Photo Friday – Britt, Butterfield, & Eddy

Linwood Dyer Collection – Part 010
By Don Taylor

This week, for Photo Friday, I identified the people in four photos from the Linwood Dyer Collection. This collection includes hundreds of photos, documents, and genealogies of people, many of whom lived in Scarborough, South Portland, and Cape Elizabeth, Maine. This week, only one of the photos is of a person from the Greater Portland area, North Yarmouth. The other three appear to be people from LaSalle County, Illinois. I desire to analyze the images and reunite the photos with family members who may have never seen the image. The originals in this collection are held by the Scarborough Historical Society.

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Dr. Everett H. Butterfield, September 1898.

The photo identifying information includes:

• On the back, handwritten is, “Dr. E. H. Butterfield – Sept 1898.”
• The front indicates the photo studio is Gerding Studio in Ottawa, Ill.

Why I believe this to be the individual.

• The 1910 US Census[i] enumerated Everett H. Butterfield, a physician & Surgeon living in Ottawa, Ward 2. Everett was 47 years old, was born in Illinois, and lived at 126 Columbus St. with his wife Letitia, and one-year-old son, Everett R.

I am confident this is a photo of Everett taken in September 1898, when he was about 35 years old.

Ancestry has 10 public trees that refer to Everett Henry Butterfield. Family Search has the profile LYTB-GQZ for Everett H Butterfield. I uploaded this photo of Dr. Butterfield to his Family Search Memories.

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Probably Daisy Butterfield, but possibly Miss Farley.

The photo identifying information includes:

• The studio is A.M. Rothschild & Co., State Street – Van Buren Street – Chicago.
• On the back, in pencil, which you have to hold just right to the light, you can read, “Daisy E Butterfield.”
• Also, on the back, it says “Maidie Farley – Mid – loh – hain.”

What I learned about this photo:

I have been unsuccessful in finding evidence for either. Possibly someone can read the writing for Miss Farley and help me translate her first name or the words beneath.

• My initial search for Daisy E Butterfield failed to result in any likely candidates. 
• Likewise, my search for a Maidie or Nadie Farley failed to result in any candidates.

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Fannie Butterfield Eddy, Dec. 1908 (age 20).

The photo identifying information includes:

• Handwritten on the back is “Fannie Butterfield Eddy – Dec. 08.
• The photographer was Gerding, Ottawa, ILL.

Why I believe this to be the individual.

• A search of Ancestry Family Trees for Fanny Butterfield with a husband with the surname Eddy quickly found Fannie Jean Butterfield who married Lewis M Eddy. Fannie Jean was born in 1863 and would be too old to be the young woman in the photo taken in 1908.
• Lewis & Fannie Jean had a daughter, Fannie Butterfield Eddy, born 26 December 1888 in Marseilles, La Salle County, Illinois. Marseilles is about eight miles east of Ottawa, Ill, where the photo was taken.

I am quite certain this photo is of Fannie Butterfield Eddy, taken in 1908 when she was 19 or 20 years old.

Ancestry has 36 public trees that refer to Fannie Butterfield Eddy (1888-1964). Family Search has profile 9HMJ-6SR for Frances Butterfield Eddy. I uploaded a photo of her to her Family Search Memories.

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John Manning Britt, Jr., 1904 (age 15).

The photo identifying information includes:

• Handwritten on the back is, “John M. Britt, Jr. – North Yarmouth, Maine.”
• The front includes “Season’s Greetings” and a 1905 Calendar.

Why I believe this to be the individual.

• A quick search of Ancestry Trees found John Manning Britt, Jr, son of John Manning and Mary (Caswell) Britt. John was enumerated in North Yarmouth in the 1900 and 1910 Censuses. John, Jr., was born in 1889, so he would be about 15 years old in this photograph.

Ancestry has 13 public trees that refer to John Manning Britt (1889-1915). Family Search has a profile LVCF-JVS for John Manning Britt, Jr. I uploaded this photo of John, Jr. to his Family Search Memories.

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Lynnford Butterfield, Dec 1889 (Age 21).

The photo identifying information includes:

• Handwritten on the back is “Lynnford Butterfield – Dec 1889 – 95.27.571.
• Also on the back is a stamp F.D. Tobey, Photographe. 145 22^nd St., Chicago Ill, Enlarging a Specialty.

Why I believe this to be the individual.

• A review of Ancestry public trees found a Lynnford Clare Butterfield, son of Leavitt Merton and Esther B (Parr) Butterfield. He was born on 2 March 1878 in Manilus, La Salle County, Illinois.
• In 1899, Lynnford would have been 21 years old, which fits the image of the young man in the photo.

I am confident this photo is of Lynnford Clare Butterfield taken in December 1899 when he was 21 years old.

Ancestry has 28 public trees that refer to Lynnford Clare Butterfield. Family Search has profile LRYZ-VSL for Lynnford. I uploaded this photo of Lynnford to his Family Search Memories.

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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 Family Search have higher quality than those linked to here.

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Endnotes

[i] 1910 US Census – Place: Ottawa Ward 2, La Salle, Illinois; Roll: T624_301; Page: 12a; Enumeration District: 0126; FHL microfilm: 1374314.