Linwood Dyer Collection – Part 019
By Don Taylor
This week, for Photo Friday, I identified the ten people in five photos from the Linwood Dyer Collection. This collection includes hundreds of photos, documents, and genealogies of people who lived in Maine and New Hampshire. I analyze the images and try to 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.
Six Westbrook girls with their bikes, circa 1936.
This photo is of six young girls with their bikes. The photographer is not indicated. Written on the back is a lot of information regarding the photo.
- Dorothy Lefebvre – now Leavitt
- Grace Pedneault – Curtis
- Beulah Smith – Call
- Harriet Cutler – Bulger
- Edna Hebert – Prescott
- Madeline Bartlett – Ward
- Maybe 1938 – Biked to W.G.A.N. Building on Warren Ave.
- I borrowed Cousin Shirley Fayes bike.
What I learned while researching this photo:
- Maine, U.S., Marriage Index, 1892-1996, lists Dorothy A Lefebvre of Westbrook, ME, married Herbert F Leavitt of Westbrook on 17 May 1941. Ancestry Family Trees suggest she is Maria Dorothy Antoinette Lefebvre, born 22 Feb 1920 in Westbrook to Phillip and Grace (Phaneuf) Lefebvre.
- I have encountered Grace (Pedneault) Curtis before. See “Photo Friday – Curtis (née Pedneault)” and “Photo Friday – Brown, Curtis (née Pednault), Dean, & Dinsmore.”
- Maine, U.S., Marriage Index, 1892-1996, lists Beulah Smith of Westbrook, ME, married John I Call of Rockport on 22 Aug 1942. Ancestry Family Trees suggest she is Beulah Vernon Smith, born on 21 Jan 1918 in Westbrook to Jens Hanson and Annia Matthis (Thompson) Smith.
- Maine, U.S., Birth Records, 1715-1922, lists Harriet Elwell Cutler who was born to Clifford & Maude (Court?) Cutler in Westbrook, ME, on 31 Aug 1919. Family Search suggests this is Harriet Elwell Cutter [sic], daughter of Benjamin Clifford and Maud Helen (Court) Cutter. She married Chester N Bulger on 4 Feb 1943.
- Maine, U.S., Birth Records, 1715-1922, lists Marie Edna Alice Hebert, born 20 Oct 1919 [sic – 23 Oct] in Westbrook, ME, to Henry and Baulie Hebert. Ancestry Family Trees indicate she married Thornton George Prescott on 19 April 1941. Her mother’s name was Basélice Legère.
- Maine, U.S., Birth Records, 1715-1922, lists Emma Madeline Bartlett, born 11 Jan 1918 in Westbrook to Willis and Mary Bartlett. Family Search Family Tree suggests this is Madeline, Bartlett (1918-1992), the daughter of Willis Akers & Mary Emma (Wilkins) Bartlett. My quick look at Madeline’s records yielded no marriages.
My estimate of the girls in the photo suggests they are 13-15 years old, indicating the photo was probably taken about 1935 rather than 1938.
WGAN is a radio station in Portland, Maine. Its transmitter is located on Warren Ave.[i]
I added this photo to my Linwood Dyer Collection family tree at Ancestry.
Eugenie (Thorndike) La Folley, c. 1891.
The photo identifying information includes:
- Handwritten on the back: Mrs. La Folley, Rockport
What I learned while researching this photo:
- Eugenia La Folley, age 33, appears in the 1900 US Census, living at 46 Commercial Street, Rockport, Knox County, Maine. She had been married for 9 years and had 1 child, Theodore B La Folley, age 8. Her husband does not appear to be in the household.
- In 1922, 54-year-old Eugenie La Folley, of Rockport married George W Hyler. Her parents were identified as Robert C Thorndike and Johanna Annis.
- Ancestry Trees suggest this is Eugenia Linda (Thorndike) La Folley, daughter of Robert Corthell and Joanna Caroline (Annis) La Folley. She was born on 12 Apr 1866 in Rockport, Knox County, Maine.
This photo is posted to her Family Search Memories. I also added her and this photo to my Linwood Dyer Collection family tree at Ancestry.
John S. Loud of Rochester, N.H., December 1903.
This is a “Christmas Card” recognizing the 12th anniversary of his business.
- Printed on the inside is:
- J. S. Loud, Proprietor, Enterprise Grocery, Rochester, N.H., Dec 19, 1903.
What I learned while researching this photo:
- The 1900 US Census lists John S. Loud, as a Grocer living in Rochester, Strafford County, New Hampshire. He is 43 years old, born Jan 1857. He is married to Ida M Loud.
- Ancestry Family Trees suggest he was born on 22 Jan 1857, the son of John Lowd and Olive H (Atkinson) Lowd.
I added this photo to my Linwood Dyer Collection family tree at Ancestry.
George Edward Losier, July 1907.
The photo identifying information:
- Handwritten on back – George Edward Losier, Age 3 Months, Born April 26th, 1907.
- A search of the U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, found George Edward Losier, born 26 April 1907 in Greenwood, Maine.
- Ancestry Family Trees indicates he is the son of Michel P. and Jessie (Newcomb) Losier and is found in 8 public trees. He married Marion Louis Kells in 1929.
I added this photo to my Linwood Dyer Collection family tree at Ancestry.
Edith H Lane, circa 1905.
This photo is of a woman in her late 20s or early 30s with glasses with a hairstyle from the early 1900s. Likewise, the photo is mounted in a style used in the early 1900s. Handwritten on the back:
- Edith H Lane.
What I learned while researching this photo:
- A search for Edith Lane in Maine resulted in three candidates from the 1900 US Census.
- Edith H Lane was born June 1871 in Maine and living in Brownfield, Oxford County
- Edith Lane Thompson was born in 1867 in Maine but living in Melrose, Mass.
- Edith Lane was born in 1890 in Maine and living in Warwick, Rhode Island.
I am confident this is a photo of Edith H Lane, daughter of Simeon Pease Land and Mary A Stone. She married Frederick William Jameson in 1914.
I added this photo to my Linwood Dyer Collection family tree at Ancestry.
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 or Family Search have higher quality than those here. Feel free to use these photos in your genealogical activities. Please cite “Photo courtesy Scarborough Historical Society.”
Endnotes
[i] Wikipedia – WGAN – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WGAN.
