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Author Archives: Don Taylor
Faces from the Past: Hinkley, Prindle & Welch
In this installment of Faces from the Past, I examine five portraits from a single family album in the Linwood Dyer Collection at the Scarborough Historical Society. The subjects span four generations of the Hinkley and Prindle families of Scarborough, Maine, and Whitehall, New York — from painted likenesses of James Lonson Prindle (1802–1851) and his wife Eunice (Welch) Prindle (1810–1895), made in the early 1840s, to a World War I military portrait of Philip Edward Hinkley (1881–1962). The album also includes a later cabinet card of Eunice in old age, taken by the Portland photographer Lamson between 1871 and 1880, which allows a remarkable comparison across three decades. The identity of a fifth portrait, inscribed simply “Grandfather Hinkley,” remains an open question pending further research. Continue reading
Posted in Photo Identification, Scarborough Historical Society and Museum, Linwood Dyer Collection, Faces from the Past
Tagged Linwood Dyer Collection, Marion Hinkley, Margaret Cogswell Kinney, cabinet card, Whitehall New York, Scarborough Historical Society, 19th Century Genealogy, Prindle family, World War I, New England genealogy, photograph of a painting, Photo Identification, Philip Edward Hinkley, Welch family, Faces from the Past, New York genealogy, Scarborough Maine, Victorian photography, American Expeditionary Forces, James Lonson Prindle, Lamson Portland Maine, Hinkley family, Maine genealogy, Eunice Welch Prindle
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Ancestor Sketch – Anna Maria Dürst (1770–1858)
Anna Maria Dürst was born in 1770 in Diesbach, Glarus, Switzerland — a mountain canton that would shape her world for nearly nine decades. She married Bernhard Trümpi in 1806 and raised a family in Ennetbühls. If Patrick Wild’s research holds, her ancestry may trace all the way back to Charlemagne. Continue reading
Unidentified Faces – Dyer, Libby, and Six Unlabeled Women
Linwood Dyer Collection, Part 097By Don Taylor IntroductionThe Scarborough Historical Society maintains several important photographic collections documenting people, places, and events. In this installment of Faces from the Past, I examine eight more photographs from the Linwood Dyer Collection. Sadly, … Continue reading
Posted in Maine Genealogy, Linwood Dyer Collection, Faces from the Past
Tagged Maine genealogy, Cabinet Cards, Linwood Dyer Collection, Portland Maine Photographers, Faces from the Past, Libby family, Cumberland County Maine, Dyer family, Scarborough Historical Society, Jackson & Kinney, Cape Elizabeth Maine
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Faces from the Past – Dyer & Hersey
This installment of Faces from the Past examines five photographs from the Linwood Dyer Collection, combining studio analysis and genealogical research to identify members of the Dyer and Hersey families. Through census records, city directories, and photographic dating techniques, these images are placed within their late 19th-century context, helping reconnect individuals with their families and communities. Continue reading
Posted in Scarborough Historical Society and Museum, Linwood Dyer Collection, Maine History, Uncategorized, Faces from the Past
Tagged A C Lewis photographer, Dyer family, Lamson Studio, Florence Perry Dyer, Portland Maine, Clifford W Dyer, Elwyn Rice Dyer, Henry T C Hersey, Addie Dyer, Cabinet Cards, Haverhill Massachusetts, Anderson photographer, Genealogy Research, Hanson photographer, 19th century photography, H M Smith photographer, Hersey family
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