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Do You Know
Who They Are? |
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Over the years I've collected some really great photos from
family members that were not labeled and no one knows who they
were. I decided to create this page to display some of the
photos, hoping that perhaps someone will stumble upon it and
know who a few of them are. If you can help, please contact me
at: |
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Pleasant Photo Surprises |
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Sometimes photos give you some pleasant surprises. The following
photo was only about 2 1/2 by 4 1/2 inches and was way too small
when I borrowed it from my cousin Deanie Herman Hilton to tell
who the three people were. When I got home, I scanned the photo
and to my surprise I knew who two of the people in the photo
were - my Dad (Sam
William Loftin) and he was a boy and his brother-in-law
(Dewey Connor), 1st husband of Thelma Loftin Lanier. I do not,
however, know who the man on the left is. |
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Unknown Man, Sam Loftin and Dewey Connor |
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I have a cousin Becky Goble (wife of Boyd Goble) on my mother's
side of the family that bought several photos at a local antique
store even though the people in the photos were not related to
her. One of the photos was of Cordie Loftin Wilson who had
helped Becky's grandmother elope. Becky just bought them for
sentimental reasons. When I started working with genealogy after
I retired from teaching, Becky asked me if I would like to have
the photos. She said she thought one of them might be of my
grandfather
Alonzo Lester Loftin. |
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When I first started working with genealogy, I had never seen a
photo of my paternal grandfather Alonzo Lester Loftin. He had
died before my Dad and Mom married, so Mom had never met him. I
just assumed there were no photos of Alonzo. To my surprise, my
Aunt Frances Loftin Cook had a photo of Alonzo that she let me
borrow and scan. |
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When I got the photo of Alonzo from Becky, whoever it had
belonged to previously had incorrectly labled Alonzo as one of
the men standing in the photo. By that time, I knew what Alonzo
looked like and was able to correctly identify him as well as
his brother,
Garland, who was also in the photo. None of the family at
the Loftin Family Reunion had seen the photo previously and were
thrilled to get another photo of Grandpa Alonzo. |
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Alonzo Lester Loftin (seated) with a group
of men and boys at the Old Gold Mine Store
His brother W. Garland Loftin is one the back row, second from
the right |
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LOFTIN |
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The following photos all came from a Loftin relative who had no
idea who they were. Do you? If you do, please contact me. |
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Loftin No. 1
(I got this photo from Deanie Herman Hilton) |
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Loftin No. 2 |
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Loftin No. 3
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Loftin No. 4
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Loftin No. 5 |
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Loftin No. 6 |
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Loftin No. 7
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Loftin No. 8
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Loftin No. 9 |
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Loftin No. 10
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Loftin No. 11 |
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Loftin No. 12
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Loftin No. 13
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Loftin No. 14 |
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(I got the following two photos from Diane Wilson Elliott) |
Loftin No. 15
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Loftin No. 16 |
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LOMAX |
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I do know who these are, but don't know how we are related to
them or how they fit into "our" connection to the Lomax
Descendancy.
Can you offer any help? |
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(1) Hanan Lomax, 18 Feb 1905, (2) Lillie Lomax, and (2) John
Lomax, WW2 |
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GOBLE |
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The following photos came from my cousin Brenda Isenhour
Schronce. She was the daughter of Fred and Fannie Elizabeth
"Lib" Goble Isenhour - and the granddaughter of Martin Luther
Goble and Beulah Vernesta "Nessie" Johnson Goble. She
didn't know who any of these people were. |
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Do you recognize any of these? If so, please contact me. |
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Goble No. 1 |
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Goble No. 2 (All three of these photos are of the same
baby - notice the house in the background) |
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Goble No. 3 (Could this be the same little boy from the
three photos just above this one?) |
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Goble No. 4 - Goble No. 5 - and Goble No. 6 |
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Goble No. 7 |
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Goble No. 8 and Goble No. 9 (These had a similar
blue matting suggesting they may be siblings) |
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Goble No. 10 (This appears to be a school photo - take a
look at all of the children) |
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Goble No. 11 and Goble No. 12 |
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Goble No. 13 (There was a name on the back of this photo
- Wayne) |
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