Photograph of Marian (Ireland) Gowell and Children; by Spurling Studio of Dover, Maine

Photograph of a woman identified on the reverse as Marian (Ireland) Gowell and her three children.

The photograph was taken by the Spurling Studio of Dover, Maine, presumably before 1922 when Dover merged with Foxcroft to become Dover-Foxcroft.

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

Most sources show "Marian's" name as Marion.  She was born 6 September 1887 at Sebec, Maine, the daughter of Fred O. Ireland and Elizabeth (Craige) Ireland.  in 1913 at Atkinson, Maine, Marion married Howard Emerson Gowell, a Belgrade, Maine, native.

Marion and Howard had a son Carl Ireland Gowell (1914-1998) and a daughter Ethelyn Elizabeth Gowell (1917-1949), both born at Belgrade, Maine.  I fear the third child did not survive to adulthood as the 1930 Census shows just Howard, Marion and the two children Carl and Ethelyn.

If you have information on the Ireland and/or Gowell families, please leave a comment or contact me directly.

Photographs of "Great Aunts" Susan Hall and Carrie Leonard; by Hunter Bros. Studio of Taunton, Massachusetts

"Great Aunt Susan Hall"

Here's an interesting exercise for lovers of Bristol County, Massachusetts, genealogy - especially relating to the surnames Hall and Leonard, which were occasionally intertwined.  Can you connect the two women to each other and/or to the person who wrote the identifications?

The photograph above depicts "Great Aunt Susan Hall".  The second photograph, shown farther below, depicts a woman at a younger age, "Great Aunt Carrie Leonard".  Both photographs were taken by the Hunter Brothers studio of Taunton, Massachusetts.

Whether the surnames mentioned were married names or birth names, I don't know, but hopefully a reader will weigh in with identifications.

The blog "Four Hall Cousins, Reflecting on the Past", active from 2008 to 2016, contains a wealth of information, including frequent mentions of the surname Leonard.

 Reverse of photograph of "Great Aunt Susan Hall"

The second photograph depicts "Great Aunt Carrie Leonard".

"Great Aunt Carrie Leonard"

Reverse of photograph of "Great Aunt Carrie Leonard"

If you are able to identify either of these women, please leave a comment or contact me directly.

Two Photographs of George Bergstrom by New Haven, Connecticut Studios; One in Uniform and one at Age 12

Update: a reader feels that this is the George Bergstrom who lived from 1876 to 1955, presumably meaning George Edwin Bergstrom, whose FindaGrave memorial has a photograph in late middle age. There is a resemblance with the childhood photograph.

Two photographs of George Bergstrom, by different New Haven, Connecticut, photography studios:

• as a young man in a uniform, by Chipman's Studio
• as a 12 year old, by the Bundy-Filley studio.

Hopefully a reader will recognize the initials on George's hat. They look like POS?A, with the question mark representing what might be an "m" or "w".

 George appears remarkably at ease.

George may have been Charles George Bergstrom (1886-1995), son of Swedish immigrants Carl E. Bergstrom and Edna Amalia (Svensson) Bergstrom of New Haven, Connecticut.  George worked as a telephone repairman.

Reverse of the photograph of George in uniform

If you recognize George from your family photographs as either the Charles George Bergstrom mentioned above or another George Bergstrom, please leave a comment or contact me directly.

Reverse of the photograph of George at age 12

Calling Card of R. W. Fasken, County S. S. Missionary, 332 East St, Newton, presumably Iowa

Calling card of R. W. Fasken, S. S. Missionary, of 332 East St., Newton, presumably Newton, Iowa.

He may have been Robert William Fasken (1880 or 1881-1974), a native of Paris, Ontario, who settled in Iowa and married Evangeline Lydia Pierce (1875-1931) in 1904. They're buried in the Big Grove Cemetery in Benton County, Iowa.

If you have more information on Robert William Fasken or if you feel that the calling belonged to another R. W. Fasken, please leave a comment or contact me directly.

In case it applies, below is a map of Newton, Iowa.  I'm not sure 332 East Street in Kellogg, Iowa is correct, but perhaps a reader in Iowa can clarify.

1900 Photo of Mother and Child: Elizabeth Florence (Armstrong) Griffin and newborn Palmer Armstrong Griffin (1900-1945); Massachusetts and Maine

Photograph of mother Elizabeth Florence (Armstrong) Griffin (1864-1932) and her son Palmer Armstrong Griffin (1900-1945); taken by the Ideal studio at Leominster, Massachusetts.

Palmer was born at Boston, Massachusetts, on 16 June 1900. By 1910, the family was farming at Kingman Township in Penobscot County, Maine. I believe Palmer spent his working life as an electrician and mechanic in his own business. I

In 1927 at Danforth, Maine, Palmer married Blanche Helen Boyington. They would have several children, at least one of whom did not survive to adulthood. Palmer died before his time in 1945.  Blanche Helen later married Lawrence Everett Lowell.

If you have more information on the Griffin or Boyington families, bearing in mind the privacy of people who may be living or recently deceased, please leave a comment or contact me directly.

Photograph of Two Children IDed as Guilbert and Russell Stanard

Photograph of two young children identified in ink on the reverse as Guilbert and Russell Stanard. 

No studio mark to give an idea of locale.  Different writing in pencil, that appears to have been from the photographer, indicates that the child at left was a girl. 

The children may have been Russell Ely Stannard (1897-1980) of Ivoryton, Essex, Connecticut, and a sister or cousin.  The "girl" may also have been a boy dressed in the attire of that period.

Interestingly, a list of veterans from Essex, Connecticut shows a Russell Stannard and a Gilbert Stannard, but they may not have been contemporaries, as the lists covers wars from WWI to Vietnam. 

Hopefully a reader can shed more light on the children's identities.

In case it applies, below is a map of Ivoryton, Essex, Connecticut.

Photo: 5 Young Adults; by Gorham, Maine, Studio; One IDed as Cora Lyons, possibly Cora M. (Peterson) Lyons (1878-1967)

Photograph of five young adults, 4 women and one man; taken by the Marshall studio of Gorham, Maine.

One of the young women is identified as Cora Lyons, who may have been Cora M. (Peterson) Lyons (1878-1967) of Scarborough, Maine, daughter of Danish immigrants John Peterson and Helen (Olsen) Peterson and second wife of Stephen A. Lyons, whom Cora married in 1912. I believe Cora and Stephen had three children.

If Cora Lyons is Cora M. (Peterson) Lyons, I believe the photograph was taken before her marriage, with the identification written after her marriage.

The young people in the photograph may have been classmates, perhaps at Gorham Teachers College, now known as University of Southern Maine at Gorham, as Cora M. (Peterson) Lyons was a teacher before her marriage.

They could also have been siblings or cousins.  Hopefully a reader will have more information.

If you can shed light on the identities of these young people, please leave a comment or contact me directly.