RETURN TO FAMILY: Alger-Ada Area Photographs From The Late 1800s

30+ LABELED PHOTOGRAPHS LOOKING FOR A NEW HOME

I have been slowly going through photographs collected by members of my family over the generations. I would like to return the following to direct descendants. I believe I am fourth in line to have them in my possession.

If you are interested, just leave a message. I will email you so we can discuss privately how you are connected to the person.

I'm fairly certain the writing on the back of the pictures are by my great-aunt, Florence Moore who lived outside Alger, Ohio. I am equally certain that some of these pictures are connected to Florence in some way, but did not necessarily live in Hardin County. I do know most are surnames of previous Hardin County, Ohio however. The amazing thing to me is that women in these pictures are identified my maiden and married name, and sometimes how they were related to her.

We should all be so lucky!

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• Key: [brackets] are my personal notes

• Alphabetized and cross-referenced to make it easier to scan down the names.

BURKHOLDER - Joyce Lee Burkholder, 1938 - 5 yrs old.

COLE - Clifford Cole 

DEMPSTER - Ethel Messick Dempster

FRY - Ruth Hinkle, Mrs. Ivan Fry, daughter of Lou Richardson Hinkle

GOSLEE - Hildred Goslee, Frank Goslee dau. of ?

GOSLEE - Vivian Delores Goslee, Frank Goslee's daughter

GOSLEY - Father Gosley with compliments of John S. Braddock 

HARRIMAN - Cora & Howard Harriman [Mother & Son?]

HARRIMAN - Cora Messick Harriman & Gus Harriman (appears to be wedding photo)

HARRIMAN - Howard Harriman

HAVEN - Helen Havens 1 yr old, Nov, 8, 1906

HINKLE - Ruth Hinkle, Mrs. Ivan Fry, daughter of Lou Richardson Hinkle

HOVER - Helen & Lois Hover

HOVER - Mae Hover (Photographer M. V. Gilbert, Ada, Ohio)

KNOWLTON - Dorothy Knowlton (Photographer H. T. Wise, Athens, O, assume Ohio)

MARSH - Marsh Family & Slaybaugh brothers & sisters.

MESSICK - Cora Messick Harriman & Gus Harriman (appears to be wedding photo)

MESSICK - Ethel Messick Dempster

MESSICK - John, Ethel & Cora Messick

MOORE - Ruth Moore Ankerman, raised by John & Asenth Goslee

MOSER - Florence Moser, Palo Alto, California

NORMAN - Loyd Norman [Appears to be a WWI military portrait.]

NORMAN - Loyd Norman [Possibly high school graduation portrait?]

PUMMEL - Maude Pummel

PUMMEL - Ruth Pummel

RALSTON - Emma Ralston & dog Rover [believe to be at John Goslee's farm]

RIPLEY - Mr. & Mrs. Ripley (Aunt Mary Ann) Mrs. James Goslee's sister.

SEUDERS - Jane Seuders

SHICK - From Ardis Shick to Ruth Moore

SLAYBAUGH - Marsh Family & Slaybaugh brothers & sisters.

SLAYBAUGH - Yuma & Giles Slaybaugh

SMITH - Carl Smith