Collection of Kristin Quevedo

collection of kristin quevedo

Kristin's great grandfather Ora Spencer Booth was from Sheridan Precinct, her great grandmother Edna Tackley Booth from Pawnee City. Edna graduated from Pawnee City then went out to teach country schools. She taught two country schools claimed by Table Rock, the Hunzeker School (District 15) and Allison School (District 51), both in Sheridan Precinct, and also at Frog Pond Country Schol west of Pawnee City.

Edna Tackley, Country School Teacher

You can read more about Kristin on the page linked above, which has photographs from the Historical Society's collection that she has retouched. These were photographs that were in bad shape but with interesting or important content. Following are photos from her personal collection.

Photo 6406, Steinauer seen from the north hill. Yes, that is St. Anthony's Catholic Church just below, the one prior to the present brick church. Circa 1908.

Photo 6408, St. Anthony's Catholic Church, Steinauer, Circa 1908-1909

frog pond country school school year 1909-1910
near pawnee city

Teacher:
Edna Tackley Booth ~ Pawnee City, Nebraska
Frog Pond School 1909-1910.
The Students:
Bernice Parli, Flossie Richardson, Lucile Parli, Edna Tackley (teacher), Eva Jones, Sadie Jones, Frank Jones, Nettie Geiger, Arthur Geiger, Roy Jones, Annie Richardson, Elsie Parli, Edwin Jones, Mammie Jones, Joe Hartley.
NOTE: Edna M. Tackley, School teacher is my Great Grandmother. Front row center.

four generations

Four generations: Cornelia Jaecke, Bessie Jaeke Tackley, Edna Tackley Booth, and Frank Booth. Photo 4098. Frank Booth is Kristin's grandfather.

a special quilt
a tumbling blocks quilt made in 1860

Quilt made by Kristin's great great great great grandmother Cornelia Fish in 1860, a prized family possession. Photo 4099.

This quilt was made by Mary Cross Fish, who was born New Hampshire in 1803, and who married Eli Fish in 1825. Both are buried in the Pawnee City Cemetery. Eli Fish: 1796-1872; Mary Cross Fish: 1803-1878. They were Kristin's great great great great grandparents.

Photo 4099

una griswold

Jeanette says that Una was her third great aunt Una died in 1895, a month shy of her 36th birthday. She was the youngest of the ten children of Ellsworth and Mary Ann Griswold and the seventh to die of consumption, as did their father.

From April 2, 1895 issue of the Grape Belt newspaper of Dunkirk, New York:

Death of Miss Una Griswold.

Brocton, March 30- Miss Una Griswold of Pawnee City, Nebr., died on the 19th of March, aged 35 years and 11 months, having been born April 10, 1859. She was the youngest child of Ellsworth and Mary Ann Griswold, who were for many years residents of Arkwright, and a niece of the late Capt. John Griswold. The mother died in Arkwright and later the father and unmarried children moved to Missouri, after some years going to Nebraska. Of a family of ten children she is the seventh to die of consumption, the father also dying with the same disease.
Of the family there are left Mrs. Caroline Burnham of Cassadaga, now in Nebraska, Mrs. Jeanette Tackley and Hunn Griswold of Pawnee City, Neb."

Photo 6422, Una Griswold

mabel hall & henry booth's daughter
evelyn booth shrader

Photo 6416, Evelyn Booth Shrader

LEFT
Evelyn Lorene Booth Shrader
Born: 1906 Pawnee City, NE
Died : 1995 Lincoln, NE
Married Forrest Shrader May 1927
Nebraska City, Otoe, Nebraska
Evelyn is Henry Booth & Mabel HALL Booth's daughter (Pawnee City).

RIGHT
Evelyn's husband, Forrest Bryan Shrader Born: 1907 Rock Bluff. NE
Died: 1995 Lincoln, NE
Parents: Homer Shrader & Bertha Sebolt Shrader of Murray, NE.

Kristin says: Evelyn is the daughter of Henry & Mabel HALL Booth. Henry Booth is the brother of my great grandfather, Ora Booth. So, Evelyn is my 3rd cousin.

Photo 6417

who is she?

Photo 6418

Kristin also looked to date the photograph by young lady's hair:

Victorian hair

Fashions of hair

The pocket watch was also a clue:

Pocket watches

Ladies' pocket watches

Kristin found this picture in the family collection, in the Tackley/Jaeke Family Photo Album. No name, no date.

Kristin looked at a website which shows this type of photo. It is in a format mounted on heavy paper/cardboard and is called a "carte de visite," a small predecessor of the "cabinet card." They date from the era between 1859 and 1889. Kristin says that there is a dated carte de visite in the album dated 1859.

The photo is 2 1/2" x 4". Back of the photo reads: J. C. Foster, Photographer, North Side of Square, Pawnee City, Nebraska.

When she posted this picture on Facebook in June 2018, Kristin was asked what that was on the young lady's collar. Looks like a brooch, she says. Then she posted a link to fashion accessories:

1850s fashion accessories

Kristin made further efforts to date the photo by looking at the young lady's dress. She found a website article that seemed relevant, which she quoted: "1860s women's dress featured tight bodices with high necks and buttoned fronts. White lace was popular for collars and cuffs, as were low sloping shoulders that flared out into wide sleeves. The skirt continued to be full and bell-shaped until around 1865 when it began to lose its volume at the front and move its emphasis towards the back. Hair was worn with a centre parting tied into low chignons at the nape of the neck, with loops or ringlets covering the ears. Ornaments for evening wear included floral wreaths, ostrich feathers, pomegranate flowers, wheat ears and butterflies."

Sharla Sitzman Cerra suggested that she is holding a diploma. She appears older than high school so may be a diploma for higher learning -- Teaching, perhaps from Pawnee City's teaching institute? Nursing? She appears to be rather well-to-do.

unidentified child from the tackley/griswold family album

Photo 6419. From the Tackley/Griswold/ Family Album The Cabinet Cards – 1866-1903 Back of photo: M.W.Newcomb, Artistic Photographer, Marysville, KS

unidentified families, from the tackley/griswold family album

Photo 6421

Photo 6420