In This Issue

For Your Interest
Meditation Corner
Words From The Reunited
Letters To The Archivists
Photo of the Month
Dead Ringers
Pick and Shovel
What's New In The Database?
Recognize These Faces?

Message From Claire

The Olympics have finally arrived. I attended the Olympic games, as a spectator, in 1996 when it was in Atlanta, GA. What a great experience. Good Luck America!

Here are a few websites I thought you would enjoy:

Official Website of the Olympic Movement
NBC's Coverage of the Olympic Games
Olympics Through Time
Special Olympics

New This Month

Foster Photos

Want to help us reunite lost photos with their rightful families? See below for this month's gallery of photos available for fostering. If you'd like to help, just choose a photo, email us that you'd like to find the family and then get on the web or telephone and get searching! 

Joe recommends some of the sites he uses:

Surname List Finder at Rootsweb.com
Social Security Death Index
Genealogy.com Genforum
Yahoo Genealogy Groups - Locations & Surnames
MSN Genealogy Groups
People Search at Yahoo
Cyndi's List Surnames, Family Associations & Newsletters
Cyndi's List United States Index - Great Locations Sourcing

Please contact us if you would like to take on the challenge of locating the rightful families of any of these photos by emailing us at webmaster@deadfred.com
(click on photo for full record - watermarks are on digital image only - not on original photograph.)

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''If man cares not for his roots,
Then how can he care for his branches.''
-Doyle M Davis

''I searched my family tree and apparently I don't exist.''
- Anonymous

''I should have asked them before they died.''
-Anonymous

If you have a quote or anecdote for our Meditation Corner, send it to us at meditation@deadfred.com.

Keith Huntress - #245

I happened to come upon your site and I was wondering if I could e-mail you for more information.  My grandfather, Keith Huntress, was a student at South Portland High School in 1928, and you have several pictures from the yearbook scanned and on your site.  I would love to see more images from the yearbook, or even the yearbook itself.  Is this possible?
Thank you for your time,
-Keith Rutledge

Eddie, Luther &  Maud Hinchliff - #246 #247 #248

Eddie, Luther and Maud (Mary) are children of Ebenezer, who is my Great Great Great Grand Uncle. Without my software I think this makes them my 1st cousins 3 times removed or something like that. Ebenezer also had Grant, Lily Pearl, and Annie. He also had a son, Clyde, by a second marriage.
Maud married my cousin's great-grandfather J.E. Elliott, but she died after a couple years of marriage. He then married Ada Pettengill, daughter of George and Clara Hinchliffe Pettengill, and they had her grandmother. Maud was her (my cousin's Marilyn) great grandfathers 1st wife and I don't believe she had any children. Eddie and Luther were her grandfather's business partners as well as his brothers-in-law.

Elmer & Harry Brisbine - #249, #250 & #251

This is ELMER Brisbine. Elmer Robert Brisbine was born on 30 Dec 1887 in Cass, IA. He is the son of Amelia Hinchliffe who is the sister of Hattie Pettengill.

These are ancestors of my cousin Jeanine.
I have sent her copies of these photos and she has identified them as her uncles. She just sent me an article about the murder of Harry Brisbine. It seems his landlord shot him when they had an argument over when it was time for threshing. He died of blood poisoning from the gunshot wounds.

Mable Anderson - #252

This is Mable Anderson, My Great Grand Aunt. She is the daughter of Hattie & Henry Pettengill. She has 1 daughter and I believe that is all. Mabel Eliza Pettengill was born on 27 May 1883 in What Cheer, IA. She died on 12 Feb 1973. Mabel married Fritz Nathaniel Anderson. Fritz was born about 15 Sep 1882.

Frank, Matt and Clara Newhouse - #253, #254 & #255

Clara and Matt Newhouse are my Great Great Grand Aunt and Uncle. Clara is the sister of Hattie Pettengill.
Clara Hinchliffe (Robert Lambert, Edward) was born about 1866 in Wisconsin. Clara married Matt Newhouse.

P.R. Powell - #256

He's a brother of my paternal great grandfather!! I check back periodically hoping to find more relatives. What a wonderful service you provide. My heartfelt thanks! Donna Powell

George Isham -  #257

My great-grandfather was George Isham - but he dropped out of the family sometime around 1910. Legend has it that he was a railroad engineer (whether construction or locomotive is unknown) who traveled west from Michigan with the railroads. Your site is much appreciated. I have many old photos I intend to add, a few at a time.

Tom

Aaron & Nancy Gose - #258, #259

Aaron and Nancy Gose are my Great Great Grandparents. Aaron's parents were George and Elizabeth Gose. Widow Gose would be Barbara, widow of Stephen Gose. This picture was like finding a lost treasure. Thanks, Mary

John McGhan - #260

I came across a picture, McGhan, John who I believe is my Great Great Great Great Grandfather. I recently started my family tree and it was so cool to put a face with a name.

Thank you so much!!!!
Lisa Harbison

Lucy Brown Rose - #261

How can I contact the individual that left photo #25898. This is Lucy Brown Rose, my husband's great grandmother. They have an interesting story, as I am sure most of your pictures have. She is listed with others who seem to have family names we recognize so we wondered if there might be pictures of William Warren Rose? Thanks for the [site] Kathleen

Anna Ethel , Adam Gochnauer & Elizabeth Bigler - #262, #263 & #264

I was surprised to find a photo of my mother and uncle in photo#12428 from the 1923 West Lampeter Vocational School. My mother is the ninth girl in the middle row from the left, Anna Ethel Bigler (Berger)b.11-7-1906 d.11-5-1986. My uncle is the fourth boy in the front row from the left Adam (Bud) Gochnauer Bigler. Also in the same book photo#12428 is my aunt Elizabeth(Betz) Bigler(Rouf)b.11-18-1904 d.9-17-1993.

Thanks for the memory.
Hope you can use the information.
Jim Berger

Tempie & Martin Jacks - Re-discovered #153 & 154

The photos of Tempie and Martin Jacks are of extreme interest to me...  Martin and Tempie are my paternal great great great grandparents.

I grew up in the log house that they built in Stewart, Mississippi. In fact they were some of the very first settlers to that area. Until recently, when were forced to tear it down the log cabin was still standing. I'm interested in obtaining the original photos however I need to do so if they are available. I think that the other men pictured are their children and would be my great great uncles. I do not think that my great great grandfather Nicholas Daniel is one of them unless he may be the baby.

Thank you in advance for your response.

Sincerely,
Angelyn Jacks Mccaulla

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Love this web site!

I have a nicely illuminated marriage license, written in German, for a couple that was married in Ann Arbor, MI on September 7, 1887. Gustav Kasuchke married Alwine Herman with 2 relatives as witnesses. I would be delighted to send this wonderful piece of family memorabilia to a relative who can suggest who might have witnessed the marriage. I am sure of the names, because the handwriting is very readable.

Contact me at rwayer@tucker-usa.com.

Ruth Foust Wayer

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Found June 2004 by Deana!
She writes: Clara and Matt Newhouse are my Great Great Grand Aunt and Uncle, Clara is the sister of Hattie Pettengill. Clara Hinchliffe (Robert Lambert, Edward) was born about 1866 in Wisconsin. Clara married Matt Newhouse
On back: Mother, Dad, Tessie
Stamp says "This photo 421 belongs to J.H.Newhouse PO Delmont State Ia?", then a ship to name which I cannot make out.
Photo album was donated to DeadFred.com by Liz who says she cannot stand to see identified photos laying unclaimed in junk stores. Liz buys them with the hope that they will find their way home to family.
Frequent Names: Miller, Haskett, Newhouse, Powers, Galvin, Brisbane, Sampson. Many other names. Contact webmaster@deadfred.com with questions. Click here to access all the records in this album.

Comments about this photo?  Email us at pom@deadfred.com.

Here's a new challenge. Joe seems to think the subject of this Archive photo looks a lot like...well, we'll let you decide for yourself. Give it your best shot.

Send your feedback to deadringers@deadfred.com.

Last Month's Results:

There was no real agreement this month amongst the archivists. We thought she looked a little like:

Here's who you thought he looked like ordered by number of responses:

Daryl Hannah
Cameron Diaz
Glenn Close
Sissy Spacek
Vanessa Redgrave
Rose Kennedy
Susan Sarandon
Kelly McGillis
Elizabeth McGovern

Subject: Marriage License

Author: Sorcha Date:   6/23/2004 10:48 pm CDT Marriage License of Abraham Isaacs to Mary Porter.Location- Winston-Salem, NC.Date-January 4th,1944. Pastor George Bruner of Advent Moravian Church. Witnessess last names are Crim,Irvin. Measures approx. 10 x 15.Fair to good condition. Would like to find descendants and get this to them.

Subject: Robinson, Compton, Branham, Vanover

Author: Suzi Date:   7/9/2004 6:33 pm CDT Looking for anyone/any info on Mattie Robinson and Sylvan Branham, Perry Branham and Beulah Compton, Roland Branham and Nettie Vanover.

Subject: M.H. Bishop

Author: Michael Gohr Date:   7/12/2004 2:36 am CDT Looking for information on M.H. Bishop. Also reffered to in the family as Mack Harlan, Mac Harlan or even MacHarlan Bishop. I have traced him to Texas in the 1900's but can't find him prior to that. Any help wondeful. Mike

Subject: christie familey

Author: teresa Date:   7/13/2004 1:44 am CDT I'm looking for the familey of william c christie or of his wife susie m (hester) christie, i'm there daughter and want to know more about my parents and grandparents and so on

Subject: gggrandfather

Author: David Anderson Date:   7/14/2004 10:11 am CDT I have been looking for the mother and father of Thomas Denton Anderson for some time ,with no luck. He (Thomas) was born Apr 11 1844 in Illinois and died Sept 25 1925 in Neosho MO. we thank they lived near a place called Newtona. His wife was Margaret Ann (Paul)Anderson Born 23 Dec 1846, died 8 Apr 1905 Neosho Mo---Thank You Andy

What's New In The Database?

Recognize These Faces?

(Click on photos for larger view)


http://www.deadfred.com/surnamePersR.php?ID=44179
Grade School Class



http://www.deadfred.com/surnamePersR.php?ID=44332
Paris, TX United States
Comments: This is the first in a series of unidentified pictures from an album I found among my ggrandmother Cora Lewis Grizzards effects. The inside cover of the album reads: C.W. Morgan, Paris, Texas, Jan. 3, 1875.



http://www.deadfred.com/surnamePersR.php?ID=44364
Manitoba Canada
Comments: The story was that the 2 gentlemen had been prospecters and/or miners and were over 90 years old, but sharp as tacks. The nurse was Kathy Renton, but the miners' identities remain unknown. Unique



http://www.deadfred.com/surnamePersR.php?ID=44366
1936 Four Women in a Boat
MB Canada
Comments: Taken at Gimli, Manitoba in 1936. The 4 ladies names are Agnes, Adele, Clara and Annie.



http://www.deadfred.com/surnamePersR.php?ID=44368
Lewiston, ID United States
Comments: I think that the childs are daughters of William Clausen and Nielsine Johanne Mogensen. They were both born on the danish island Bornholm. They married in 1888, and moved to Lewiston later that year. They had 4 daughters, all born in the 1890s, so this photo might be from the late 1890s. They might have changed the Clausen name to Clawson. Photographer C.W.Hanson



http://www.deadfred.com/surnamePersR.php?ID=44373
Young Woman
Winston-Salem, NC USA
Comments: Found in an old 5 x 7 frame behind the cardboard in a Salvation Army Store.Nothing on the back of the pic.It is a 5 x 7 brown and white photo



http://www.deadfred.com/surnamePersR.php?ID=44381
Class Photo
Germanton, NC USA
Comments: Looks to be an original and a copy of the original Boy's School photo.Copy is mounted on cardboard.Measures approx. 8 x 10,is B/W photo.Both in good condition. Nothing on the back as to who, when or where.



http://www.deadfred.com/surnamePersR.php?ID=44426
Smiling Boy
PA United States
Comments: Portrait is on photo postcard, date is 1923; Photographer is F.A. Mack & Bro., 111 N. Center St., Pottsville, PA; Boy is probably from Schuylkill Haven area.



http://www.deadfred.com/surnamePersR.php?ID=44985
Shamokin, PA United States
Comments: Found in a Columbia, Lancaster PA antique shop. John written on back in ball point pen. subject looks 20-30. Photographer T.H. Lippiatt Independence Street Shamokin PA Please e-mail chris at lookin4treasure@aol.com if anyone can ID this gentleman. Thank you!

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