Hankins - Ross Photo Album from the 1860s and 1870s
The oldest complete photo album in my family looks to date from the 1860s-1870s and probably belonged to my great great grandparents Lucas Wurtz Hankins (1831-1910) and Mary Ellen Ross (1835-1914).
Thirty-eight of the forty photographs in the album are identified. Most of the people were closely related to my great great grandparents, and lived in either Sullivan County, New York or Wayne County, Pennsylvania.
The album has been in the family since it was created. Mary Ellen Ross moved in with her son William Lucas Hankins (1872-1930) and his family after her husband died in 1910. After William Lucas Hankins' death, his widow, Mary Jane Kellam moved in with her son, my grandfather, Francis William Hankins (1897-1983) and his family. In the 1960s, my grandfather gave some of the family photos albums to my father Philip Charles Hankins (1933-2006), and my father inherited the rest after his father died. Since about 2000, I have taken possession of the family photograph collection, and am in the process of digitizing and sharing it.
The album and photographs are in surprisingly good condition considering its age. The photographs themselves are sealed between the pages, so if there is information on the backs of photographs, it is inaccessible. Most of the photographs are labeled. It is unknown who added the identifications. They could well date from when the album was created in the 1860s and 1870s.
I have created a PDF version of the album with photos and information from the blog posts. It is available at the Internet Archive at https://archive.org/details/lucas-w-hankins-and-mary-e-ross-photo-album-1860s-1870s
Susan (Thomas) Hankins
Benjamin Tyler
Rosetta (Ross) Tyler
Colonel Zalmon Smith Main
Mary (Hankins) Main
Rebecca Thomas Hankins
Angeline Elizabeth (Hankins) Johnson
Susan Abigail (Hankins) Bush
John Ralph Hankins
Alfred Tyler
Phebe Jane (Tyler) Tyler
Rufus R Tyler
Wealthy A. (Lukens) Tyler
Lucas Wurtz Hankins
Mary Ellen (Ross) Hankins
John Ralph Hankins
Rufus T Ross
Retta Teeple
Edward Wallace Bush
Howard Ross Hankins
Lou Ross
Howard Ross Hankins
Florence Eliza Main
Susie Emma Hankins
Mrs. Henry Knight
Lauretta V. Tyler
Lunette Tyler
John Graham Ross
Unidentified Woman
Mary (Hankins) Main
Florence Eliza Main
Abram Bennett
Hannah Jane (Tyler) Bennett
Charles Akers Johnson
Rebecca Thomas Hankins
Jessie Lillian Bush
Delezenne R Tyler
Samuel Howard Hankins
Unidentified Woman
Lucas Wurtz Hankins
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