Reuniting Photos with Family
Entry 75: Cordelia Alger
Today’s photo is of “Aunt” Cordelia Alger: Cordelia Garrison was born 2 January 1836 or 1837, the eldest daughter of Edgar and Sarah (Griffin) Garrison. The family were farmers in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. In 1863, she married Abner Alger, and they had at least 4 children. Cordelia died 24 October 1924 and is buried with…
Entry 74: The Farley Family
Today we have a photo of the Farley Family of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, taken in the late 1890’s. The photo is identified as “The Farley Family. Aunt Jane and Uncle Jim, Walter, Emma, Allan, Dale, Elmer.” James Albert Farley was born 4 March 1861 in Lewisburg, PA, the son of Abraham Wolfe and Susanna Barbara (Shrack)…
Entry 73: George and Walter Bemis
Today we have a Father & Son photo of George Henry Bemus and his son, Walter Bemus, probably taken about 1915: George Henry Bemus was born 1 September 1873, the son of George W. and Emily A. (Powers) Bemus. His parents were farmers, but George grew up to be an eye doctor, and would later…
Entry 72: Harriet Hall Hubbard
Today’s photo is of Harriet Hall Hubbard: Harriet C. Hall was born November 1845 in Wethersfield, New York, the youngest daughter of David and Lucy (Bacon) Hall. She grew up to marry Dwight G. Hubbard, a doctor and druggist. It doesn’t appear the couple had any children, however, Harriet had several siblings who did. Harriet…
Entry 71: Aunt Margaret Soule
Today’s photo is listed as “Aunt” Margaret Soule, and came with some interesting writing on the back that made the identification of the photo easier. Margaret Smith was born 29 May 1841 in Perry County, Pennsylvania, the daughter of John Jacob and Elizabeth Mary Smith. Her father died in 1843 and sometime thereafter her mother…
Entry 70: Anson and Mary Atwood
Today is a double photo day, Mr. and Mrs. Anson Atwood: Anson Atwood was born 27 April 1810 in Salem, New York, the son of Zacheus and Hannah (Gregory) Atwood. About 1835 he married Mary LaRue, and the family shortly thereafter moved to Troy, NY, where Anson worked as a blacksmith. He would later be…
Entry 69: Ethel M. Lusk
Today’s photo is of Ethel M. Lusk, taken in 1901: Ethel May Lusk was born 4 January 1884 in Gardner, Massachusetts, the daughter of John Franklin and Louisa Harris (Dargie) Lusk. In 1908 she married Charles Sherman Ayers, who was working as an assistant undertaker at the time. Together, they had 4 children who grew…
Entry 68: Zachariah Chipman
Today’s photo is of Mr. Zachariah Chipman of St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada. Zachariah Chipman was born either the 8th or 18th of April 1814 in Nova Scotia, the son of Thomas Holmes and Elizabeth (Andrews) Chipman. He married Mary Elizabeth DeWolfe on 15 September 1842 and the family soon moved to St. Stephen, where…
Entry 67I: The Unidentified photos from the Wilson-Gleaves-Craig lot
In my previous posts, I’ve detailed the identified photos from this batch of pictures, and to wrap up this collection, I’m sharing the ones that were unlabeled. These are most likely photos of people somewhere in the same tree as the others, but sadly they were not marked, so I cannot tell you who they…
Entry 67H: Thomas James Roberts
Today’s photo is of Thomas James Roberts, taken in 1928. Thomas was born 25 March 1928, the son of John Thomas Roberts and his wife, Gladys Lucille Gleaves—the sister of Mildred Naomi Gleaves featured in Entry 67E. Thomas grew up to marry Shirley Joan Nixon, and they had at least 1 son.
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