Baby Book of Edward Hellwig Wagner (1902-1982), California Native; would like to Reunite with Family

Baby book of Edward Hellwig Wagner (1902-1982)

This is a guest post, from a person who has come into possession of this wonderful book and would very much like to see it returned to the Wagner family.  Write to the email address in the right margin under Inquiries, and your email will be passed along.

The baby of the book is Edward Hellwig Wagner. He has an established FamilySearch page. I will add a link at the end here. The family lived in San Joaquin, California. According to the FamilySearch page, the family had immigrated a couple generations prior to California from Germany. This book contains names of family, places they lived, and just a lot of details that give this family history some texture. 

I don’t need this book. It does not to pertain to me or any of my research. I am so very happy to pass it on to anyone researching this family. 

The tree on Family Search 

More on Edward, who grew up in Stockton and graduated from Stockton High School. 

Edward Hellwig Wagner (1902-1982)

• Born 7 February 1902 in Stockton, California, to Edward Charles Wagner (1869-1940) and Helen Augusta (Hellwig) Wagner (1873-1951), "Nellie.
• 1910 - at home in Stockton, California, with his parents
• 1920 Census, at home in Stockton, California, with his parents
• The 1930 Census, at home in Stockton, California, with his parents, working as an assistant manager at an investment firm. 
• The 1940 Census , at home in Stockton, California, with his parents; manager of an airport in or around Stockton. 
• His World War II draft card shows that he was living on his own in Carson City, Nevada, and working for Pathfinder Flying Services.  
• By 1950 he was ranching in Garberville, California and living with his widowed mother.
• Death - 1982

If you are a member of this Wagner family, please make the connection or share to a Wagner family member.

c1900 Photograph of Jimmy Raeish, "friend of Carl Ross"; by a studio in Calais, Maine

c1900 photograph of a young man identified as "Jimmy Raeish, friend of Carl Ross". The photograph was taken at the studio of H. D. McKay of Main Street, Calais, Maine.

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

James Albert Raeish (1884-1929) was born  in Auburn, New York, son of Albert Raeish and Ada (Lyon) Raeish. The 1900 Federal Census of Calais, Maine, shows that James was living there with his mother and father, who was working as an electrician.

In 1910 in Oregon, James, by then an attorney, married Melva Jane Johnson, a native of Saint John, New Brunswick.  She was the daughter of Margaret Gertrude (MacLellan) and John M. Johnson, who moved the family to Calais, after Margaret's death. 

Carl Ross was presumably Carl Wilbur Ross (1883-1950), a native of St. Stephen, New Brunswick, across the St. Croix River from Calais, and son of Henry Butler Ross and Lilia Miranda (Bridges) Ross.  In 1908 in Massachusetts, Carl married Eva Celeste Fraser, also a New Brunswick native, daughter of John A. Fraser and Florence Melva (MacLellan) Fraser.  Carl and Eva then moved to Portland, Oregon.

The MacLellan connection between Melva and Eva presumably explains how James and Melva came to meet.

Melva died in 1950 in California. It appears that James married twice after that. He died in 1974 in Alameda, California.

If you have information on any of these people, please leave a comment for the benefit of other researchers.  

1906 Letter Detailing Aftermath of San Francisco Earthquake; presumably written by William Edgar Purdy (1854-1927)

Letter dated 30 July 1906 written by, presumably, William Edgar Purdy (1854-1927), a New York native living in San Francisco. The letter details the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake of a few months earlier.

The letter recipient, Aunt Mary, may have been William's paternal aunt, Mary Bethia Purdy (1821-1907).

The name Ransom is mentioned several times - presumably William's good friend or possibly relative, Ransom Pratt (1857-1932), who would marry William's widow, Helen Price (Throop) Purdy (1856-1945) in 1928.

Although William was living in San Francisco at the time of the earthquake, he later moved to Berkeley, California. When he died, he was vice-president and cashier of Bausch and Lomb Optical Company of California. He and Helen had three children.

Transcription - please weigh in with any needed corrections

San Francisco

30 July 1906

Dear Aunt Mary:-

For neglected writing because I've been so very busy for the past two months. You wrote asking some questions as to the Earthquake. I presume Ransom told you all about them, but I will tell of a few things he probably did not know about. First, you remember the great big Colliseum on top of Strawberry Hill. Well that was entirely destroyed and a part of the great Concrete mass rolled down the Hill in the Lake. All around the lake in the road were cracks all around the Lake. If the thing had kept up ten seconds longer the whole hill would have been down and the water let out of the Lake. The Music Stand built by Claus Spreckels [Claus Spreckels (1828-1908] was very badly damaged and is closed since the Shakeup. A great many of the things were ruined and it will be months before it is open again. There are seventeen to eighteen thousand people still living in tents yet in the parks. Jefferson Park is full of tents and so are several others. It's a dirty windy raw summer and it must be mighty uncomfortable.

The McAllister cars don't run yet but expect to start up this week sometime. We all had to walk to Divisadero Street and are getting very tired of it. Not half of the car lines are running yet and won't be for months. No Hayes or Haight cars nor Larkin Street nor Sacramento St. Nor California St nor Jackson or Washington Sts. Nor Powell St nor Howard St and several others. The streets are very badly damaged and will have to be largely rebuilt. Some streets have sunk six fee or more and are crooked.

I understand the animals at the Chutes made an awful racket during the Earthquake, None got away.  The dust down town is something frightful. The streets won't be clear of bricks for months yet tho hundreds and thousands of teams are hauling. Wages awful high and demanding more. We think the street car men will all strike soon. Some of them are striking even now. I don't see where the thing is going to stop. The Unions here are very strong and are taking advantage of the situation. They will ruin the City if they don't get twice what they are worth.

We had a light shock Sunday morning. In fact we get little shakes every few days. We are getting used to them and don't mind if they don't do any damage. Still they are not pleasant as we don't know how things are down below. We have to boil the water we drink as it is not good yet. I have had the basement strengthened so it will stand the next shakeup if it comes. Of course we won't expect any more big ones.

You ought to see the one story buildings down town. Fillmore St is so crowded you can scarcely get along. Then comes Van Ness. That is going to be the big retail street the whole length from where it strikes Market clear over to Fort Mason.

Fine stores, too, with their flags and streamers flying. Then from there the fire burned. But it is building up clear to the ferry. Hundreds and thousands of buildings. I never saw anything like it and never expect to again. It is simply like magic the way the buildings spring up. If the Unions don't kill it,  the City will surely rebuild in a few years. 

I hope you are feeling better again. Ransom was much pleased with his visit to you. All join in much love.

Faithfull, W. E. Purdy

P.S.

When McCallister cars start, they will only run to the Power House near us for a time. No more cable in the City. All overhead trolleys. It will get us down town quicker. But it's a change [or shame] all the same.

W. E. P.

If you have corrections and/or additions to the information above, please leave a comment or contact me directly.  

1910 Real Photo Postcard of 5 Month Old Jesse William Greenlief, Postmarked Newton, Iowa

Real photo postcard postmarked August 19, 1910 at Newton, Iowa, showing Jesse William Greenlief at age 5 months; addressed to Miss Mary Hughes at 738 West 20th Street, Des Moines, Iowa.

From brief online research, hopefully correct - corrections and additions requested - while respecting the privacy of living or recently deceased people:

Jesse William Greenlief was born March 9, 1910 at Newton Township, Iowa, the son of Charles E. Greenlief and Jomattie Ellen (Rumbaugh) Greenlief; their fifth child.  The postcard notes "This is Gracie's Brother".  Gracie was Delta Grace Greenlief, born in 1899, presumably Mary Hughes was Grace's friend or caretaker.

On July 21, 1929 at Huntington Park, Los Angeles, California, Jesse married Marjorie Elizabeth Castner, also an Iowa native, born October 16, 1910 at Union Township, daughter of James Miller Castner and Lucile (Morrisey) Castner.  Another record, from California, County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980, gives the date as July 23, 1929.  At the time they were both living at Long Beach, California.  They would have at least two children, a daughter and son.  U.S. Censuses show that they lived in the Los Angeles, California area and at Seattle, Washington.

Jesse died at Toronto, Ontario in 1974; Marjorie died in 1984.  They're buried in the Carling Cemetery at Carling, Ontario, Canada.  Jesse's Social Security death record gives his address as the U.S. Consulate, but I don't know if that means he worked there or if they handle the deaths of U.S. residents in Canada.

I don't know the identity of Miss Mary Hughes but note that there was a Mary Hughes, born about 1903, who is enumerated in the 1910 Census as living on 20th Street in Des Moines, the daughter of Ernest M. Hughes and Edith (Todd) Hughes.  If this Mary was the recipient of the postcard, she would have been about age 7 at the time, not out of the ordinary.

If you have corrections and/or additions to the information above, or an identity for Miss Mary Hughes, please leave a comment or contact me directly.  Please be careful when mentioning living or recently deceased people.

1879-1895 Autograph Album of Sarah Alexander (Colby) Crabtree of Hancock, Maine

Autograph album presented to Mrs. Sarah Alexander (Colby) Crabtree by her sister-in-law Elvira J. (Cushman) Colby. 

Some of the inscribers, if not Sarah herself, had gone to California, as indicated in their inscriptions, but I believe most, if not all, returned to Maine at some point.

[Note:  Many of the inscribers in this album also inscribed pages in the autograph album of Ora Spratt Jordan of Otis, Maine, featured in another post; in fact, Sarah Alexander (Colby) Crabtree herself, and husband Asa inscribed pages!]

The presentation page in Sarah's album:

The album measures a bit more than 4" by 2-3/4" and contains the sentiments of 15 of Sarah's relatives and friends.  An alphabetical list of the inscribers, together with any personal information they offered, appears at the end of this post.

Surnames in the Album

• Colby [[3]
• Cook
• Crabtree
• Emmons
• Jordan
• Kingman  [6]
• Parson
• Simpson
• Wooster

Elvira J. (Cushman) Colby inscribed another page in the album, and her husband Edmond Harvey Colby, who was Sarah's brother, inscribed a 3-page sentiment.  At the time they were living at Columbia, California, but I don't know if Sarah visited them there or they inscribed their pages while back in Maine.

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

Sarah Alexander Colby was born January 27, 1813 at Ellsworth, Maine, daughter of Eli K. Colby and Sarah Hardison (Jordan) Colby.  Another of Sarah's siblings inscribed a page in the album.  She was Charlotte Christiana (Colby) Kingman, whose husband Joseph Morrison Kingman inscribed the left facing page.

Other inscribers who expressed a kinship with album owner Sarah Alexander (Colby) Crabtree [and there may have been more who didn't express a kinship] or who were likely relatives:

• F. L. Colby of South Hancock, Maine.  Possibly Frank L. Colby, son of Sarah's brother Aaron Luther Colby
• Arvilla S. Kingman of Waltham, Maine; inscribed on July 8, 1880.  Daughter of Joseph Morrison Kingman and Charlotte Christiana (Colby) Kingman, who was a sister to album owner Sarah Alexander (Colby) Crabtree.
• Mr. H. B. Kingman of Newport, Rhode Island; inscribed at South Hancock, Maine, on August 13, 1881.  Presumably Hudson Barzilla Kingman, son of Joseph Morrison Kingman and Charlotte Christiana (Colby) Kingman, a sister to album owner Sarah Alexander (Colby) Crabtree.  His wife Julia Evelyn (Tracy) Kingman inscribed the right facing page.
• Mrs. J. Evelyn Kingman of Providence Rhode Island; inscribed at South Hancock, Maine, on August 13, 1881.  She was Julia Evelyn (Tracy) Kingman, wife of Hudson Barzilla Kingman, who inscribed the left facing page.
• W. H. Kingman of Chelsea, Massachusetts; inscribed on June 8, 1881.  Possibly William Herbert Kingman, son of Joseph Morrison Kingman and Charlotte Christiana (Colby) Kingman, who was Sarah's sister.

On January 2, 1838, Sarah Alexander Colby married Asa Crabtree, son of George and Rebecca (Hopkins) Crabtree.

Asa died in 1893 and Sarah in 1899.  They're buried in the Riverside Cemetery at Hancock, Maine.

Sources

• U. S. Federal Censuses
• Maine, Death Records, 1617-1922
• Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921
• Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1990

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.

Inscribers in the Album

• Elvira J. (Cushman) Colby, wife of Edmund Harvey Colby, who was a brother to album owner Sarah Alexander (Colby) Crabtree, wife of Asa Crabtree.  Elvira's name is on the presentation page, and she also inscribed an individual page on December 28, 1879, either at Columbia, California, or while on a visit back to Maine.
• Edmond H. Colby; inscribed  a 3-page sentiment at Columbia, California, on December 28, 1879 or when visiting back home in Hancock County, Maine.   Album owner Sarah's brother.
• F. L. Colby of South Hancock, Maine.  Possibly Frank L. Colby, son of Sarah's brother Aaron Luther Colby
• Mrs. Sarah A. Cook of Ellsworth, Maine; inscribed on August 4, 1895
• Sarah Alexander (Colby) Crabtree of Hancock County, Maine; album owner and wife of Asa Crabtree.  Sarah was given the album by her sister-in-law Elvira J. (Cushman) Colby, wife of Sarah's brother Edmond Harvey Colby.
• Mrs. M. J. Emmons of San Francisco, California; inscribed on August 4, 1895
• Augusta M. Jordan; inscribed at Waltham, Maine, only 6, 1880
• Joseph M. Kingman; inscribed at Waltham, Maine, on July 7, 1880.  His wife Charlotte Christiana (Colby) Kingman, a sister to album owner Sarah, inscribed the right facing page.
• Charlotte C. Kingman; inscribed at Waltham, Maine, on July 7, 1880.  She was Charlotte Christiana Colby, a sister to album owner Sarah.  Charlotte's husband Joseph M. Kingman inscribed the left facing page.
• W. H. Kingman of Chelsea, Massachusetts; inscribed on June 8, 1881.  Possibly William Herbert Kingman, son of Joseph Morrison Kingman and Charlotte Christiana (Colby) Kingman, who was Sarah's sister.
• Mr. H. B. Kingman of Newport, Rhode Island; inscribed at South Hancock, Maine, on August 13, 1881.  Presumably Hudson Barzilla Kingman, son of Joseph Morrison Kingman and Charlotte Christiana (Colby) Kingman, a sister to album owner Sarah Alexander (Colby) Crabtree.  His wife Julia Evelyn (Tracy) Kingman inscribed the right facing page.
• Mrs. J. Evelyn Kingman of Providence Rhode Island; inscribed at South Hancock, Maine, on August 13, 1881.  She was Julia Evelyn (Tracy) Kingman, wife of Hudson Barzilla Kingman, who inscribed the left facing page.
• Arvilla S. Kingman of Waltham, Maine; inscribed on July 8, 1880.  Daughter of Joseph Morrison Kingman and Charlotte Christiana (Colby) Kingman, who was a sister to album owner Sarah Alexander (Colby) Crabtree.
• Mrs. Martha E. Parson of Chelsea, Massachusetts; inscribed on  June 8, 1881
• Cora A. Simpson of Centreville, California; inscribed on August 28, 1886
• Martha P. Wooster of South Hancock, Maine; inscribed on August 28, 1886

1880s Autograph Album of Susan E. Daly of Fresno, California

Autograph album with inscriptions acquired in the 1880s by Susan E. Daly, "Sue" or "Susie", of Fresno, California.

Susan wrote her name as Sue Daly on the lower right corner of the first end paper and as Susie Daly on the lower right corner of the title page, both shown below.

The album measures approximately 7-3/4" by nearly 5" and contains the sentiments of nearly 60 of Susan's relatives, friends and schoolmates.  An alphabetical list of the inscribers, together with any personal information they offered, appears at the end of this post.

A card tucked in the album has the names of the recipient Karol and the possible surname of the sender, Zalud.

Surnames in the Album

	? [4]	G	Guard [2]	R	Reynolds
A	Ashman [3]	H	Hoehn		Rowell [2]
B	Badger		Holmes [2]	S	Selverman
	Barth		Hooper [2]		Shannon [2]
	Bedford		Hopkins		Sheridan
	Bernhard	J	Johnson		Short
	Bresee	K	Kirk [2]		Smith [2]
C	Clark		Klotz	T	Tombs
	Cratty or Krotty ?	M	McCardle	W	Wainwright
D	Daly [3]		McCarley		Weaver
	Davis		McNeil		Williams [3]
	Donahoo		McSweegan		Wolfe
E	Evans		Miller	Z	Zalud
F	Ferguson		Munn
	Fiester	P	Pickford
	Fleming

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

Susan E. Daly was born about August 1865 in California, the daughter of Richard Henry Daly and Susan (Bedford) Daly.

Judge Daly was born in Virginia; records for Susan (Bedford) Daly give her birth state as South Carolina or Georgia.  The link below gives her birthplace as Augusta, Georgia.  Read more about the colorful character of Richard H. Daly here.

Two of Susan's brothers inscribed pages in her album.  James H. Daly inscribed a page at Fresno, California, on May 23, 1881.

Susan's brother John Bedford Daly inscribed a page at Fresno, California, on January 4, 1882.

Susan's sister Virginia (Daly) Smith, "Jennie", inscribed a page on September 28, but she didn't write a year.  Jennie's husband Albert F. Smith inscribed the left facing page.

I believe the album owner Susan was the Susan E. Daly who married widower Rev. John James Nathaniel Kenney on October 14, 1909 at Fresno, California.   I didn't find any children from Rev. Kenney's marriage to Susan, but he did have some children from his first marriage.

Both Susan and Rev. Kenney died in 1929.  They're buried in the Mountain View Cemetery at Fresno, California, with Daly and Kenney relatives.

Other inscribers who expressed a kinship relationship [and there may have been others]

• Mary B.  Susie's cousin.  Could she have been Mary Bedford?
• Lily Bedford; inscribed at Anderson, no state written, [but there was a Lily Bedford at Anderson, California], on October 10, 1882.  Sue's cousin
• Olive McCarley; "your loving Aunty"; inscribed at Shingletown, California, on September 28, 1882.  She was Olive Ann (Bedford) McCarley, sister of Susie's mother Susan E. (Bedford) Daly.

If you have corrections and/or additions to the information above, please leave a comment or contact me directly.

Inscribers in the Album

• W. E. ?, possibly Somes; from or inscribed at Sitka, Alaska, on November 12, 1884
• Ida; inscribed on January 24, 1882.  Susie's schoolmate
• Mary B.  Susie's cousin.  Could she have been Mary Bedford?
• Leonora; possibly the Leonora Reynolds who inscribed another page.
• Fannie Ashman, "your Hoosier friend", of Frankfort, Indiana; inscribed at Fresno, California, on October 15, 1887.  "The judge shall not be forgotten.  Oh, no, he is one of California's 'specimens'".  I'd love to know more about that story...
• H. G. Ashman; inscribed on January 12, 1882
• Stonewall Ashman; inscribed at Fresno, California, on February 2, 1883.  "After four long months"
• Willie S. Badger; inscribed at Fresno, California, on January 25, 1882.  Susie's schoolmate
• Susie A. Barth of Fresno, California; inscribed on January 13, 1882
• Lily Bedford; inscribed at Anderson, no state written, [but there was a Lily Bedford at Anderson, California], on October 10, 1882.  Sue's cousin
• Louise Bernhard; inscribed at Fresno, California, on September 22, 1881.  Susie's schoolmates
• W. D. Bresee or W. D. Brisee; possibly of Santa Rosa, California, which was mentioned twice in the inscription.  Possibly Wright Davison Bresee of Santa Rosa, California
• Belle Clark; inscribed at Fresno, California, on September 22, 1881
• Karol; person to whom a card tucked in the autograph album is addressed
• James H. Daly; inscribed at Fresno, California, on May 23, 1881.  Susie's brother
• John B. Daly; inscribed at Fresno, California, on January 4, 1882.  Susie's brother John Bedford Daly (1870-1952)
• Sue Daly or Susie Daly of Fresno, California; she wrote her name as Sue Daly on an end paper and Susie Daley on the title page.
• Kate M. Davis; inscribed at Fresno, California, on August 31, 1887.  "Scandinavian dandy" "strawberries & short cake" "Nil desperandum"
• Della Donahoo; inscribed at Fresno, California, on October 13, 1881
• John F. Evans, or Jonathan F. Evans.  He created a beautiful design that covers most of the page.
• Andrew D. Ferguson; inscribed at Fresno, California, on January 13, 1882
• Frank Fiester; inscribed at Fresno, California,  in March 1883
• Elizabeth E. Fleming; inscribed at Fresno, California, on January 23, 1882
• Annie Guard; inscribed at Fresno, California, on December 18, 1881
• Ella Guard; inscribed at Fresno, California, on November 13, 1881
• Will J. Hoehn; inscribed at Fresno, California; Miss Parsons' Int., on June 14, 1888.  Presumably William Jacob Hoehn
• John Holmes; inscribed at Fresno, California, on January 24, 1882.  Susie's schoolmate
• Owen Holmes; inscribed at Fresno, California, on February 23, 1882
• Jennie A. Hooper; inscribed at Fresno, California, on January 21, 1882.  Susie's schoolmate
• Sarah M. Hooper; inscribed at Fresno, California, on January 13, 1882.  Susie's schoolmate
• J. K. Hopkins; inscribed on January 12, 1882
• Frank Johnson; inscribed at Fresno, California, on January 7, 1883.  Inscribed "To Miss Sue Daly"
• Mrs. Julia B. Kirk.  Julia (Bryant) Kirk, whose husband Thomas Jefferson Kirk inscribed the left facing page.
• T. J. Kirk.  Thomas Jefferson Kirk (1852-1909) of Fresno, California, whose wife Julia (Bryant) Kirk inscribed the right facing page.
• Lizzie Klotz of Klotz Hill; inscribed on September 29, 1882.  "Take care of cousin Louis Gam"; "B.F."; "Do not forget ...Tony Smith"
• Edwin McCardle; inscribed at Fresno, California, on January 12, 1882
• Olive McCarley; "your loving Aunty"; inscribed at Shingletown, California, on September 28, 1882.  She was Olive Ann (Bedford) McCarley, sister of Susie's mother Susan E. (Bedford) Daly.
• George McNeil
• Alice McSweegan; inscribed "At School".  Susie's schoolmate
• H. C. Miller
• Arthur G. Munn; inscribed at Fresno, California, on January 13, 1882.  Susie's schoolmate
• Hattie Pickford; inscribed at Fresno, California, on January 23, 1882.  Susie's schoolmate
• Leonora Reynolds of Mariposa, California
• Frank A. Rowell; inscribed at Fresno, California, on March 21, 1882.  "Berkeley Gymnasium"; "Remember my last day in Thompson's room."
• Imogene Rowell; inscribed on October 14, 1881.  Susie's schoolmate
• Annie Selverman; inscribed at Fresno, California, in January 1882
• Fred Shannon; inscribed at Fresno, California, on January 11, 1882.  Susie's schoolmate
• Idria Shannon; inscribed at Fresno, California, on September 13, 1885
• Akie Sheridan; inscribed on September 30, 1882.  "Don't forget Shingletown."
• Frank H. Short; inscribed at Fresno, California, on December 14, 1882
• A. F. Smith; inscribed at Shingletown, California, on September 29, 1882.  He was Albert F. Smith, husband of Virginia (Daly) Smith, "Jennie", who inscribed the right facing page.
• Jennie Smith; inscribed at Shingletown, California, on September 28, no year written.  She was Susie's sister Virginia (Daly) Smith, "Jennie", wife of Albert F. Smith, who inscribed the left facing page.
• Mary Tombs; inscribed at Fresno, California, on February 1, 1882.  Presumably Mary L. Tombs of Fresno, California, who would marry Charles H. Wunderlich
• C. L. Wainwright; inscribed at Fresno, California, on April 17, 1881
• Emma Weaver; inscribed at Fresno, California, on September 13, 1885
• Allie G. Williams; inscribed at Fresno, California, on January 20, 1882.  Susie's schoolmate
• Leila Williams, or Lila Williams, of Vacaville, California; inscribed at Fresno, California, on January 19, 1882
• Lue Williams
• L. E. Wolfe; inscribed at Fresno, California, on February 8, 1886
• Surname of person who wrote a card tucked in the album, based on the following: "Every once in a while Visalia folks come through the Zalud House"

1880s Autograph Album of Warren Thornton Hohenshell of Munster, Illinois; with Later Inscriptions by His Daughter Jean Sara Hohelshell

1880s autograph album that belonged to Warren Thornton Hohenshell of Munster, Illinois; with several inscriptions by his daughter Jean Sara Hohenshell in the 1890s and 1900.

Warren wrote his name on an end paper and penned a page of welcome to his inscribers.

The album measures approximately 6" by 3-3/4" and contains the sentiments of about 20 of Warren's friends and daughter.  An alphabetical list of the inscribers, together with any personal information they offered, appears at the end of this post.

Surnames in the Album

	? [2]	H	Hepler [2]	R	Reeder
B	Belford		Hindman	T	Tombaugh
C	Coan [2]		Hohenshell [4]	W	Wise
	Cosse	K	Koontz
	Cossel	M	McDermott
	Craft		Merritt
G	Gibson [2]		Morgan

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

Warren Thornton Hohenshell was born on May 3, 1858 in Indiana, the son of George W. Hohenshell and Elizabeth (Coan) Hohenshell.   Warren married Iowa native Ida Mary Eliza Heald about 1888, according to the information in the 1900 Census of Elsinore, California.  Warren and Ida made their home at Elsinore and later in Merced County, where they farmed.  Warren reportedly pioneered the almond industry in his area.  I found a newspaper article about an explosion at his almond distillery that resulted in severe burns to Warren and another man.

Warren also worked as a photographer at Merced, California, from 19105-1910 and sold Studebakers.  The couple had at least one child, daughter Jean Sarah Hohenshell, who inscribed several pages in the album, including the one below, inscribed on March 4, 1900.

By 1938, Warren and Ida had moved to Pasadena, California.  Warren died in 1940 and Ida in 1943.   If you have corrections and/or additions to the information above, please leave a comment or contact me directly.

Sources
California Death Index, 1940-1997
California Great Registers, 1866-1910
U.S. Frederal Censuses
Links in the text

Inscribers in the Album

• ?; inscribed on April 25, 1882 at Wenona, Illinois; sketched a  portly gentleman with cane and expression "Ver'ish Dot Tem Dorg".  Possibly  H. Parrett Del.  There was a Parrett family living at Wenona, Illinois, during this time frame
• Anonymous friend

B

• J. P. Belford; inscribed at Munster, Illinois

C

• J. P. Coan of 4,6 & 8 Lake Street, Chicago, Illinois; inscribed on May 22, 1882.  Presumably related by blood or marriage to Warren's mother, Elizabeth (Coan) Hohenshell.
• Mary Coan of Indiana, possibly Xenia, Indiana; inscribed on September 27, 1881.  Presumably related by blood or marriage to Warren's mother, Elizabeth (Coan) Hohenshell
• Mame Cosse; inscribed at Munster, Illinois, on June 19, 1882
• Mattie Cossel; inscribed at Munster, Illinois on June 18, 1882
• M. ? Craft; inscribed at Streator, Illinois, on May 30, 1883.  Middle initial might be K.  If so, perhaps Martin K. Craft

G

• Anna L. Gibson; inscribed at Streator, Illinois, on December 17; no year written
• C. S. Gibson; inscribed on 9/11/83

H

• C. A. Hepler; inscribed at Munster, Illinois, on August 30, 1882.  Warren's cousin, either Charlotte A. Hepler or Christopher A. Hepler, child of Christopher Columbus Hepler and Mary Ann (Hohenshell) Hepler, who was a sister to Warren's father George W. Hohenshell.
• Keziah A. Hepler; inscribd on September 2, 1882.  Keziah Adeline Hepler, daughter of Christopher Columbus Hepler and Mary Ann (Hohenshell) Hepler, who was a sister to Warren's father George W. Hohenshell.
• Dora Hindman; inscribed at Streator, Illinois, on September 29, 1883
• W. T. Hohenshell of Munster, Illinois.  Album owne Warren Thornton Hohenshell, who penned his name on an ownership page and inscribed a dedication page.
• Jean Hohenshell; inscribed on March 4, 1900.  She was Jean Sara Hohenshell, daughter of album owner Warren Thornton Hohenshell.
• Jean Hohenshell, 7 years old, Elsinore, California.  Jean Sara Hohenshell, daughter of album owner Warren Thornton Hohenshell
• Jean Sara Hohenshell, though she did not sign her name.  Daughter of album owner Warren Thornton Hohenshell.

K

• G. B. Koontz; inscribed at Munster, Illinois, on September 19, 1881.  Not sure of first initial

M

• ? McDermott; possibly Mary McDermott; inscribed at Munster, Illinois, on August 27, 1881
• William Merritt; inscribed at Glidden, Iowa, on December 26, 1882
• Thomas S. Morgan of Streator, Illinois; inscribed on October 17, 1881

R

• Dell Reeder; inscribed at Streator, Illinois, on April 2, 1884

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• Allie Tombaugh of Odell, Illinois; inscribed at Munster, Illinois, on June 26, 1883

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• Charles Wise of Wenona, Illinois; inscribed on March 28, 1886

1879-1884 Autograph Album of Myra of Santa Cruz, California, and/or Soquel, California

1879-1884 autograph album that belonged to a Myra, presumably of Santa Cruz, California, and/or Soquel, California.  The earlier inscriptions, dated 1880, were inscribed at Santa Cruz by Myra's schoolmates.  The inscriptions from 1882-1884 were penned at Soquel, California.

Myra was given the album by her Uncle Will.

The album measures approximately 6" by 4-1/2"and is a softcover; it  may have had covers at one point.  The album contains the sentiments of 26 of Myra's schoolmates and friends.  An alphabetical list of the inscribers, together with any personal information they offered, appears at the end of this post.

Surnames in the Album

	? [5]	I	Ingalls	S	Scott
B	Bugbey	J	Johnston		Sprague
C	Culverwell	L	Lake		Stevens
	Cunningham	M	Mallory	W	Waterhouse [2]
D	Dorn		Manning
G	Grazia		Mulhern
H	Hall	N	Nugent
	Handy	P	Paschall
	Hodge		Pray

If you have an idea of who Myra was, please leave a comment or contact me directly.  I found a Myra Phillips from the correct time frame at Santa Cruz, California, the adopted daughter of W. H. and Myra Hobbs.  However, it's possible that Myra was a nickname for someone else.

A few pages from the album:

S. L. Grazia [not sure of initials]; inscribed at Santa Cruz, California, on January 16, 1880

Nellie Handy; inscribed at Santa Cruz, California, on February 24, 1880.  Myra's schoolmate

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Georgia Lake; inscribed on June 4, 1880

Tessa J. Mulhern; inscribed at Santa Cruz, California, on April 20, 1880

Nellie Nugent; inscribed at Soquel, California, on March 16, 1882

Florence A. Waterhouse of Sacramento, California; inscribed on September 10, 1882.

Again, if you have a theory as to the identity of album owner Myra, or if you have information on any of the inscribers listed below, please leave a comment or contact me directly.

Inscribers in the Album

• Myra, presumably of Santa Cruz, California, and/or Soquel, California; album owner.  She was given the album by Uncle Will
• Uncle Will; he gave the album to Myra
• S. A. H. [not sure of first initial]; inscribed at Santa Cruz, California, on December 25, 1879
• Lulu V. W.; inscribed on April 30, 1880.  Either a schoolmate or teacher
• Hattie; inscribed at Santa Cruz, California, on March 9, 1880
• Nettie Bugbey
• Alice Culverwell; inscribed at Santa Cruz, California, on February 13, 1880.  Myra's schoolmate
• Ione Cunningham; inscribed at Soquel, California, on January 9, 1884
• S. Henrietta Dorn; inscribed on April 15, 1880
• S. L. Grazia [not sure of initials]; inscribed at Santa Cruz, California, on January 16, 1880
• Stanley Hall of Santa Cruz, California
• Nellie Handy; inscribed at Santa Cruz, California, on February 24, 1880.  Myra's schoolmate
• Helen Hodge; inscribed at Santa Cruz, California, on February 18, 1880
• Katie Ingalls
• Luella May Johnston; inscribed at Soquel, California, on February 16, 1882
• Georgia Lake; inscribed on June 4, 1880
• Minnie Mallory; inscribed at Santa Cruz, California, on February 23, 1880
• Celia Manning; Myra's schoolmate
• Tessa J. Mulhern; inscribed at Santa Cruz, California, on April 20, 1880
• Nellie Nugent; inscribed at Soquel, California, on March 16, 1882
• Ellen Paschall; inscribed at Santa Cruz, California, on April 30, 1880
• Minnie Pray; inscribed at Santa Cruz, California, on February 12, 1880.  Myra's schoolmate
• Frances Scott
• J. E. Sprague
• Belle Stevens; inscribed at Santa Cruz, California, on May 11, 1880.  Myra's schoolmate
• Florence A. Waterhouse of Sacramento, California; inscribed on September 10, 1882.
• Nannie W. Waterhouse of Sacramento, California; inscribed at Soquel, California, on September 10, 1882