sarah M. (Dunphy) Pearl, daughter of Benjamin F. Dunphy and Marcia Olevia (Garland) Dunphy and wife of John Pearl, whom she married on March 24, 1894 at Sebec, Maine.  Maine Marriage Record shows her surname as Dumphee.  Cabinet photograph by Chase studio of Foxcroft, Maine.
  • "Jennie", Mrs. Stephen Dunphey.  She was Jennie E. (Vanidestine) Dunphy, wife of Stephen Andrew Dunphy, who was the son of Benjamin F. Dunphy and Marcia Olevia (Garland) Dunphy.   Cabinet photograph; no studio imprint.  Her photograph faces that of her husband, Stephen Andrew Dunphy.
  • "Stephen Dunphy, uncle of E. F. J.".  He was Stephen Andrew Dunphy, brother of Lucy E. (Dunphy) Jenkins, who was the mother of Elmer Franklin  Jenkins.  Cabinet photograph; no studio imprint.  Stephen's photograph faces one of his wife Jennie E. (Vanidestine) Dunphy.
  • "Lewis Dunphy, Uncle of E. F. J.".  Lewis E. Dunphy, son of Benjamin F. Dunphy and Marcia Olevia (Garland) Dunphy and brother to Lucy E. (Dunphy) Jenkins, mother of Elmer Franklin Jenkins.   Cabinet photograph; no studio imprint.
  • "Mabel Dunphy"; by the Dinsmore studio of Dover, Maine.  Presumably Mabel F. (Dunphy) Parkhurst before her marriage.  She was the daughter of Benjamin Franklin Dunphy and Marcia Olevia (Garland) Dunphy.  There's another photograph of Mabel in the album.
  • Charles E. Dunphey of Sebec, Maine; newspaper clipping noting his 1895 marriage to Luna A. Gray of Sebec, Maine [the clipping spells her name erroneously as Lena]; marriage performed at Sebec, Maine on Oct. 26th by H. J. Cross, Esq.  Charles E. Dunphey, "Charlie", was the son of Benjamin Franklin Dunphey and Marcia Olevia (Garland) Dunphy.  A CDV of Charlie appears in the album.  
  • "Mrs. Olevia M. Dunphy; One side of a scrap of paper with information on the death and age at death of Mrs. Olevia M. Dunphy, tucked into a homemade envelope in the album pocket between a CDV of an unidentified middle-aged woman taken by the J. T. Morrison studio of Dover, Maine; and a memorial card for Mrs. Dorothy Jane (Cook) Garland of Sebec, Maine, wife of Stephen Garland, Jr., who outlived her.  The other side has death information for her father Stephen Garland, Jr., and her sister, Albina S. Garland.
  • ""Mrs. Olevia M. Dunphy, Died October 31, 1895.  Age 53 years, 9 months, 21 days.""
  • The other side contains entries about the death of Olevia's father Stephen Garland, Jr., and her sister Albina S. Garland."
F
  • C. H. French, Druggist, Sangerville, Maine; label for a prescription ordered on December 27, 1888 by Dr. Thomas
G
  • Herbert L. Galusha; newspaper clipping noting his 1895 marriage to Miss Ada M. Hill, both of Dover, Maine; marriage performed at the home of the bride's sister, Mrs. L. A. Ayer at Dover, Maine, on October 26 by Rev. P. B. Thayer.
  • Memorial card for Mrs. Dorothy Garland who died March 13, 1890 at the age of 77.  She was Dorothy Jane (Cook) Garland, mother of Marcia Olevia (Garland) Dunphy. The pocket for this memorial card and a CDV of an unidentified woman, taken by the J. T. Morrison studio of Dover, Maine, have a surprise tucked between them, a little homemade enveloped full of clippings of deaths, marriages, etc. and a tintype of a girl
  • Stephen Garland of Sebec, Maine; his obituary.  He died June 8, 1894.  Father of Marcia Olevia (Garland) Dunphy.
  • Stephen Garland, Jr., of Sebec, Maine: One side of a scrap of paper tucked into a homemade envelope in the album pocket between a CDV of an unidentified middle-aged woman taken by the J. T. Morrison studio of Dover, Maine; and a memorial card for Mrs. Dorothy Jane (Cook) Garland of Sebec, Maine, wife of Stephen Garland, Jr., who outlived her. "Mr. Stephen Garland, Died June 8, 1894, age 79 years, 8 mo., 13 days. Miss Albina S. Garland, Died 1893"; daughter of Stephen Garland, Jr., and Dorothy Jane (Cook) Garland.
  • "Miss Albina S. Garland of Sebec, Maine; One side of a scrap of paper tucked into a homemade envelope in the album pocket between a CDV of an unidentified middle-aged woman taken by the J. T. Morrison studio of Dover, Maine; and a memorial card for Mrs. Dorothy Jane (Cook) Garland of Sebec, Maine, wife of Stephen Garland, Jr., who outlived her.
  • Mr. Stephen Garland, Died June 8, 1894, age 79 years, 8 mo., 13 days.  Miss Albina S. Garland, Died 1893"".  Albina was the daughter of Stephen Garland, Jr., and Dorothy Jane (Cook) Garland."
  • Luna A. Gray of Sebec, Maine [the clipping spells her name erroneously as Lena].newspaper clipping noting her 1895 marriage to Charles E. Dunphey; marriage performed at Sebec, Maine on Oct. 26th by H. J. Cross, Esq.  Charles E. Dunphey, "Charlie", was the son of Benjamin Franklin Dunphey and Marcia Olevia (Garland) Dunphy.  A CDV of Charlie appears in the album.  
H
  • Peter Hanson; newspaper clipping noting his 1895 marriage to Sophia Jennie Astrom; marriage performed at Brownville, Maine, on October 26th by Rev. W. C. Curtis
  • Miss Ada M. Hill of Dover, Maine; newspaper clipping noting her 1895 marriage to Herbert L. Galusha; 1895 marriage performed at the home of her sister, Mrs. L. A. Ayer at Dover, Maine, on October 26, by Rev. P. B. Thayer
I
  • Miss Lydia M. Inman of Orono, Maine; newspaper clipping noting her 1895 marriage to Nathan Chase of Bangor, Maine; marriage performed in Orono, Maine, by Rev. Mr. Robinson.
J
  • Elmer F. Jenkins; no studio imprint.  Son of William Horatio Jenkins and Lucy E. (Dunphy) Jenkins.  Cabinet photograph; no studio imprint.
  • "Lillian Jenkins, wife of Charles J. (brother of Wm. H. Jenkins)".  Presumably Lillian Abbie (Mitchell) Jenkins, wife of Charles Sumner Jenkins.  Cabinet photograph by the Chase studio of Foxcroft, Maine.
  • Elmer Jenkins; CDV by the D. C. Dinsmore studio of Dover, Maine.  Elmer Franklin Jenkins, son of William Horatio Jenkins and Lucy E. (Dunphy) Jenkins and brother of Annie M. Perkins, whose CDV shares the same pocket in the album.
  • Annie M. Jenkins; CDV by the D. C. Dinsmore studio of Dover, Maine. Annie was the daughter of William Horatio Jenkins and Lucy E. (Dunphy) Jenkins and sister of Elmer Franklin Jenkins, whose CDV shares the same pocket in the album
  •  "Horatio Jenkins, father of Wm. H. Jenkins, father of Elmer F. Jenkins"; CDV by the Morrison studio of Dover, Maine.  Horatio may have been the Horatio Jenkins who was born at Monroe, Maine, on April 3, 1831, son of Dennis Jenkins and Mary J. (Davis) Jenkins.  The Jenkins family was living at Kilmarnock in Piscataquis County, Maine, by the time of the 1850 Census.
L
  • Edward R. Ladd of Barnard, Maine; newspaper clipping noting his 1895 marriage to Mae A. Ball of Sebec, Maine; marriage performed in Sebec, Maine, by Rev. C. H. Johonnett
N
  • William H. Newman; newspaper clipping noting his 1895 marriage to Mabel D. Brockway of Pittsfield, Maine; marriage performed in Foxcroft, Maine, by Rev. H. R. Mitchell.  
P
  • Mrs. Josie M. Plummer of Dover, Maine; newspaper clipping noting her 1895 marriage to William Wellington of Dover, Maine; marriage performed at Dover, Maine, at the M.E. Parsonage by Rev. C. C. Whidden.
  • "Florence (Mrs. N. Scales, cousin of Lucy Jenkins".  Florence was Florence Marion (Pratt) Cross Scales, wife of Nelson N. Scales.  Florence Marion (Pratt) Cross Scales was born July 19, 1877 at Foxcroft, Maine, daughter of Charles W. Pratt and Frances Jane (Garland) Pratt.  Frances Jane (Garland) Pratt and Maria Olevia (Garland) Dunphy, mother of Lucy E. (Dunphy)  Jenkins, were sisters.  Cabinet photograph by the C. R. Smith Photo Co.
  • Florence M. Pratt of Sebec, Maine; newspaper clipping noting her 1895 marriage to Harvey J. Cross of Sebec, Maine; marriage performed at the F.B. Parsonage at Dover, Maine, on October 23d by Rev. W. L. Nickerson.  A cabinet photograph of Florence M. (Pratt) Cross Scales appears in the album.
  • "Austin Pratt, Aged 71"; CDV by the D. C. Dinsmore studio of Dover, Maine.  Presumably Austin Gurney Pratt born December 26, 1811 at Hebron, Maine, Maine, son of William and Martha (Gurney) Pratt. Austin married Betsey Davee Barrows.
S
  • Adela Elizabeth Sandberg; newspaper clipping noting her 1895 marriage to John Astrom; marriage performed at Brownville, Maine on Oct. 26th by Rev. W. C. Curtis.
T
  • Mrs. Abbie L. Taylor of Sebec; newspaper clipping noting her 1895 marriage to James P. Young of Sebec, Maine; performed at Foxcroft, Maine, on October 23d.
  • Dr. Thomas; his name on a prescription ordered on December 27, 1888 from C. H. French, Druggist.
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  • William Wellington of Dover, Maine; newspaper clipping noting his 1895 marriage to Mrs. Josie M. Plummer of Dover, Maine; marriage performed at Dover, Maine, at the M.E. Parsonage by Rev. C. C. Whidden.
Y
  • Ella J. Yerxa of Sebec, Maine; newspaper clipping noting her 1895 marriage to Adams M. Dean of Barnard, Maine; marriage performed in Sebec, Maine by Rev. C. H. Johonnett
  • James P. Young of Sebec, Maine; newspaper clipping noting his 1895 marriage to Mrs. Abbie L. Taylor of Sebec, Maine; marriage performed at Foxcroft, Maine, on October 23d.







Wednesday, December 7, 2016

c1870s Photograph Album of Tintypes of the Brown and Miles Families of Vermont and Michigan


c1870s photograph album with 11 tintypes of the Brown and Miles families of Hinesburg, Vermont and Schoolcraft, Michigan.

Other surnames appearing in the album or appearing in the family history of the people pictured:
  • Boynton
  • Burns
  • Earl
  • Livermore
  • Peters
  • Ray
  • Scott
The album measures approximately 5-3/4" by 4" and contains eleven tintypes and gem tintypes.  Not everyone is identified, and the identifications appear to have been made after the album was compiled, with at least one mistake.

The tintypes, in page order:
  • "Addison Brown, Married Aunt Mary Ann, Sister of J. F. Miles".   Actually Addison Makepeace Brown was the son of Mary Ann (Miles) Brown, second wife of Ebenezer Lakin Brown.  Mary Ann (Miles) Brown was the sister of Dr. John Fay Miles.  Addison Makepeace Brown married Mollie Eliza Earl in 1885.
  • Frank Boynton.  Presumably related to Fidelia (Boynton) Miles, wife of Dr. John Fay Miles
  • "Ella Livermore, her mother sister to John Fay Miles".  Ella was the daughter of James Livermore and Helen Juliette (Miles) Livermore, who was a sister to Dr. John Fay Miles.
  • "A Friend of Auntie May" - appears to be a boy of about ten years, but possibly a girl
  • "Auntie May, Allie Peters (Aunt James daughter)" - Aunt James could be Aunt Janes; see for yourself in the second image below.
  • Aunt Helen Ray, Grandpa Miles' Sister".  Helen (Miles) Ray was born in 1835 at Hinesburg, Vermont, daughter of Nathaniel Miles and Roxalana (Bishop) Miles and wife of Ralph Elmer Ray.  She died at Burlington, Vermont in 1880.  "Grandpa Miles" was presumably Dr. John Fay Miles.
  • "Addison, Edd, Ada Brown"; pictured below.  They were the children of Ebenezer Lakin Brown.  Ada was Amelia Ada Brown, whose mother was Ebenezer's first wife Amelia W. (Scott) Brown, who died in 1848.  Edd and Addison were Edward Miles Brown and Addison Makepeace Brown, whose mother was Ebenezer's second wife Mary Ann (Miles) Brown.
  • "School Friends of Auntie May" - facing pages with tintypes of two young women
  • "Ada Brown"; Amelia Ada Brown, daughter of Ebenezer Lakin Brown and first wife Amelia W. (Scott) Brown.
  • "Charles and Mary Miles", shown below.  Although two people are mentioned on the reverse of the mat of this gem tintype, only one young man is pictured, presumably the Charles Miles mentioned. Charles may have been Charles Noble Miles, born in 1848 at Hinesburg, Vermont, son of Dr. John Fay Miles and Fidelia (Boynton) Miles.  Charles married Helen or Ellen J. Burns of New York; he died in 1928 in Idaho.  Fittingly, Charles had a sister, Mary Ann Miles. 





















Below, tintype of Amelia Ada Brown and her half-brothers Edward Miles Brown and Addison Makepeace Brown:


Read the obituary of Addison Makepeace Brown here.

Below: "Auntie May, Allie Peters (Aunt James daughter)".  If you can tease out the identities of Auntie May and Allie Peters, please leave a comment or contact me directly.


Frank Boynton:


If you have corrections and/or additions to the information above, please leave a comment or contact me directly.

Sources:
  • U.S. Federal Censuses
  • Vermont Birth Records
  • Michigan Birth and Death Records

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

19th Century Photograph of Students at ? School, No. 9; possibly New Brunswick, Maine or Michigan


19th century photograph of the students at a school identified on the back as ? School No. 9"; perhaps Cranford School.


The photograph measures about 8" by 5"; the entire piece measures almost 10" by 8".  It was found with a collection of photographs of people, some identified, from Maine, New Brunswick, Michigan and Rhode Island.

  • Helen Eola Mayo - of Bangor, Maine
  • David Peavey - presumably the David H. Peavey of Exeter, Maine and, thus, maternal grandfather of Helen Eola Mayo
  • Samuel A. Robinson - baby photograph; identified as father of Curtis Skolfield Robinson
  • Percy Leroy Way - by a Woodstock, New Brunswick, studio - lived for a while in Michigan
  • Maebelle White - by a Detroit, Michigan studio, but born at Hermansville, Michigan; niece of wife of Percy Leroy Way
  • Margaret White - by a Detroit, Michigan studio, but possibly born at Hermansville, Michigan; niece of wife of Percy Leroy Way
  • Cabinet card of an unidentified elderly man by the J. F. Gerrity studio of Bangor, Maine; handwriting on reverse: July 23, 1896, 94 years - was the date his birthday celebration, his death date or the date the photograph was taken?
  • Unidentified people in 8 CDVs from Bangor, Maine; Providence, Rhode Island; and Pawtucket, Rhode Island
If you can tease out the name of the school from any of the clues above, please leave a comment or contact me directly.
 

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8 CDVs of Unidentified People, Presumably Related, with Clues: Bangor, Maine; Pawtucket, Rhode Island; Providence, Rhode Island



8 Cartes de Visites of unidentified people.  The photographs were taken by studios at Bangor, Maine; Providence, Rhode Island; and Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

Reverse of the carte de visite above:


The photographs were found with a memorial card and several other photographs from New Brunswick, Maine and Michigan.
  • Helen Eola Mayo of Bangor,  Maine; granddaughter, presumably, of the David Peavey noted on the memorial card.
  • David Peavey - memorial card; presumably the David H. Peavey of Exeter, Maine, maternal grandfather of Helen Eola Mayo
  • Sam A. Robinson - baby photograph; identified on reverse as father of Curtis Skolfield Robinson
  • Bertie Way; photograph by an Escanaba, Michigan studio - presumably Alberta Mabel Way, a native of New Brunswick
  • Percy Leroy Way; by a Woodstock, New Brunswick studio - he lived for a while in Michigan
  • Sisters Maebelle White and Margaret White; by a Detroit, Michigan studio but from the Hermansville, Michigan area; nieces of the wife of Percy Leroy Way
  • Cabinet card of an unidentified elderly man by the J. F. Gerrity studio of Bangor, Maine; handwriting on reverse: July 23, 1896, 94 years - was the date his birthday celebration, his death date or the date the photograph was taken?
  • 19th century photograph of students at ? School No 9, possibly Cranford
If you recognize any of the people in the CDVs from your family photographs and/or research, or have an idea of identity based on the locale and clues of the identified people, please leave a comment or contact me directly.














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