Category Archives: Unidentified photos

Hugh Thomas Simpson (1874-1955) and Annie Thompson

Hugh Thomas (Tom) Simpson  (1874-1955) was a son of Joseph Simpson (1838-1907 ) who had moved to Manitoba in about 1895 and then to Saskatchewan in about 1902   Married Annie Thompson (1875-) in 1901 in Camille, MB.   The Thompson … Continue reading

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Susanna Powers

Susanna (Susan) LaRue Powers (1824-1881) was the wife of Thomas Thornton (1824-1916) and the mother of 12 children, one of them being Helen Thornton.  I have been puzzled by the absence of a photo of Susanna in the family photo … Continue reading

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Richard Best Thornton (1843-1938)

Richard Thornton (1843-1938) was the biological son of John J. Thornton (1820-1905), a brother of Thomas Thornton.  John J. married Eliza Powers (1822-1843), daughter of Nathaniel Hart Powers and Rebecca LaRue.  It appears she may have died during the delivery … Continue reading

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Marshall Thornton (1847-1926) and Lucy Jackson

Marshall Thornton (1847-1926), son of Thomas Thornton, married Lucy K. Jackson (1857-) of Ontario.  I believe they married in 1877.  They farmed in Clarke township and then in the Woodstock area, where I believe Franklin Thornton also lived.  Marshall and … Continue reading

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Another Manitoba Simpson

Here is another photo from Manitoba.  There is a lot of writing on the back but is impossible to read although I think it is just instruction to direct the printer in colouring the image.   To see the Manitoba family … Continue reading

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Are these American Thorntons? Powers?

I love this photo but again have no clue as to who it is.  The identification on the photo  is a studio in Detroit, Michigan, so this suggests one of the Thornton family members.  Jabez Thornton, John J. Thornton, Samuel … Continue reading

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Girl from Fenelon Falls

No hints about this young woman other than that the ears look like those in other photos and may be of the Simpson family.  Photo taken in Fenelon Falls, Ontario which is not far from Millbrook and from the Peterborough … Continue reading

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Who are the twins?

May not be identical twins but someone went to a lot of work to make two identical outfits.  Taken in Orono.  Apparently women wore tight fitting dresses in the 1880s so this might give us a possible date.

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Who is this couple?

No identification on this photo other than the name of the studio in Toronto.  I can make some guesses, but can you help.    I know also that Sidney Hughson (Laura Thornton’s son) moved to Toronto at an early age as … Continue reading

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Who are these children?

I believe there is  key hidden in this photo, but I cannot find it.  Three daughters and a son, two oldest girls may be twins and they all have somewhat distinct ears.   The photo appears to be from the 19th … Continue reading

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