Monthly Archives: December 2024

Photo Friday – Hinkley (née Warner), Quinby

Identification of five people from the Hinkley Family Album.
·     Pauline (Warner) Hinkley
·     Rufus Henry Hinkley
·     Frances Elizabeth Prindle Hinkley (later Quinby)
·     Frank Lees Hinkley (1st) Jr.
·     Frank Lees Hinkley (2nd) Jr. Continue reading

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Roberts/Barnes Ancestor #41 – Lucy Wilson Taft

Roberts Research Roberts-Barnes-Taft Line By Don Taylor   Introduction I know nothing about my 3rd-great-grandmother, Lucy Wilson Taft. Other researchers have suggested facts, but I’m not confident about them. Family Search has profile KLG2-H2F for Lucy.  It suggests she is … Continue reading

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Photo Friday – Gruver, Hinkley, & Kinney

Six people from the Hinkley Family Album, Linwood Dyer Photo Collection are identified:
·      Elbert Gruver of New York & Philadelphia.
·      Eleanor Hinkley of Portland, ME.
·      Margaret Hinkley of Portland, ME & Philadelphia.
·      Rufus Hinkley of Portland, ME, Boston, & San Bernardino, CA.
·      Louise Kinney of Portland, ME.
·      Margaret Kinney Continue reading

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Happy Birthday Arthur Durwood Brown

December 5 – Today I celebrate the life of my Great-Grandfather, Arthur Durwood Brown, who was born in 1869 at Saline, Washtenaw County, Michigan. Continue reading

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Donna & Rivoli Theatre in the News

Don Taylor celebrates discovering articles on his grandmother, Madonna Montran, known as Donna Darling, and her 1920s show business career. On December 7, 1924, Darling’s vaudeville act, including toe dancing, singing, and a larger orchestra, was featured at Rivoli Theatre, Two Rivers, WI, alongside a Warner Bros. film. Continue reading

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