1905-1908 Autograph Album of Ila Mildred Estes of Holden, Maine

Autograph album given as a Christmas present in 1905 to Ila Mildred Estes of Holden, Maine, by her maternal aunt Lillie Belle (Goss) Gilmore.

Ila inscribed a dedication page for the benefit of those who would inscribe pages in her album.

Aunt Lillie Belle (Goss) Gilmore inscribed an individual page.  Her husband, Willie Sweet Gilmore, and their daughter Ethel also inscribed pages.

The album measures approximately 7" by 4-1/2" and contains the sentiments of 30 of Ila's relatives and friends.  An alphabetical surname list and an alphabetical list of the inscribers, together with any personal information they offered, appear at the end of this post.

From brief online research, hopefully correct - corrections and additions requested:

Ila Mildred Estes was born February 12, 1890, the daughter of Charles Owen Estes and Cora May (Goss) Estes.   The 1920 Census pinpoints the location of the Estes farm as on Mann Hill Road in Holden, Maine.

Ila had at least two siblings, Gladys Olive Estes, or Olive Gladys Estes, and Harry Roscoe Estes, both of whom inscribed pages in the album.  Harry's future wife, Lillian Hatch, also inscribed a page, facing Harry's, in the album, on her "seventeen birthday", November 28, 1906.

On August 28, 1926, Ila became the second wife of Guy Howard Penley, son of Howard S. Penley and Eva S. (Stevens) Penley.  Guy died in 1956 and Ila in 1979.  They're buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery at Brewer, Maine.

If you have corrections and/or additions to the information above or information on any of the inscribers listed below, please leave a comment or contact me directly.

Surnames in the Album

	?	G	Gilmore [3]	K	Kenney
B	Bicknell		Goss [3]	M	Macomber [2]
	Brown	H	Hatch [3]		Monahan
C	Curtis		Holland	P	Parker
D	Dunbar		Hurlburt		Pettie
E	Estes [3]	J	Jenkins	R	Runnels
F	Farrington		Jones [3]

Inscribers in the Album

• L. B. K., "The School Marm"; inscribed on November 24, 1907

B

• R. Bicknell, or A. Bicknell; inscribed at Holden, Maine, on November 21, 1907.  Mentions Bangor and may have lived there.
• Bessie E. Brown of Holden, Maine; inscribed on January 11, no year written

C

• C. A. Curtis of Bangor, Maine; inscribed on November 19, 1907

D

• Harlie V. Dunbar of Holden, Maine

E

• Harry R. Estes of Holden, Maine; inscribed on July 30, 1906.  Ila's brother Harry Roscoe Estes
• Ila Mildred Estes of Holden, Maine, album owner; presented the album as a Christmas present in 1905 by her maternal aunt Lillie Belle (Goss) Gilmore.  Ila inscribed a dedication page.
• O. Gladys Estes of Holden, Maine; inscribed on December 24, 1906.  Ila's sister Gladys Olive Estes

F

• Bernice C. Farrington, "Cinderella", inscribed on January 18, 1908 at B. H.S.

G

• Ethel M. Gilmore of Holden, Maine; inscribed on July 30, 1906.  Ila's cousin, Ethel May GIlmore was the daughter of Willie Sweet Gilmore and Lillie Belle (Goss) Gilmore, who was a sister to Ila's mother Cora May (Goss) Estes.
• Lillie B. Gilmore; presumably the "Aunt Lill" who presented the album to Ila as a Christmas present in 1905; inscribed an individual page.  Lilllie Belle (Goss) Gilmore, sister to Ila's mother Cora May (Goss) Estes
• W. S. Gilmore of Holden, Maine; inscribed on Christmas Day 1905.  Willie Sweet Gilmore, husband of Lillie Belle (Goss) Gilmore, who was a sister of Ila's mother Cora May (Goss) Estes
• Marian Goss of Brewer, Maine.  Presumably Marian Frances Goss, daughter of Elmer Henry Goss, who was a brother to Ila's mother Cora May (Goss) Estes
• Mrs. Ralph Goss of Bangor, Maine, inscribed on July 15, 1906; Ila's aunt.  Presumably Grace Frances (Harris) Goss, wife of Ralph Goss, who was a brother to Ila's mother Cora May (Goss) Estes
• Ralph G. of Bangor, Maine; inscribed on July 15, 1906; Ila's uncle.  Ralph Goss, brother of Ila's mother Cora May (Goss) Estes

H

• Harold W. Hatch of Goodales Corner, Orrington, Maine
• Heman E. Hatch of South Brewer, Maine
• Lillian Hatch of South Brewer, Maine; inscribed "on my seventeen birthday Nov. 28, 1906".  Presumably the Lillian Hatch who would become the wife of Ila's brother Harry Roscoe Estes.
• Sara M. L. Holland of Holden, Maine; inscribed on July 19, 1907
• Forrester Hurlburt of Stockton Springs, Maine

J

• Harold Nelson Jenkins of Bangor, Maine; inscribed on October 1, 1907
• Blanche H. Jones of Bangor, Maine; she also inscribed a page at the beginning of the album without giving her name but mentioning she was inscribed the last page.
• Lillian I. Jones of Bangor, Maine; inscribed on August 27, 1906
• Ralph Jones of Bangor, Maine; inscribed on July 13, 1906

K

• Calvin A. Kenney of Brewer, Maine; inscribed on November 20, 1906

M

• Harry Macomber Norwood of Bangor, Maine; inscribed October 1, 1907
• Roscoe M. Macomber of R.F.D. #2, Foxcroft, Maine; inscribed on September 6, 1908.
• Joseph Adrian Monahan of Quincy, Massachusetts; inscribed during the period from July 26 to August 9, 1908

P

• Grace M. Parker of Holden, Maine; inscribed on May 12, 1908
• G. S. Pettie of Saint John, New Brunswick

R

• Fred Cushman Runnels of Quincy, Massachusetts; inscribed during the period from July 26 to August 8, 1908