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Thursday, May 18, 2017

Early Oregon Cousins -- Photo

My 2nd cousin, Robert Bond, has graciously shared with me a number of old photos of the Bond family. This photo was called Lowery England and sisters.

I believe that the seated young man is David Lowery England, who was a 1st cousin of my great-grandmother, Mary Ann (O'Neal) Bond, so he was my 1st cousin 3 times removed. David's father was David Chance England, a brother to Mary Ann's mother, Margaret (England) O'Neal.

A brief summary about David: he was born 15 Jun 1871 in California and moved to Oregon about 1874. His mother died in 1876 and his father in 1885. After his father died, the children lived with other family members. David married Mary Bales in 1895 and they lived in the Dorena area. His wife Mary died in 1925 and he died in 1942 and they are buried next to each other in Sears Cemetery.

In looking at this photo, I wanted to identify the others who were with David. He had the following brothers and sisters:
  1. John William 1861-1885, married 1883
  2. Joseph McClellan 1863-1935, married 1888
  3. Mary Nancy Ann 1864-1897, married 1888
  4. Eliza Jane 1867-1942, married 1891
  5. Rachel Samantha 1868-1959, married 1890
  6. James Newton 1874-1939, married 1895

To help with identifying the individuals, it would be helpful to determine about when the photo was taken. I am thinking it could be 1888 at one of their sibling's weddings. Then David would have been about 17, James about 14, Eliza about 21 and Rachel about 20. Looking at the clothes and hairdos, they would fit an 1888 date.

So it seems most logical that David was the one seated and the boy behind him was James. So that leaves the two young women. So they probably are Eliza and Rachel. But my problem now is which is which. Can anyone give me a definite answer?









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