Author Archives: Don Taylor

Bearce, (née Bradford), Dennison, (née Hatch), & Lang

This week, I identified four of five people in my photo sets:
Ralph King Bearce, circa 1934,
Ellen Bearce (née Bradford), circa 1934,
Annie Dennison (née Hatch), circa 1934,
David Ricker Lang, circa 1934.
There is also an unidentified girl, probably from Center Conway, NH, in 1935.
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Donna Darling at Orpheum Theatre, Tulsa, OK, 10 Sep 1925.

98 years ago, my grandmother, “Donna Darling,” was “In the news” for being at the Orpheum Theatre in Tulsa, OK. Continue reading

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Bronnum, Clement, Cole (née Ewens), Hasseltine (later Judson), Henderson, Scalise, Zemla, .

I identified seven people in my photo sets:
Phyllis Ann Bronumm, circa 1935 (age 7),
Walter E. Clement of Lowell, Mass,
Vivian Lydia Cole (née Ewens), circa 1934,
Ann Hasseltine (later Judson), photo of a painting,
Rev. Alexander Henderson of Lowell, Mass.,
Rev. Victor Scalise of Lowell, Mass.,
and Helen Zemla, 26 Chenery St., circa 1934. Continue reading

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Photo Friday – York & Young.

This week, I identified all four people in my five photo sets:
Vera York, circa 1935 or 1936,
Mary Gwendolyn Young, 1935 and 1936,
Nita Young, circa 1934, &
Patricia Louise Young, circa 1934 (age 6). Continue reading

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Thomas Raidt & the Wisconsin Censuses.

The Wisconsin provides some insight and some additional questions regarding the Thomas Raidt household in the 1880s. Continue reading

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