Linwood Dyer Collection – Part 041
Hinkley Family Photographs (2024.13.43)
Portland, Maine, Newark, Ohio
By Don Taylor
This photo album is from the Linwood D Dyer Photo Collection and is in very rough condition. Because most images are glued in place, I cannot access the photo backs. The 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.[i]
Marion Hinkley, 1868 thru 1904.
Hinkley Family Album, Pages 8 & 9.
This 4¼ x 6½ cabinet card of a young has the studio name, “Holland Roberts, 10 Temple Place, Boston,” on the bottom in cursive and written on the back of the card; it adds the year 1887. Handwritten on the back is “Marion Hinkley, while studying in [not legible, begins with an A] Academy.” Another of the photos of this person includes “Marion 1868-.”
What I learned while researching this photo:
- My previous research found Marion Hinkley, born in 1868 to Rufus and Frances (Prindle) Hinkley.
I am confident this is a photo of Marion after 1887. On the following two pages of the “Hinkley Family Album are six additional photos of Marion.
One photo is dated Nov 1904; another includes another young girl, “Helen,” dated 1896. There is no other identification for “Helen.”
- Marion has a sister, Helen; however, Helen is about 17 years younger than Marion and the girl in the photo doesn’t appear to be that much younger than Marion, so I don’t believe it is her. I will keep an eye out for other photos of Helen.
I added the two best photos of Marion to my Linwood Dyer Collection family tree at Ancestry. The other five photos I’ve added to my Flickr Photostream.
Alice Hinkley (later Black), 1889 & 1895.
Hinkley Family Album, Pages 8-10.
The following three pages of the album include seven photos of a young woman. There is no identification on the three pages about who it is. Four pictures of her in a wedding dress are dated “1895.” The following page (11) shows the house of F.M. Black, the photo of a man (unlabeled), and a young girl, Olive.
Alice Hinkley was born on 10 June 1869 in Portland, Maine. She married Frederic Morton Black on 2 July 1885 in Portland, Maine. Frederic was from Newark, Licking County, Ohio. After their marriage, they moved to Newark. She lived in Newark during the 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, and 1940 Censuses. Frederick died in 1947. She appears in the 1950 US Census living with her brother, Philip, and sister, Helen, in Portland. Alice died on 17 March 1953 in Portland, Maine. A death announcement for Alice indicated she was a former resident of Hudson Ave, Newark, Ohio, and returned to her former home in Portland.
Although not identified in the album, I am sure these are photos of Alice. I added three of the images of her to my Linwood Dyer Collection family tree at Ancestry. I uploaded the remaining to my Flicker Photostream.
Hinkley Family Album, Page 11.
The last page in this set, page 11, includes four photos.
- A photo of a house with two labels, “F.M. Black’s” and “Newark, Ohio, Sept 1909.”
- A photo of a young girl with the label “Olive.”
- A photo of a man in his 50s or 60s, with no label.
- A photo of a man and two women with a label, “Fred Eleanor.
What I learned while researching this photo:
- My review of the 1910 US Census for Newark, Ohio, found Frederick and Alice living at 525 Hudson Ave., Newark, Ohio. Google Maps shows the same house at 525 Hudson Ave. today. Zillow indicates the house was built in 1900.
- A 17-year-old Olive Black lived in Newark, Ohio, during the 1910 Census. However, her parents were J.A. and Ella, who lived at 321 Woods Ave.
I am confident this photo is of the Black’s home, 525 Hudson Ave. Newark, Ohio, in 1909.
Without a label or other photos of the man, I cannot hope to identify him. Also, I cannot identify “Olive,” but I hope to identify her later.
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 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.”
Endnotes
[i] Scarborough Historical Society Accession number: 2024.13.43.
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