Linwood Dyer Collection – Part 031
SHS Photo Collection
By Don Taylor
This week, for Photo Friday, I decided to work on three photos given to me by friends and two photos now in the Linwood Dyer Collection. I like analyzing the images and trying to reunite the photos with family members who may have never seen the picture.
Azel Kinsley & Francina (Tucker) Bumpus, circa 1876.
This photo was given to me permanently by a friend, Nancy. The frame isn’t too severely damaged. The photo identifying information includes:
- The handwriting on the wooden back is difficult to read; I read it as, “Azel Kinsley B?mp?s and Francine Tr??ky Bump?s his wife.”
What I learned while researching this photo:
- My search on Ancestry for Azel Kingsley [surname blank) in Maine, with a wife, Francine Tricky, quickly found Azel Kingsley Bumpus and his wife Francina Tucker. The couple appears in 65 public trees.
- The Aspinall/Bean family tree has a photo of Azel, which is definitely a photo of the same man a few years later.
- Azel was born on 16 Mar 1821 in Hebron, Oxford County, and died in Norway, Oxford County, Maine on 19 Nov 1901.
- My estimate of Azel’s age in this photo is about 55 (his beard & mustache are just beginning to gray), suggesting the photo was taken about 1876. The 1870 and 1880 US Census indicate Azel lived in Hebron during both censuses.
- Francina Tucker was born on 4 Feb 1825 in Bethel, Oxford County, Maine.
I uploaded this photo to Azel Kinsley Bumpus and Francina Tucker’s profiles on Family Search. I also added it to my Linwood Dyer Collection family tree at Ancestry.
The original of this photo is available to a direct descendant; please contact me via the comment form below if you are interested.
Annie Bailey, circa 1901.
This photo came from another friend who asked if I could determine who this is. The photo identifying information includes:
- Handwritten on the back is “Annie Bailey, Nutting Badger.”
- On a separate paper is a note that “[this person] may be from the Dexter or Cambridge, Maine, area.
What I learned while researching this photo:
- My search Ancestry for Annie Bailey, with spouses Nutting and Badger, yielded Annie Mae Bailey, born on 29 Sep 1881 in Cambridge, Somerset County, Maine, and died in 1965. On 22 Oct 1901, she married Daniel L Nutting (1870-1930) and Manley William Badger (1877-1957) on 9 May 1935.
- She looks quite young, probably 18-25, so I date the photo about the turn of the century before she married Mr. Nutting.
Family Search has profile KJ2Q-XNH for Annie May Bailey (28 Sep 1880-1965), who married Daniel L Nutting (1870-1930). It does not mention Manley Badger, but I’m confident this is the same person. I uploaded this photo of her to her FamilySearch profile.
I added this photo to my Linwood Dyer Collection family tree at Ancestry. The original of this photo was returned to RL.
Frank Briggs, circa 1880?
This cabinet card also came from a friend who asked if I could determine who this is.
- The photographer was Dole of Bangor, Maine.
- Handwritten on the back is “Frank Briggs (I think)”.
- A note on a separate paper reads, “[this person] may be from the Dexter or Cambridge, Maine, area.
What I learned while researching this photo:
- The Bangor City Directories list Augustus K Dole as a photographer from 1864 to 1893. Augustus died in 1894.
- There is a Frank L Briggs who lived in Ripley, Maine, during the 1880 census. Ripley is about 7 miles from Cambridge and about 5 miles from Dexter. Frank L. Brigs was only 12 years old in 1880, so it is unlikely this photo is of him.
- There was a Frank W Brigs who lived in Pittsfield, Maine, during the 1900 census. Pittsfield is about 20 miles from Cambridge. 21 miles south of Dexter, and 65 miles from Bangor. Frank W’s age was not recorded in the census. The 1880 US Census suggests that Frank W. Briggs, who was then living in Freeman, Franklin County, Maine, was 46 years old.
- There is a Frank Briggs who lived in Anson, Maine, during the 1880 and 1900 censuses. Anson is about 29 miles from Cambridge, 38 miles from Dexter, and 40 miles to Bangor. He was born in 1851, making him about 29 years old in 1880, when the photo was probably taken.
This is probably a photo of Frank Briggs of Anson taken about 1880. However, I cannot be 100% certain, so I uploaded this photo to Dead Fred. The original of this photo was returned to RL.
Harriet (Reed) Shaw, circa 1915.
- The photographer is Holmes, Bath, ME.
- Handwritten on the back is “Harriett (Reed) Shaw, 164 Oak Steet, Bath, ME.”
What I learned while researching this photo:
- The 1902 and 1914 Bath City directories list the Holmes studio in Bath, Maine. Massachusetts Marriage Records indicate Lucius lived in Abington, MA when he married Carrie Brackett. The Studio does not appear in the 1919 Bath directory. The 1920 Census indicates he had moved to New Britain, CT, before that. So, the photo had to have been taken between 1902 and 1919.
- The 1910 US Census enumerated Harriet R Shaw, the wife of John Shaw, living at 164 Oak Street, Bath, ME. Harriet was 35 years old.
- Ancestry Trees indicate Harriet was born on 13 Aug 1874 in Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine. She married John O Shaw (1874-1953) on 2 Oct 1898. She died in Bath on 5 May 1966 and is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery.
- I am sure this is a photo of Harriet (Reed) Shaw taken about 1910 in Bath, Maine.
I added her photo to Family Search and my Linwood Dyer Collection family tree at Ancestry.
Leroy Franklin Radley, 1914 (age 1).
The photographer’s studio is, “Pillsbury Studio, Rockland.
- Handwritten on the back is “Leroy Franklin Radley, Rockland, ME – Christmas 1914.”
I looked briefly at Leroy’s photo in 2020 and was unsuccessful in finding a clear family link. I believed he was Leroy Franklin Radley, born 16 Oct 1913 in Rockland, Knox County, to Franklin L. and Agnes Radley. However, I could not find Leroy in Family Search or an Ancestry Tree. However, I have now found him in Family Search as profile GKRP-8KZ. I posted his picture there and added his photo to my Linwood Dyer Collection family tree at Ancestry.
I could not fully identify the individual, so I uploaded this photo of FNAME to Dead Fred.
I have not identified the individual in this photo sufficiently to upload to either my family tree or Dead Fred, so I only include the individual’s photo here and to my Flickr Photostream.
Conclusion
I would love to hear your reaction if any of these photos are of your family member. Especially if this photo is of a loved one for whom you hadn’t seen this photograph before.
Due to software limitations, the images uploaded to Ancestry, Dead Fred, or Flickr have higher quality than those linked here. Feel free to use these photos in your genealogical activities. Please cite “Photo Courtesy: Scarborough Historical Society.”
