Family portrait, Rensselaer, Indiana, circa 1891
| Description: |
Handwritten on the back is my parents old family group - please return / Francis Marion Goff. First names are written in ink on each person. The father holds a walking cane with a carved head handle. Based on the youngest girls birthday (Effie, born November 18, 1889), this was taken in about 1892. In 1900 the family lived in Walker Township, Jasper County where they rented a farm and the father Frank M. was a farmer.Census records indicate that the people are:Front Row: Father [Francis Marion Goff, 1852-1930], Effie Lee (later McConnell and McCain,1889-1959), Clarence Clark Goff (1881-1969), Frances Eugene Goff (1886-1958, in front), Mother [Nancy Jane (Burns) Goff, 1851-1917], Martha Mahala Goff (later Overton, 1884-1918)Back Row: Phillip Allen Goff (1879-1934), Lillian Goff (later Davisson, 1872-1956), Arthur Goff [1876-1958], Esty Goff (Estella May, later Davisson, 1874-1925) |
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| Origin: | 1891, circa |
| Created By: |
Williams Studio |
| Source: |
http://indianaalbum.pastperfectonline.com/photo/4D00864E-4318-4DF3-B870-119725364958 |
| Collection: |
Indiana Album |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
| Geography: |
Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana, United States |
| Subjects: |
Joan Hostetler Collection Families Family members Group portraits Rensselaer (Ind.) Jasper County (Ind.) |
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