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OKAY. I've been researching this batch of photos I purchased last June and they are all one gigantic family. So I'm going to try and fit them all into one blog post, and hope that I don't confuse the crap out of anybody who stumbles upon this.
Let's start with the Zimmerman children, because I think that it's the oldest photo. Or at the very least highest up on the tree?
Banner & Catherine's daughter Ida May (born March 1870) married Stephen A Pike (born January 1855) in 1888. They had 3 children together: Glen Haven Pike, Basil A Pike & Stephen A Pike Jr. Their son Basil married Mary Eva Baldwin and they had 2 children together (pictured above!) Edwin Richard Pike and Mary Marguerite Pike. I know Marguerite married Paul Riley Staats who died in 2002, and I think Edwin died a bachelor in 2001, but again no documentation to back that up.
Oh! And even though their names weren't recorded on the back on the above photograph, the people identified as Eva Baldwin's parents in the back row would be Freda & Scott Baldwin (haven't found Freda's maiden name), and the elderly woman in the front row identified as Scott Baldwin's mother would be Catherine Baldwin (nee Butcher).
I also have this great picture of Ida May Sheffer with her mother Catherine Elizabeth (seated), her son Glen Haven Pike and grandson Dale Thornbury Pike. I'm pretty sure I can track down living descendants through Dale Pike. :)
Next up! Adorable triple baby picture. Okay... so using the Zimmerman siblings as our starting point... Banner Pierce Haney is the grandson of Banner Sheffer & Catherine Zimmerman (parents are Allen Haney & Bertha Alice Sheffer), Bertha Blanch Zimmerman is the daughter of William Ross Zimmerman & Christina (no maiden name found yet) and Walter Jack Castator is the youngest son of Oscar Castator & Rose Elva Zimmerman. I'm pretty sure I have tracked down Banner Pierce Haney and Walter Castator to potentially alive descendants... but I haven't had much luck tracking Bertha Zimmerman down.
Also related to this tree - though not quite so directly to the Zimmermans which I started this post with -
OKAY. I've been researching this batch of photos I purchased last June and they are all one gigantic family. So I'm going to try and fit them all into one blog post, and hope that I don't confuse the crap out of anybody who stumbles upon this.
Let's start with the Zimmerman children, because I think that it's the oldest photo. Or at the very least highest up on the tree?
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| Zimmermans! Back L to R: Catherine Elizabeth, Lucinda Jane, Naomi. Front L to R: Rose Elva, William Ross, Mary Olive |
John Jacob Zimmerman (born September 12, 1825) and Mary Ann Miller (born April 20, 1828) had 6 children: Catherine Elizabeth, Lucinda Jane, William Ross, Rose Elva, Mary Olive and Naomi. I haven't had much luck finding birth dates for Mary Olive or Naomi. I found Mary Olive's marriage record, but so far the only record of Naomi I have is this photo and the hand written note on the back that says she married a man with the surname Tiley or Tilley?
Anywho, of those 6, I have the most photos going down Catherine Elizabeth's line. Catherine married Banner R Sheffer and they had 5 children: Ida May, Guy Z, Bertha Alice, Ora Nina and Roy Ross.
Banner had 3 brothers - William, Barton and Dennis. One of the photos I purchased was Banner & Catherine with some of their children as well as his brother's Barton & William along with their wives and children. Yay in-laws! :)
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| Back row: Craig, Ray & Lina Sheffer (children of Barton Sheffer), Guy, Ora & Roy Sheffer (children of Banner Sheffer), Waldo Sheffer (son of William Sheffer). Seated: Barton Sheffer & wife Eva, Banner Sheffer & wife Catherine, William Sheffer & wife Eliza with daughter Ethel |
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| Guy Sheffer |
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| Guy Sheffer & wife Gertrude Giles wedding photo |
Okay, so of Banner & Catherine's kids I really only have extra photos of two. Guy Sheffer (born December 1873) married Gertrude Iva Giles (born April 25, 1889). They had a son Lee G Sheffer who was born around 1908. I can't find much on Lee, unfortunately. I know he married Margaret Link in 1932, but I can't find a death record or any newspaper clippings about them so I don't know if there are any living descendants. Guy Sheffer died in 1910 and Gertrude didn't die until 1940 so it's possible she remarried, but also can't find any documentation to back that up.
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| Back Row: Mrs & Mr Baldwin, Stephen Pike, Ida (Sheffer) Pike Front Row: Mr Baldwin's mother, Eva Baldwin Pike holding Marguerite, Basil Pike holding Edwin, Catherine Elizabeth Sheffer (mother of Ida Pike) |
Oh! And even though their names weren't recorded on the back on the above photograph, the people identified as Eva Baldwin's parents in the back row would be Freda & Scott Baldwin (haven't found Freda's maiden name), and the elderly woman in the front row identified as Scott Baldwin's mother would be Catherine Baldwin (nee Butcher).
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| Aunt Ida (Sheffer) Pike, baby Dale Pike, Glen Pike (Dale's father) Grandma Sheffer |
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| Banner Pierce Haney, Bertha Blanch Zimmerman, Walter Jack Castator |
Also related to this tree - though not quite so directly to the Zimmermans which I started this post with -
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| Grandma Zimmerman, mother, Ida, Glen |
UNSURE on this one, but fairly sure it goes along with this family. The back is labeled Grandma Zimmerman, but it looks NOTHING like Catherine Elizabeth to me (and she should be Grandma Sheffer, not Zimmerman). While I can believe that little boy could be Glen Haven Pike... neither of the standing women look like Ida May to me based off previous photos. And logically the only this could be Grandma Zimmerman was if this was either Christina (William Ross Zimmeran's wife)... or... his mother Mary Ann Zimmerman (nee Miller)? But then who are Ida & Glen? And who is "mother"? Mystery!
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| Bertha Sheffer Carl 9 years Glen 11 years Fay 1 year |
Again, entirely plausible that the oldest boy there is Glen Haven Pike. But I have yet to find a Carl or a Fay in the tree.... so.... ???
And the biggest mystery of all. I actually bought this one on accident - I had so many photos in my "to buy" pile that I failed to recognize that the back of the photo only read "Property of B A Sheffer". So I have no idea who this girl is. Or where she fits on the tree. Possibly a Haney? She's kinda got Natalie Haney's eye shape.
