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!<\/p>\n
I’d also love to be able to narrow down the time frame – maybe the 1930’s, based on the clothing? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1701,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[35,23,107],"class_list":["post-1700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-genealogy-news","tag-fay","tag-mystery-photos","tag-wells"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3viLY-rq","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3027,"url":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/immigrants-entering-new-york-ca-1850\/","url_meta":{"origin":1700,"position":0},"title":"Immigrants Entering New York, ca. 1850","author":"Karen","date":"June 6, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Some of the ancestors I am researching are Patrick Fay, Patrick Cavanagh, and Mary Murray. 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