Thursday, January 29, 2015

Photo Number 1809

This is a photo from Craig’s Collection.
Oram Craigs
Harry L. Plummer was the photographer located in the Journal Bldg.  Lewistown, ME.
Oram Craigs back
Yours truly Oram  G.? Laury  H.A. 1907 Oram Robert Lawry, class of 1907, Hebron Academy
This is one of the first photographs I have seen with a double breasted suit coat that is not buttoned up.  He wears a Wing Tip Detachable Collar popular from 1890 to 1920.  He also wears a pair of spectacles.
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Update from Iggy:
Oram Robert Lawry, class of 1907, Hebron Academy  He was born in 1886

Oram was born January 26, 1886 in Knox County Maine, his parents were Adams Davis Lawry and Phylena Emeline Condon Lawry, Orin died August 4, 1976 Knox County Maine. He married Ida Margaret (Leslie). In his daughter Marys Obit he is listed as Dr. Oram Lawry. 

Oram and Ida had three children Mary Lawry Garrett (1912-2009), Dorothy Lowry Aylward and Oram "Buss" Lawry Jr.


This photo went Full Circle 174 on December 30 2018

10 comments:

  1. This appears to be Oram Robert Lawry, class of 1907, Hebron Academy. He is in find a grave, born c. 1887

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  2. Find A Grave Memorial# 118649433

    An obit for Oram's oldest daughter: http://obituaries.bangordailynews.com/obituaries/bdnmaine/obituary.aspx?n=mary-lawry-garrett&pid=125668915&

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    1. Some of the offspring live(d) in Fresno, California. :)

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  3. Oram was born January 26, 1886 in Knox County Maine, his parents were Adams Davis Lawry and Phylena Emeline Condon Lawry, Orin died August 4, 1976 Knox County Maine. He married Ida Margaret (Leslie). In his daughter Marys Obit he is listed as Dr. Oram Lawry.
    Oram and Ida had three children Mary Lawry Garrett (1912-2009), Dorothy Lowry Aylward and Oram "Buss" Lawry Jr.

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  4. HI , Ida Margaret (Lawry) Mancini his granddaughter do you have any information on Ida Leslie that also when to Hebron? She was several years older that him.

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  5. hi, I am the granddaughter and my name is ida Margaret (Lawry) Mancini. Ida Leslie also attended Hebron. Do you have any information or pictures of her. I do have the one of my grandfather

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    1. Hi Margaret, As far as I know this is the only Lawry photo I have. If you would like Oram's photo please contact me by email off to the left , click on Far Side of Fifty to get to my page with my email addresses. :)

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    2. Some more info from Ancestry (Craig did not post a photo of her)

      1880 US Census
      Ida Leslie
      Age: 4
      Birth Year: abt 1876
      Birthplace: Maine
      Home in 1880: Biddeford, York, Maine
      Race: White
      Gender: Female
      Relation to Head of House: Daughter
      Marital Status: Single
      Father's name: Norman Leslie
      Father's Birthplace: Massachusetts
      Mother's name: Abbie Leslie
      Mother's Birthplace: Maine
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Norman Leslie 36
      Abbie Leslie 36
      Ida Leslie 4
      Frank Leslie 6

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      1900 US Census
      Ida M Leslie
      Age: 23
      Birth Date: Dec 1876
      Birthplace: Maine
      Home in 1900: Hebron, Oxford, Maine
      Race: White
      Gender: Female
      Relation to Head of House: Adopted Daughter (Adopted)
      Marital Status: Single
      Father's Birthplace: Maine
      Mother's Birthplace: Maine
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Sarah B Howe 64
      Ida M Leslie 23

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  6. Today I mailed this postcard to Lincoln a friend of Oram Lawry Jr's in North Yarmouth Maine.

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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