Two autograph albums from the era of 1903 to 1907, at least one of which, and possibly both, belonged to Lillian Blanche Ladd of Saco, Maine, while she was a student at Locke Grammar School and Saco Commercial School.
Each album has many loose pages so it's impossible to determine if the order they are in now is their original order. Lillian inscribed a page in the smaller album that I'm not sure belonged to her, but it's possible that it was meant to be the ownership page.
Many of the inscribers mentioned they were attending the Saco Commercial School, in the Classes of 1906 to 1909. Earlier inscriptions mentioned Locke Grammar School.
Alphabetical lists of the inscribers in each album, together with any personal information they offered, appear at the end of this post.
The smaller and apparently earlier autograph album, shown above, measuring approximately 6-1/2" by 4-1/4", with the sentiments of nearly 60 of Lillian's relatives, friends and schoolmates - assuming it belonged to Lillian and not to one of her siblings or cousins
The larger and apparently later autograph album, shown above, measuring approximately 7-3/4" by 5", with the sentiments of over 70 of Lillian's relatives, friends and schoolmates
From brief online research, hopefully correct - corrections and additions requested:
Lillian Blanche Ladd was born November 12, 1891 at Saco, Maine, the daughter of Edwin Grant Ladd and Dorcas Ann (Patterson) Ladd. On June 21, 1911 at Saco, Maine, Lillian married Frederick Henry Wildes, son of Bradbury D. Wildes and Ella M. (Fletcher) Wildes. They had several children and moved to New York City, where Fred worked as a machinist.
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.
Alphabetical List of Inscribers in the Smaller and Earlier Album
- L. S. T.; inscribed on January 31, 1907
- Vivian; inscribed on January 10, 1903. She mentions L.C., who might be a romantic interest of Lillian.
- Nathaniel Lee Billing of Saco, Maine; inscribed on April 11, 1904. Spelled his given name as Nathaiel. Most records show the surname as Billings
- Arthur W. Bridges of Saco, Maine
- Lettie Bridges
- Hazel Roseltha Bulmer; inscribed at Saco, Maine, on January 30, 1907. "06-08", presumably referring to attendance at a school.
- Than S. Carll of Benton, Maine; inscribed on March 1, 1903. Nathaniel Smith Carll, "Than", whose wife Cora (Clough) Carll inscribed the right facing page.
- Mrs. Nathaniel Call; inscribed in March 1903. She was Cora Belle (Clough or Cluff) Carll, whose husband Nathaniel Smith Carll, "Than", inscribed the left facing page.
- Mrs. Nathaniel Carll; inscribed on March 1, 1903. Presumably Mary Esther (Wentworth) Carll, mother of inscriber Nathaniel Smith Carll, "Than".
- Winifred Cole; inscribed on January 25, 1903. Cole's Brook
- Winifred Cole; inscribed in 1903
- B. R. Dearborn and Mrs. Lottie Ladd Dearborn; inscribed on September 7, 1903. They were Bertrand R. Dearborn and Lottie (Ladd) Dearborn of Newburyport, Massachusetts.
- Willie Dion of Sabaran Street, No. 30. Not sure of street name. Presumably Biddeford or Saco, Maine
- Grace Augusta Dunnell; inscribed at Saco, Maine, on January 30, 1907. "Your old schoolmate" at Saco Commercial School
- Harold Emmons; inscribed at Saco Commercial School at Saco, Maine, on January 31, 1907. Class of '07
- Melville Hutcherson of Saco, Maine; inscribed on January 31, 1907
- Beryl M. Johnson of Saco, Maine; inscribed on September 15, 1905
- Edith M. Kenney of Portland, Maine
- Louis LaChapelle of 29 Winslow Street, Biddeford, Maine; inscribed on February 18, 1903
- Alice D. Ladd of Saco, Maine; inscribed on February 22, 1903. Lillian had a sister named Alice Dorcas Ladd who was born in 1901. Perhaps someone else wrote this inscription for Alice, maybe even Lillian herself, as it looks like her handwriting.
- Charles Olin Ladd of Newburyport, Massachusetts; inscribed on September 7, 1903. Lillian's cousin
- Edw. G. Ladd of Saco, Maine. Mentions "Your Cousin Everett", Albert; [perhaps Albert Laplume] Well. I don't think this was Lillian's father Edwin G. Ladd, but rather her cousin, the brother of inscribers Ella M. Ladd; Lona M. Ladd and Kenneth Z. Ladd.
- Edwin G. Ladd of Saco, Maine; inscribed on November 6, 1903. Mentions Albert and Everett. Presumably not Lillian's father, but her cousin, the Edw. G. Ladd who inscribed another page.
- Ella M. Ladd of Saco, Maine; inscribed on September 15, 1904. Lillian's cousin and the sister of inscribers Edwin G. Ladd; Lona M. Ladd; and Kenneth Z. Ladd
- Kenneth Z. Ladd of Saco, Maine; inscribed on April 21, 1903. Lillian's cousin and the brother of inscribers Edwin G. Ladd; Ella M. Ladd and Lona M. Ladd.
- Lillian Blanch Ladd of Saco, Maine; inscribed on February 22, 19xx [written in the corner, with piece missing]
- Lona Ladd of Saco, Maine; inscribed on April 21, 1903. Lillian's cousin and sister of inscribers Edwin G. Ladd; Ella M. Ladd; and Kenneth Z. Ladd. Lona inscribed another page as well.
- Lona M. Ladd of Saco, Maine; inscribed on April 22, 1903. Lillian's cousin and sister of inscribers Edwin G. Ladd; Ella M. Ladd; and Kenneth Z. Ladd
- Mrs. Dorcas A. Ladd. Lillian's mother Dorcas A. (Patterson) Ladd
- Albert Laplume of Saco, Maine; inscribed on February 26 [year might be written in a corner but it's smudged]. He may have been a romantic interest for Lillian.
- Henry H. Laplume of Saco, Maine; inscribed on December 8, 1903. He inscribed the right facing page in 1904.
- Emma Edith Lumb; corner of Birch and Summer Streets, Biddeford, Maine; inscribed on February 18, 1903. Lillian's cousin
- L. MaBelle Lumb of Biddeford, Maine; inscribed on July 9, 1903. Lillian's cousin. Presumably Lillian Mabelle Lumb, who would marry Warren E. King in 1906
- Ethel Mculloch. Ethel put periods after the M. and C. of McCulloch, but wrote her surname as McCulloch on the second album.
- Grace E. Merrill of Saco, Maine; inscribed on April 21, 1903. Lillian's teacher
- Fannie C. Merrill
- Fannie C. Merrill
- Margaret M. Merrill; inscribed on February 19, 1903
- Margie Moulton; inscribed on April 9, 1906
- Michael O'Rourke of Biddeford, Maine; inscribed on November 16, 1904
- George A. Patterson of Saco, Maine; inscribed on February 22, 1903. Lillian's maternal uncle
- Herbert A. Patterson of Andover, Massachusetts. Lillian's maternal uncle and husband of Iva M. Patterson, who inscribed the left facing page.
- Iva M. Patterson; inscribed at Andover, on September 8, 1904. Iva M. (Webster) Patterson, wife of Herbert A. Patterson, Lillian's maternal uncle, who inscribed the right facing page.
- Mrs. Sarah E. Patterson of Saco, Maine; inscribed on February 22, 1903. Lillian's maternal grandmother, Sarah E. (Bean) Patterson. The way she wrote her surname, it looks more like Patteson.
- Leslie Peaslee of Saco, Maine; inscribed on January 31, 1907. "07", presumably referring to the Class of 1907 at Saco Commercial School
- Charles Pennell of Brackett Street, Portland, Maine. He was Charles A. Pennell, Jr., whose wife Hazel K. (Cole) Pennell, inscribed the left facing page.
- Mrs. Charles Pennell, Jr. of Portland, Maine; inscribed on November 11, 1905. She was Hazel K. (Cole) Pennell, whose husband Charles inscribed the right facing page.
- Ruby E. Sawyer of Portland, Maine
- Ruby Sawyer of Saco, Maine; inscribed on November 6, 1903
- Mabel Gertrude Sawyer of Saco, Maine; inscribed on January 26, 1904
- Lucy A. Skillings; inscribed on June 30, 1903. Lucy A. (Ladd) Skillings, sister of Lillian's father Edward Grant Ladd
- Hazel M. Stevens of Lewiston, Maine
- Carroll B. Swett of Saco, Maine; inscribed on January 31, 1907 at Saco Commercial School
- Harry Thompson of the Pool Road; inscribed on July 15, 1903. Presumably referring to Biddeford Pool, Maine
- Lulu M. Webber; "Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. A gift from Lulu M. Webber". Could it have been Lulu who gifted the album to the owner?
- Lulu May Webber of Saco, Maine. She mentions Lillian; Albert; Peter H. Mrs. Ellsworth Sawyer; Mrs. Albert Laplume
- Lulu Webber; inscribed on January 9, 1903. Album owner's schoolmate
Alphabetical list of Inscribers in the Larger and Later Album
- Sadie Elizabeth Aitken of Saco, Maine; inscribed on February 21, 1907
- Ethel Harding Allen of 73 Middle Street, Saco, Maine; inscribed on March 14, 1907. Class of 1907 at Saco Commercial School
- Ralph Armstrong of 124 Lincoln Street, Saco, Maine; inscribed at Saco Commercial School, Class of 1908
- Ethel C. Beety of Saco, Maine; inscribed at Saco Commercial School, Class of 1907. Class of 1905 at Locke Grammar School. Mentions Ruth H.
- Edgar H. Benson of Biddeford, Maine; inscribed at Saco Commercial School in 1907. Edgar wrote upside down on the page
- Edgar H. Benson of Biddeford, Maine; inscribed at Saco Commercial School. Class of 1907
- Edna M. Berry; inscribed on March 21, 1907
- ? Bridges; inscribed on February 21, 1907. Not sure of given name as there's a smear, but possibly Lottie Bridges or Lettie Bridges or ?. Inscribed at Saco Commercial School, Class of 1908
- Ellery L. Bryant of Saco, Maine; inscribed at Saco Commercial School. Class of 1907. Mentions "Ellery Bryant and Sadie Aitken" and "Lillian Ladd and Carroll Sweet" [probably Carroll Swett]
- Hazel R. Bulmer of Saco, Maine; inscribed at February 19, 1907 at Saco Commercial School, from 1906-1908
- Jemima Burns; shared the page with Mary F. Murphy
- Jemima G. Burns of Saco, Maine; inscribed at Saco Commercial School
- Gladys Leah Chadbourne of Saco, Maine; inscribed on February 21, 1907. Class of 1907 at Saco Commercial School
- Myrtie Chaplin of Saco, Maine
- Georgia Crague; inscribed at Saco Commercial School
- Isabel E. Davis; inscribed on February 21, 1908 at Saco Commercial School. "I.D. L.T.", presuming a relationship between Isabel Davis and Leon Tarbox
- Lawrence Adams Doe of Saco, Maine; inscribed on February 27, 1907 at Saco Commercial School, Class of 1907
- Rufus L. Doe of Saco, Maine; inscribed on March 21, 1907
- Grace A. Dunnell; inscribed on February 19, 1907. Class of 1908, presumably at Saco Commercial School at Saco, Maine
- Ralph Edgecomb of Saco, Maine; inscribed on April 4, 1907
- Harold Emmons of Saco, Maine; inscribed at Saco Commercial School in February 1907
- James H. Fenderson of Saco, Maine; inscribed on March 15, 1907. Saco Commercial School, Class of 1906
- James Fenderson of "City", presumably Saco, Maine; inscribed on February 26, 1907
- Albert N. Fogg of 54 Nye Street, Saco, Maine; inscribed on November 20, 1907 at Saco Commercial School. Class of 1907
- William Francis; inscribed on March 21, 1907. Class of 1907
- Ina Clara Glavin of Saco, Maine; inscribed on February 21, 1907 at Saco Commercial School
- Jessie M. Goldthwaite of Saco, Maine; inscribed at Saco Commercial School, Class of 1906
- Admah Mertie Goodwin; inscribed on February 25, 1907 at Saco Commercial School
- Hazel R. Grace of Saco, Maine; inscribed at Saco Commercial School on May 15, 1907
- Virgie Grace Graffam of 7 Union Street, Saco, Maine; inscribed on March 14, 1907 at Saco Commercial School. Class of 1907
- Elena C. Gray of Saco, Maine; inscribed on February 21, 1907 at Saco Commercial School
- Susie M. Guptill; inscribed at Saco Commercial School; Class of 1908
- Adalaide H. Hearn of Saco, Maine; inscribed on February 21, 1907 at Saco Commercial School
- Fay L. Hooper of Saco, Maine; inscribed on February 25, 1907
- Ruby F. Hunt of Saco, Maine; inscribed on March 6, 1907 at Saco Commercial School
- Melville Hutcherson of 100 Beach Street, Saco, Maine; inscribed at Locke Grammar School
- William R. Johnston, Jr., of 17 Thornton Avenue, Saco, Maine; "Fresh from Thornton Academy 1909"
- L. Alta Jose; inscribed at Saco, Maine
- Bertha Kimball; inscribed at March 11, 1907 at Saco Commercial School at Saco, Maine
- Kenneth Ladd of Saco, Maine; inscribed on March 21, 1907. Presumably Lillian's cousin Kenneth Z. Ladd
- Lillian Blanch Ladd of Saco, Maine; album owner
- Lona C. Ladd; inscribed on March 6, 1907 at Saco Commercial School. Class of 1907. Lillian's cousin and sister of inscriber Kenneth Z. Ladd
- Margaret Larkin; inscribed at Saco Commercial School
- Frank Lavigne of 170 Lewis Avenue, Saco, Maine; inscribed on March 22, 1907
- Willis E. Leavitt of Saco, Maine; inscribed in May 1907
- Carl Macomber of Saco, Maine
- Ethel McCulloch of Saco, Maine; inscribed on February 25, 1907 at Saco Commercial School
- Francis McIntyre of Saco, Maine
- David G. Mercier of 37 Common Street, Saco, Maine; inscribed in March 1907
- S. H. Mercier; inscribed at Saco Commercial School at Saco, Maine, on November 21, 1907
- Solomon Mercier; inscribed on February 25, 1907. Mentions both Locke Grammar School and Saco Commercial School. In another place, "S. H. Mercier", so Solomon's middle name apparently began with an H.
- Isa Meserve; inscribed on February 21, 1907
- Mary F. Murphy of Biddeford, Maine; inscribed on February 20, 1907. Shared the page with Jemima Burns
- Everett Nason of Saco, Maine
- Gerald E. Nason of 48 Franklin Street, Saco, Maine; inscribed 19 minute past 9 on the 15th of May, 1907. "S.C.S" [Saco Commercial School]; '08
- Percy Earl Norwood of Saco, Maine; inscribed on March 15, 1907 at Saco Commercial School
- Catherine O'Rourke of Saco, Maine; inscribed on February 25, 1907 at Saco Commercial School, from 1906-1908
- Ruth G. Oldread of Saco, Maine; inscribed on March 11, 1907
- Leslie Peaslee of Saco, Maine
- Frank E. Peterson of 98 Beach Street, Saco, Maine
- Violet E. Robinson of Saco, Maine; inscribed on February 21, 1907 at Saco Commercial School. Violet wrote on the page upside down
- Walter B. Ross of Saco, Maine; inscribed on March 22, 1907
- Beulah Rowe of Saco, Maine; inscribed on March 11, 1907
- Margaret E. Ryan of Saco, Maine; inscribed on March 1, 1907 at Saco Commercial School
- Stephen I. Ryan of Saco, Maine; inscribed on March 7, 1907 at Saco Commercial School
- Martha E. Scamman of Saco, Maine; inscribed on November 20, 1907 at Saco Commercial School
- Frank L. Skillings of 25 Common Street, Saco, Maine; inscribed at Saco Commercial School, Class of 1908
- Ruby Skillings of Saco, Maine; inscribed on March 6, 1907 at Saco Commercial School
- Hattie M. Snow of Saco, Maine; inscribed on February 1, 1907 at Saco Commercial School, 1907
- Julia P. Stinson of Saco, Maine; inscribed on March 11, 1907 at Saco Commercial School
- Carroll B. Swett of Saco, Maine; inscribed at Saco Commercial School
- Leon S. Tarbox of Saco, Maine; inscribed on February 25, 1907 at Saco Commercial School. "L.T. I.D.", romantic relationship between Leon Tarbox and Isabel Davis
- Ruby Townsend of Saco, Maine; inscribed at Saco Commercial School
- Marie F. White of 23 Lincoln Street, Saco, Maine
- Percy W. Woodbury of North Saco, Maine; inscribed on March 15, 1907
- ? Young of Saco, Maine; inscribed on February 18, 1907. Initials too ornate to decipher
Lillian Ladd Wildes was my great-aunt. Her sister Alice was my grandmother. Their Uncle George lived with my grandmother and grandfather when I was a child.
ReplyDeleteNeat! Thanks for taking the time to comment. Did you notice any other relatives among the inscribers?
ReplyDeleteI remember hearing about Aunt Lucy Skillings and "Winnie" Winifred Cole.
DeleteWe have a photo from Jesse M. Goldthwaite (Class of 1906) and her schoolmates standing in front of Saco Commercial School, circa 1905-1906. It is very possible that Lillian Ladd is also in this photo.
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