Small photograph album, approximately 6" by 5" by 2", with 25 CDVs and 2 tintypes associated, presumably, with the family of Arathusa (Newman) Hall Rodbird (1835-1922) of Dryden, Maine, a village in the town of Wilton, Maine.
Sadly, the only two identified photographs are those of Arathusa herself and her second husband William Welcome Rodbird (1822-1903), both buried in the East Wilton Cemetery, Wilton, Maine.
Facing pages with CDVs of Arathusa and William tucked in, as well as front and back of the CDVs when removed
The "Lauriston" mentioned on the page containing Arathusa's CDV is her grandson Dr. Lauriston Ellis Orr (1892-1939).
The photographs may depict members of the Newman, Hall and Rodbird families. Arathusa had several children with her first husband, Augustus Jason Hall (1820-1883). They were married from 1846 to about 1870, when they divorced.
Children:
- Ada Elizabeth Hall (1859-1892); married Ulrich Reed (1849-aft 1930); at least four children
- Carrie Newman Hall (1865-1915); married Ellis D. Orr; mother of Dr. Lauriston Ellis Orr (1892-1939), mentioned above
- Newman Hall (1867-1949); had at least three children
In 1876, Arathusa married William Welcome Rodbird (1822-1903) and had at least one more child, Mira E. Rodbird, who died young but may appear in the album.
Some people may be depicted more than once, perhaps at a different stage of life. Some may be Arathusa's siblings or in-laws. Facing photographs may hold clues as to husband and wife, mother and child, or siblings.
In addition to the two photographs above:
- CDV of an unidentified young woman; no studio imprint; nothing on reverse
- CDV of an unidentified older man; no studio imprint; nothing on reverse
- CDV of an unidentified middle aged woman; no studio imprint; nothing on reverse
- CDV of an unidentified older woman; by the Starbird studio of Farmington, Maine; nothing on reverse
- CDV of an unidentified older man; no studio imprint; nothing on reverse
- 2 identical CDVs of an unidentified older woman; no studio imprint; nothing on reverse
- CDV of an unidentified young man; reverse has imprint of the Howard Parisian studio of 19-1/2 Purchase Street in New Bedford, Massachusetts
- CDV of an unidentified young man; no studio imprint; nothing on reverse
- Tintype of unidentified young woman; no studio imprint; nothing on reverse
- Tintype of an unidentified young boy, seated; no studio imprint; nothing on reverse
- CDV of an unidentified young girl; imprint of the G. D. Merrill studio of Farmington, Maine, on the reverse
- CDV of an unidentified middle aged man; no studio imprint; nothing on reverse
- CDV of an unidentified middle aged man; no studio imprint; nothing on reverse
- CDV of an unidentified older woman; no studio imprint; nothing on reverse
- CDV of an unidentified middle-aged to older woman; no studio imprint; nothing on reverse
- CDV of an unidentified middle-aged man; no studio imprint; nothing on reverse
- CDV of an unidentified young to middle-aged man; no studio imprint; nothing on reverse
- CDV of an unidentified middle-aged woman; no studio imprint; nothing on reverse
- CDV of an unidentified girl; no studio imprint; nothing on reverse
- CDV of an unidentified young man; no studio imprint; nothing on reverse
- CDV of an unidentified middle-aged woman; no studio imprint; nothing on reverse. Perhaps in mourning attire
- CDV of an unidentified bespectacled middle-aged man; no studio imprint; nothing on reverse
- CDV of an unidentified girl; reverse contains the imprint of the J. C. Higgins studio of Hyde Block, Bath, Maine
- CDV of an unidentified young man; no studio imprint; nothing on reverse
If you have identified photographs of the Newman, Hall and Rodbird families, please contact me (contact info in upper right margin) so that some of these photographs might be identified.
In addition, if you have information on any of these families, please leave a comment for the benefit of other researchers.
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