Venice Etta Thayer Steward

15 December 2015 ~ ctw ~ 1 Comment

I never knew a lady whose name was Venice.

Venice Etta Thayer (1895-1978) was the daughter of Herman Thayer (1865-1945) and Clara A. Thompson (1870-1948). Charles Herman Thayer (1903-1997) was her brother.

Venice married Fremont Phiness Steward (1895-1982) in 1915 and they apparently had one child, Doctor Edith Etta Steward (1927-2008) who died in CA.

Here is a photograph of the Thayer family tombstone in Whitefield Cemetery, Whitefield, ME:

I picked up this postcard at Strawberry Fields off The Avenue in Hampden, Baltimore, in late 2015. It was apparently never mailed.

There were five other postcards in the box which Venice had received from others. The most interesting of those was this one depicting the brand new Waterville Senior High School which was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. Venice’s unnamed correspondent marked a window with an “X” where she had place a banner.

These postcards were in a box with a bunch of stuff associated with a Baltimore area family and I have not yet discovered the connection between that family and the Thayer family of ME. Perhaps there is no connection and they were mixed in with that bunch by fate. As I work through the box perhaps a connection will be revealed.

John Barton Montgomery, Sr.

1 December 201528 March 2016 ~ ctw ~ 5 Comments

I think the above young gentleman is John Barton Montgomery Sr. who was born in KY in May 1887 and died in IN on 8 March 1951. He was variously known as John, Bart, and a combination of these two. He had a son whose name was John Barton Montgomery Jr. (1926-2009) according to what is written on his tombstone.

“Bart” married Heathy E. Mitchell in September 1916, and they had four sons and two daughters.

If you’re a member of this family and would like more information, just give me a holler.

I purchased this photograph during Thanksgiving week 2015 at Sturgis Antiques on The Avenue in Hampden, Baltimore, MD.

***Update on 28 March 2016*** Today I heard from some of John’s grandchildren who live in Georgia and I mailed them the photograph this afternoon.

Bonita Margaret McGuire Ali

23 November 201524 November 2015 ~ ctw ~ 1 Comment

Bonita Margaret McGuire (1915-1989) was a nurse in the U.S. Army from November, 1942 to February, 1946. In 1945 Bonita married Chester F. Ali (1919-2009) who was born in Italy. He was also in the U.S. Army from August 1941 to May 1946 and resigned as a major in the Medical Administrative Corps. They were both from West Virginia and settled in the Clarksburg area. They had at least two children.

Bonita signed the following photograph: “To the sweetest Lt. I ever knew, Bonita McGuire.”

Bonita McGuire

The photograph of Bonita was one of several torn from an album which probably belonged to the unidentified lieutenant mentioned above, who was probably the subject of the two following photographs taken at Lookout Mountain, Chattanooga, TN.

Here is she is with an unidentified colleague on the streets of Atlanta, GA.

Here are the remaining photographs from this batch:

I purchased the photographs from Strawberry Fields off The Avenue in Hampden, Baltimore.

J. H. Gladfelter

17 November 201511 January 2016 ~ ctw ~ 4 Comments

Here is J. H. Gladfelter. I was unable to pin him down to an specific person.

I purchased this photograph from Sturgis Antiques on The Avenue in Hampden, Baltimore.

James A. Carman

17 November 2015 ~ ctw ~ Leave a comment

Here is James A. Carman of Baltimore, MD. There are several possible matches in the 1880’s, a carpenter, a clerk/book keeper, and others, but it is impossible to tell which he is without a little more information.

I paid $3 for this at Sturgis Antiques on The Avenue in Hampden, Baltimore.

A Bunch From Westminster, MD

17 November 2015 ~ ctw ~ Leave a comment

I paid $5 for this batch of photographs at Strawberry Fields off The Avenue in Hampden, Baltimore. They were in a box of photos which apparently came from an estate sale in Westminster, MD.

Here are three photographs of Gary Lee Noel. The third one has no identifying information but the subject is recognizable as GLN as identified in the other two photographs.

The following is a photograph of members of Miss Hooper’s 4th grade class and their Frontier Exhibit: Skipper Myers, Buddy Long, Donna Bole, Maxine Magee, Carole Bollinger, Sally Mather, Charles Beard, and Fred Magsmen.

Finally, here are three ladies at “camp” in July, 1932: Louella Downey, Miriam Waldemeyer, and “Peggy” Beard.

G. W. Sheridan

6 November 2015 ~ ctw ~ Leave a comment

There are too many G. W. Sheridan’s in Baltimore circa 1889. The date is a reference because I know that J.D. Ernsberger’s business was active at this address in 1889.

One of them is George Washington Sheridan who was a “preacher of the gospel” and is buried a couple of blocks from me in St. Mary’s Episcopal Cemetery along side his wife, Rose.

I paid $3 for this at Sturgis Antiques on The Avenue in Baltimore.

Flickinger/Stough

5 November 2015 ~ ctw ~ 1 Comment

I bought this photograph for $1 at Strawberry Fields in Baltimore, just off The Avenue. It came from a box of photographs from a family centered around Hanover, PA.

Walter (1889-1968) and Maria Grace (1891-1932) were brother and sister. Walter died in MI. Grace married Grover Cleveland Sell and died in Hammond, IN.

Relda H. Wine (1892-1980) married a man named Stough and had at least two children, Richard W. and William Glenn.

William H. Bowerman, Artist

4 November 20155 November 2015 ~ ctw ~ 2 Comments

I purchased this for $3.00 at Sturgis Antiques in October 2015.

On the front it says, “Bowerman, Wm H” in a place where the photographer’s name would be. On the back it says, “Wm H Bowerman, Artist, 605 E. Baltimore Street, Balto, MD.”

This is tricky: Is it a photograph made by Bowerman the photographer, or a photograph of Bowerman the photographer? Could it be both?

There was a photographer named William H. Bowerman in Baltimore. He lived in the Waverly neighborhood in 1880 and had a shop at 605 E. Baltimore Street in 1889-1891.

Anne Rebecca Brown

4 November 20157 March 2016 ~ ctw ~ Leave a comment

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I purchased this photo of Anne Rebecca Brown at Sturgis Antiques on The Avenue in Baltimore, MD in October 2015 for $3.00.

She was born in about 1867 in Maryland to John J. Brown (1826-1912) and Margaret (1831-?).

She married John Franklin Bowles (1865-?) and they had at least one child, Harry Frankln Bowles (1904-1977).

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