Amanuensis Monday - James Wilson's photo

     Among the photos that my Aunt Ree gave me during our visit were two photos that belonged to her step-father, James L Wilson. James married my Great-Grandmother, Auline Witt around 1945 and they were together until his death in 1971. From what I understand, he became a welcome member of the family - aside from declaring his wife's name to be Arlene, not Auline because "that wasn't a real name."

     Aunt Ree had some of his family photos, one of which had a little writing on the back. Here's the photo:

     Written on the back:

Taken 1912 at

Miller Place.

Pa & Ma were 52

yrs old.

Harry 9

Blanch 13

JLW 21

Bob 16

     From these names, I was able to find this family in census records. Pa & Ma were Frances "Frank" M Wilson and Alice Cook. Other children in the family were Noah, Oliver, Susie, Jessie, and Vernie. The family lived in Clinton County, Illinois, in 1900 and in Mayers County, Oklahoma in 1910.

     I'm only related to this family by marriage and I never met James. I'm sure that there must be blood family out there who would like the original of this and other family photos. I know that James had a son from his first marriage and at least one of his many siblings was sure to have had children. Please contact me if you are a family member interested in these photos.

A Weekend Link - Orphaned Photos

While browsing the Genealogy group on Flickr today, I saw an account name that I recognized: DeadFred.com. It turns out that the man behind DeadFred.com also has an active flickr account where he posts "OOGP's" (aka old orphan genealogy photos).

Take a few minutes to review his set of orphan photos and see if you can identify anyone. There are 1550 photos posted to this collection. Some of them have names and places listed, so try searching for names and places to narrow down the photos you're looking at.

Who was Ernie Lee Moore?

The back of this photo is addressed to Ruby Waters (my maternal great-grandmother). It is from Ernie Lee Moore, sent from a CCC Camp in TN. So, who was Ernie Lee Moore?