Helen Glenny and son Carl Glenny

FOUND PHOTO: HELEN GLENNY AND SON CARL GLENNY

                 

This photo of young Carl Glenny and his mother Helen Glenny has been difficult to identify. 

There is a Carl Glenny born 1898 in Rockford, Illinois, but his mother was Sarah Sidders. No other obvious match has been found at this time.

Martha McKinstry Laughlin of Ohio

Found Photo: Martha McKinstry Laughlin of Ohio

   

Martha "Mattie" McKinstry was born on April 29, 1835 in Dixon, Preble County, Ohio. She was the daughter of Jacob McKinstry and Mary O'Dell.

Her siblings were John McKinstry, Lorinda (McKinstry) Brumbaugh, Frances (McKinstry) Jaqua, Sarah (McKinstry) Childress and Mary (Stack) Treffinger.

On July 25, 1862, Mattie married John Laughlin. She died on December 22, 1927 in Eaton, Ohio.

Henry A. Schell of Philadelphia

 Found Photo: Henry Albert Schell of Philadelphia

  

This is a photo of Henry Albert Schell. Henry was born December 2, 1894 in Pennsylvania. His parents were Henry Albert Schell, Sr., born in Ohio, and Margaretta, born in Switzerland. In 1900, according to the U.S. Census, the family lived on 7th Street in Philadelphia. Henry had two brothers, August Schell and William Schell, and a sister, Caroline Schell. 

In 1939, Henry married Mary Emily Cauk at St. Timothy's Episcopal Church in Philadelphia. He died in April 1976 in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania.

Marvin Davis Cartwright and Loren Walter Cartwright

Found Photo: Marvin Davis Cartwright and Loren Walter Cartwright of Boone County, Iowa

Marvin Davis Cartwright was born in 1904 in Boone County, Iowa. His brother, Loren Walter Cartwright was born in Boone County in 1909. They were the two eldest children of Walter Dudley Cartwright (b. 1880) and Myrna (Mernie) Lorena Davis (b. 1884). Their siblings, Eileen Cartwright and Duane Cartwright, followed in 1921 and 1923.

Marvin married Mary Elizabeth Johnston and they had two children, Barbara Cartwright (b. 1928) and Walter Cartwright (b. 1932). Marvin was living in San Diego at the time of his death in 1975.

Loren married Ethel Mae Zanker in Iowa in 1933. They had three children together, Richard Lin Cartwright, Roger Loren Cartwright, and Mary Jane Cartwright. Loren died in 2011 in Des Moines, Iowa.

Otto Failmezger and Metta Kleinsteuber

Found Photo: Otto Failmezger and Metta Kleinsteuber of Milwaukee

Despite the lovely handwriting on the back of this photo, this young couple was hard to place. There seem to be multiple spellings of each of their names. Here are some of them:

• Otto Falmezger
• Maria Meta Kleinsteuber
• Meta Kleinstuber 

I believe that I've found the correct couple, though. Metta was born in 1861 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Her parents were Carl or Charles Kleinsteuber and Carolina Just, both of whom were born in Germany but met and married in Milwaukee. Metta was one of eight children born to Carl and Carolina, and she was their youngest daughter. Metta married Otto in August 1881, but sadly died just two years later, in 1883. It does not appear that they had any children. Otto married again some years later, to Ida Struebig. They had two sons, Adolph Failmezger (b. 1901) and Carl Walter Failmezger (b. 1904).

Carl Failmezger married Viola Groskopf, and they had two children. He died in Florida in 1993. Adolph also married and had a child. He died in 1953.

Metta left behind many nieces and nephews. Perhaps one of their descendants would be interested in this photo.

James Barroll of Baltimore, Maryland

Found Photo: James Barroll of Baltimore, Maryland

The text on the back on this photograph reads:

James Barroll of Baltimore
Son of Rev. William Barroll and Ann Williamson his wife - she was daughter of Rev. Alexander Williamson.
James Barroll married Mary A. Crockett and was the father of twelve children of whom only one is living, Benjamin C. Barroll.
Charles Barroll, my father, was next to the youngest son.
This photograph after the portrait by Hardy and was a sparkling likeness.
[illegible] Sept. 21, 1906

James' father, William Barroll, was born in 1734 in England. He attended St. John's College at Cambridge, and emigrated to the American Colonies in about 1760. He became the reverend at St. Stephen's Church in Cecil County, Maryland and married Ann Williamson in 1761.

Their youngest son, James Barroll, was born in 1777 in Maryland and married Mary Ann Crockett on December 15, 1812 in Baltimore, Maryland. The twelve children of James and Mary Ann were as follows:

James William Barroll, 1813–1887
Edward Barroll, 1814–1814
Jane Barroll, 1815–1887
Edward Barroll, 1816–1854
Mary Ann Barroll, 1817–1844
Benjamin Crockett Barroll, 1819–1908
Elizabeth Hands Barroll, 1820–1899
William Barroll, 1822–
Richard Barroll, 1823–
Charles Barroll, 1825–1905
Henry Barroll, 1827–1865
Serena Barroll, 1830–1879

Charles Barroll, the second youngest son who is referenced on this photo, married twice. His first wife was Elizabeth Virginia Reed. They had two children:

Mary Jane Barroll (b. 1853)
Edward Reed Barroll (b. 1855)

Upon Elizabeth's death, Charles married Nancy Bingham Cowden. They had three children:

Victoria Barrell (b. 1858)
Isabella Maude (b. 1860)
Elizabeth Virginia (b. 1863)

It appears that Mary Jane and Victoria died rather young, so it was likely Edward, Isabella or Elizabeth who wrote the description on the back on this picture in 1906.

The Hardy mentioned as the artist who created James' portrait was likely Jeremiah Pearson Hardy (1800–1887), who is known for painting many portraits of notable colonial men, particularly in New England.

Mrs. Ellis A. Davidson (Catherine) with Stanley Kisch

Found Photo: Mrs. Ellis A. Davidson with Stanley Kisch

  

Name(s): Mrs. Ellis A. Davidson with Stanley Kisch
Date: Probably about 1879
Location: England

The text handwritten on the photo reads as follows:

Mrs. Ellis A. Davidson
(mother of Annie Kisch wife of Albert Kisch)
and
Stanley Kisch who later married Gertrude Gisborne and had two
daughters -- Noelle and Marcelle
Noelle married Sydney Woodford (no issue)
Marcelle married Gerald Driuff
-- two children; Caroline and David
7/2/53

Additional information about this family:

Mrs. Ellis A. Davidson (Catherine) was the mother of Annie Davidson. She is pictured here with Annie's son Stanley, her grandson.

Catherine was born around 1829 and lived her whole life in England. Her surname may have been Levy or Woodrich. She and her husband raised their children in Cheshire and later moved to London.

Annie, daughter of Ellis and Catherine Davidson, was likely born in Cheshire, England, around 1856. Around 1876, as a woman of around twenty, she married Albert Joseph Kisch, a prominent doctor, in London. Albert was the son of Joseph Kisch, an obstetric surgeon in London, and his wife, Louisa.

Annie and Albert had four sons:

Stanley Albert Kisch (1877)
Ellis Abraham Davidson Kisch (1879)
Percy Albert Kisch (1880)
Harold Albert Kisch (1880) - twin of Percy Kisch

They also had a daughter, Muriel Kathleen Kisch (1883).

Stanley married Gertrude Mary Gisborne and they had two daughters, Audrey Noelle Gertrude Kisch and Marcelle Muriel Gertrude Kisch. The family settled in Marylebone and then St. John's Wood, posh areas of London. Stanley was the manager of a fine arts warehouse.

According to Grace's Guide to British Industrial History, Ellis was "sent abroad by his father to learn business practice, first at Sandeman in Portugal, and then to the Apollinaris spring water bottling plant located on the banks of the Rhine in Germany." He became the manager of Putney Motor Co. by 1902, and the general manager of the Ailsa Craig Motor Co. by 1910. He married Dorothy Primrose Johnston. She was the daughter of Robert Ernest Johnston, a motor engineer, and his wife, Florence Lenora Johnston. Ellis and Dorothy had a son, Robert Kisch (1932).

Percy married Estella Kisch. They had three sons, Richard Percy Kisch, Edward Ellis Kisch and Norman Frederick Kisch. Percy became a merchant with a shop at 75 Mark Lane in London.

Harold married Sybil Hyman. They had no children. Harold served in World War I and became a distinguished ear, nose and throat surgeon in London. The details of his illustrious career can be found here.