Author Archives: Don Taylor
Harris – Surname Saturday
Roberts-Blackwell-Harris Line By Don Taylor Harris Origin Harris is typically an English name, pluralizing of the personal name “Harry.” It is also in Ireland, where Harris can be an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEarchadha. Occasionally, it can be an Americanized form of … Continue reading
Photo Friday – Hinkley (née Warner), Quinby
Identification of five people from the Hinkley Family Album.
· Pauline (Warner) Hinkley
· Rufus Henry Hinkley
· Frances Elizabeth Prindle Hinkley (later Quinby)
· Frank Lees Hinkley (1st) Jr.
· Frank Lees Hinkley (2nd) Jr. Continue reading
Photo Friday – Gruver, Hinkley, & Kinney
Six people from the Hinkley Family Album, Linwood Dyer Photo Collection are identified:
· Elbert Gruver of New York & Philadelphia.
· Eleanor Hinkley of Portland, ME.
· Margaret Hinkley of Portland, ME & Philadelphia.
· Rufus Hinkley of Portland, ME, Boston, & San Bernardino, CA.
· Louise Kinney of Portland, ME.
· Margaret Kinney Continue reading
Happy Birthday Arthur Durwood Brown
December 5 – Today I celebrate the life of my Great-Grandfather, Arthur Durwood Brown, who was born in 1869 at Saline, Washtenaw County, Michigan. Continue reading