Photo Friday – Fuller, Johnson, & Libby.

Linwood Dyer Collection – Part 036
Skillin, Libby, Trickey Photo Album.
By Don Taylor

I identified five people from the Skillin, Libby, and Trickey photo album from the Linwood Dyer Collection for Photo Friday this week. This collection includes hundreds of images, documents, and genealogies of people who lived in Portland, Scarborough, South Portland, and Cape Elizabeth, Maine. My goal is to reunite the images with family members who may have never seen the pictures before. The Scarborough Historical Society holds the originals in the Linwood Dyer Photo Collection.

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Alward H. Fuller, circa 1900.

This 4¼ x 6½ cabinet card of a man in his 30s or 40s has the studio name on the bottom in cursive, and the studio name takes up the entire back of the card, suggesting it was created after 1880.

The photo identifying information includes:

• Photographer: Fredericks, 1883 – 770 Broadway, N.Y.
• Handwritten on a separate slip of paper with the photo is “Alwood H Fuller.”
• Placement: The photo is next to a photo of “Hilea Slillin” in the photo album.

What I learned while researching this photo:

• I knew from my Linwood Dyer Collection Tree on Ancestry that Hylea Mae Skillin married Alward H Fuller on 20 Jan 1897.
• From his marriage record, I learned his parents were Cornelius P. and Mary O. Fuller.
• From Ancestry trees, I learned that Alward left Hylea sometime between 1900 and 1905.

I believe this photo of Alward H Fuller was taken about 1900.

I added this photo to his FamilySearch profile, LWGX-498, and my Linwood Dyer Collection family tree at Ancestry.

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Otis E. Libby of Portland, M., circa 1882.

The photo identifying information includes:

• Photographer: A.M.McKenney, Portland, Me.
• Handwritten on the back: Otis E Libby, Son of Amos and Lucy E.

What I learned while researching this photo:

• Photographer A.M. McKenney appears in Portland city directories from 1858 until 1883.
• Amos and Lucy (Trickey) were in my Linwood Dyer Collection tree. I added Otis E as their son.
• Ancestry Family Trees suggest that Otis was born 6 Feb 1861 in Portland, ME. They also indicate he had a sister, Mable.
• The man in the photograph appears to be in his early 20s. As such, I estimate the photo from about 1882 to be the best fit for the years McKenney was in business.

I added this photo to Otis E Libby’s FamilySearch profile, KCL4-4FD, and to my Linwood Dyer Collection family tree at Ancestry.

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Mabel A. Libby (sister of Otis), circa 1880.

This is a 2½ x 4” carte de visite of a young woman. The photographer is J. M. Peck, 518 Congress St., Portland, ME. Handwritten on the back is “Mable A Libby, sister of Otis.

What I learned while researching this photo:

• J.M. Peck had his studio on Congress Street from about 1875 to about 1885.[i]
• Mabel was born in 1863.

I believe this is a photo of Mabel when she was about 20 years old, circa 1882.

I added this photo to her FamilySearch profile, K28B-V3Q, and to my Linwood Dyer Collection family tree at Ancestry.

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Fred F. Johnson, husband of Mabel Libby, circa 1882.

This 2½ x 4” carte de visite is next to the photo of Mabel A. Libby in the Skillin-Libby-Trickey photo album. Handwritten on the back of the card is “Fred F Johnson, m. Mable Libby. The photographer was I. A. Collins, 8 Market St., Lynn, Mass.

What I learned while researching this photo:

• Fred F. Johnson was born June 1862, in Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, to Randall and Mary Frances (Maxfield) Johnson. He had a brother, Andrew M Johnson (1865-1928). He moved to Lynn, Mass., before 1870 and married Mabel Alnora Libby on 26 December 1882 in Portland, Maine.

I estimate this photo of Fred is from about 1882 when they married.

I added this photo to Fred’s FamilySearch profile, K28B-V3D, and my Linwood Dyer Collection family tree at Ancestry.

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Amos Libby, 1862.

The photo identifying information includes:

• Photographer: J.M. Peck, 12 Monument Square, Portland, Maine.
• Handwritten on the back is “Amos Libby.”
• Written in the photo album is “Amos Libby who md à Lucy Trickey.

What I learned while researching this photo:

• Otis Libby died during the Civil War on 26 Nov 1862, about two months after his joining.
• J.M. Peck had his studio at 12 Monument Square from about 1889 to 1891. So, I am sure this is a reprint from another photo.

I added this photo to his FamilySearch profile, KZZP-L9V, and to my Linwood Dyer Collection family tree at Ancestry.

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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.” 

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Endnotes

[i] Portland City Directories indicate he was at 171 Middle street in 1873 and he moved to 12 Monument Square before 1889.