Orphan Photo #1
This was originally posted on my genealogy blog. It's a photo postcard that I rescued from the Antique Mall in El Paso, Illinois. Here is the original post:
Imprint: Northway's Studios, Effingham, Illinois
The back reads:
Freda Blanche Evans
8 months old
weight 22-1/2 lb.
A quick census search reveals a "Freda B Evans" age 15, daughter of George and Nellie, in Sumpter, Cumberland, Illinois in the 1930 census. Cumberland is a neighboring county to Effingham. Since "Freda" didn't show up in my search for 1920 census, I searched for her father, George, and found him with a daughter "Blanche" age 5, in Sumpter, Cumberland, Illinois.
It is quite possible this photo belongs to this family. And if that's the case, than this photo was likely taken around 1915.
Sources
1. 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Sumpter, Cumberland, Illinois, enumeration district (ED) 10, sheet 2A, p. 3, dwelling 26, family 26; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com ); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.
2. 1930 U.S. census, population schedule, Sumpter, Cumberland, Illinois, enumeration district (ED) 18-9, sheet 6B, p. 12, dwelling 148, family 151; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com ); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.
