tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470217109659177851.post6595912836664579325..comments2024-03-28T07:48:11.698-07:00Comments on Heirlooms Reunited: c1900 Cabinet Photograph and Photo Album of the Charles Abbott Davis family of Dover, Maine; Bangor, Maine; and Winterport, MainePam Beveridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06272409581983333836noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470217109659177851.post-25852761083517027782016-10-19T07:24:22.827-07:002016-10-19T07:24:22.827-07:00I should add:
There were more men listed as J Lecl...I should add:<br />There were more men listed as J Leclerc or Jean Leclerc. The ones I listed in the last comment were only the ones named Jean B or Jean Baptiste.<br /><br />And this is the breakdown by province for the surname Leclerc and soundex matches:<br /><br />BC (2) MB (29) NB (12) ON (55) PE (50) QU (2905) Territories (42) <br />Ed Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16396994423955102378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470217109659177851.post-14851853289673876772016-10-19T07:16:51.101-07:002016-10-19T07:16:51.101-07:00I've been waiting for a puzzle you haven't...I've been waiting for a puzzle you haven't solved already.<br /><br />First off, the French message is <br />"This card here is my friend Jean Baptiste Leclerc is my best friend" <br /><br />There must be some punctuation but I can't see it.<br /><br />Then I noticed the odd decorations that make up the stamp box and started Googling. The distinguishing mark is the AZO Logo with the circles in each corner. AZO cards can be dated by whether they have squares, triangles, diamonds, etc., in the corner etc. Only a few evidently had circles.<br /><br />At http://www.playle.com/realphoto/photoa.php, it says this about AZO postcards:<br /><br />AZO (British/Canadian)<br />Circles in corners<br />1908-1911 known<br /><br />At http://histclo.com/photo/pc/type/per/pct-perc.html it says pretty much the same, <br />AZO* 1908-11K <br />Circles in corners<br /><br />This site has a specific example of this type of card at http://histclo.com/country/can/fam/1910/cf-nbrud01.html<br /><br />The text on that page says:<br /><br />"This is an AZO postcard. That means the company who manufactured the postcard paper. Because of differences in the design of the back of the cards, it is often possible to date these cards--especially the stamp boxes. . . The AZO stamp boxes with circles at the corners are known to date from 1908-11. This was a mark used in Britain and Canada. These are the known dates, the actual year span could be wider. Thus we can safely say that this photograph was taken about 1910."<br /><br />The image being referred to is protected by a password, but the page says it was taken in New Brunswick.<br /><br /><br />Searching at http://automatedgenealogy.com/census for the 1901 Census of Canada, looking for Soundex matches for Leclerc and a given name of Jean, a male, gets this:<br /><br />Leclair Jean B 35 QU LAPRAIRIE & NAPIERVILLE Saint-Michel-Archange j-1 3 43<br />Leclair Jean B. 27 ON CORNWALL & STORMONT Cornwall (Township/Canton) b-1 14 11<br />Leclerc Jean B. 4 QU RIMOUSKI Saint-Fabien r-2 7 33<br />Leclaire Jean Baptice 3 QU QUÉBEC (City/Cité) (East/Est) Quebec (City/Cité) (East/Est) Saint-Sauveur (Ward/Quartier) c-1 17 12<br />Leclerc Jean Baptiste 37 MB PROVENCHER St. Boniface (Town/Ville) i-2 6 27<br />Leclerc Jean Baptiste 2 mois QU LOTBINIÈRE Sainte-Emilie i 9 7<br />Leclerc Jean Baptiste 67 QU RICHELIEU Sorel (City/Cité) k-1 8 14<br />Leclerc Jean Baptiste 34 QU RICHELIEU Sorel (City/Cité) k-1 8 16<br />Leclerc Jean Batiste 19 QU LÉVIS Lévis (City/Cité) c-11 3 43<br />Leclerc Jean Bte 17 QU MAISONNEUVE Maisonneuve (Town/Ville) c-6 12 16<br />Leclerc Jean Bte. 72 QU DORCHESTER Saint-Édouard-de-Frampton e-2 9 32<br />Leclaire Jean Bte. 9 QU JACQUES-CARTIER Lachine (Town/Ville) d-5 8 50<br />Leclaire Jean Bte. 30 QU MONTRÉAL (City/Cité)/176 Montréal (City/Cité) Saint-Jacques (Ward/Quartier) b-54 6 36<br /><br />How old is the man in the photo, which was taken in 1908-1911? I can't tell. At least 16 and not more than 50 maybe?<br />So maybe we are down to these men, ages as of 1901, 6 in Quebec 1 in Ontario, 1 in Manitoba:<br /><br />Leclair Jean B 35 QU LAPRAIRIE & NAPIERVILLE Saint-Michel-Archange j-1 3 43<br />Leclair Jean B. 27 ON CORNWALL & STORMONT Cornwall (Township/Canton) b-1 14 11<br />Leclerc Jean Baptiste 34 QU RICHELIEU Sorel (City/Cité) k-1 8 16<br />Leclerc Jean Batiste 19 QU LÉVIS Lévis (City/Cité) c-11 3 43<br />Leclerc Jean Bte 17 QU MAISONNEUVE Maisonneuve (Town/Ville) c-6 12 16<br />Leclaire Jean Bte. 9 QU JACQUES-CARTIER Lachine (Town/Ville) d-5 8 50<br />Leclaire Jean Bte. 30 QU MONTRÉAL (City/Cité)/176 Montréal (City/Cité) Saint-Jacques (Ward/Quartier) b-54 6 36<br />Leclerc Jean Baptiste 37 MB PROVENCHER St. Boniface (Town/Ville) i-2 6 27<br /><br />We might eliminate the man in a Ward of Montréal also because of the horses, cart, and scenery. <br /><br />Can we eliminate the one result from Manitoba (MB) as being too far from Maine to have a best friend there?<br />Ed Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16396994423955102378noreply@blogger.com