I found this in my box of Fay photos so I know it must be from the Fay line or possibly the Wells line. If you know this person, please leave me a comment!
I’d also love to be able to narrow down the time frame – maybe the 1930’s, based on the clothing?
The first mystery photo is from a locket that my grandmother had in her possession. I had never seen it while she was alive; if I had, I would have asked her who it was. Darn it! My aunt and I assume that this is someone from the LeBlond or Blomberg line but that’s just…
Mabel LaBarre Straub was born in 1878 in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, to parents David Walter Straub (1856-1922), a country doctor, and Laura Sherisky LaBarre (1858-1925), daughter of Jesse Labar of Slatington, Pennsylvania. Mabel’s parents, David and Laura, scandalized society when they eloped about 1875 as announced in the following undated and unidentified newspaper clipping: How a…
James O’Reilly married Patrick Cavanagh and Bridget Murray in 1868 in Cleveland, Ohio. Here is some info I found on him at http://www.irisharchives.org/pdf/PioneerPriests.pdf.
My husband’s ancestor, Frank L. Fay, was a telegram messenger boy in Cleveland, Ohio, in the early 1880’s. From Wikipedia: Telegraph boys (also referred to as district messenger boys, telegraph messenger boys, or simply as messenger boys) were uniformed young men between 10 and 18 years of age who, mounted on bicycles, carried telegrams through…
The Harris relatives come in on my husband’s side of the family through his grandmother, Katherine Harris (1908-1990), daughter of Ralph Bertram Harris (1874-1933) and Rose Loring Lee. Ralph’s father was Israel Putnam Harris (1826-1897) of Massachusetts. I believe this Harris line goes back pretty far in New England, and may have some illustrious members,…
My husband’s great-grandfather, Frank L. Fay, was a Pennsylvania state senator from 1926 to 1934. In 1929 he was instrumental in pushing through legislation to fund the creation of the Pymatuning dam. The Pymatuning Dam is located on the Shenango River in near the Crawford-Mercer County line in western Pennsylvania, about 17 miles from the…
