Margaret Elizabeth McDaniel and a Little Bit About Her

 Last year for Christmas I was gifted a membership to Newspaper.com.  I have been loving this membership and I am so thankful for it every day I look at the newspapers.  I have learned so much about my family and the history of other various  events.  

Just today I learned more about my 2nd great-grandma on my maternal side of the family.  Before I only knew her name because she is buried in the family plot in Oakdale and I saw her on some of the newer census reports before I found a newspaper obituary for her.  The best part of obituaries is that you never know the information you will find in them.  I learned where she's from, her parents names', when she migrated to California and when and where she was married to her husband, Lewis Egbert McDaniel.  I also learned where her children were living when Margaret died. 

Margaret Elizabeth McDaniel was a native of Terre Haute, Indiana.  Her parents were Richard Marshall Boswell of North Carolina and her mom was Clarissa Tillotson Boswell of New York.  The family crossed the plains in an ox [wagon] train in 1857.  One of the many outfits in her wagon train of 30 was her future husband, whom she married as in Elizabethtown, Plumas county, on the very day of their arrival on September 12th, 1857.  Lewis Egbert McDaniel, Margaret's husband was from an ox wagon train from Tennessee.  

Lewis and Margaret have lived in many different parts of the state of California including Knights Ferry, La Grange and Oakdale just to name a few.  She was in Knights Ferry at the time of the high water in 1861-62 and two of her children were born during this time.  In the end Margaret lived in Oakdale for 44 years before she died.  Her parents lived in Oakdale too and her mother died there.  

She has six living children that survived her after she died, Daniel M. McDaniel, Mrs. Emily F. Meyers, Richard P. McDaniel of San Diego, Mrs. Sarah Ellen Ames of Berkeley, Mrs. A. F. Welch of Modesto and Mrs. Rosa Beatrice Ames of Oakdale.  She has 24 grandchildren and six great grandchildren as of 1919.  

 This obituary gave me more information than I have seen in an obituary before.  I wish more were this informative as this one.  

My favorite part of researching my family history is not leaning just names and dates.  I like to learn the story and the facts that go with the names and the dates.  The story is where I learn where I come from and what kind of life my ancestors lived in their life.

I wish I could find a picture of Margaret while she was living.  For now I will just settle for her headstone. 

 

Here is the link to the newspaper article https://www.newspapers.com/image/606909843/?clipping_id=187736303  

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Where I Come From

 I come from a long line of great people.  They are full of strong hard working pioneers.

 

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Famous Relatives Part 6: Trailblazers and Athletes

 Trailblazers and Athletes 

 Katherine White Carver (Mayflower Passenger) > 1st cousin thirteen times removed on the Ames side.

Stephen Hopkins (Mayflower Passenger) > 1st cousin thirteen times removed on the Ames side.

Giles Hopkins (Mayflower Passenger) > 2nd cousin twelve times removed on the Ames side.

Constance Hopkins (Mayflower Passenger) > 2nd cousin twelve times removed on the Ames side.

Amelia Earhart (Aviation Pioneer) > 8th cousin twice removed on the Ames side.

Helen Keller (First Deaf-Blind College Graduate) > 8th cousin three times removed on the Ames side.

Florence Nightingale (Founder of Modern Nursing) > 8th cousin six times removed on the Proctor side.

Robert Peary (First Person to Reach the Geographic North Pole) > 9th cousin three times removed on the Proctor side.

Arne Brun Lie (Norwegian Resistance WWII) > 11th cousin twice removed on the Ames side.

Charles Lindbergh (Aviation Pioneer) > 12h cousin twice removed on the Ames side.

Gordie Howe (Hockey player) > 12th cousin once removed on the Ames side.

 

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Famous Relatives Part 5: Church Pioneers

 Church Pioneers

 

Nancy Rich (Pioneer) > 4th Great-Grandaunt on the Proctor side.

Charles Coulson Rich > 1st cousin five times removed on the Proctor side.

Nancy Porter > 1st cousin five times removed on the Proctor side.

Jane Anne Green > 1st cousin five times removed on the Proctor side.

Frances Harris > 1st cousin seven times removed on the Proctor side.

Charles Coulson Rich > 2nd cousin four times removed on the Proctor side.

Joseph Coulson Rich > 2nd cousin four times removed on the Proctor side.

Nancy Jane Green > 2nd cousin four times removed on the Proctor side.

Amasa Mason Rich > 2nd cousin four times removed on the Proctor side.

Minerva Rich > 2nd cousin four times removed on the Proctor side.

Sanford Colson Porter > 2nd cousin four times removed on the Proctor side.

Sarah Jane Rich > 2nd cousin four times removed on the Proctor side

John President Porter > 2nd cousin four times removed on the Proctor side

Hyrum Smith Rich > 2nd cousin four times removed on the Proctor side

Celestia Arthemisia Green > 2nd cousin four times removed on the Proctor side

Nancy Minerva Earl > 2nd cousin four times removed on the Proctor side

John Thomas Rich > 2nd cousin four times removed on the Proctor side

Tunis Harriet Rich > 2nd cousin four times removed on the Proctor side

William Lyman Rich > 2nd cousin four times removed on the Proctor side

Mary Ann Green > 2nd cousin four times removed on the Proctor side

Mary Braton Rich > 2nd cousin four times removed on the Proctor side

Mary Ann Rich > 2nd cousin four times removed on the Proctor side

Joseph Rich Porter > 2nd cousin four times removed on the Proctor side

Lydia Harris > 2nd cousin six times removed on the Proctor side

John Smith Harris > 2nd cousin six times removed on the Proctor side

Silas Harris > 2nd cousin six times removed on the Proctor side

William Jones Harris > 2nd cousin six times removed on the Proctor side

Anna Retta Brimhall > 2nd cousin six times removed on the Proctor side

Harriet Lucretia Dille > 2nd cousin six times removed on the Ames side

Amity Johnstun > 2nd cousin six times removed on the Ames side

Samuel Henderson > 2nd cousin six times removed on the Ames side

Alonzo Harris > 3rd cousin five times removed on the Proctor side.

Nathan Cam Tenney > 3rd cousin five times removed on the Ames side.

Rebecca Walker Lewis > 3rd cousin five times removed on the Ames side.

George Givens Johnstun > 3rd cousin five times removed on the Ames side.

Jesse Walker Johnstun > 3rd cousin five times removed on the Ames side.

Arvis C. Dille > 3rd cousin five times removed on the Ames side.

William James Johnstun > 3rd cousin five times removed on the Ames side.

Mary Kinney Lewis > 3rd cousin five times removed on the Ames side.

Asa Le Roy Harris > 3rd cousin five times removed on the Proctor side.

William Silas Harris > 3rd cousin five times removed on the Proctor side.

Warren Harris > 3rd cousin five times removed on the Proctor side.

Abraham Brown > 3rd cousin five times removed on the Ames side.

Nancy Fleming > 3rd cousin five times removed on the Ames side.

Charlotte Henderson > 3rd cousin five times removed on the Ames side.

Abigail Hawkins > 3rd cousin five times removed on the Ames side.

Martin Henry Henderson > 3rd cousin five times removed on the Ames side.

Samuel Goforth Henderson > 3rd cousin five times removed on the Ames side.

Hyrum Henderson > 3rd cousin five times removed on the Ames side.

Mary Allred > 3rd cousin five times removed on the Ames side.

 

 

 

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Famous Relative Part 4: Church Leaders

 Church Leaders

 Charles C. Rich (Apostle) > 1st cousin five times removed on the Proctor side.

Bringham Young (2nd President of the Church) > 3rd cousin seven times removed on the Ames side.

Bringham Young Jr.(President of the Quorum of the twelve apostles) > 4th cousin six times removed on the Ames side.

John F. Boynton (Apostle) > 4th cousin six times removed on the Ames side.

Frederick G. Williams (Apostle) > 4th cousin six times removed on the Ames side.

Thomas B. Marsh (President of the Quorum of the twelve apostles) > 4th cousin seven times removed on the Ames side.

Franklin D. Richards (President of the quorum of the twelve apostles) > 5th cousin four times removed on the Ames side.

Heber C. Kimball (Counselor in the first presidency) > 5th cousin four times removed on the Ames side.

John Johnson (Apostle) > 5th cousin five times removed on the Ames side.

John E. Page (Apostle) > 5th cousin five times removed on the Ames side.

Joseph Smith (1st President of the Church) > 5th cousin five times removed on the Ames side.

Zina D. H. Young (President of the Relief Society) > 5th cousin five times removed on the Ames side.

Willard Richards (Counselor in the first presidency) > 5th cousin six times removed on the Ames side.

Harold B. Lee (11th President of the Church) > 6th cousin twice removed on the Ames side.

George F. Richards (President of the Quorum of the twelve apostles) > 6th cousin three times removed on the Ames side.

Emma Smith (President of the Relief Society) > 6th cousin four times removed on the Ames side.

Luke Johnson (Apostle) > 6th cousin four times removed on the Ames side.

Joseph F. Smith (6th President of the Church) > 6th cousin four times removed on the Ames side.

Lyman Wight (Apostle) > 6th cousin five times removed on the Ames side.

Marriner W. Merrill (Apostle) > 6th cousin five times removed on the Ames side.

Junius F. Wells (President of the Young Men) > 6th cousin five times removed on the Ames side.

Wilford Woodruff (4th President of the Church) > 6th cousin five times removed on the Ames side.

Elimna Shepard Taylor (President of the Young Women) > 6th cousin five times removed on the Ames side.

LeGrand Richards (Apostle) > 7th cousin twice removed on the Ames side.

Matthew Cowley (Apostle) > 7th cousin twice removed on the Ames side.

Spencer W. Kimball (12th President of the Church) > 7rh cousin twice removed on the Ames side.

Orson F. Whitney (Apostle) > 7th cousin twice removed on the Ames side.

Matthias F. Cowley (Apostle) > 7th cousin three times removed on the Ames side.

Elbert R. Curtis (President of the Young Men) > 7th cousin three times removed on the Ames side.

Hyrum M. Smith (Apostle) > 7th cousin three times removed on the Ames side.

Joseph Fielding Smith (10th President of the Church) > 7th cousin three times removed on the Ames side.

George R. Hill (President of the Sunday School) > 7th cousin three times removed on the Proctor side.

John Henry Smith (Counselor in the First Presidency) > 7th cousin three times removed on the Ames side.

Clarissa S. Williams (President of the Relief Society) > 7th cousin three times removed on the Ames side.

Stephen L. Richards (Counselor in the First Presidency) > 7th cousin four times removed on the Ames side.

Joseph F. Merrill (Apostle) > 9th cousin once removed on the Ames side.

Heber J. Grant (7th President of the Church) > 7th cousin four times removed on the Ames side.

Abraham O. Woodruff (Apostle) > 7th cousin four times removed on the Ames side.

Albert Carrington (Counselor in the First Presidency) > 7th cousin six times removed on the Ames side.

Erastus Snow (Apostle) > 7th cousin six times removed on the Proctor side.

Neal A. Maxwell (Apostle) > 8th cousin once removed on the Ames side.

Howard W. Hunter (14th President of the Church) > 8th cousin once removed on the Ames side.

Robert D. Hales (Apostle) > 8th cousin once removed on the Ames side.

N. Eldon Tanner (Counselor in the First Presidency) > 8th cousin once removed on the Ames side.

Hugh W. Pinnock (President of the Sunday School) > 8th cousin once removed on the Ames side.

David B. Haight (Apostle) > 8th cousin twice removed on the Ames side.

Elaine A. Cannon (President of the Young Women) > 8th cousin twice removed on the Ames side.

Barbara B. Smith (President of the Relief Society) > 8th cousin twice removed on the Ames side.

Bruce R. McConkie (Apostle) > 8th cousin twice removed on the Ames side.

G. Carlos Smith (President of the Young Men) > 8th cousin twice removed on the Ames side.

George Albert Smith (8th President of the Church) > 8th cousin twice removed on the Ames side.

Florence S. Jacobsen (President of the Young Women) > 8th cousin twice removed on the Ames side.

Hugh B. Brown (Counselor in the First Presidency) > 8th cousin twice removed on the Ames side.

Richard R. Lyman (Apostle) > 8th cousin three removed on the Ames side.

Louie B. Felt (President of the Primary) > 8th cousin three removed on the Ames side.

Parley P. Pratt (Apostle) > 8th cousin four removed on the Ames side.

Orson Pratt (Apostle) > 8th cousin four removed on the Ames side.

Orson Hyde (President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles) > 8th cousin five removed on the Ames side.

Emmeline B. Wells (President of the Relief Society) > 8th cousin five removed on the Ames side.

Marion G. Romney (President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles) > 9th cousin once removed on the Ames side.

Harold G. Hillam (President of the Sunday School) > 9th cousin once removed on the Ames side.

Delbert L. Stapley (Apostle) > 9th cousin once removed on the Ames side.

Lucy Grant Cannon (President of the Young Women) > 9th cousin once removed on the Ames side.

Joseph T. Bentley (President of the Young Men) > 9th cousin once removed on the Ames side.

Victor L. Brown (President of the Young Men) > 9th cousin once removed on the Ames side.

Merlin R. Lybbert (President of the Sunday School) > 9th cousin twice removed on the Ames side.

Ezra Taft Benson (13th President of the Church) > 9th cousin twice removed on the Ames side.

L. Tom Perry (Apostle) > 9th cousin twice removed on the Ames side.

Naomi M. Shumway (President of the Primary) > 9th cousin twice removed on the Ames side.

David Lawrence McKay (President of the Sunday School) > 9th cousin twice removed on the Ames side.

George D. Pyper (President of the Sunday School) 9th cousin three times removed on the Proctor side.

Francis M. Lyman (President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles) > 9th cousin three times removed on the Ames side.

Reed Smoot (Apostle) > 9th cousin four times removed on the Ames side.

Alonzo A. Hinckley (Apostle) > 9th cousin four times removed on the Ames side.

Rudger Clawson (President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles) > 11th cousin twice removed on the Ames side.

Eliza R. Snow (President of the Relief Society) > 9th cousin five times removed on the Proctor side.

Lorenzo Snow (5th President of the Church) > 9th cousin five times removed on the Proctor side.

James E. Talmage (Apostle) > 9th cousin five times removed on the Proctor side.

John R. Winder (Apostle) > 9th cousin five times removed on the Ames side.

Neil D. Schaerrer (President of the Young Men) > 10th cousin on the Ames side.

Boyd K. Packer (President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostle) > 10th cousin once removed on the Ames side.

James E. Faust (Counselor in the First Presidency) > 10th cousin once removed on the Ames side.

Jack H. Goaslind (President of the Young Men) > 10th cousin once removed on the Ames side.

Marvin J. Ashton (Apostle) > 10th cousin twice removed on the Ames side.

Barbara W. Winder (President of the Relief Society) 12 cousin on the Proctor side.

Gordon B. Hinckley (15th President of the Church) > 10th cousin three times removed on the Ames side.

Moses Thatcher (Apostle) > 10th cousin four times removed on the Ames side.

J. Reuben Clark (Counselor in the First Presidency) > 10th cousin four times removed on the Ames side.

Abraham H. Cannon (Apostle) > 11th cousin twice removed on the Ames side.

Sylvester Q. Cannon (Apostle) > 11th cousin twice removed on the Ames side.

David W. Patten (Apostle) > 10th cousin four times removed on the Proctor side.

Charles W. Penrose (Counselor in the First Presidency) NO RELATION

Milton Bennion (President of the Sunday School) 10th cousin four times removed on the Ames side.

Bertha S. Reeder (President of the Young Women) > 11th cousin once removed on the Ames side

William E. McLellin (Apostle) > 11th cousin twice removed on the Proctor side.

Melvin J. Ballard (Apostle) > 11th cousin twice removed on the Ames side.

John W. Taylor (Apostle) > 11th cousin three times removed on the Proctor side.

W. Jay Eldredge (President of the Young Women) > 11th cousin three times removed on the Ames side.

George Q. Morris (Apostle) > 11th cousin three times removed on the Ames side.

Albert E. Bowen (Apostle) > 11th cousin three times removed on the Ames side.

Bathsheba W. Smith (President of the Relief Society) >> 11th cousin three times removed on the Proctor side.

Ruth H. Funk (President of the Young Women) >12th cousin once removed on the Ames side.

Richard L. Evans (Apostle) >12th cousin twice removed on the Ames side.

Henry D. Moyle (Counselor in the First Presidency) >12th cousin twice removed on the Ames side.

Martha H. Tingey (President of the Young Women) >12th cousin twice removed on the Ames side.

Adele C. Howells (President of the Primary) >12th cousin twice removed on the Ames side.

John Taylor (3rd President of the Church) >12th cousin twice removed on the Ames side.

Joseph B. Wirthlin (Apostle) > 14th cousin on the Ames side.

Vaughn J. Featherstone (President of the Young Men) > 14th cousin on the Ames side.

 

 

 

 

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Famous Relatives Part 3: Entertainers and Artists

 Entertainers and Artists

Mark Twain (Author) > 6th cousin four times removed on the Ames side.

Nathaniel Hawthorne (Author) > 6th cousin seven times removed on the Ames side.

Walt Disney (Animator and Producer) > 7th cousin twice removed on the Ames side.

T. S. Eliot (Author) > 7th cousin four times removed on the Ames side.

Emily Dickinson (Author) > 7th cousin four times removed on the Ames side.

Edgar Allan Poe (Author) > 7th cousin four times removed on the Ames side.

Katheraine Hepburn (Actress) > 8th cousin twice removed on the Ames side.

Buster Keaton (Actor) > 8th cousin twice removed on the Ames side.

Agatha Christie (Author) > 8th cousin three times removed on the Ames side.

Henry David Thoreau (Author) > 8th cousin five times removed on the Proctor side.

Charles Dickens (Author) > 8th cousin six times removed on the Ames side.

Lucille Ball (Actress) > 9th cousin once removed on the Ames side.

Jane Austen (Author) > 9th cousin five times removed on the Proctor side.

Marilyn Monroe (Actress and Model) > 10th cousin on the Ames side.

John Wayne (Actor) > 10th cousin on the Ames side.

Cecil B. DeMille (Filmmaker) > 10th cousin twice removed on the Ames side.

Robert Louis Stevenson (Author) > 10th cousin four times removed on the Ames side.

Elvis Presley (Musician and actor) > 11th cousin twice removed on the Ames side.

Shirley Temple (Actress) > 11th cousin twice removed on the Ames side.

Bing Crosby (Singer) > 11th cousin three times removed on the Ames side.

Bob Marley (Pioneer of reggae) > 12th cousin twice removed on the Proctor side.

George Harrison (Musician) > 13th cousin once removed on the Proctor side.

Peter O' Toole (Actor) > 13th cousin once removed on the Ames side.

Audrey Hepburn (Actress) > 13th cousin once removed on the Ames side. 

 

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Famous Relatives Part 2: Inventors and Scientists

 Inventors and Scientists

 Eli Whitney (Inventor of the cotton gin) > 4th cousin six times removed on the Ames side.

Jonathan Browning (Inventor of multiple firearms) > 5th cousin seven times removed on the Ames side.

Philo T. Farnsworth (Pioneer in television) > 6th cousin three times removed on the Ames side.

Samuel Morse (Inventor of the single-wire telegraph) > 6th cousin five times removed on the Ames side.

John Browning (Inventor of multiple firearms) > 6th cousin six times removed on the Ames side.

Robert Ingebretsen (Pioneer in digital audio) > 7th cousin three times removed on the Ames side.

Edward Jenner (Creator of the smallpox vaccine) > 7th cousin seven times removed on the Proctor side.

Orville Wright (Invented the first successful airplane) > 8th cousin five times removed on the Ames side.

Wilbur Wright (Invented the first successful airplane) > 8th cousin five times removed on the Ames side

Thomas Edison (Prolific inventor) > 9th cousin three times removed on the Ames side.

William Clayton (Inventor of an odometer) > 10th cousin three times removed on the Proctor side.

Alexander Graham Bell (Inventor of the telephone) > 11th cousin three times removed on the Ames side.

Walter Chrysler (Automotive Pioneer) > 12 cousin once removed on the Proctor side.

 

 

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Famous Relatives Part 1: Leaders

 Leaders

George Washington (First President of the United States) >  4th cousin seven times removed on the Ames side. 

Thomas Jefferson (3rd President of the United States) > 4th cousin eight times removed on the Proctor side.  

Millard Fillmore (13th President of the United States) > 5th cousin six times removed on the Ames side.

Calvin Coolidge (30th President of the United States) > 6th cousin four times removed on the Ames side.

John Adams (2nd President of the United States) > 6th cousin eight times removed on the Ames side.

Winston Churchill (Prime Minister of the United Kingdom) > 7th cousin three times removed on the Ames side.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (32nd President of the United States) > 7th cousin three times removed on the Ames side.

William Howard Taft (27th President of the United States) > 7th cousin three times removed on the Ames side.

Franklin Pierce (14th President of the United States ) > 7th cousin 5 times removed on the Ames side.

James Madison (4th President of the  United States) > 7th cousin six times removed on the Ames side.

John Quincy Adams (6th President of the United States) > 7th cousin seven times removed on the Ames side.

William Henry Harrison (9th President of the United States) > 7th cousin seven times removed on the Ames side.

Lyndon B. Johnson (36th President of the United States) > 8th cousin twice removed on the Proctor side.

Herbert Hoover (3rd President of the United States) > 8th cousin twice removed on the Ames side.

Warren G. Harding (29th President of the United States) > 8th cousin twice removed on the Ames side.

James Garfield (20th President of the United States) > 8th cousin three times removed on the Ames side.

Rutherford B. Hayes (19th President of the United States) > 8th cousin five times removed on the Ames side.

James K. Polk (11th President of the United States ) > 8th cousin five times removed on the Ames side.

Zachary Taylor (12th President of the United States ) > 8th cousin six times removed on the Ames side.

Richard Nixon (37th President of the United States) > 9th cousin once removed on the Ames side.

Ulysses S. Grant (18th President of the United States) > 9th cousin three times removed on the Ames side.

John Tyler (10th President of the United States) > 9th cousin four times removed on the Proctor side.

Benjamin Harrison (22nnd President of the United States) > 9th cousin five times removed on the Ames side.

Theodore Roosevelt (26th President of the United States) > 10th cousin twice removed on the Ames side.

Abraham Lincoln (16th President of the United States) > 10th cousin four times removed on the Proctor side.

Harry Truman (33rd President of the United States) > 11th cousin three times removed on the Ames side.

Princess Diana ( Princess of Wales) > 12th cousin on the Ames side.

John F. Kennedy (35th President of the United States) > 13th cousin once removed on the Ames side.

King Haakon VII (King of Norway) > My 14th cousin on the Ames side.

 

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Ames Bros Well Makers and Pump Furnishers

 For as long as I can remember I have always heard stories about my grandpa, Edward Ames being a pump guy and knowing all there was to know about them.  I was told it was a family business.  

Going through grandma and grandpa's papers after they died I found this old business card from the Ames Bros.  The Ames Bros talked about here are James Ames and Otis Ames.  They worked together for many years in Oakdale, California.  They were well known well and water men in the area.  

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First Outdoor Christmas Tree

The first outdoor Christmas tree in Oakdale, California was widely used to promote the wonderful California climate. 

 This is a portrait of the O.J. and J.B. Ames families at the homestead located in the countryside outside Oakdale with their first outdoor Christmas tree. The photo was used nationwide to showcase the mild winters in California. In this moment captured in 1902 the Ames children were not happy about being out in the cold to document their family for history.

Two Ames brothers migrated over from Maine and met two McDaniel sister is Oakdale, California and married.  The two families lived next door to each other for many years and also worked together during this time.  In this picture Otis Jackman Ames and his wife Rosa Beatrice Ames are on the right and his brother's family, James Buchanan Ames and wife Sarah Ellen Ames are on the left.  

Otis Jackman and Rosa Beatrice Ames are my great-grandparents.  My grandpa Edward Jackman Ames was born in 1916, fourteen years after this picture was taken.  

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