A reminder to us all to label our photos and provide names. I can’t tell you how many photos we have from past generations in our family that are unidentified.
I thank John from transcribing that letter. It was difficult to make out many of the words in that hand written letter. It was a nice little window of that time in New Ipswich. My only Woburn experience was from the mid 50s when my parents closed their store and gave a Woburn equipment dealer the task of selling the equipment in the store which included a walk-in freezer, meat cooler and slicer, scales, cash register, display cases, ice cream counter, stools, and all that goes into an ice cream parlor. He never paid my parents a cent. He declared bankruptcy.
My grandfather Milton Albert Howe wrote the names on the back of the photo in my collection.
Back Row: William A Corbett (1849-1932), Susan Isabell Maxwell (W. A. Corbett’s wife, 1850-1936), Abbie May Corbett (A. L. Howe’s wife, 1875-1963), Albert Larned Howe (1869-1952).
Seated Row: Huldah Sweat (Lewis Patch’s wife – Lewis Patch not in photo, 1801-1900); infant May Huldah Howe (daughter of Abbie May Corbett and Albert Larned Howe, 1896-1979), Edwin Maxwell (1814-1897), Martha Ann Patch (Edwin Maxwell’s wife, 1825-1902)
Child on Carpet: Milton Albert Howe (child of Abbie May Corbett and Albert Larned Howe, 1894-1973)
Source: Milton Albert Howe – names on back of photo.
Estimated date of photo: 1896 (infant born in July 23, 1896)
There probably still are people in New Ipswich who would be reluctant to move to Woburn.
I'm one of those people
A reminder to us all to label our photos and provide names. I can’t tell you how many photos we have from past generations in our family that are unidentified.
I thank John from transcribing that letter. It was difficult to make out many of the words in that hand written letter. It was a nice little window of that time in New Ipswich. My only Woburn experience was from the mid 50s when my parents closed their store and gave a Woburn equipment dealer the task of selling the equipment in the store which included a walk-in freezer, meat cooler and slicer, scales, cash register, display cases, ice cream counter, stools, and all that goes into an ice cream parlor. He never paid my parents a cent. He declared bankruptcy.
I can provide names for people in today’s photo if anyone wants them.
Yes please, always helps to have names
Note the 5 matrilineal generations.
My grandfather Milton Albert Howe wrote the names on the back of the photo in my collection.
Back Row: William A Corbett (1849-1932), Susan Isabell Maxwell (W. A. Corbett’s wife, 1850-1936), Abbie May Corbett (A. L. Howe’s wife, 1875-1963), Albert Larned Howe (1869-1952).
Seated Row: Huldah Sweat (Lewis Patch’s wife – Lewis Patch not in photo, 1801-1900); infant May Huldah Howe (daughter of Abbie May Corbett and Albert Larned Howe, 1896-1979), Edwin Maxwell (1814-1897), Martha Ann Patch (Edwin Maxwell’s wife, 1825-1902)
Child on Carpet: Milton Albert Howe (child of Abbie May Corbett and Albert Larned Howe, 1894-1973)
Source: Milton Albert Howe – names on back of photo.
Estimated date of photo: 1896 (infant born in July 23, 1896)
CEH
10 Oct 2023