Author Archives: Don Taylor

Donna & Crescent Theatre In the News

Donna Darling at Crescent Theatre, Perth Amboy, NJ, 18-20 December 1922 Donna in the News 100 Years Ago by Don Taylor “Donna in the News” is my reporting of newly found newspaper articles and advertisements regarding my grandmother, Madonna Montran … Continue reading

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Ethel Wight Collection – Part 111

This week, I identified all five people in my photo sets: Individuals include: Pauline Paquette (later Raymond), Kenneth Parker, Anna Paradis, Marina Paradis, and Lula Parker (née Wright). Continue reading

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Donna Darling Collection – Part 94

Seven Bathing Beauties – 1925 Treasure Chest Thursday By Don Taylor I’m looking at a page from the Donna Darling Collection for this week’s Treasure Chest Tuesday. The page consists of seven women in bathing suits from 1925. BATHING BEAUTIES … Continue reading

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Ethel Wight Collection – Part 110

Photo Friday –O’Toole, Paige (née Guilbault), Paquette, & Paradis. By Don Taylor This week, for Photo Friday, I identify the people in five more envelopes from the Ethel Wight Studio Collection[i]. The envelopes typically contain the name of the person … Continue reading

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Ancestor Sketch – Julia Anne Daley [Welch]

Welch-Harris Project Welch-Daley Line By Don Taylor Julia Anne Daley was born on April 7, 1890, in Biddeford, Maine, the daughter of Mary and Timothy. She married Francis Asbury Welch on June 11, 1917, in Maine. They had three children … Continue reading

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