I believe this is Hattie and Walter Fletcher, the pencil on a dark card is difficult to read.
I will guess this Cabinet Card was taken around 1880 give or take a few years.
I think the photographer is H.S. Beals Sda (South Dakota??) Sac Sacramento
Thanks for stopping by. Do come again. Update from Iggy:
I think this might be Willard Franklin Fletcher's family. He and his wife Lulu had Hattie S., 14 (in 1880) and Willie F. 10. Willard (Mar 1835 - 1924) was the Chief of Police in Oakland, CA.
Henry Sherman Beals was the photographer - he worked in Sacramento from 1854 to 1907.
ReplyDeleteI think this might be Willard Franklin Fletcher's family. He and his wife Lulu had Hattie S., 14 (in 1880) and Willie F. 10. Willard (Mar 1835 - 1924) was the Chief of Police in Oakland, CA. That ought to interest one of your readers!
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DeleteFor searching newspaper articles on California names, a great free resource is the California Digital Newspaper Collection. I found a sketch of Oakland's Captain Willard Fletcher in one October, 1896, edition. Sadly, I also found the death notice for his son, also named Willard, who died February 3, 1911. Apparently, this family lived in Stockton, California, for a time, for Willard Junior was born there.
I tried to find either father or son through Find a Grave. There is a Willard Fletcher listed there, but he has the wrong middle name.
Wish that pencil mark was easier to read. I'm still wondering about that third child...whether this is a good fit for the family in this photograph.
Yes, I'm not sold on it being Willard - just it seemed a possibility. As to which one of the blog readers... LOL... :)
DeleteVery interesting info.
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