Photo Number 420

Today we will begin an adventure.  I purchased an old photo album from Jerome’s  Antique Shop in Perham, Minnesota last spring. It is a beautiful old album..It had room for 32 photos inside..sadly it only had 19, but there were 23 other photos tucked in here and there.

The front cover is made of wood, the pages have gold on the edges.  The metal bamboo frame on the front has a velvet background.

The clasp is beautifully ornate.

Inside the front cover is a tab..shall I lift it up?

A leaf..I wonder how long it has been in here..I wonder what the occasion was..it looks like an Elm leaf to me.

Nettie Parks is the name on the page across from the first page. I know it looks like Nettie Parls here..but the back page has the name Nettie Parks written clearly.

Update:  Nettie L. Crandal married a Wesley Park on 13 Feb 1896.

Page 1: Nate Parmley ( edited Mate Parmley).. Macedonia…Uphill south 2nd house from Grandpa Crandalls farm that Marcus Johnson owned.
Pages 2 through 7 are blank.

Page 8:  Louie Wheeler
Amanda Saphronia McComb was born in Scio, New York on April 27, 1842. Her parents were Mr. and Mrs. John McComb (Nettie L.'s maternal grandparents). On March 3, 1865 she married Augarca DeForest Wheeler and they became parents of seven children, William A., Emma, Minnie, Nettie, Annie, Louis A. and Grace L.. 

Louis A. Wheeler was a relative. :)

Mrs. Wheeler was primarily a housewife and mother. She purchased the business of making hairpieces, or switches as they were called from a lady who was retiring. She continued making switches and hair pieces for ladies in Red Oak and surrounding territory, in her home, until her death May 8, 1924. Amanda was the only one in this business at the time and the quality of her workmanship was well known. If at all possible, every lady brought her hair-combings to be made into a switch or hair piece. These were an important part of a ladies appearance.
Page 9 is blank.

Page 10: Summits wife can’t remember name.
Page 11: Gilbert Summit.
Update From Iggy: Gilbert Summit (born Oct 1859 in Illinois)'s wife's name was Lueanna or Lu Emma nee Hancock (born Mar 1873). They were married on 27 May 1891 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa.


Pages 12 through 15 are blank.



Page 16: Nettie L. Crandall on one side of the photo sleeve Mabel Lewis on the other side.


Page 17: The first photo..finally..Aunt Gertie + Willie Smith
Groom's Name: Wm. Jno. Smith
Groom's Birth Date: 1866
Groom's Age: 23
Bride's Name: Gertie C. Crandall
Bride's Birth Date: 1869
Bride's Birthplace: Elliott, Ia
Bride's Age: 20
Marriage Date: 06 Jun 1889
Marriage Place: Montgomery, Iowa
Groom's Father's Name: Nicholas Smith
Groom's Mother's Name: Lizzie Irish
Bride's Father's Name: Wm. Henry Crandall
Bride's Mother's Name: Issabel Maria Mc Comb 


Then she was either widowed or divorced and remarried. 


Groom's Name: John M. Perdue
Groom's Birth Date: 1860
Groom's Birthplace: Abbington, Knox, Ia
Groom's Age: 33
Bride's Name: Gertie Chase Crandall Smith <-------------
Bride's Birth Date: 1869
Bride's Birthplace: Elliott, Montgomery, Iowa
Bride's Age: 24
Marriage Date: 26 Feb 1893 <---------------------- just four years later
Marriage Place: Lincoln Twp, Montgomery, Iowa
Groom's Father's Name: James Riley Perdue
Groom's Mother's Name: Rebecca Embrey
Bride's Father's Name: William H. Crandall
Bride's Mother's Name: Isabelle M. Mc Comb



A cabinet card with rounded corners.  The photographer was Langdon of Lancaster, Wis.  I will date this photo about 1889 Gertie wears her hair in a bun with no fringes…her collar is high and her dress is simply adorned with only one piece of jewelry at the neck.. it appears to be a pin with a chain.  Little Willies collar is pretty cute..it is some kind of lace.

Thanks for stopping by..I hope you will continue on this adventure.  It will only be interrupted for Full Circle posts..there are six of them pending:) 

Update From Iggy: I found a Nettie Parks, Louis Wheeler and Gilbert Summit all living in the Macedonia, Pottawattamie County, Iowa area around 1900. Macedonia is just east of Council Bluffs, IA.

Wm Henry Crandal married Isabelle Marian McComb in 1868. He is listed with wife, and daughters Gertie C. (1869-1870) and Nettie L. (1871) in the 1880 US census living in Grove, Pottawattamie, Iowa.  Is the Gertie pictured above Netties sister?  YES this is Netties sister!! 


What we know about Nettie Crandall Parks ..the lady to whom this album belonged.

United States Census, 1910 for Nettie Parks
Birthplace: Iowa
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Residence: Macedonia, Pottawattamie, Iowa
Marital Status: Married
Race : White
Gender: Female
Immigration Year: 
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace: Missouri
 Household Gender Age
Wesley Parks  M 39y
Nettie Parks  F 39y
Child  Mabel Parks  F 13y (1897)
Child  Glenn Parks  M 11y
Child  Gladys Parks  F 9y
Child  Lyle Parks  M 7y
Child  Neal Parks  M 5y
Child  Thurston Parks  M 3y
Child  Wylma Parks  F y 3m

United States Census, 1920 for Nettie L Park
Residence: , Pottawattamie, Iowa
Estimated Birth Year: 1872
Age: 48
Birthplace: Iowa
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Gender: Female
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace: Iowa
 Household Gender Age
Wesley John Park  M 49y
Nettie L Park  F 48y
Child  Glenn A Park  M 20y
Child  Gladys M Park  F 18y
Child  Lyle Park  M 16y
Child  Neil F Park  M 15y
Child  Thurston J Park  M 13y
Child  Wilma B Park  F 8y (1912)
Child  Theo A Park  F 6y
Child  Pauline P Park  F 4y
Parent  William H Crandall  M 80y


Nettie's middle name is Leal.  The obituary for her is dated Friday 18-June-1943 (Nonpareil News, page 7) and says she died at the age of 72 in her home, in Council Bluffs.   She was buried in Macedonia Cemetery.

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 Here is the obit for Netties Husband:

John Wesley Parks. 86. 136 Glen Ave. died Saturday July 27, 1957 at a local hospital after an illness of several years. 

Mr. Parks was a retired carpenter.  He had been a resident of Council Bluffs 40 years.

Suvivors include: five daughters, Mrs. Mabel V. Johnson of Sidney, Mrs. Gladys M. McMullen of Cedar Rapids, Mrs. Wilma B. Hudgens of Council Bluffs, Mrs. Theo A. Young, of Omaha, Mrs. Pauline P. Wolf of Council Bluffs; four sons, Glen A Parks of Sidney, Lyle M. of Council Bluffs, Thurston J of Sidney, Neil F. of Maderia, Calif,; brother Thomas Parks of Glenwood; ten grandchildren and six great grandchildren.

  Burial will be held at Macedonia Cemetery.