Forgotten Old Photos

Thursday, December 3, 2015

Photos Number 2087

I visit a number of antique shops, one thing they all have in common is that they don’t have ALL their photos out at the same time. Sometimes there is nothing new, but sometimes you find some photos that might be connected to an earlier Full Circle.

Blanche and Geo Lee with a baby.

And a name at the bottom which I recognized. Max Hird Full Circle 79

Geo Lee = Blanche Lee

Not sure how the Lee’s fit in with Max Hird. BUT I recalled that Max Hird was raised by Lester and Mary Treganza

Mabel Stefsburg

Mary Treganza

Edgely

Dad’s 95 Birthday Sept 14 1947 Died April 19 1948

Mr. Thos. Treganza

I emailed Erin that I had some photos that may have some connection to her Grandfather Max Hird. Yes she wanted the photos and I mailed them off on Monday morning. I will write a Full Circle post for these photos after Erin receives them and has a chance to reply.

I believe these photos were sold at an auction and wound up in the antique shop. Originally I contacted another relative and she wanted nothing to do with the photos, perhaps she was cleaning out “old stuff” I don’t know. What I do know is that any old photo of a relative might be important to other relatives even if you don’t give a hoot. Whatever you don’t want…pass them on.

Thanks for stopping by.

Update from Iggy:

George W Lee (7 Sep 1883 in Iowa - Nov 1966). Lived in Glenmore, La Moure, North Dakota with his wife Blanch R Lee ( July 25 1887 - Feb 1 1978)
Sometime between 1930 and 1940, they moved to Mallory, Clayton, Iowa.

These photo went Full Circle 142 on March 16, 2016

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Photo Number 2086

This is a photo from the antique shop in Moorhead Minnesota.

Hazel Morris

What a lovely profile photo!

Thanks for stopping by.

A possibility from Iggy:

Hazel Margaret Morris Johnson

Birth: 16 April 1901 (16 Apr 1901) - Otter Tail County (Otter Tail), USA
Death: 18 Nov 1987 - Shelton, Mason County (Mason), Washington, USA
Parents: Henry Ruben Morris, Minnie Elizabeth Stecker

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Full Circle 134

This Full Circle began with a search for a name, and then a comment left on the blog. After three days all of the comments have to be approved, so that I am aware of older comments left for me.

Laura wrote:

I've been doing some digging on my family history and came across this post. I'm almost positive that is my great grandpa Ole William Degerman! He did go by Bill or William (and abbreviated W.M). I don't have a good photo of what he looked like, but I do have one of my great grandma Arlie (William's wife) and that looks just like her! She has my grandpa's eyes. They did live in Bemidji. So fun that you found a photo of my family!

I asked her to email me with her address.

Hello!
Thank you so much for finding that photo of my great grandparents! You have such a wonderful website and I cannot tell you how much it means to me to have a piece of my family history. Thank you very, very much!
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Laura

I asked her to share something:

Thank you again! Here is my post for Full Circle:

I thought I came from a small family until just recently. By some miracle, last month I received an email at work from someone with the last name Degerman, my mom's maiden name. On a whim, I asked if her family was from Bemidji. They were! We found out that we share the same great grandpa, Ole William Degerman. Also, she works only two blocks away from me so we've been able to meet over coffee to piece together the different parts of the family tree that we each know. While I was searching, I came across a photo on Forgotten Old Photos with the name W.M Degerman. In my research I did find that my great grandpa went by William (abbreviated W.M.) and I had a photo of my great grandma, Arlie, so I was able to confirm that the photo Connie found was indeed my great grandparents! I cannot tell you how wonderful it feels to have a piece of my family history. Thank you so much, Connie, for tracking down all of these wonderful old photos and working to find their families! What a perfect gift in time for the holidays!

Laura

Laura received the photo in the mail yesterday!