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Roberts Family Photo Album- Teens and Adults

This entry is part 4 of 6 in the series "Roberts Family Photo Album, circa 1910-1920s."
#28- “Pals”- two men on a bench.

Roberts Family, Daniel Family, Murrell Family (Click for Family Tree)

Here is yet another of those photos- a story we would love to know! Father and son? Friends? Please do let us know if you know the story or can identify these men, or any of the people in the following photos from the Roberts Family Photo Album put together some time around 1910 to the 1920s, likely in Jasper County, Iowa. It was passed down to the descendants of George Anthony Roberts and Ella V. Daniel Roberts.

#29- A man and possibly his son?

And now that young man has a girlfriend:

#30- Unidentified young man and young woman.

Here is the same young woman, but is it the same young man? His ears and nose seem quite a bit different.

#31- Same young woman, but different man?
#32- Same young woman.

Here is another young couple:

#33- The reverse of this photo states “Herbert and Gladyce, Nov 1919.” There is a picture of a “Herbert Burns” in another group of photos- the same man?

There are a number of young women in the photo album, one with maybe her mother:

#34- Young woman with striped skirt.
#35- Unidentified young woman.
#36- Two women, possibly a mother and daughter.

While the cameras of that time apparently had some problems with light leaks and did not always advance film properly, having even these not-perfect pictures helps us imagine life for our ancestors.

#37- Woman and baby outside on farm.

The back of the above photo states, “Mar. 24, ’18 Ivan Axlell.” (Spelling is hard to decipher on second name.) We do have an Ivan Chester Murrell, born 1899 in Roseville, Illinois, so this would not be the same person. There were no children listed in the 1930 census when Ivan Chester was listed with his wife, Lillian Lukens Murrell, as living with her parents.

#38- Two women by a fence in fields.
#39- A woman sitting, possibly waiting for a train since dressed up and a telegraph pole is in the background? (Telegraph/phone lines often ran along railroad tracks.)

And a few more men to add to our “unidentified” listing from the Roberts Family Photo Album:

#40- Two men in suits. They do look familiar… but who are they??

Plus a hard-working man in front of a barn:

#41- A man in front of a barn in work clothes.

Do you recognize any of these people? If you do, please scroll down to “Leave a comment” and let us know who they are! Even if you also have an unidentified copy of this photo, knowing what other family has it may help us narrow the possibilities. We each have different pieces of the puzzle… Thanks in advance.

 

Notes, Sources, and References: 

  1. The numbers by the photos are for reference since we do not know many of the people in this album.
  2. “Roberts Family Photo Album” circa 1910-1925 or so. Images may have been taken in Jasper County, Iowa.

 

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