[or-roots] Mystery Photo

[Denise Merritt]

Thank you Les for all those clues.  The odd thing is my own family was 
mostly in Southern Oregon (Coos Bay, Roseburg, etc).   These folks could 
just be friends (instead of relatives) but I just can't tell from the few 
clues.  I've always wanted to find a descendant of ONE of those pictured and 
I'd be happy to give them the photo, especially if they could help me 
clarify (related or not).

They have been a challenge to find.

Denise Merritt
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leslie Chapman" <reedsportchapmans at verizon.net>
To: <or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us>
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 7:43 PM
Subject: RE: [or-roots] Mystery Photo


> Denise;
>
> Your problem presents a quandry, is that Mrs E. M. as in wife of Erwin M
> whom I find in Crook count in 1910 census boarding with the Robinsons? He 
> is
> listed as single, age 26 and born in Kansas; unfortunately he seems to
> disappear in 1920, there being only two Erwin heads of household in 
> Heritage
> index, one in NY and one in Kansas, both with wrong middle initial, no 
> sign
> of him in Oregon archives; as a matter of fact very few folk named Tiffany
> there.
>
> I think it more likely that your Mrs E. M. is either Emily M. wife of
> William;
>
> 1920  >  OREGON  >  MULTNOMAH  >  PORTLAND; 194 1/2-PCT
> Series: T625  Roll: 1501  Page: 165
> Surname  GivenName  Age  Sex  Race  Birthplace  State  County  Location
> Year
> TIFFANY  WILLIAM H  37  M  W  NE  OR  MULTNOMAH  PORTLAND; 194 1/2-PCT
> 1920
>
> she is listed as 38 b. Cal. with dau emma J(?) age 8 b. Or and Esther M 
> age
> 6 b. OR
>
> Or she could be of the Tiffany family that were once illustrious merchants
> in Lane County;
>
> but for that to be the case she would have to be FM , Frances M wife of
> Albert. If my memory serves and we all know how unlikely that is, but I
> think Frances and Albert were the Tiffanys that I grew up hearing about
> thier business almost as much as the Kaufman's, anyway I am betting on
> Emily.
>
> On an amusing note I found an Oliver Tiffany age 76 listed as son-in-law 
> of
> a 46 and 44 year old couple in Multnomah county, since he is widowed I
> suspect the census taker meant father-in-law.
>
> Unfortunately of the 63 heads of Household in Multnomah co. in 1920 none 
> are
> in the 194 1/2 pct and I wouldn't have a clue which precinct to look for 
> for
> Madison and of course that might be a red herring as that MIGHT be where 
> the
> picture was taken.
>
> There are eight C. Jacobson's in that lot; Carl 5 x Chas, Chris and Clara,
> none having middle initial E though since only Carl and one of the Chas 
> are
> listed that doesn't mean much.
>
> Les C
>
>>snip
>
> The photo is of a family group - Dad & Mom sitting by a table with 8
> children around them (ages appear to be probably adult male 24 down to a 2
> yr old - guesstimates).  There is no photo studio imprint or clues on the
> front.  The back of the photo says:
>
> Mrs. E. M Tiffany, Hillsboro; Mrs. C.E. Jacobson, 350 Madison
>
> I do not have either of these names in my family database of relatives but 
> I
> also couldn't locate them in my census searches yet.  I'm guessing the 
> photo
> is from 1900-1920 time period but I'm not an educated guesser necessarily.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Denise Merritt
>
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