This is a photo from the antique shop in Wahpeton North Dakota.
A lovely young lady with glasses, she is wearing a high necked blouse with a brooch and a necklace. The jacket looks like velvet with many buttons, and she wears a bow in her hair.
The photographers stamp is hard to read.
I can read that the studio was in Waukesha, Wis
Aunt Ida (Jerdee) Hughes
Thanks for stopping by.
There is a photographer by the name of James [B.?] Bates working in Waukesha in 1870 (US Census) His wife Ellen later ran the studio along with an Albert R Cottrell, who later moved to Minneapolis(some time between 1880 and 1900).
ReplyDeleteJerdee is possibly a "corruption" of the Norwegian Gjerde.
I didn't have time to find Ida this morning - hopefully someone can - she seems elusive to me.
I found two possibilities . I think this first one is her. Ida Jerdee born about 1880 to Olaf(Ole) and Ingebor Jerdee in Wisconsin. 1905 Census shows also a sister Martha born about 1885. Ida, Martha and Ole are found in the 1910 Census, Martha is married to a George Hughes in Madison City Wisconsin.
ReplyDeleteThe second possibility is Ida J. born about 1872 and married a Harry E. Hughes Kansas 1940 census.
I wonder if who ever marked this photo meant Martha instead of Ida.
DeleteOr perhaps the sisters married brothers?
DeleteThe 1910 US Census is the one we want. :)
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPJP-VJ4
Well, I tried Iggy's suggestion for Gjerde, but no results there...
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