Bertha Davis of England

Found Photo: Bertha Davis, Brighton, England

Name(s): Bertha Davis
Date: July 1873
Location: Brighton, England

This is a studio portrait of an 11-year old girl named Bertha Davis.  Bertha was photographed by C. Hawkins at 32 & 38 Preston Street in Brighton, England.  This was the Brighton School of Photography.  At the time of her sitting, in July 1873, Bertha was eleven years old.  This puts her date of birth at about 1862.

Brighton is located in Sussex, on the southern coast of England.  It was a popular vacation destination for English families, and thus, Bertha Davis may have been from elsewhere in England and had her photo taken while on holiday.

C. Hawkins appears to have been a popular studio photographer in the 1870s, taking many portraits like those seen here.

George Anthony Haynes

Found Photo: George Anthony Haynes, Confederate Soldier

Name(s): Geo Anthony Haynes
Date: N/A
Description: Civil War-era photo, possibly a tintype
Location: N/A

This is a studio portrait of a Virginia Confederate volunteer named George Anthony Haynes. He enlisted at Richmond, Virginia as a private on April 21, 1861 at the age of 20.  He was promoted to 2nd Corporal on April 22, 1862, and later appointed Ordnance Sergeant on August 17, 1863. The 21st Virginia Infantry participated in General R. E. Lee's Cheat Mountain Campaign, and also participated in General T.J. "Stonewall" Jackson's Valley Campaigns. Haynes was paroled at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.

In 1873, George married a woman named Emily Anderson, who was from Caroline County, Virginia. They settled in Richmond.  George Haynes died in 1904.  He is buried in Hollywood Cemetery.

Elbert Horton

Found Photographs: Elbert Horton 

Name(s): Elbert Horton
Date: N/A
Description: "Elbert Horton, Mother's Sister's Son, Aunt Sarah Horton"
Location: N/A

Elbert Horton was likely the son of Isaac Ezra Horton and Sarah Joslin. He was born in or near Newton, Missouri around 1885. There is some possibility he might have also lived in Oklahoma. Elbert had a sister, Ava Merle Horton. He also had three half-siblings from his father's marriage to Sarah Meyers: Otis Dwight Horton, Everett J. Horton, and Omer Wallace Horton.

Elbert died in 1926 and is buried in Diamond Cemetery in Diamond, Missouri. Here is the Find A Grave listing for Elbert.

Anna Dorman and Her Wedding Party

Name(s): Anna Dorman (Bride) with E. Paul Jones and Anna Holstrom

Date: October 28, 1905
Description: Wedding photo featuring bride, groom and wedding party
Location: Trenton, New Jersey

This photo was taken at Sharp Photo Studios in Trenton, New Jersey. The Dorman wedding was held on October 26, 1905. This formal portrait was possibly taken two days later, on October 28, 1905. The original writing appears to say the photo was taken October 26, but has been written over with a 28. 

In addition to the bride and groom, their bridesmaid and groomsman are pictured. Miss Anna Holstrom was the bridesmaid and Mr. E. Paul Jones was the best man. The groom is not named. The photo had been inscribed "from Mother" by the person who appears to have written over some details in blue ink.

Bridesmaid Anna Holstrom was possibly from Hamilton, Mercer County, New Jersey. Hamilton is just outside Trenton, where the wedding photo was taken. She may have been the daughter of Charles and Anna Holstrom.

The original writing appears to label the bride as Mrs. J. Dorman, so the bride's maiden name is unknown.

Pauline Canida Bullock and Martin L. Bullock

Found Photo: Pauline Canida Bullock and Martin L. Bullock

Name(s): Pauline Canida Bullock and Martin L. Bullock
Date: N/A
Description: N/A
Location: Geurin Photography, St. Louis, Missouri

Martin Luther Bullock, Jr. was the son of Martin Luther Bullock and his wife Mary Lou. He was born in South Carolina in 1866 and died in Florida in 1950. 

Pauline was born Alma Pauline Canida in Arkansas in 1875. She died in Florida in 1956.

Pauline and Martin Bullock were married in 1893 in Arkansas. They had one child, Glenn Canida Bullock, who was born in Florida in 1903 and died there in 1988. Glenn married Esther Jones in 1975.

George McClurg Anderson

Found Photo: George McClurg Anderson 

Name(s): Geo. M. Anderson
Date: N/A
Description: N/A
Location: Lewis & Gibson Photographers, Ann Arbor, Michigan


This is a photo of George McClurg Anderson. He was born in Prinston, Wisconsin on June 29, 1857. He graduated from University of Michigan School of Law in 1884. He married Metta (or Mary) and settled in Akron, Ohio, where he practiced law from at least 1890-1930. This photo may well have been taken upon his graduation from law school. George and Metta's son was Robert E. Anderson.

Alma and Helen

Found Photo: Alma and Helen Rankin of New Hampshire

Name(s): Alma and Helen
Date: N/A
Description: Alma, 6 months. Helen, 2 years.
Location: W.P. Tilton Jr. Studio, Exeter, Linden Street, New Hampshire

It's possible that this may be a photograph of sisters Alma and Helen Rankin of Stratham, New Hampshire. Alma was born in 1895 and her sister Helen in 1894. The daughters of Ralph and Louisa Rankin, they had a younger brother named Warren Rankin.

W.P. Tilton was born in 1859. Along with his wife, Annie, he operated a photography studio in Exeter in the 1890s and early twentieth century.