tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2320880361203053560.post6719054408895709685..comments2024-03-24T21:46:01.457-05:00Comments on Forgotten Old Photos: Photo Number 1804Far Side of Fiftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07995757632158408442noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2320880361203053560.post-89740168222361185092015-01-23T20:02:30.989-06:002015-01-23T20:02:30.989-06:00While this is a great photograph, I'm sure you...While this is a great photograph, I'm sure you'll understand why the <i>back</i> of the photograph holds more interest to me than the front. How coincidental to see a photographer named J. K. Stevens in Chicago at nearly the same time as my John Kelly Stevens family! I'll bet every time they passed by the McVickers Theatre Building, they had to smile...Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2320880361203053560.post-88268828922764913582015-01-23T09:54:24.143-06:002015-01-23T09:54:24.143-06:00I found a source that claims J K Stevens worked at...I found a source that claims J K Stevens worked at this location from ca. 1885-1887 and another one that shows his successor was there in 1905. So the years he worked there are a little cloudy.<br /><br />There are two candidates for this woman, the strongest one is - <br /><br />Elllen A. Vercoe (1850 - 1930) found buried in California (were a lot of Craig's photos or families seem to "end up"). She is Find A Grave Memorial# 120148220. She and her husband John lived in Chicago in the 1910 US Census.<br /><br />They had a son named William John Vercoe born 11 Aug 1878 and died on 19 Mar 1929 at the age of 40. He was married and had a step-daughter named Irene Kennedy (b. abt 1902).<br /><br />The other, Ellen Stride nee' Vercoe (15 Jun 1851 England - 15 Jan 1911 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois). She is in the Forest Home Cemetery.<br /><br />I'm reasonably certain the first one is the "right" one.Intense Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08441598926026727682noreply@blogger.com