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Today, I remember my third great-grandparents, Enoch and Minerva (Toliver) Mannin. They were married in October 1843 in Morgan County, Kentucky.
Their marriage record is one of the more confounding records I’ve encountered. Most researchers, including me, believe that the record for “Enoch Fugate” and “Patsey Tolliver” is the record of their marriage. Enoch Mannin’s mother was Rachel Fugate (later Mannin), so, understandably, Fugate could have been his middle name. “Patsey” doesn’t appear as a given name for Minerva in any other place that I’ve encountered, but the record has both “Patsey” and “Minerva” as the bride. Also, the index line indicates the marriage date as 11 October, but the written text indicates Joseph Nickells performed the ceremony on the 15th. Consequently, some researchers indicate their marriage on the 11th and others on the 15th. I haven’t found corroborating evidence for either date so far.
Because of this record, I’ve added a nickname for Minerva of “Patsey” and updated their marriage date to “Between 11 and 15 October 1843″ in my records.
Linwood Dyer Collection – Part 036 Skillin, Libby, Trickey Photo Album. By Don Taylor
I identified five people from the Skillin, Libby, and Trickey photo album from the Linwood Dyer Collection for Photo Friday this week. This collection includes hundreds of images, documents, and genealogies of people who lived 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.
Alward H. Fuller, circa 1900.
Allward H Fuller.
This 4¼ x 6½ cabinet card of a man in his 30s or 40s has the studio name on the bottom in cursive, and the studio name takes up the entire back of the card, suggesting it was created after 1880.
Handwritten on the back: Otis E Libby, Son of Amos and Lucy E.
What I learned while researching this photo:
Photographer A.M. McKenney appears in Portland city directories from 1858 until 1883.
Amos and Lucy (Trickey) were in my Linwood Dyer Collection tree. I added Otis E as their son.
Ancestry Family Trees suggest that Otis was born 6 Feb 1861 in Portland, ME. They also indicate he had a sister, Mable.
The man in the photograph appears to be in his early 20s. As such, I estimate the photo from about 1882 to be the best fit for the years McKenney was in business.
I added this photo to Otis E Libby’s FamilySearch profile, KCL4-4FD, and to my Linwood Dyer Collection family tree at Ancestry.
Mabel A. Libby (sister of Otis), circa 1880.
Mable A Libby
This is a 2½ x 4” carte de visite of a young woman. The photographer is J. M. Peck, 518 Congress St., Portland, ME. Handwritten on the back is “Mable A Libby, sister of Otis.
What I learned while researching this photo:
J.M. Peck had his studio on Congress Street from about 1875 to about 1885.[i]
Mabel was born in 1863.
I believe this is a photo of Mabel when she was about 20 years old, circa 1882.
Fred F. Johnson, husband of Mabel Libby, circa 1882.
Fred F Johnson
This 2½ x 4” carte de visite is next to the photo of Mabel A. Libby in the Skillin-Libby-Trickey photo album. Handwritten on the back of the card is “Fred F Johnson, m. Mable Libby. The photographer was I. A. Collins, 8 Market St., Lynn, Mass.
What I learned while researching this photo:
Fred F. Johnson was born June 1862, in Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, to Randall and Mary Frances (Maxfield) Johnson. He had a brother, Andrew M Johnson (1865-1928). He moved to Lynn, Mass., before 1870 and married Mabel Alnora Libby on 26 December 1882 in Portland, Maine.
I estimate this photo of Fred is from about 1882 when they married.
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, Dead Fred, or Flickr have higher quality than those linked here. Feel free to use these photos in your genealogical activities. Please cite “Photo Courtesy: Scarborough Historical Society.”
Endnotes
[i] Portland City Directories indicate he was at 171 Middle street in 1873 and he moved to 12 Monument Square before 1889.
“In the News” is my reporting on newly discovered newspaper articles and advertising regarding ancestors I am researching. John Huber is my wife’s great-grandfather. The information in newspapers often raises more questions and research areas, but they invariably provide fresh texture to understanding an ancestor’s life.
The Saginaw News (Saginaw, MI) newspapers dated 1946, 1947, 1849, and 1955 reported:
Saginaw News, April, 29, 1946, Page 14.
29 April 1946 – Classified Ad – SEED CORN, early Yellow Dent. Inquire John Huber, 2770 South Center road[i].
29 October 1946 – Classified Ad – PEARS – John Huber, 2770 South Center Road, West Side, Saginaw.
5 October 1948 – Deaths – John Huber, 68, 2770 South Center Road.
11 August 1955 –- Classified Ad – TOMATOES—Reasonably priced. At Mrs. John Huber’s farm, 2770 S. Center Road.
From these ads, I learned that John Huber sold seed corn and pears. After his death, his wife, Bertha (Trümpy) Huber, sold tomatoes.
Endnotes
[i] There were several John Hubers that lived in the Saginaw, MI, area. These advertisements provide his address, 2770 South Center road, and positively identify great-grandfather John Huber.
Linwood Dyer Collection – Part 035 Skillin, Libby, Trickey Photo Album. Portland, Maine, Boston, Massachusetts By Don Taylor
I identified all the people (4) in nine photos from the Skillin, Libby, and Trickey photo album, the Linwood Dyer Collection, for Photo Friday this week. This collection includes hundreds of images, documents, and genealogies of people who lived 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.
Hyla (Hilea?) Skillin – 3 Photos c. 1897 to 1910.
Three cabinet cards appear to be of the same woman.
Hyla (Hilea?) Skillin c. 1910.
The first cabinet card has “Warren, 29 Temple Place” in gold tone on the front and “W. Shaw Warren, 29 Temple Place, Boston, Mass. Established 1862.” Handwritten in pencil on the album is “Hilea Skillin.”
The second cabinet card has “Elmer Chickering, 21 West St., Boston” embossed in gold on the front, and the back says “The Royal Studio, Elmer Chickering proprietor, 21 West St., Boston.” Also, handwritten in pencil on the album is “Hilea Skillin?”
Finally, a third cabinet card has a blank back but includes a handwritten slip of paper saying “Hilea Skillin.
An interesting note is that the third photo is followed immediately by a photo of “Alwood H. Fuller.” It is also proceeded by a photo of “Lizzie Wood m. Chas. Skillin.”
What I learned while researching this photo:
Hyla, circa 1910
Ancestry Family Trees suggest this is Hyla Mae Skillings[i], daughter of Charles O and Elizabeth Skillin. Hyla married Alward H Fuller.
W. Shaw Warren had a photo studio at 29 Temple from 1889 to 1902.
Elmer Chickering has a studio at 21 West from 1886 to 1918. Elmer died in 1915, but his studio appeared in the City Directory through 1918.
I have encountered the author of the “Skillin Libby Tricky” photo album misspelling names, so I’m not concerned about the spelling difference. Also, the proximity of other family members in the album confirms my assessment.
Hyla, circa 1887.
I estimate the W. Shaw Warren photo to be the first of the three photos taken when she was about 18 years old, circa 1897. I estimate the Royal Studio photo to be taken in 1910 when she was about 31 after she and her first husband separated. Finally, I estimate the last picture to have been taken when she was in her 20s, so about 1903.
These three photos are from the Linwood Dyer Collection. The Scarborough Historical Society holds the originals in this collection.
John Skillin, c. 1887.
There are three photographs labeled “John Skillin.” Two are clearly of the same person, and one is a tintype of a baby.
The first is a tintype photo. With it is a slip of paper with “John E Skillin.”
On the next page of the album is a cabinet card of a young man, with “John Skillin” written in the album on the page. J.M. Peck of 12 Monument Square, Portland, took this photo.
Finally, there is a 2½ x 4-inch carte de visite of a boy. Chas. W. Hearn took this photo at 518 Congress St., Portland, Me.
What I learned while researching this photo:
John Skillin, c. 1883.
John E Skillin, c. 1867.
Charles W. Hearn had a studio at 518 Congress St. in Portland from 1883 to 1889.
J.M. Peck had a studio at 12 Monument Square from 1881 to 1891.
Tintypes were invented in the 1850s, and their maximum use was in the 1860s and 1870s, although their use persisted into the 1930s.[ii]
My previous research found Lewis and Harriet (Trickey) Skillin had a son, John Edward Skillin. Based on the dates of the Hearn studio, the photo of John is likely from about 1883, when John was about 16 years old.
The photo of John as a young man was probably taken when John was about 21, about 1887 when he was about 21 years old.
Finally, the tintype was likely taken when John was about one year old, circa 1867.
I added these three photos to my Linwood Dyer Collection family tree at Ancestry. I also added his c. 1887 photo to his FamilySearch profile, G5KK-DWZ, and his monument on Find-a-Grave.
Probably Frank & Frederick Titcomb, circa 1891.
This is a 4¼ x 6½ cabinet card of two young boys. Identifying information includes:
Probably Frank & Frederick Titcomb circa 1891.
Photographer – Brown, 243 Westminster Street, Providence, R. I.
A handwritten slip with the photo says “Titcomb.”
What I learned while researching this photo:
Silas B Brown was a photographer at 243 Westminster from 1877 to 1891.
The 1900 US Census lists one Titcomb family in Providence County, Rhode Island.
Frederick Titcomb, age 41, was born in New Hampshire and lived in Pawtucket. He had a wife, Annie, and four sons, Frank E (b. Mar 1885), Fredik A (b. Sep 1887), Chas. E (b. Aug 1889) and Morris E (b. May 1899), all of whom were born in Rhode Island.
If the photo was taken in 1891, Frank would be about seven and Frederick about four, which fits the apparent ages of the children in this photo.
Although I am reasonably sure this is a photo of Frank and Frederick taken about 1891, I am not 100% certain. If you are related to the Titcomb of Pawtucket, I’d love to hear your opinion of my findings. Because I could not fully identify the individual, I only included the individual’s photo here and in my Flickr Photostream.
Elizabeth “Lizzie” (Wood) Lovett Skillin, circa 1894
This 4¼ x 6½ cabinet card of a woman has the studio name on the bottom in cursive, and the studio name takes up the entire back of the card, suggesting it was created after 1880.
Elizabeth “Lizzie” (Wood) Lovett Skillin, circa 1894
The photo identifying information includes:
Photographer: Arthur A Glines, 6 Winter St., Boston, Mass, 1889
Handwritten in a separate slip of paper is “Lizzie Wood, m. Chas. Skillin.
What I learned while researching this photo:
Arthur A Glines had a studio at 6 Winter St., in Boston, from 1889 until 1899, thus dating the photo circa 1894.
In my research for Hyla Mae Skillin (see above), I learned her parents were Charles O. & Elizabeth Skillin. However, FamilySearch and several Ancestry trees indicate Hyla’s mother, and Charles O. Skillin’s wife, was Elizabeth J. Lovett. But Elizabeth’s mother was Alice Wood. It will take more research to determine if Alice was married twice and had Elizabeth in a previous marriage and William Lovett was Elizabeth’s stepfather.
Even with the name conflict, I believe this photo is of Hyla’s mother, Elizabeth “Lizzie” (Wood) Skillin, so I added it to my Linwood Dyer Collection family tree at Ancestry and my Flickr Photostream. However, I did not upload it to FamilySearch or Find-a-Grave.
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, Dead Fred, or Flickr have higher quality than those linked here. Feel free to use these photos in your genealogical activities. Please cite “Photo Courtesy: Scarborough Historical Society.”
Endnotes
[i] Ancestry Trees indicate her name as Hyla Mae Skillin, Hyla May Skillings, Hyla M Fuller, and Hyla M Skillin Fuller. From my past work with the family line, I prefer “Hyla Mae Skillin.” Also, that is the spelling of her FamilySearch Profile, K28T-9WK.
Linwood Dyer Collection – Part 034 Skillin, Libby, Trickey photo album. Portland, Maine By Don Taylor
I identified five people from the Skillin, Libby, and Trickey photo album from the Linwood Dyer Collection for Photo Friday this week. The last photo is from the Stone folder in the “Limbs on the Family Tree” 3-ring binder (2023.01.058). This collection includes hundreds of images, documents, and genealogies of people who lived in Portland, Scarborough, South Portland, and Cape Elizabeth, Maine. My goal is to reunite the photos with family members who may have never seen the pictures before.
Eugene Bradford Skillin, of Portland, ME, c. 1891.
This 4¼ x 6½ cabinet card of a young man has the studio name on the bottom in cursive, and the studio name takes up the entire back of the card, suggesting it was created after 1880.
Eugene Bradford Skillin, of Portland, ME, c. 1891.
The photo identifying information includes:
Photographer: J. M. Peck, 12 Monument Square, Portland, Me.
Handwritten on a separate slip with the photo is “Eu Jean B Skillin, Bradford.”
What I learned while researching this photo:
J. M. Peck was a photographer at 12 Monument Square in 1890 and 1891. He does not appear in the 1889 or the 1892 Portland directories.
Ancestry trees suggest this is Eugene Bradford Skillin, born 27 May 1874 in Portland, Maine, to Lewis B and Harriet J (Trickey) Skillin.
Lewis and Harriet (Trickey) Skillin already appear in my Linwood Dyer Collection. Eugene is their son; J. M. Peck probably took this photo in 1891.
I added this photo to Eugene B Skillin’s FamilySearch profile, L2YL-RWC, and to my Linwood Dyer Collection family tree at Ancestry.
Eugene B. Skillin, of Portland, ME, circa 1893.
This is Eugene B. Skillin’s 2nd cabinet card. It has the studio name on the back of the card, suggesting it was created after 1880. Identifying information includes:
Eugene B. Skillin, of Portland, ME, circa 1893.
Photographer: Ye Longfellow Gallery, 655 Congress Street, Portland, ME
Handwritten on the back is “Eugene B. Skillin, May 27, 1874.
What I learned while researching this photo:
The 1892 Portland directory does not list the Longfellow Gallery; it first appears in the 1893 directory.
Eugene Bradford Skillin was born on 27 May 1874 in Portland, Maine. He was the child of Lewis and Harriet (Trickey) Skillin.
Because Eugene appears to be only a year or two older than he does in the other previous photo, I date this photo to about 1893.
I added this photo to Eugene B Skillin’s FamilySearch profile, L2YL-RWC, and to my Linwood Dyer Collection family tree at Ancestry.
Harriet Jane (Trickey) Skillin, of Portland, ME, circa 1877.
Harriet Jane (Trickey) Skillin, circa 1877.
This 4¼ x 6½ cabinet card is courtesy of the Scarborough Historical Society, Linwood Dyer Photo Collection, the “Skillin, Libby, Trickey” photo album. It is of a woman apparently in her 30s.
The photo identifying information includes:
Photographer: J. M. Peck, 518 Congress St., Portland, Me.
Handwritten on the back of the photo is “Harriet Jane Trickey m. Lewis Skillin b. Feb 28, 1841.
What I learned while researching this photo:
J. M. Peck was a photographer at 518 Congress from 1873 or 74 to 1879 or 80.[i]
Harriet (Trickey) Skillin, the wife of Lewis, appears in my Linwood Dyer Collection Ancestry tree.
I added this photo to Harriet J. Trickey’s FamilySearch profile, L2YL-R8L, and to my Linwood Dyer Collection family tree at Ancestry.
Lewis B. Skillin of Portland, ME, circa 1877.
This 4¼ x 6½ cabinet card is courtesy of the Scarborough Historical Society, Linwood Dyer Photo Collection, the “Skillin, Libby, Trickey” photo album. It is of a man apparently in his 40s.
Lewis B. Skillin of Portland, ME, Circa 1877.
The photo identifying information includes:
Photographer: J. M. Peck, 12 Monument Square, Portland, Me.
Handwritten on the back of the photo is “Lewis B. Skillin, b. Jan 24, 1839.
What I learned while researching this photo:
J. M. Peck was a photographer at 518 Congress from 1873 or 74 to 1879 or 80.[ii]
Lewis B Skillin appears in my Linwood Dyer Collection Ancestry tree.
I am confident this is a photo of Lewis B. Skillin, about 1877
Willis Burton Skillin, of Portland, ME, circa. 1891.
Willis Burton Skillin, of Portland, ME, c. 1891.
This 4¼ x 6½ cabinet card of a young man has the studio name on the bottom in cursive, and the studio name takes up the entire back of the card, suggesting it was created after 1880.
The photo identifying information includes:
Photographer: J. M. Peck, 12 Monument Square, Portland, Me.
Handwritten on the back of the photo is “Willis Burton Skillin.”
What I learned while researching this photo:
J. M. Peck was a photographer at 12 Monument Square in 1890 and 1891. He does not appear in the 1889 or the 1892 Portland directories.
Lewis and Harriet (Trickey) Skillin had five sons. Two died as infants. The youngest was Willis Burton Skillin. Willis was born on 25 July 1877. In 1891, he would have been about 13.
Willis already appeared in my Linwood Dyer Collection, so I am confident this is their son, taken about 1891.
This 4¼ x 6½ cabinet card of a woman in her 30s or 40s has an embossed studio name and border, suggesting it was created after 1890. Identifying information includes:
Photographer: H.M. Smith, 478 Congress St., Portland, Me.
Handwritten on the front: Susan Stone. Additionally, an accompanying label says, “Susan A. Stone.”
What I learned while researching this photo:
Howard M Smith was a photographer at 478½ Congress Street from about 1888 to 1899.
My search for Susan failed to yield a candidate for Susan A. Stone. There was a Susan B. Stone, who died on April 7, 1887, at 41, but this does not appear to be her.
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.
Feel free to use these photos in your genealogical activities. Please cite “Photo Courtesy: Scarborough Historical Society, Linwood D. Dyer Collection.”
Endnotes
[i] I have not found the 1874 or 1880 Portland Directories to see of John Peck, photographer is listed. He appears in the 1875 and 1879 directories at 518½ Congress. [ii] Ibid.
