Rebecca LaRue (1792-1856) was the daughter of Hendrick (Henry) LaRue (1755-1850) whose French Huguenot family arrived in the USA in 1670 and the family of his wife Marritje (Mary) Mandeville, also Huguenots, arrived in 1647.
Rebecca married Nathaniel Hart Powers (1987-1862) and their daughter married a Thornton. You can learn more about Rebecca and Nathaniel Powers in other posts but in this post I only want to show a photo which I now think is Rebecca, but I may be wrong. The photo is in the collection of family photos from Helen Thornton so it has some connection to the Thornton-Powers-Larue line. I first thought the photo was of Rebecca Thornton (Helen’s sister) but on closer examination I now think it was Rebecca LaRue. We have two version of the photo, one in which the subject clearly shows her age and second photo containing instructions to the the printer on how to clean it up. Rebecca Thornton lived longer than did Helen Thornton so I believe this “cleaning” wouldn’t have been necessary. The photo must have been important to the owner and the “cleaning” done after the death of the subject. So, to repeat, I think this is Rebecca LaRue. Help or comments appreciated.
First the untouched photo.
and now the “fixed” photo
and now a photo of her husband Nathaniel Hart Powers. They do look like they may be a couple.
and here a photo of Rebecca’s damaged grave stone located in Orono, Ontario. Don’t be confused by the spelling “Powars” as this spelling seemed to appear at times.
