Early 1900s Photograph Mary, Florence & Areline and Possibly their Mother, Possibly Maine

Early 1900s photograph of a woman and three children, identified as Mary, Florence and Areline.  The photograph came with a collection of photographs, most of which depict Maine people.

What do you see in the background of this photograph?  Could it be a headland across a bay or river?

If you have researched your family or another and know of a set of siblings Mary, Florence and Areline, please leave a comment or contact me directly.

c1900 Photograph of Marjorie May Mills at Age Two

c1900 photograph of Marjorie May Mills at age two.  Sadly, no studio imprint to aid in identification.

Marjorie may have been the Marjorie May Mills born about 1906 in Nova Scotia, the daughter of Hiram Enos Mills, Jr., and Prudence Melissa (Ripley) Mills.  On January 30, 1928 at Joggins, Nova Scotia, this Marjorie married Raynold Melanson, son of Israel Melanson and Alice (LeBlanc) Melanson.

Sadly, Marjorie died of tuberculosis at Joggins, Nova Scotia, on August 31, 1930.  Her death certificate, with information provided by Raynold, gives her birth place and date as Joggins, Nova Scotia, on June 20, 1906. Another reference gives her birth date as September 1906.

If you recognize this photograph from your family heirlooms or research, please leave a comment or contact me directly.

Vintage Candid Photo of Aunt Ethel Brown and Friends from Farmington, Maine

Vintage snapshot of Aunt Ethel Brown and friends of Farmington, Maine.   It would seem that the elderly lady in the apron on the steps is the focus of the photograph, so she may have been Aunt Ethel.

The photograph was found with a collection of photographs, a quantity of them from the Milo, Maine, area, and at least four of those relating to the family of George A. Jones and wife Rachel (Lawrence) Jones.

Interestingly, George had a sister named Ethel or Ethelyn.  They were the children of Thomas and Jane Jones of Pugwash, Nova Scotia.  George was born about 1853 and Ethel or Ethelyn about 1862.

Ethel or Ethelyn married Elmer A. Brown at Worcester, Massachusetts, on April 10, 1889.  Their Massachusetts marriage record indicates that Ethel was born about 1862, the daughter of Thomas and Jane Jones of Nova Scotia, and that Elmer was born about 1861 at Vienna, Maine, the son of Moses and Ann Brown.  However, the Bent Family in America gives his parents as Merrill and Joanna (Graves) Brown.

George A. Jones is presumably the George Jones shown in the photograph below.

Other photographs in the collection:

• George's daughter Jane Amanda Jones
• George's daughter Martha E. (Jones) Prescott, presumably before her marriage
• Martha's daughter Rachel Alice Prescott
• Martha's child, possibly also Rachel

The person who wrote the identification on the reverse of Aunt Edith's photograph may have been Martha (Jones) Prescott or her sister Jane Amanda Prescott.

If you have corrections and/or additions to the information above, if you recognize any of the women in the photograph, or if you feel that Edith is someone else, please leave a comment or contact me directly.

c1900 Photograph of Mary Stevens, Age 4; by the Edson Studio

c1900 photograph of a girl identified on the reverse as Mary Stevens at age 4 years.  The photograph was taken by the Edson studio.  Sadly, the studio imprint does not give its location.

Possibilities for the Edson studio:

• W. M. Edson studio of Westbrook, Maine
• John Haskell Edson studio at Bethel, Vermont
• Norman Stewart Edson, who had studios in Quebec and at Burton, Washington, on Vashon Island.

The photograph was found with a collection of photographs, many of them, though not all, from Maine, particularly Piscataquis County, Maine.

If you recognize Mary from your family photos or research, or if you know of another Edson studio, please leave a comment or contact me directly.

1904 Graduation Photograph of Clarence Garland Gould of Milo, Maine; Colby College at Waterville, Maine

Photograph, presumably a graduation photograph, of Clarence Garland Gould of Milo, Maine, by a Bangor studio.  Clarence was a member of the Class of 1904 at Colby College at Waterville, Maine.  Alternatively, the photograph might have been taken at Clarence's graduation from a secondary institution, presumably Milo High School.

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

Clarence Garland Gould was born June 20, 1881 at Milo, Maine, the son of Fred Henry Gould and Servina Eliza (Sargent) Gould, "Linnie".  A Colby publication gives his mother as Alice E. (Varney) Gould, but she was the second wife of Clarence's father Fred Henry Gould, whose first wife, "Linnie", died in 1889.

Clarence became an educator in Maine, New York, and Connecticut.  His first wife, Grace Ella (Bacon) Gould, a 1903 Mount Holyoke graduate, whom he married in Connecticut in 1908, died in 1911, presumably as a result of the birth of son Charles Ebenezer Gould, who also died that year.  Grace was the daughter of Charles Ebenezer Bacon and Georgiana T. (Leach) Bacon.

On June 24, 1914, Clarence married Linda May Steele of Bristol, Connecticut, daughter of Thomas B. Steele and Jessie Keziah (White) Steele.  They had a daughter Eleanor born about 1917.

Clarence and Linda had moved to Maine by 1935, where, according to the 1940 Census, they were living at Stockton Springs, Maine.  By 1940, Clarence was teaching at a private school.  The couple had a daughter, Eleanor, born about 1917.  A 1947 Colby publication noted that Clarence had recently retired from college teaching and had moved to Sandy Point, Maine.  Clarence died in 1963.

If you have corrections and/or additions information to share, please leave a comment for the benefit of your fellow researchers.

1911 Photograph of Brothers Frederick Webber Dooe and Walter Colwell Dooe of Saint John, New Brunswick

June 29, 1911 photograph of brothers Frederick Webber Dooe and Walter Colwell Dooe, taken by the Isaac Erb & Son studio of Saint John, New Brunswick.

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

Frederick Webber Dooe was born June 29, 1901 and Walter Alphonso Colwell Dooe November 12, 1903, both at Saint John, New Brunswick.  Their parents were Richmond Dooe and Annie Estella (Webber) Dooe.   Both brothers became citizens of the United States.

In the mid 1920s, the brothers emigrated to Massachusetts.  By 1930, they were living with their Aunt Jane at Cambridge, Massachusetts; Frederick was an accountant at a savings bank, and Walter was a supervisor at the rubber plant.

On November 12, 1938 at New Sweden, Maine, Frederick, an accountant, married Olga Mildred Carolina Osell, who was born November 28, 1904 at New Sweden, Maine, daughter of Olof Jonasson Osell and Margareta Karolina Axelldotter (Hogstrom) Osell.  The 1940 Census shows Frederick and Olga living at Cambridge, Massachusetts.  Frederick died in 1970.

On June 26, 1939 at Montreal, Quebec, Walter married Florence Isabel Henry.  She was born at Saint John, New Brunswick, on September 30, 1901.  The 1940 Census reveals that Walter and Florence were living at Portland, Maine, with Walter working as the manager of the furniture department at a department store, and Florence was working as a graphic artist at a department store, perhaps the same store.  Walter died in 1964.

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1902 Photograph of Benjamin Chase at age 84, Possibly Maine

1902 photograph of an older man identified on the reverse as Benjamin Chase at age 84 years and 6 months.  The photograph was found with a collection of photographs, mostly of Maine people.

There are several Maine men with birth dates around 1818 and still living in 1902, as well as many more not from Maine.

Interestingly, several of the photographs in the collection show people from the Milo, Maine, area, and it so happens that a Benjamin Chase was born at nearby Sebec, Maine, on June 15, 1817 but he died in 1888.

Among the possible candidates is the Benjamin Chase born May 12, 1819 at Canaan, Maine, son of Benjamin Chase and Lucy (Burrill) Chase.  That Benjamin married 1) Lovina Connor; 2) Mrs. Adeline (Cook) Crowell, widow of Ruel Crowell.  This Benjamin lived until 1907.

Hopefully a reader will recognize Benjamin from family photographs and research and will provide more information.