Linwood Dyer Collection – Part 043
Hinkley Family Photographs (2024.13.43)
By Don Taylor
This photo album is from the Linwood D Dyer Photo Collection and is in very rough condition. Because most images are glued in place, I cannot access the photo backs. My initial look suggests this photo album highlights the Hinkley family. The 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.[i]
Eleanor (Hinkley), Margaret, and Louise Kinney, 1914
Hinkley Family Album, Pages 18.
Eleanor (Hinkley) Kinney with children Margaret & Louise
Page 18 consists of one photo of a woman and two children. Although unlabeled, it is clearly a photo of Margaret Prindle (Hinkley) Kinney and her two children, Margaret and Louise, taken in 1914 when Eleanor was three and Louise was an infant.
I added this photo to my Linwood Dyer Collection family tree at Ancestry.
Eleanor Tisdale Hinkley, 1908 & 1909.
Hinkley Family Album, Pages 19.
Page 19 consists of two photos of a young woman.
- One is labeled “1908 Eleanor,”
- One is labeled “1909 Eleanor.”
Eleanor married Ernest C Kinney in 1909.
I added these two photos to my Flickr Photostream.
Margaret & Louise Kinney, c. 1916.
Hinkley Family Album, Page 20.
Margaret Kinney, c. 1917.
Page 20 consists of four photos of children:
- A young girl standing in front of a house.
- A girl on a pony,
- A toddler,
- Two children, a toddler and a young girl. The photo is labeled 1916.
Louise Kinney, c. 1916.
In 1916, Margaret was about five, and Louise was about two, and these appear to be photos of them.
I added the photo of Louise as a toddler and the picture of Margaret on the pony to my Linwood Dyer Collection family tree at Ancestry. I added the other two images to my Flickr Photostream.
Margaret Prindle (Hinkley) & Elbert Asa Gruven, 1908 & c. 1900.
Hinkley Family Album, Page 21.
Elbert Asa Gruven, c. 1900.
Page 21 consists of two photos of adults:
- A man.
- A woman – labeled Aug 16, 1908.
Last week, in Photo Friday – Hinkley & Gruver, I identified the man as Elbert Gruver.
Margaret Prindle Hinkley
That would suggest the woman is Margaret Prindle Hinkley. Margaret and Elbert were married on 1 Sep 1898 in Portland, ME. Because of the proximity of the photos, I am sure they are of Margaret and Elbert, probably taken several years apart.
I added these photos to my Linwood Dyer Collection family tree at Ancestry.
Rufus Henry Hinkley, Jr., c. 1878 to c. 1903.
Hinkley Family Album, Pages 22 & 23.
Rufus Henry Hinkley, Jr.
Page 22 consists of three photos labeled “Henry.”
- A young boy
- A teenaged boy
- A young man in a military-style uniform.
Page 23 includes one photo of a man labeled “Rufus Henry Hinkley, Jr – 1873 –.”
All the photos appear to be of the same person, Rufus Henry Hinkley, Jr., taken over several decades.
I added the 1873 photo to my Linwood Dyer Collection family tree at Ancestry and to FamilySearch profile LWK6-S9Q. I also uploaded Rufus Henry Hinkley, Jr.’s younger pictures to my Flickr Photostream.
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, FamilySearch, 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] Scarborough Historical Society Accession number: 2024.13.43.
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