Monthly Archives: November 2023

Ancestor Sketch – Christine “Stena” (Eriksdotter) Mattson.

Posted on November 26, 2023 by Don Taylor

This detailed family history traces the life of Christine Ericsdotter from her birth in Sweden in 1863, through her emigration to the United States in 1880, and her subsequent marriage and family life in Minnesota. Despite numerous variations in records of her first and last name, Christine had a full life with her husband Lars Mattson and their 13 children, highlighted by the national census data from 1885-1940. She died in 1942 and was buried in the family plot in Minnesota.
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Photo Friday – Dennett (née Parks), Kunkle, & Wight

Posted on November 24, 2023 by Don Taylor

Don Taylor examined five envelopes from the Ethel Wight Studio Collection and identified subjects of the photos: Rev. Dr. Edward C. Kunkle, Virginia Parks Dennett, and Leora La Fond (Hart) Wight. Photos were provided under the paid names, not necessarily of the individuals pictured. Taylor uploaded the identified photos to Family Search Memories. Two images of an unknown woman, whom he believed to be Barbara M Parks, and a dog named “Mrs. Woodward’s Dog – 1945” couldn’t be explicitly identified. Continue reading →

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Small Family, (née Dresser & Newall) (married Porter & Burnside), circa 1871.

Posted on November 22, 2023 by Don Taylor

This week, I identified six people from the Linwood Dyer Collection:

Abigail Ann (Small) Porter of Lancaster, N.H.

Dr. Horatio Nelson & Harriet (Newall) Small of Portland, Me.

Hon. John Chase & Mary Schuyler (Dresser) Small of Portland, Me.

Sallie Emery (Small) Burnside of Lancaster, N.H. Continue reading →

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Farnum Vergil Wood, Circa 1942

Posted on November 21, 2023 by Don Taylor

Today, I examined two photos. One was titled Orvgil [sic] Wood, and the other says Virgil Word. Both photos indicate 1942, and one says Saco. Both photo packages appear to be of the same young man wearing church attire. Continue reading →

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Photo Friday – Two Ridlon Boys and the “Webber Lodge”

Posted on November 19, 2023 by Don Taylor

Ethel Wight Collection – Parts 155b & 155cPhoto FridayBy Don Taylor Everett & Wesley Ridlon, c. 1936. Today, I examined another photo package from the Ethel Wight Studio in Portland, Maine[i]. The envelope this negative was in says, “Mrs. E. N. … Continue reading →

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