Monday, September 24, 2012

Photo Number 1002

This is a Cabinet Card from Craig’s Collection.
Minnie Wishart Cabinet Card Craig
Shaffer is the photographer at Cor. 5th and Alleghany Sts. Huntingdon, Pa.
Minnie Wishart Cabinet Card Craig Back
I think this says Minnie Wishant…or Nishant edited to Wishart

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Update from Iggy:
I am pretty sure this is Minnie (Mary) Wishart (b. abt 1862). Her father, Dr. John Wilson Wishart (b. abt 1830), was a surgeon during the Civil War (he was very busy at Gettysburg where his unit suffered badly). They later lived in Pittsburgh, PA.

Minnie/Mary and her sister Alice never married and lived together in Pittsburgh, where they ran a "rooming house".

7 comments:

  1. The surname could be Wishart - it's quite common in Scotland :-) Jo

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  2. Very nice photo.
    My great grandma's name was Minnie.

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  3. I am pretty sure this is Minnie (Mary) WishaRt (b. abt 1862). Her father, Dr. John Wilson Wishart (b. abt 1830), was a surgeon during the Civil War (he was very busy at Gettysburg where his unit suffered badly). They later lived in Pittsburgh, PA.

    Minnie/Mary and her sister Alice never married and lived together in Pittsburgh, where they ran a "rooming house".

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  4. Mary's find a grave record -

    http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=91127718 It doesn't show anything other than she died in 1950.

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  5. She looks unsettled in this photo. Wonderful little bit of history to go with it.

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  6. Neither sister married. Wonder what their stories could have been.

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  7. There are some people researching this family on Ancestry.com...

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Hi, Thanks for the comments, your input on these old photos is appreciated! English only please! All comments will be moderated! Connie