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Circa 1900-1920s photograph album, approximately 10-1/4" x 7", that belonged to a Mary Casey. Some of the photographs containing scenery have been identified as from the Amesbury, Massachusetts, area, including the powder house, a church and the chain bridge.
Mary's middle initial might be a G or an L or other letter. Casey could have been her maiden name or married name.
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There are several photographs of the powder house and one of a young lady sitting "on Powder House", as if to say on Powder House Hill.
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A postcard of the powder house at Amesbury, Massachusetts:
The photograph of the church in the album, and a photograph of St. Joseph Catholic Church at Amesbury, Massachusetts:
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A bridge in the background in two of the photographs in the album and a postcard showing the chain bridge at Amesbury, Massachusetts.
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Establishing that some of the photographs in the album were taken at Amesbury, Massachusetts, does not necessarily mean that Mary Casey lived there, but I tend to think that she lived where Amesbury was at least within day trip distance.
Other clues in the album are the names:
- Eva Mary, a child
- Dorothy, photos as a child and as a young woman, unless a different Dorothy
- Peggy, a child
- Mr. Good
- Ruth and Shep; sadly only their names remain, so I don't know if they were adults or children
- Till, young woman
- Irene, young woman
- "George" - a young woman
Additionally, there's a photograph, shown below, entitled Ray and I, which features a woman whose photograph appears multiple times, such that I wonder if she might be Mary Casey. Ray might have been her husband or brother.
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If you recognize any of the scenes and/or can tie in all of the names together to identify Mary and her family, please leave a comment or contact me directly.
See the entire album below; sorry the music cuts out early.
Amesbury, Massachusetts
Thanks for stopping by!
This is a tough one. There is a Mary G Casey in the area, but we think she is too old to be the person in the picture labeled "Ray & I". I wonder if Mary G was the original owner and the young lady with Ray was her daughter, or someone else of the next generation.
ReplyDeleteIf so, then maybe I'm on the right track, because this Mary G Casey had a son Raymond born 1914. But that is the only given name from the album that I could find in Mary G's families.
I'll post it just in case, maybe it is the right family and they will recognize the names.
Nothing on the backs of the photos?
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Marriages registered in Haverhill, 1903
September 14, 1903
Mary G Casey, 27, resident of Haverhill, daughter of Daniel Casey and Annie Coady
Fred H Parker, 27, resident of Merrimac, son of Benjamin Parker and Margaret McMers
first marriage for both
"Massachusetts, Marriages, 1841-1915," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N47N-HKL : accessed 22 Nov 2014), Fred H. Parker and Mary G. Casey, 14 Sep 1903; citing p 431, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2057587.
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Marriages registered in Haverhill, 1908
September 15, 1908
Collin Campbell, 40, resident of Haverill, a barber, born in Glasgow, Scotland, son of Collin Campbell and Margaret McMunn
Mae G (Casey) Parker, 31, resident of Haverill, a domestic, born in Haverhill, daughter of Daniel Casey and Annie J Coady
2nd marriage for both. both widowed
"Massachusetts, Marriages, 1841-1915," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N4X2-H28 : accessed 22 Nov 2014), Daniel Casey in entry for Collin Campbell and Mae G Casey Parker, 15 Sep 1908; citing p 422 no 279, Boston, , Massachusetts, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2315507.
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Mary G. Casey with her parents, 1880:
1880; Census Place: Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts; Roll: 529; Family History Film: 1254529; Page: 189D; Enumeration District: 187
Daniel Casey 40
Annie C. Casey 33
Mary G. Casey 6
Jennie F. Casey 4
John P. Casey 2
Joseph T. Casey 7m
(ancestry.com)
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with her father and siblings, 1900:
1900; Census Place: Haverhill Ward 6, Essex, Massachusetts; Roll: 642; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0311
Daniel Casey 62
Mary G Casey 26
Jenny F Casey 25
John I Casey 22
Joseph T Casey 20
Agnes J Casey 14
Theresa V Casey 10
Thomas F Casey 16
(ancestry.com)
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her and Colin Campbell and children, including Raymond, in Quincy, MA in 1930.
1930; Census Place: Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts; Roll: 936; Page: 18A; Enumeration District: 0095
Colin Campbell 64, occupation: barber, born in Canada, father in Scotland, mother in Ireland
Mary Campbell 56, Massachusetts, parents in Ireland
Gertrud Campbell 20
Anna Campbell 19
Herbert Campbell 16
Raymond Campbell 14
Esther Campbell 12
(ancestry.com)
Thanks for the information on a Mary Casey family. I haven't tried ungluing any of the photos - figured that there might be nothing on back where she had written some information on the black page itself, but there could be. I was hoping that someone related to the family would weigh in. As for the Amesbury, Massachusetts info, I got that from crowdsourcing - didn't take long!
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