Photo Friday – Dyer, McCann, McLain, Peabody, & Roche.

Linwood Dyer Collection – Part 028
Isabel Dyer Skillin Album
Photo Friday
By Don Taylor

These photos are from the Isabel Dyer Skillin photo album, courtesy of the Scarborough Historical Society, Linwood Dyer Genealogical Collection, and include people from the South Portland High School — 1899.

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Ethel Dyer (later Jones), c. 1899.

Handwritten on a slip of paper with the photo is “Ethel Dyer.”

What I learned while researching this photo:

• The 1900 U.S. Census enumerated E. Ethel Dyer, an 18-year-old who lived with her parents, Charles E & Elisa J Dyer.
• My search of Ancestry family trees suggested this is Elizabeth Ethel Dyer. She was born on 21 Apr 1882 in Cape Elizabeth to Charles Eben and Eliza J (Thompson) Dyer. She married David John Jones in South Portland on 24 Jan 1903 and died on 26 Jul 1966.

I added this photo of Ethel to her FamilySearch profile, GMLM-GN2, and my Linwood Dyer Collection family tree at Ancestry.

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Gertrude McCann (later Newell), c. 1899.

Handwritten on a slip of paper with the photo is “Gertrude McCann.”

What I learned while researching this photo:

• My search of Ancestry family trees suggested this is Gertrude M McCann. She was born on 11 Nov 1881 in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, to Daniel Edward & Anne Elizabeth (Flanagan) McCann. She married Norman Crowell Newell in Portland, ME, on 6 Nov 1905 and died on 6 Jan 1974 in Portland, ME.
• In 1900, she lived on Main Street with her parents and seven siblings in South Portland.

I added this photo of Gertrude to her FamilySearch profile, 9V8T-JFG, and my Linwood Dyer Collection family tree at Ancestry.

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Hattie Ella Peabody (later Johnson), c. 1899.

Handwritten on a slip of paper with the photo is “H. Ella Peabody.”

What I learned while researching this photo:

• My search of Ancestry family trees suggested this is Hattie Ella Peabody. She was born on 9 Jul 1878 in Cape Elizabeth to Aaron P. and Ella Francis (Cole) Peabody. She married Edward H Johnson in Portland, ME, on 19 Oct 1904 and died in Portland, ME, on 31 Aug 1946.
• In 1900, she lived at 1 Atlantic Street, South Portland, with her adoptive parents, Charles E and Hattie Peabody and their four children.

I added this photo of Hattie to her FamilySearch profile, KHRL-K5N, and my Linwood Dyer Collection family tree at Ancestry.

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Charlotte “Lottie” Roche (later Drinkwater), c. 1899.

Handwritten on a slip of paper with the photo is “Lottie Roche.”

What I learned while researching this photo:

• My search of Ancestry family trees suggested this is Charlotte Mae Roche. She was born on 19 Mar 1883 in Cape Elizabeth to George Wilford and Elizabeth Annie (Barker) Roche. She married Louis Percy Drinkwater in Washington, D.C., on 21 Jun 1913, and died in Portland, ME on 15 Sep 1968.
• In the 1900 U.S. Census, Charlotte appears to live at home with her parents and two brothers at 1 D Street, South Portland, ME.

I added this photo of Charlotte to her FamilySearch profile, K8TL-LSR, and my Linwood Dyer Collection family tree at Ancestry.

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Dennis McLain, c. 1899.

Handwritten on a slip of paper with the photo is “Dennis McLain.”

What I learned while researching this photo:

• I was unsuccessful in finding a Dennis McLain in the South Portland/Cape Elizabeth area in the 1900 Census.
• Ancestry Family Trees suggested a Dennis Gove McLain, who was born in 1880 in Bristol, Lincoln County, Maine. However, I was unsuccessful in finding a link to South Portland or Cape Elizabeth for that individual.

I could not definitively determine who the Dennis McLain (or McLoin) in this photo is, so I uploaded the image to Dead Fred.

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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 Ancestry and FamilySearch have a higher resolution than those here. Feel free to use these photos in your genealogical activities. Please cite “Photo Courtesy: Don Taylor Genealogy.”