Author Archives: Don Taylor

Ethel Wight Collection – Part 20

Chaltas, Constantine, Cook, Corbin, Corson, & Karakas Photo Friday Ethel Wight Collection By Don Taylor This week for Photo Friday, I try to identify the people in five more envelopes from the Ethel Wight Studio Collection[i]. The envelopes contain the … Continue reading

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Ancestor Sketch – William S. Taylor

Bradley-Hingston Project Bradley-Taylor By Don Taylor William S. Taylor lived his youth in the historic place where Washington crossed the Delaware. He made a short foray out west, where he married, then returned to Philadelphia with his new bride. After … Continue reading

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Ancestor Sketch – Rella May Sauve

Halcro/Sauve By Don Taylor Overview Rella May Sauve was born on September 28, 1892, in Tilbury, Ontario, Canada, a child of Richard Sauve and Annie Brenneau. She had thirteen (nine known) siblings: Susan, Bertha, William, Joseph Dennis, Mary, Niana, Richard, … Continue reading

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Ethel Wight Collection – Part 19

Blaney, Bonney, & Booker Photo Friday Ethel Wight Collection By Don Taylor This week for Photo Friday, I identified the people in five more envelopes from the Ethel Wight Studio Collection[i]. The envelopes contain the names who paid for the … Continue reading

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Donna at the State Street Theatre in Trenton, NJ

100 Years Ago – March 3rd, 1921 We know Donna played in Amsterdam, NY, in early February but have no shows for her from then until she played at the State Street Theatre in Trenton, New Jersey, from March 3rd … Continue reading

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