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<p>[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 52387, member: 59"]Good morning, Batman. (And Milt too. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /> )</p><p><br /></p><p>I was able to find that death announcement on fultonhistory - what a great site that is!) I've written down the names of the pallbearers to see if I can find more family connections for you. Although Williams is a fairly common name, the 2 Williams men may be cousins to Idris. The Livingston is undoubtedly related in some way to Jennie.</p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting that Idris died in Rochester - which I am assuming for the moment is Rochester, NY, although the article did not specify. I was a little surprised not to see any named Ellis (cousins through his mother's brothers) but I had not checked out the continuation of the Ellis family after confirming that they all immigrated together.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the idea that the picture with the poem on the reverse might be connected to his mother's death, I am skeptical. If we are pretty sure that the original was taken in Liverpool, we must consider the facts - 1) Catherine Ann Ellis Williams was born in Wales in 1867, 2) her family emigrated to the US in the late 1860s/very early 1870 when she was a very young child, 3) she married in Vermont in 1885 at the age of 18 and had borne 3 children by 1888. Was there time (and resources) for her to have returned to Wales as a young woman to sit for this photograph? We all spent a lot time deciphering the writing, but I don't see any suggestions as to timing of the picture (based on the style of the dress perhaps?)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 52387, member: 59"]Good morning, Batman. (And Milt too. :) ) I was able to find that death announcement on fultonhistory - what a great site that is!) I've written down the names of the pallbearers to see if I can find more family connections for you. Although Williams is a fairly common name, the 2 Williams men may be cousins to Idris. The Livingston is undoubtedly related in some way to Jennie. Interesting that Idris died in Rochester - which I am assuming for the moment is Rochester, NY, although the article did not specify. I was a little surprised not to see any named Ellis (cousins through his mother's brothers) but I had not checked out the continuation of the Ellis family after confirming that they all immigrated together. As for the idea that the picture with the poem on the reverse might be connected to his mother's death, I am skeptical. If we are pretty sure that the original was taken in Liverpool, we must consider the facts - 1) Catherine Ann Ellis Williams was born in Wales in 1867, 2) her family emigrated to the US in the late 1860s/very early 1870 when she was a very young child, 3) she married in Vermont in 1885 at the age of 18 and had borne 3 children by 1888. Was there time (and resources) for her to have returned to Wales as a young woman to sit for this photograph? We all spent a lot time deciphering the writing, but I don't see any suggestions as to timing of the picture (based on the style of the dress perhaps?)[/QUOTE]
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