Four Generations - 1905

-

 


This snapshot is labeled Four Generations, 1905 - with no names or locations! It is glued to the back of the paper that has the 1906 wedding cake and 1901 Frank Hankins photos. 

Since those photos are clearly linked to my Hankins-Kellam line - and the buildings in the background look like they could be at Hankins, Sullivan County, New York. I looked in my database to see if I could find any families linked to the Hankins/Kellam families that had four generations of males living in 1905. 

I found one possible set of four generations

The oldest (standing on the left) might be Benjamin Tyler - son of Benjamin Tyler and Sarah Kellam. He was born 6 October 1818 in Damascus, Wayne County, Pennsylvania and died 30 November 1913 in Hankins. He married his step-sister - Rosetta Ross, daughter of John Ross and Love Hurd in August 1839. Benjamin Tyler and Rosetta Ross were both half siblings of my great great grandmother Mary Ellen Ross, daughter of John Ross and Sarah Kellam. The only known photograph of Benjamin Tyler dates likely from the 1850s or 1860s - so 40-50 years before this one. It can be found at https://pattyhankins.blogspot.com/2023/10/benjamin-tyler-1818-1913.html

Benjamin and Rosetta's son Rufus R Tyler could be the man standing on the right. Rufus R Tyler was born 30 September 1840 in Damascus, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. He married Wealthy A. Lukens, daughter of Derrick Lukens and Mary Kellam, in 1868. Rufus died 17 January 1908 in Fremont, Sullivan County, New York. A photo of Rufus R. Tyler, likely from the 1860s, can be seen at https://pattyhankins.blogspot.com/2023/10/rufus-r-tyler-1840-1908.html.

Rufus and Wealthy's son Delezenne R Tyler could be the man seated on the right. Delezenne R Tyler was born 20 July 1869 in Damascus, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. He married Julia Ross, daughter of Elias Ross and Barilla Tyler, on 30 November 1892 in Fremont, Sullivan County. New York. Delezenne died on 3 October 1940 in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York. A photo of Delezenne from the 1870s is at https://pattyhankins.blogspot.com/2023/10/delezenne-r-tyler-1869-1940.html.

Delezenne and Julia's son Howard could be the boy seated on the left. Howard Tyler was born 22 August 1895 in Manchester, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. He died 5 October 1959 in New York. I have no photos of Howard Tyler to compare with this one. 


If this is the four Tyler men, then they were closely connected to my great-grandparents William Lucas Hankins and Mary Jane Kellam. Benjamin Tyler was William's half-uncle. Rufus was William's first cousin. And in 1875, Benjamin Tyler's family lived on one side of Mary Jane Kellam's family, while William's grandmother lived on the other side. 

By any chance, does anyone have any photos of the four Tyler men that I can compare with this photo to see if it might be them? 




Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Mystery Photo That Uncovered a Family Tragedy

-
Image
  Have you ever found a beautiful photograph in the family collection and wondered, 'Who is this person?' That's exactly what happened to me with this stunning portrait of a young woman.  She looks to be in her early twenties and the portrait looks to have been taken around 1930. And while members of both my Schickler and Christensen families were living in New York City at the time, we haven’t been able to place this young woman in either family. Photograph of Unidentified Woman. Hankins Family papers,  privately held by Patty Hankins of Bethesda, Maryland. On a recent visit to my Aunt Betsey’s, she wondered if the mystery photo could be a portrait of Lester’s fiancée, the opera singer, who died of meningitis the day after my grandparents got married, which is why Uncle Chris couldn’t walk my grandmother down the aisle at her wedding! [1] Apparently my grandmother's parents weren't able to attend the wedding.  This was a family story I’d never heard. The only m...
Read more

Frank Marion Kellam

-
Image
 I found three photos of my great grandmother's brother Frank Marion Kellam. My guess is his legal name was Francis - but I have never seen any record that has anything other Frank Marion or Frank M.  The first photograph was taken by the photographer Davis in Deposit, Delaware County, New York. This is the same studio where Mary Ellen (Ross) Hankins had her photo taken. I haven't found any information about the photographer.  This photo was likely taken in the late 1880s. Frank was born in 1877.  This photograph was clearly stacked with the 1898 photograph of William Lucas Hankins's family since you can see a transfer of that image onto the back of this card. This second photograph was likely taken in the mid-1890s based on the border around the photograph and the style of the photographer's imprint. The photographer, Walter Nelson Manchester (1856-1923) had a studio in Factoryville, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania in the 1890s.  The third photograph of Frank was...
Read more

Early 1900s Call Album - Page 38

-
Image
Sometime in about 1904, someone in my grandmother Evelyn Clara Call's (1895-1962) family started taking photographs and placing them in an album. My grandmother was nine in 1904, so she could have been the photographer. Or it could have been one of her parents Charles Joslin Call (1859-1939) or Elizabeth Ann (Coe) Call (1861-1956). Most of the early photographs are of family gatherings and places someone visited. I believe by about 1911, my grandmother was taking the photographs. There are photos of her classmates at Batavia High School and groups of teenage girls.  The Call family live in Stafford, Genesee County, New York. They had a cottage at Silver Lake in Wyoming County. So many of the photos were taken in these locations. Photos on this page were taken in 1911 at Horse Shoe Lake, most likely the one in Batavia, Genesee County, New York.  Evelyn Clara Call is on the right  Evelyn Clara Call, daughter of Charles Joslin Call (1859-1939) and Elizabeth Ann (Coe) Call (1...
Read more