Well, I thought I could break the tie by looking for the family's friend, Murray Beardsley. I figured there couldn't be too many people out there by that name. Wrong. Though many results on Ancestry showed Murray as a middle name--a complicating factor--the only promising ones I could find lived in either Rhode Island or Washington, D.C. Not exactly close to your two locales.
To complicate matters, there was someone in Michigan--at least closer--but his name might actually have been "Morrie"...short for Morris. And the last name was spelled Beardslee. Since we can't really tell who actually wrote the inscription on the back of the photo, that could just have been someone's guess as to how the name was supposed to be spelled.
Wonder if August 18, 1940, was a significant date for the Elton family...
I found two possibilities Ole J 1887 to 1979 Minneapolis and Ole J born in 1882 to 1974 in Traill County North Dakota
ReplyDeleteWell, I thought I could break the tie by looking for the family's friend, Murray Beardsley. I figured there couldn't be too many people out there by that name. Wrong. Though many results on Ancestry showed Murray as a middle name--a complicating factor--the only promising ones I could find lived in either Rhode Island or Washington, D.C. Not exactly close to your two locales.
DeleteTo complicate matters, there was someone in Michigan--at least closer--but his name might actually have been "Morrie"...short for Morris. And the last name was spelled Beardslee. Since we can't really tell who actually wrote the inscription on the back of the photo, that could just have been someone's guess as to how the name was supposed to be spelled.
Wonder if August 18, 1940, was a significant date for the Elton family...
I wondered that too an anniversary? If the date is one year less a few more Ole's might be possible also. I looked for Murray too...no luck:(
DeleteI got nowhere with this one too.
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