Photo Number 424

This is page number 23 in the Nettie Parks Album.
Louie Stennett was the name written on part of the trim that was then glued to the side of the decorative frame.
  The photographer Whitley was at the 303 RR Address in Elmira, NY in 1886.  This is a Cabinet Card.
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Update from Iggy:
Lucius E. Stennett (b. 1870 in Red Oak, Iowa) married at the age of 29, Mary J. Inick (b. 1875 in Macedonia, Iowa) who was 24 years old on when she married on 30 Sep 1899 in Red Oak, Montgomery, Iowa.

Lucius' parents were Chas. Stennett and Louisa Lowe. The bride's were Abram D. Inick and Elizabeth Reynolds.

The married couple moved to Ashland, Oregon with the groom's parents shortly after the wedding. By 1910, they had one son and three daughters, Arthur 9yrs, Edna Stennett 7yrs, Ellaleen Stennett 4yrs and Opal Stennett 1 yr.

Lucius grandfather, Wayne Stennett was one of the original settlers of Montgomery County, Iowa, moved there from Illinios around 1848.

Photo Number 423

Page 22 in the Nettie Parks Album

Meet Fannie Goit…from Pennsylvania.   The photographer is Spencer from Troy, PA.  It is a  Cabinet Card. There is no imprint on the back of this card.

We had two photos the other day that had the same photographer..Mary Gould ( Netties Aunt)  and her husband, Jehiel Gould.  Could this be another relative?

The dress has puffed sleeves..and seems to have a pleated bodice, with a very high neck.  I will guess that this photo was taken sometime between  1886 -1900..since those are known years that the photographer was in Troy.
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Photo Number 422

Page 20 in the album is blank.
Page 21..

Cousin can’t recall  name

This is a Cabinet Card, the photographer was Linder at South Chicago, ILL. I just don’t know about a date on this one 1886?  It looks like she has a bustle of some sort.  The dress looks to me like it is velvet. She appears to be holding some long stemmed roses, she has some kind of fru fru netting around her neck and in the front area of her gown. ..I have not seen anything quite like it.  She is wearing a necklace (I think), earrings, bracelet and perhaps a watch chain which is peeking out of her dress. 

This is the back of the cabinet card.

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Update from Norkio: 

She is wearing a small bustle, and the square neckline of her dress was popular during both bustle periods. The net in her neckline is called a fischu and was used to fill the open area. It could be removed for an evening engagement when more skin could be shown, such as at a dinner party.

I'm inclined to think this is from the late bustle period based on the back of the cabinet card. The more elaborate the design on the back, the later in the time frame when they were popular. They peaked in popularity between 1870-1895. I'd say that 1886 or so is a good date for this photo. This lady could be easing away from the natural form and into the later bustle period, or could just prefer a smaller bustle than the "haut couture" demanded.

Photo Number 421

Pages 17 and 18

Think this is Aunt Mary Gould……. + her husban Gould

This is the back of both cards.

This are both Cabinet Cards..of Mary and her husband from Troy, PA. These photos were probably taken at the same time..I will guess around 1890.( Update from Al:  1886-1900  are the years F M Spencer was in Troy)   Relatives from back east?

Update from Iggy : Mr. Jehiel and Mary A Gould lived in Troy, PA in 1880 (US Census) with parent Sarah Crandall. Sarah Crandall would be Nettie Crandall Parks Grandmother. 
Mary Maude (nee Crandall) Gould was Nettie's aunt (her father's baby sister).


These are items that were tucked in these pages.

A pressed carnation with a red bow and a card that says: Elton L. Taylor.
Update from Iggy: 
Elton Lavern Taylor was born September 29, 1905, Macedonia, Pottawattamie County, Iowa; the 5th children of 14 born to Orval Oscar and Louise Tabitha (Osler) Taylor; his siblings being: Ora Lee Taylor, Earl Clifford Taylor, Florence Opal Taylor, Lawrence Floyd Taylor, Saloma Itol Taylor, Harold O. Taylor, Kenneth Osler Taylor, Alberta Lucille Taylor, Louie Francis Taylor, John Westerfield Taylor, Mary Elizabeth Taylor, Kathryn J. Taylor, and Wilma G. Taylor.

He was united in marriage to Mildred Eunice Phillips on December 27, 1927 in Pottawattamie County, Iowa. To this union 4 known children were born: Orval Doran Taylor, Ronald Elton Taylor, John Duane Taylor, and Keith Harley Taylor.

Elton answered the call to the spirit world on July 16, 1968 in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas at the age of 62y, 9m, 17d. 
  A poorly framed photograph..of two women who might be related and a guy with his head chopped off.  The lady on the left looks pregnant to me. This is a much later photograph.
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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.

  

Photo Number 419

Seven women..all young..all wearing different dresses.  The black choker collar or necklace was popular in the 1880’s. Perhaps they were all friends.  There are hats and gloves and that is an umbrella in front of the gal in the white dress. There is one of those funny looking straw mats or animal hides on the floor.

This is quite a large photo..it measures 7 inches by 8 inches. I got it at the Antique Shop in Park Rapids..This is one of the first old photos that I thought..maybe I should just keep it and frame it. There is something about it that appeals to me, I cannot quite put my finger on what it is..perhaps it is the imperfect background behind so many women who are posing just so.

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Photo Number 418

On to a few interesting photos from the Antique Shop in Park Rapids that is owned by Linda.  I have known her forever.. she and I went to school together beginning in the first grade…a long time ago.  

This is an unmarked photo..obviously a team of some sort.   I figured I was curious enough to spend 50 cents for it. These men all have quilted shorts on..were they wrestlers?  I don’t know..any ideas are welcome! There is some kind of huge backdrop behind them.  The photo will enlarge if you click on it.

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