Linwood Dyer Collection – Part 039
Corinna, Wellington, Maine
By Don Taylor
I identified three people from the Scarborough Historical Society photo collection this week. This collection includes hundreds of images, documents, and genealogies of people who lived throughout 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.
Lewis Hutchins of Corinna, Maine, 1897 (age 54).
This 5 x 7¼ cabinet card of a man has an embossed studio name and border, suggesting it was created after 1890. Identifying information includes:
- Photographer: Weston – Bangor, Me.
- Handwritten on the back: Lewis Hutchins, Born 5 October 1842, Photo taken 16 March 1897.
What I learned while researching this photo:
- Find a Grave has Memorial 68948467 for Lewis Hutchins, born 5 October 1842 in Wellington, Piscataquis County, Maine. He died on 11 September 1910. His wife was Emma A. Ireland (1853-1935).
- Family Search has profile M6G9-676 for Lewis Hutchins, born c. 1843, whose wives included Olive Jane Hodge and Emma A Ireland. He was the youngest of ten children; his parents were Isaac Hutchins (1801-___) and Betsey Davis (1797-___).
- Lewis lived in Corinna, Penobscot County, Maine, between 1880 and the 1900 U.S. Censuses.
I added this photo to his FamilySearch profile, Find-a-Grave, and to my Linwood Dyer Collection family tree at Ancestry.
Donald S Reed – Birth Record – 14 February 1910.
This item is from documents and photos relating to Donald S Reed. The first item is a birth record.
From the record, I learned:
- Place of Birth: Corinna, Maine
- Child’s Name: Donald S Reed
- Date of Birth: 14 February, 1910
- Father: Christopher Reed, a woodsman living in Bemis, Me (probably Bemis Mountain area near Rangeley, Maine).
- Mother: Anna King, a housewife born in Dover-Foxcroft, Me, and who lived in Corinna, Maine.
- The image was a certified copy by the Clerk of Corinna, Maine, dated 21 September 1942.
I added this image and information to my Linwood Dyer Collection family tree at Ancestry.
Donald S Reed – Military Change of Address, Jan 1944.
The second item of documents and photos relating to Donald S Reed is a “Notice of Change of Address.”
From the record, I learned:
- Sargent Donald S Read, serial 11097410, was assigned to the 463 Bomb Grp, 775th Bomb Sqdn (H). He had been at L.A.A.B., Lakeland, FL, in January 1944.
- His wife, Mrs. Donald Reed, lived in Corinna, Maine, in 1944.
I also learned the following:
- The 463rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated on 1 August 1943. The 775th Bombardment Squadron operated from 1 August 1943 to September 1945 and was at Lakeland Army Air Field in January & February 1944. It moved to Italy and entered combat on 30 March 1944. The group received Distinguished Unit Citations for action in Romania in 1944 and over Berlin in 1945.[1]
I added these images and information to my Linwood Dyer Collection family tree at Ancestry.
Donald S Reed & Lucille H Reed at “Camp Buckhorn.”
This is a 5 x 7 colorized photo of a man and a woman at Camp Buckhorn. Handwritten on the back: Donald S. Reed – Lucille H Reed. This photo was collocated with other Donald Reed material.
What I learned while researching this photo:
- Donald Stillman Reed (FamilySearch Profile GQBW-4BP) married Lucille Hutchins on 29 June 1934.
- Lucille Hutchins FamilySearch Profile, GQBW-483, was the daughter of Claire Russell and Luella A (Moses) Hutchins. And Clare Hutchins was one of the two sons of Lewis and Emma (Ireland) Hutchins, who I looked at above. So, it makes sense that photos of both Lewis and Lucille were in the same photo bundle.
I am confident this is a photo of Donald and Lucille before the war, between 1934 and 1942.
I added this photo to my Linwood Dyer Collection family tree at Ancestry.
Donald Stillman Reed, Military Photo, c. 1944.
This small, 1¼ x 3¼” photo is of a young man in a military shirt and tie tucked in. It was in a photo/document package with other material relating to Donald Reed. This appears to be the same man identified above with his wife.
I added this photo to my Linwood Dyer Collection family tree at Ancestry.
Don & Lucille Reed – 60th Wedding Anniversary (1994)
This 3 x 3½ color Polaroid photo of a man and a woman with a cake. Handwritten on the front is Don & Lucille Reed – 60th Wedding Anniversary.
What I learned while researching this photo:
Donald Reed and Lucille Hutchins were married on 29 June 1934. Their 60th wedding anniversary would have been 29 June 1994.
I added this photo to my Linwood Dyer Collection family tree at Ancestry.
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, FamilySearch, and Google Drive are higher quality than those displayed here. Feel free to use these photos in your genealogical activities. Please cite “Photo Courtesy: Scarborough Historical Society.”
Endnotes
[1] Wikipedia – 463rd Operations Group.
