1875 photo of Nellie M. Harkness (married name Trimble) (1874-1975)
I recently purchased the subject studio portrait taken by Huested & Norton's Photograph and Copying House, "Largest Movable Gallery in America," Marion, NY, identified on the back of the mount in period pencil handwriting:
"Nellie Harkness
Age 20 Months
Taken Dec 15th 1875
Chose her own position"
This individual is included in One World Tree.She also appears in the Social Security Death Index.She is listed in the 1880 Census data for Marion, Wayne Co., NY; the 1900, 1910, and 1920 Census data for Williamson (resided at 22 Prospect Street), Wayne Co., NY; and the 1930 Census data for Arcadia (resided on Minsteed Road), Wayne Co., NY.
Nellie M. Harkness, born 9 Apr 1874 in Marion, Wayne Co., NY, died Aug 1975 in NY (last residence, Sodus, Wayne Co.), was the child of Francis C. Harkness (1850-1879) and Ellen L. (maiden name unknown) (1853-1935).In about 1894, she married a teamster, Charles Ivan Trimble (1872-1927).This couple had a daughter, Aileen Trimble, born Aug 1899 in NY, who in about 1920, married a farmer, Howard G. Star, born about 1897 in NY (they had a daughter, Ruth S. Star, born about 1923 in NY).
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