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Author Archives: Don Taylor
Ancestor Sketch – Harriet Marilla Robinson [Welch]
Welch-Harris Project Welch-Robinson Line By Don Taylor When Harriet Marilla Robinson was born on 20 December 1861 in Limington, Maine, her father, David, was 24, and her mother, Malinda, was 23. She married Albert Wesley Welch in 1876. They had … Continue reading
Posted in Ancestor Sketch, Welch-Harris Project
Tagged Maine, Biddeford, Massachusetts Limington, Malden
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Carlstrom, Rowell, Roy, Rush, & Ryder
This week, I identified four of five people in my photo sets:
Virginia Carlstrom, circa 1936.
Sylvia Rowell, circa 1935.
Hilda V. Rush, Queens Hospital, Portland, ME, circa 1935.
Dorothy Ryder, circa 1934.
I also tentatively identified Aline Roy circa 1935, but I am not confident in the identification. Continue reading
Posted in Ethel Wight Studio, Faces from the Past
Tagged Carlstrom, Rowell, Roy, Rush, Ryder, Genealogy, Rowan, PhotoID
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Donna & Columbia Theater – In the News (once again)
Donna Darling & Girls at the Columbia Theater, Columbia, MO, on Sept 21 & 22, 1925. Donna in the News by Don Taylor “Donna in the News” reports newly found newspaper articles and advertisements regarding my grandmother, Madonna Montran (aka … Continue reading
Posted in Donna Darling and Girls, In the news, Vaudeville
Tagged Missouri, Columbia
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Donna & the Columbia Theater – In the News
100 years ago, my grandmother, “Donna Darling,” was interviewed and “in the news” for being at the Columbia Theater in Columbia, MO. #Genealogy #Vaudeville #InTheNews Continue reading
Posted in 1924 - Donna Darling & Earle, In the news, Vaudeville
Tagged Missouri, Columbia
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Brown Gets Six Months on Charges – 29 Apr 1935
Grandpa Brown In the News 88 Years Ago TodayBy Don Taylor Grandpa Brown found himself in the news again. He had abducted my 3-year-old mother from Illinois and brought her to Minnesota. There he was arrested and returned to Illinois … Continue reading
