Photo Number 288

This is a photo that I purchased in an Antique Shop in Dorset, Minnesota.   Smith and Wilkins was the photo studio in Park Rapids, Minnesota.  They were in business from 1904 to 1906.  This town is just fourteen miles from where we live.  When I was growing up, people by the name of Wilkins had a feed store.

 

Jos. F. Delaney Jr. Nov. 26, 1906  Hubbard, Minn.

Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Delaney Menahga, Minn.

I did some research.  It led me to a local cemetery. 

Joseph F Delaney was the Hubbard County Auditor from 1907 to 1915.

b. 1879 d. 1931

His wife Mable( Mabel)  E Delaney b. 1893 d.1979

J.R. Delaney b. 1874 d. 1947

His wife was Doris b. 1877 d. 1930

I contacted two Delaney's in Park Rapids..they are from different Delaney's up north by Bemidji.  They think that these may be the Delaney's that have the Sports Shop in Park Rapids..I guess I will have to call them..or stop by..my guess is that they no longer want these photos..which I find very sad.   I was talking to an Antique Dealer the other day, she said “Old Photos are usually of no value and no one wants to bother with them.”  We will see.

My best guess is that this is J.R. and Doris since they are listed as the Mr. and Mrs. on the back of the photo.  Mable ( Mabel)  was 14 years younger than Joseph..this lady does not look that much younger than the gentleman.  I am not sure what the occasion of the photo is..wedding? There are no flowers..but I believe he does have a ring on his finger.  He is dressed like a train conductor..or a ticket agent.

Thanks for stopping by, do come again:)

Update:  The business in town is no longer owned by Delaney's but someone else..however they did give me a name of someone who is related to the Delaney's..a gal by the name of Carol, I spoke with her husband..she was at work..her husband has my phone number. 

In the meantime I found this info:

James Delaney was born in 1874 in Iowa. He served as county auditor from

January 1907 until January 1915. ( Conflicting info..was it Joe or James that was the Auditor? ) 

Joseph F. Delaney Sr. was born in 1848 in New York. His wife, Susan A.

Heacock, was born in 1848 in Ohio. Children: son James R. was born in 1874 in Iowa;

Henry E. was born in 1876 in Iowa; Joseph F. (junior) was born in 1879 or 1880 in Iowa,

and served as county auditor in 1913; and Clarence J. was born in 1881 or 1882 in Iowa;

Mark was born August 17, 1885, in Hubbard County. Joseph F. Delany was a miller who

moved to Hubbard Township in Minnesota in the spring of 1883. His son, James, also

was a miller. In 1883 Joe built a flour mill at the Hubbard dam site. On the first day the

machinery was to move into motion the earthen dam gave out and the mill above the

water wheel fell over in the river. The mill was rebuilt the following year. Delaney's

elevator had a capacity of 60,000 bushels of grain. In June 1885 Nelson Bement

enumerated them 73rd in Hubbard. Living with the the Delaneys in 1885 were W. S.

Steele, age 36, and Joseph Replogle, age 24. On June 18, 1895, E. R. Hinds enumerated

the family 51st in Hubbard Township.

Joseph F. Delaney Jr. was born July 6, 1879, in Adair, Iowa. He attended

Hubbard County schools and taught for three years in the county. He worked as a

bookkeeper for the Wilson Brothers Logging Company for four years, for the Pine Tree

Lumber Company for a year, and for the Delaney Milling Company for two years. Joe

was elected Hubbard County Auditor in 1906.


Update August 20, 9:30 PM :  I spoke with Carol T. this evening, yes these are her husbands relatives.  Joseph and Mabel were his Grandparents, J. R. and Doris would have been his Great Aunt and Great Uncle. He was adopted so he felt no need to research this part of his family.  Carol said she would like the photo to give to her daughter who was interested in family history..so I will mail the photo off on Monday Morning:) 
 Iggy found out the Joseph F is Joseph Franklin.  Thanks Iggy!