Linwood Dyer Collection – Part 048
Hinkley Family Photographs (2024.13.43)
Portland, Maine – Scarborough, Maine
By Don Taylor
This photo album, part of the Linwood D. Dyer Photo Collection, is in poor condition. Many photos are glued in place, making it impossible to examine their backs. However, the photos in the album focus on the Hinkley family. The collection contains hundreds of images, documents, and genealogies of people who lived in Portland, Scarborough, South Portland, and Cape Elizabeth, Maine. My goal is to connect these images with their descendants, who may never have seen them before. The original collection is housed at the Scarborough Historical Society[i].
Ernest Cogswell Kinney – 1909
Ernest Cogswell Kenney, 1908
Page 49 features a single photograph. The original label is difficult to read, but a slip of paper with the image identifies the subject as Ernest Cogswell Kinney. The label appears to also read “Ernest Cogswell Kinney” as it fits the spaces and legible charactors. The photograph is dated 1909.
Ernest Cogswell Kinney was born in New York on April 8, 1879. In this photograph, taken in 1909, he would have been approximately 30 years old. He married Eleanor Tisdale Hinkley on June 9, 1909.
I added this photo to my Linwood Dyer Collection family tree on Ancestry.
Howard Hinkley Dana – c. 1915
Howard Hinkley Dana, 1913
Page 50 of the album features a single photograph of a baby labeled “Howard Hinkley Dana – b. 1913.”
The 1920 U.S. Census records Philip & Florence H. Dana’s household with a son, Howard H. Dana, aged 5 years and 11 months, suggesting a birthdate of January 1914.
According to his obituary, Howard Hinkley Dana was born in Westbrook to Philip Dana and Florence Hinkley Dana. He married twice: first to Ann Clifford in 1939, and then to Eileen Rand in 1976. He passed away on October 29, 1981, in Boston following surgery.
He is survived by his wife Eileen, his brother Philip Dana, Jr. of Falmouth, his sister Frances Jordan of Waterville Valley, New Hampshire, his son Howard Dana, Jr. of Cape Elizabeth, and four daughters: Catherine D. Nelson of Madison, Connecticut, Matilda Migsakos of Weston, Massachusetts, Margaret Brown of South Portland, and Molly Dana of New York City.
I added this photograph to my Linwood Dyer Collection family tree on Ancestry.
Charles K Hinkley – Feb 1862.
Page 54 of the album contains two thumbnail photographs. The first photograph is labeled “Charles K Hinkley – Gorham, Me – Feb 1862.”
I have identified Charles K. Hinkley as the son of Stephen and Sophronia (Shedd) Hinkley, born on November 16, 1843 in Gorham, Maine. He resided in Gorham during the 1860 U.S. Census and when he registered for the draft in 1863.
Based on the date on the photograph and Charles’ birthdate, I am confident that this is a portrait of Charles K. Hinkley taken in 1862 when he was 18 years old.
I added this photo to my Linwood Dyer Collection family tree on Ancestry and to his profile on FamilySearch.
Stephen Hinkley – c. 1862.
Stephen Hinkley, c. 1862
Page 54 of the album features a photograph labeled “Stephen Hinkley” alongside a photograph of Charles K. Hinkley. Given that both photographs were likely taken, printed, and mounted together in the album, it is reasonable to assume they were captured within a similar timeframe.
Since Charles K. Hinkley’s father was Stephen Hinkley, and considering the contextual information, it is highly probable that the photograph depicts Stephen Hinkley. Based on the likely timeframe of the album’s creation, the photograph of Stephen Hinkley is likely from the 1860s.
I added this photo to my Linwood Dyer Collection family tree on Ancestry and to his profile on Family Search.
Elbert, Eleanor, & Margaret Hinkley Gruver – Fall 1911.
Elbert, Eleanor, & Margaret Hinkley Gruver – Fall 1911.
“A photograph of three children labeled “Elbert, Eleanor, & Margaret Hinkley Gruver – Fall 1911″ is located on page 54 of the album.”
My previous research identified the three children of Elbert Asa and Margaret (Hinkley) Gruver as:
- Eleanor Gruver was born on June 29, 1902. She married Victor H Hicks in 1937 and died on November 10, 1993, in Hennepin County, Minnesota.
- Elbert Gruver, born 1905.
- Margaret H Gruver was born on May 28, 1911, in Rome, New York.”
I am confident this is a photo of the three children taken about 1911 when Margaret was an infant.
I added this photograph to my Linwood Dyer Collection family tree on Ancestry and linked it to each of the three children.
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.[ii]
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.
[ii] Dontaylorgenealogy.com
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