Photo Friday – Lancey (née Eastman), Small, & Wellcome.

Linwood Dyer Collection – Part 59
Dyer House Attic,
Portland, Maine, Newport, New Hampshire
By Don Taylor

This week, I looked at five photos from the Linwood Dyer Collection that were not in an album but have some identifying information. This collection includes hundreds of images, documents, and genealogies of people who lived primarily 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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Mildred Eastman Lancey, Died 16 May 1947.

This photo is a 4¾ x 7 photograph of a woman. Handwritten on the back is Mildred Eastman Lancey – Died 16 May 1947.

What I learned while researching this photo:

• On FamilySearch, I found a Mildred E Eastman (profile GHC1-49M). She married Guy Morrill Lancey in 1917 and died on 16 May 1947.

I added this photo to my Linwood Dyer Collection family tree at Ancestry.

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John Chase Small, Jr., circa 1883.

This photo is a 4¼ x 6½ cabinet card of a young boy on a sled. The photo identifying information includes:

• Photographer: Lamson – Portland, ME.
• Handwritten on the back: John Chase Small, Jr.

What I learned while researching this photo:

• Lamson Studio operated in Portland from 1871 to 1910.
• I researched another photo of John Chase Small, Jr., last September in “Sewall, Sherman, Small, Soule, & Stockbridge.”
• “John Junior” was born on 3 June 1878 in Portland, ME, the son of John Chase and Mary Schuyler (Dresser) Small.
• The child in the photo appears to be about five years old, dating the photo to circa 1883

I added this photo to my Linwood Dyer Collection family tree at Ancestry.

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Abner Paine Wellcome, 1891.

This is a 4¼ x 6½ cabinet card of a man. The photo identifying information includes:

• Photographer: Bowers (successor to Miller Photo, Co.) 135 North Maine St. cor. Centre St., Concord, N. H.
• Handwritten on the back: “Complements of AP Wellcome, Newport NH – Age 77 years, 1 May 1881 – Taken 29 August 91.”

What I learned while researching this photo:

• The 1891 Concord Business Directory listed Sereno A Bowers as a photographer with an office at 135 No. Maine.
• FamilySearch profile MZWF-XGZ suggests this photo is of Abner Paine Wellcome (1817-1893).
  • It says that Abner was born on 1 May 1817 in Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine.
  • He appears living in Newport, NH, in the 1860, 1870, & 1880 US Censuses.
  • He died on 19 December 1893 in Everett, MA, and was buried in the Maple Street Cemetery, Newport, NH.
• His marker and Mass. State Vital Records indicate he was “79 years, 7 mos, 19 d’s” old when he died, suggesting his birth on 1 May 1814. That is in keeping with the notation on the back of the photo but in conflict with other records regarding his birth year.

I added this photo to my Linwood Dyer Collection family tree at Ancestry.

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“Afonse Shape” (Possibly).

This 4¼ x 6½ cabinet card of a young man. The photo identifying information includes:

• Photographer: Scherer – New York, 22 W. 23^rd St. 1182 Broadway, B’klyn 489 Fulton St.
• Handwritten on the back is “Afonse Shape.”

I was unsuccessful in finding an Afonse Shape or anything similar in the New York area. I am not convinced that I am reading the name correctly. If you have a suggestion for the name, I would love to hear from you.

I have not identified the individual in this photo sufficiently to upload to my family tree or Dead Fred, so I only included the individual’s photo here.

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Alexander P. Winst??, 1950.

This photo is an 8 x 10 of a man seated wearing a black robe with a white color. Although shown, I cannot make out the name for sure. I’d be interested if you could interpret the name written here.

I only included the individual’s photo here.

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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 and FamilySearch have higher quality than those here. Feel free to use these photos in your genealogical activities. Please cite “Photo Courtesy: Scarborough Historical Society.”