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Here, you will find some of the information found through research. Not everybody depicted in the pictures are listed. 
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Danford Adams
Danford was most likely born in 1909 in Maine. By 1910, it seems that his father had passed away. His mother was the head of household, raising little Danford by herself. He would marry Barbara. According to the 1940 census, he lived in Belfast, ME in 1935. Danford passed away in 1959 at the age of 50.
Effie May Armitstead
According to limited research, Effie was born around 1874 in Iowa. Her parents were James and Mary.  

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George Baker &
​Louie Baker
According to limited research, George was born around 1856. Louie was spelled Louise in the 1885 census record. She was born around 1862.  There is no further information about either at this time. 
Mary Barclay
Mary Barclay was likely born in Scotland. Research showed that the photo was taken between 1866 and 1876. She might have been born in 1857 to David Barclay and Mary Colgnhoun.
Grace Ellen Benedict
The picture was taken in 1884 when Grace Ellen was one year old. Limited research suggests that she was born in 1884 to John and Mary Benedict in Missouri.
Nancy Buxton
The picture of Nancy Buxton was taken in New London, CT sometime between the early 1860s and mid 1870s. No other information is know at this time. 

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Hester Evangel Carlson
Hester Evangel was born in 1908 in Portland, OR. Her parents were Victor and Mabel. Her father passed away before Hester turned 2. Mabel would remarry. The family moved to Walla Walla, WA. Hester married Dick Hornecker in 1937. She passed away in 1992.​
Mabel & Myrtle Chamberlin
There is no additional information about the girls other than what is written on the back of the picture. "Mrs. J.R. Chamberlin, B... (?), Sep, Woodlawn, Myrtle & Mabel Chamberlin"
Elizabeth & Louis Christiansen
The picture was taken in Fredrikshald.  Louis can be found living with his parents Elisabeth (possibly nee Jahncke) and Christian Christiansen and 5 siblings in Fredrikshald in 1910. The children's names were Louis, Margarete, Bertha, Randi, Rigmor, and Christen.

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Ruth Elizabeth Earls
Feb 27 1894 - Feb 8 1948. The picture was taken in highschool. Further research shows, she was born on Feb 27, 1894 in Massachusetts to William Earls and May Baker. She moved with her parents to California where she would die on Feb 8, 1948 at age 43. It seems, she never married.

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Richard Duane Faber
Richard Duane Faber was born on 8 Jan 1930 to A W Faber and Florence Mildred Nickloy. He was only 15 months old when he died on 26 April 1931 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The cause of his death: Burns with toxemia
Thomas Fackler
​Harriet Tracy Fackler 
According to the 1900 census, Thomas was born Oct 1838 in Illinois. He married Harriet around 1860. They had 8 children, 6 of them were still alive in 1900. Thomas was a blacksmith. Harriet was born Jan 1841 in Ohio. Her maiden name was Tracy. 

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Grace Hall
Ethel Hall
Ruth Hall
Emma Hall
Birth years for the girls are: Grace around 1870, Ethel around 1871, Ruth around 1876. Emma around 1889. Their parents were Silas and Candace Hall. The girls also had a brother named Warren. The family lived in Salamanca, Cattaraugus County, NY. 

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Jennie Jones
Jennie was born on March 30, 1878. She was only 8 years old when she passed away on June 1, 1886 in Massachusetts. The cause of death was consumption. 

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Irene Kenney
Eveline Kenney


The twins Irene and Eveline Kinney were born in Michigan in April 1891. Their parents Thomas and Bridget would move the family to Wisconsin where this picture was taken. The twins would eventually move to Washington and spend the rest of their lives there. 
Marian Bertha King
Marian Bertha King was born on Nov 27, 1901 in Iowa. Her parents were Ben Benton King and Laura May Worthington. She had at least three siblings, Myree, Ruth and Ben. 
Clarence G Kirkland, aka John Kimball
Clarence G Kirkland was born in Sep. 1896 in Oregon. His parents were Armor Kirkland and Anna A. Jones. In 1910, he was living with his mother and new step father John C. Bernitt. Clarence changed his name to John Kimball in 1939, according to the the U.S. Social Security Application and Claims Index. John (Clarence) died in 1961 in Portland, Oregon.
Benjamin Kittal
Benjamin Kittal was born around 1875 in Sweden. The picture was most likely taken in 1894/5 in Seattle.  According to records, he arrive in the USA in 1892 and lived in Nivillagigels Island, Alaska in 1900. Naturalization records show that he partitioned for citizenship in 1898. In 1940 he was still living in Alaska, as an unmarried 64 year old man.  

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Letha Alfreda Le Roy
Letha Alfreda was born 19 Sep 1898 in Cottage Grove, OR. Her mother was Sarah A Dean. The father is unknown at this time. Letha married Clinton Pooler in 1917. She died on 1 Jul 1972. 
Roy Lukert
Pauline Lukert (nee Lörtscher)
Roy Lukert was born in 1880 in Germany. His father was John Frederick Luckart. Roy married Pauline Lörtscher in June 1910. Pauline arrived in 1904 at Ellis Island. A passenger list mentions her occupation as servant. Pauline was born around 1892 in Switzerland. Her last place of residence in Switzerland was the town of Spiez. Pauline's parents were John Lörtscher and Annie Elizabeth Karst. 

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Talbert Matlock
Talbert (Tolbert) Matlock was born around 1877 in Missouri to John and Sarah Matlock. He passed away in 1949 in Missouri

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Edwin Rudolph Olson 
According to birth records, Edwin Rudolph Olson was born on APril 7th, 1896 in Cedarhome (Stanwood), WA. His parents were John Olson and Rchel Nelson. Edwin Rudolph joined the military during WW1. He passed away in King County, WA in 1975.

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Clinton Howard Pooler
He was born on 24 Oct 1893 in Hiawatha, KS to Howard Pooler and Annie Roberts. He fought in the Indian Wars. In 1917, he married Letha Alfreda Le Roy. Clinton died in 1968 Washington. 

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Raymont Family
The back of this picture states: "Aunt Grace (Sister of John Willimas) Mr. Raymont - husband - Jim - Fred - their sons." No other information is known at this time.
Olive Caroline Roalstad
Olice Caroline Roalstad was born on Dec 30, 1914 in Hand, SD. Her parents were Andrew Roalstad and Mary Aymar. The family can be found in Minnesota in 1930. Olive married Herbert Ralph Kennedy. They had at least two sons. 
Ida Robertson
Some research shows that Ida was born in Missouri around 1875. Her parents were John and Amy. The 1880 and 1885 census finds them living in the Township of Mission, Brown County, KS.

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Carrie Dell Saville
Carrie Dell was born 1883 in South Dakota to George Saville and Minnie Worden. Carrie had several siblings: John Henry, Allen, Trula, Ella, and Arthur. Minnie, the mother, would pass away when Carrie was just 6 years old. Her father remarried. Carrie herself was married twice. Her first husband Aaron Ellsworth passed away after just six years of marriage. Three years later, Carrie married George Richert. Carrie passed away in 1965.
Andrew Sennes
Anna Sennes Helm
LeRoy Sennes
Alice Sennes
Evelyn Sennes


Limited research shows that Andrew Sennes was born around 1868 in Minnesota. His parents came from Norway. Andrew married his wife Anna in 1895. In 1910, the couple had 5 children: LeRoy, Alice, Evelyn. Not in the picture seem to be Arthur, and Florence. Andrew died in 1928
​Anna Sennes (nee Helm) was born in Minnesota around 1871 and died in 1949. 
Estimated birth years of their children: Leroy - 1896, Alice - 1898, Evelyn- 1902, Arthur - 1905, Florence - 1908

Roger Irving Sherman
Roger Irving Sherman was born in 1868 to Albert & Sarah Sherman. He would marry Carrie Dunmore.
Stephen Skinner
Stephen Skinner was possibly born in Owego, NY around 1848. The picture was taken sometime between 1873 and 1874, when the photographer E.M. Collins was working in Oswego, NY. 
Reinhard Strasser
Carrie Strasser
Ethel Strasser
Grace Strasser
William Strasser
Robert Strasser
Reinhard and Carrie Strasser and their children Robert (Bob), William (Bill), Grace, and Ethel. According to census records, Reinhard was born in New York, Carrie in Missouri.

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Charles Templeton
Charles Templeton was born in June 1856 in Vermont. His parents were Horatio and Rhoda. Charles married Edna Carleton in 1881.  Charles was a judge in Grand Forks, ND. He died in Grand Forks in 1913 and is laid to rest at Memorial Park Cemetery in Grand Forks. 
Edna Carleton Templeton
Edna Carelton was born in July 1856 in Vermont. Her parents were Francis and Lovisa Carleton. Edna married Charles Templeton in 1881. By the 1900 census, Edna had given birth to 5 children but only 4 had survived. Edna passed away in 1933 in California but was buried in Grand Forks, ND
Francis Templeton
Francis Templeton was born in 1892 in North Dakota. His parents were Charles and Edna Templeton. Francis married Estelle Ragan in 1930. He died in 1968 and is buried in Rockville, MD. 
Maud Rhoda Tempelton
Maud Templeton was born in North Dakota in 1887 to Charles and Edna Templeton. She was a teacher in Grand Forks in 1919. In 1940 she had moved to Oakland, CA where she would die in 1952 at age 65. Maud never married. 
Charles Tranchell
Magdalena Stagner
Charles John Tranchell was born Carl Johan Tranchell around 1815 in Gottenburgh, Sweden. He married Magdalena Stagner in either 1838 or 1839. Madgalena was born about 1812.

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Charles Weidner
Charles Weidner was born in Pennsylvania in the year of 1869. Charles would marry Sarah. The couple had two children, Edna and Harry. In March of 1906, Charles passed away at the age of 36.
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