Carte de Visite of an elderly woman identified on the reverse as Mrs. Polly Waterman; she appears to be in mourning. Sadly, no studio imprint to give a clue to locale.
The CDV came with a collection of photographs, most of which, but not all, depict people from Maine, some from the Livermore Falls area. See the comments section for an intriguing prospect.
If you recognize Mrs. Polly Waterman from your family photographs and/or research, please leave a comment or contact me directly.
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Maybe this lady, living with her son in Auburn, Maine, from 1860 to 1880.
ReplyDelete1860 Census, Town of Auburn, Androscoggin, Maine, United States
Ira T Waterman M 34 Maine
Mary A Waterman F 27 Maine
Charles A Waterman M 3 Maine
Herburt Waterman M 1 Maine
Polly Waterman F 64 Maine
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDC4-D2V
1870:
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6DC-HM6
1880:
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF36-FYQ
I would love to think that, Ed, since I knew some Watermans when I lived in Androscoggin County! Will give a heads up in the body of the post to check out your comment.
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DeleteAccording to a few trees on rootsweb, Polly was the third wife of Lodowick Waterman b 1789, Auburn ME, d 29 Feb 1860, Auburn, ME. Ira, with whom she is living in 1860 to 1880, was the son of Lodowick's second wife Mary Shaw.
here is one of the trees:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=root-waterman&id=I15268
The trees have her maiden name as Larabee, and a Polly Larabee married Lodowick on 15 April 1836, in Minot, Androscoggin Co, ME. She'd have been 40 at the time.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4NH-8Q8
Her burial record doesn't include her maiden name.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKM1-W4YS
There is also a Polly Smith who married Superan Waterman (1800-1859). They lived in Sharon, VT.
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