I don’t get many French family photos, mainly for the reason that I don’t speak French and am not familiar with French sources of genealogy. I was fortunate to return two photos to families in France. But the rest of them in my collection are still waiting to have their true stories rediscovered. Perhaps by … Continue reading My French Brick Walls
A Fun Day with Cora Kuehn Sheddy and Ben Craig
Yesterday I published a blogpost about William Hayden Kuehn. Today I write about her fun auntie Cora Sheddy née Kuehn. And later I will explore who the other person, Ben Craig, might have been. But let's start with Cora. Cora Kuehn and Hayden’s father Charles Kuehn were siblings. Cora Ann Kuehn was born on September … Continue reading A Fun Day with Cora Kuehn Sheddy and Ben Craig
William Hayden Kuehn from Philadelphia
William Hayden Kuehn was born on November 26, 1904, in Philadelphia, Pa. His father Charles Henry Kuehn was a son of German immigrants, and his mother Catherine Hayden’s parents came from Ireland. Father Charles was in the printing and publishing business. In 1910 and 1920, the Kuehns were living in the So 54th St. in … Continue reading William Hayden Kuehn from Philadelphia
The Sanders from Montpelier, Vermont
These three photos came together from the one antique seller from the United States. The sitters all share the same surname – SANDERS. Surely that was no coincidence and there’s a connection! I was excited to find out. First up is Harry Sanders whose photo was taken in Barre, Vermont. Harry was not hard to … Continue reading The Sanders from Montpelier, Vermont
Willy and Frieda Stoffers from Blankenese, Hamburg
A nice collection of old photos was donated to me in Hamburg recently. There were only a few photos in the lot that were labelled with names, and I could determine these 5 RPPCs to have belonged to one family Stoffers from Blankenese in Hamburg, Germany – my hometown! This photo of a couple in … Continue reading Willy and Frieda Stoffers from Blankenese, Hamburg
Judge Edwin Adolphys Burlingame
An early carte de visite (approx. 1860-1868) on thin cardboard stock with square corners. A simple photo mount, blank on the reverse, with no clues about location or the photographer. A dedication "Truly .. Yours" written in beautiful cursive by a gentleman named Burlingame. I suppose this elegant man was in his 30s, when he … Continue reading Judge Edwin Adolphys Burlingame
Evelyn May Higbie Smith
Little Evelyn May Higbie was such a happy baby at five months old, giggling all through the process of having her photograph taken at the Fulton Art Studio at 453 Fulton Street in Brooklyn. Evelyn was born on August 18, 1913 in Queens, NYC, as the only child of Theodore Burton Higbie and Anna Laura … Continue reading Evelyn May Higbie Smith
Flora Marion Allison Picklesimer
Miss Flora Marion Allison, 1930 Junior year, Meredith College, Raleigh, NC (not in 1931 YBK) Flora Marion Allison was not hard to find in the records. She has been well researched and I found her on several public trees on different genealogy platforms (Ancestry public tree, MyHeritage public tree, FamilySearch public tree). Which makes me … Continue reading Flora Marion Allison Picklesimer
Harry Schachner with parents Isaac and Sylvia, New York
These two larger cabinet cards managed to stay together, despite travelling almost around the world from the United States to Spain and then to me in Germany. Luckily, the persons in the photos are identified, how wonderful! Let’s get to work, shall we! The first one shows baby Harry Schachner, 6 months old. The photo … Continue reading Harry Schachner with parents Isaac and Sylvia, New York
Lyda Bushfield Close from Pittsburgh, Pa
When I received this cabinet card, I immediately thought of the Gibson Girl, the ideal woman of brains and beauty that Charles Dana Gibson created with his illustrations at the beginning of the 20th century. We are lucky - this “Gibson Girl” was real and had a name! And once again my dear Instagram community … Continue reading Lyda Bushfield Close from Pittsburgh, Pa
Photos Without Families 