Photo Friday –Lefebvre Family

Linwood Dyer Collection – Part 018
By Don Taylor

This week, for Photo Friday, I identified twelve people from the Lefebvre family from the Linwood Dyer Collection. This collection includes hundreds of photos, documents, and genealogies of people who lived in Scarborough, South Portland, Cape Elizabeth, & Westbrook, Maine. 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, Linwood Dyer Photo Collection.

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The Joseph Lefebvre Family of Westbrook, ME, 1908 or 9.

The photo identifying information includes:

• Handwritten on the back:
  • Aunt Mary Lefebvre’s family about 1908 or 9.
  • La Famille de Joseph Lefebvre family.
  • Joe, Rose, Joseph Mina | Philippe, Eugineie, Napoleon.
• There is an address label: Grace P Curtis, 28 Deer Hill Ave., Westbrook ME 04092.

What I learned while researching this photo:

• A search of the 1900 US Census found Joseph Lefebvre (age 40) and his wife Marie (age 31) living in Stroudwater, Portland, Cumberland County, Maine.
• Living with them are:
  • Lanara Lefebvre – his 75-year-old mother.
  • Joseph H Lefebvre – his 14-year-old son.
  • Rose F Lefebvre – his 12-year-old daughter
  • Mina A Lefebvre – his 10-year-old daughter.
  • Napoleon Lefebvre – his 9-year-old son.
  • Armenigille Lefebvre – his 6-year-old son.
  • Phillip Lefebvre – his 5-year-old son.
  • Eugenie Lefebvre – his 2-year-old daughter.
  • Armdari Lefebvre – his 1-year-old son.
• The 1910 US Census lists the Joseph Lefebvre family living in Westbrook, Maine, and with him is his wife Mary.
• I also note that:
  • Mina is named Minnie in this census.
  • Armenigille is named Michael in this census.
  • Eugenie is named Jinnie in this census
• Armdari is named Harmiedes in this census.
• There are three more children listed.
  • Lucy, age 10.
  • Dewey, age 7.
  • Charles, age 2.

This photo, taken about 1908, shows the entire family as it would be seen about 1908.

Back row:       

• Joseph (age 49)
• Rose (age 20)
• Joseph (age 24)
• Mina (on far right) (age 18)

Front row:    

• Phillip (age 13)
• Eugenie (age 10)
• Napoleon (17)
• Lucy (age 8)
• Dewey (age 5)
• Mary (age 40)
• Charles (age 1) (on Mary’s lap)

On the floor: Blanche (age 4)

I added this photo to my Linwood Dyer Collection family tree at Ancestry. I also added the photo to Joseph Lefebvre’s profile on FamilySearch.

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Edwin Haselton (Unk).

The photo identifying information includes:

• Photographer: Snapshot – Photographer Not Identified.
• Handwritten on the back: Edwin Haselton
• At first glance, the photo appears to be a square 3.25” photo, however, a closer look shows it was once taller and some portion of the top was cut off.

What I learned while researching this photo:

• An Ancestry Search for Edwin Haselton (Exact and Similar) in Maine resulted in six candidates.
  • Silas Joseph Edwin Hazelton (1862-1943) – Possible.
  • James Edwin Hazeltine (1846-1849) – Not a candidate.
  • Edwin E Haseltine (1847-1917) – Not a candidate.
  • Edward A Haseltine (1889-1933) – Possible.
  • James Edwin Haseltine (1833-1921) – Not a candidate
  • Warren Edwin Haseltine (1867-1955) – Possible.
• An Ancestry Search for Edwin Haselton (Exact) in the USA resulted in 13 candidates.
  • John Edwin Hall Haselton (1930-199) Illinois & Tennessee)
  • Edwin Myron Haselton (1887-1948) Vermont.
  • Vernon Edwin Haselton (1923-2014) California.
  • William Edwin Haselton (1910-1996) Pennsylvania & Missouri.
  • Edwin Haselton (1873-___) New York (in two trees).
  • Charles O Edwin “Charley” Haselton (1861-____) Vermont.
  • Edwin Haselton (1851-___) (Loc. Unknown).
  • Charles Edward Haselton (1862-1934) Quebec, Vermont, New Hampshire, New York.
  • Edwin Haselton (1841-___) New York.
  • Edwin Walter Haselton (1861-1955) New Hampshire, Vermont.
  • Albert Edwin Haselton (1883-1951) England.
  • Edwin Joseph Haselton (1908-___) Loc. Unknown.
  • Edwin Charles Haselton 1898-1918) England, France.
• There are so many possible candidates that without additional information I can’t make an identification.

I have not identified the individual in this photo sufficiently to upload to either my family tree or to Dead Fred, so I only included the individual’s photo here and to my Flickr Photostream.

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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, Dead Fred, 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.”