Photograph of a Young Woman IDed on the Reverse as Phyllis Young (Johnson); Melrose Massachusetts studio.

Photograph, perhaps a graduation photograph, of a young woman identified on the reverse as Phyllis Young (Johnson).  By a Melrose, Massachusetts studio.

She could have been Phyllis (Johnson) Young or Phyllis (Young) Johnson.  Hopefully a reader will recognize her face and/or name and leave a comment to nail down her identity.

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Photograph of Marian Hubbard (Swan) Brown (1891-1937) of Cambridge, Massachusetts; died at Yangon, Myanmar during World Tour

Photograph of Marian Hubbard (Swan) Brown (1891-1937) of Cambridge, Massachusetts, wife of Joseph Francis Brown (1893-1972).

The reverse notes that she died at Rangoon, India in 1937 - now Yangon, Myanmar.  Her obituary in the Boston Globe notes that she was at the time embarked on a round the world trip with her husband when she was struck ill. 

She was the daughter of Dr. William Donnison Swan [erroneously named Dr. William Donnison Brown in the obituary] and Mary Winthrop (Hubbard) Swan. The obituary notes that Marian was involved in the Cambridge Hospital League, the Sewing Circle and the Vincent Club.  Her husband was a real estate and insurance broker and was three times decorated for bravery during his service in World War I in France.

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Cabinet photograph of young woman IDed as Elizabeth Jones of Chelsea, Massachusetts; by the Hearn studio of Boston and OOB, Maine

Cabinet photograph of a young woman identified on the reverse as Elizabeth Jones of Chelsea, Massachusetts. 

The photograph was taken by the Charles W. Hearn studio, with branches at 392 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts, and at Old Orchard Beach, Maine.  If the photograph had been taken at Old Orchard, that would be another clue to Elizabeth's identity.

It's hard to pin Elizabeth Jones down, since there are several different instances of a woman of her era in Chelsea, Massachusetts.  

Hopefully, a reader will recognize her from family photographs and/or research and provide her identity in a comment, for the benefit of other researchers.

1944 Snapshot of Gardner Peatfield in Uniform; Ipswich, Massachusetts Native; Headed Overseas for Duty in Tanks

January 1944 snapshot of Gardner Peatfield, "Went overseas soon after. In the tanks".

Gardner Peatfield (1925-1999) was an Ipswich, Massachusetts, native, who served in World War II from 1943 to 1945. After the war he worked as a lineman for Ipswich Municipal Water and Light.

He was the son of Lawrence Benjamin Peatfield and Stella Sophia (Bampton) Peatfield. Lawrence was electrocuted on the job when Gardner was under the age of two. Gardner's mother must have been worried when her son decided to follow in his father's footsteps.

In 1957 Gardner married Eleanor May Stone, also an Ipswich native.

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15 Photographs of the Batcheller, Chase, Dolby & Connected Families of Worcester County, Massachusetts

Edward Forbes Batcheller (1833-1891)

Fifteen photographs of the Batcheller, Dolby, Southwick, Seavey, Chase, Weston and other families of Worcester County, Massachusetts and area. 

Most of the photographs have detailed identifications on the reverse.

Pictured:

• Mrs. Garrity & son, neighbors of Mamie; by the studio of the Masse Freres, 314 Main Street, Holyoke, Massachusetts

• Mary Plaisted (Batcheller) Ballou, Born March 1840, Died 1923; Daughter of Ollis Batcheller, and sister of Emily (Mitchell) and Edward Batcheller. She was Emma Chase's aunt. Note: Emily (Mitchell) Batcheller was actually Emily (Batcheller) Mitchell. Photo has Whitinsville, Mass. at bottom edge.  Mary Plaisted (Batcheller) Ballou (1840-1921), wife of George Smith Ballou (1838-1877)

• Edward Forbes Batcheller, Ned's grandfather. Father of Emma; husband of Louisa E. (Southwick) Batcheller. Photo by the Claflin studio of 405 Main Street, Worcester, Massachusetts.  Edward Forbes Batcheller (1833-1891), husband of Louisa E. (Southwick) Batcheller (1834-1880)

• Louisa Southwick Batcheller, mother of Emma - Frank - Sarah. Wife of Edward Forbes Batcheller.  Photo by the E. A. Adams studio at Whitinsville, Massachusetts. Louisa E. (Southwick) Batcheller (1834-1880), wife of Edward Forbes Batcheller (1833-1891)

• Sarah Batcheller Adams, sister of grandma Chase; by the Frank Lawrence studio of Worcester, Massachusetts, on the Jonas G. Clark Block at 412 Main Street. Sarah Frances Batcheller (1870-1906) would marry Morton Stanley Adams

• Sarah Seaver Chase, first wife of Sibley Chase. Born Jan 1, 1835; died Mar. 15, 1859, 2 weeks after the birth of Delano Chase, at age of 24. Photo by the E. A. Adams studio at Whitinsville, Massachusetts.  Sarah Ann (Seaver) Chase (1835-1859), first wife of Sibley Chase (1834-1908)

• Del Chase, Phil's & Ed's Grandfather, 1859-1934, husband of Emma; by the S. B. Winchester studio of 311 Main Street, Worcester, Massachusetts; possibly taken in the year 1883. Delano Elias Chase (1859-1934), husband of Emma Louisa (Batcheller) Chase (1860-1943)

• The Happy Family - Mabel - D. E. Chase - Emma Chase - Ned; Northbridge, Massachusetts, around 1892: 
• Mabel Louise (Chase) Ross (1880-1931)
• Delano Elias Chase (1859-1934)
• Emma Louisa (Batcheller) Chase (1860-1943)
• Ned; Edward Sibley Chase (1885-1961)

• Four photographs of Edward Sibley Chase (1885-1961):
• as a baby in 1886, by the Walker Studio of Uxbridge, Massachusetts
• at the age of ten, by the E. A. Adams studio of Whitinsville, Massachusetts
• at the age of 18 in 1903, blowing his cornet
• as a student at Oberlin College in 1906; by the Rice studio

• A couple named Dolby on their 26th anniversary, celebrated on 28 April 1907; described at Ed's and Phil's grandparents. They were Edward Bertram Dolby, Sr. (1849-1919), and wife Elizabeth Sarah (Weston) Dolby (1854-1931), whose daughter Dora Dolby (1883-1969) married Edward Sibley Chase (1885-1961
• Edward Bertram Dolby, Jr. (1885-1955), brother of Dora (Dolby) Chase (1883-1969), wife of Edward Sibley Chase (1885-1961

• Group photograph, possibly of family related to Elizabeth Sarah (Weston) Dolby: Edith Weston; Liza Weston Reynolds; Mary Weston (mother); Mary Weston Heermans (eldest daughter, died 1916); Florence Weston Grinrod; Hilda Weston; William Weston (father). These were:
• William Lees Weston (1850-1934), father
• Mary (Burton) Weston (1855-1953), mother
• Mary (Weston) Heeremans (1884-1916), oldest daughter; wife of Frederick Heeremans
• Edith Weston (1891-1980)
• Liza (Weston) Reynolds - Eliza Harriet (Weston) Reynolds (abt 1885-1970); wife of Michael Thomas Reynolds
• Florence Eva (Weston) Grindrod (abt 1888-); wife of Robert Grindrod (1885-1972)
• Hilda (Weston) Butler (1896-1976)
  

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