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 | 21st Birthday Celebration for Ernest John Rudolph in 1903
You can hover your mouse over the identified people in this photo to see some quick information about them including their name, then click to go to their individual page if you'd like to see more about them. Although only ten people in this 1903 photo have been identified, the photo ties together several threads of the Rudolph family. Additions and corrections to the story below are very welcomed!
Ernest John Rudolph, who's 21st birthday is being celebrated, does not look very happy. His father John Mason Rudolph had passed away less than three years before. Ernest had been forced to leave Swarthmore College where he had been attending. The family wants Ernest to marry one of the young women in the photo, but Ernest does not wish too. Two and half years later he marries Julia Ann Taylor, whose family from Missouri is not welcome in the East because they had fought vigorously against the Union, never accepting the Missouri Compromise. Perhaps a little too central to the group in the photo is Ernest's younger brother Bert, the doted-upon son. Bert is directly in front of Ernest's mom and right next to their grandmother, Julia Klein Hornberger.
Several of Ernest's aunts, uncles and cousins are present. His father's older brother Samuel Fogg Rudolph is there with his wife Mary Hansell. His first cousin Thomas Rudolph, Samuel's son, is there with his wife Annie Hearst. His mother's sister Mamie Erskine is there with her husband Frank Vache.
There are several family heirlooms in the photo. The floral picture on the wall was painted by Emma Louise Erskine who was an artist. A search for this painting is underway. Emma Louise Erskine and her sister Mary Erskine purchased a pair of matching clocks. Emma's clock can be seen in the photo. The family china can be seen on the table. If you zoom in on the plates, you can see that there are twelve plates in a stack on the table, and there are still twelve plates today 110 years later. Finally, the Rudolph family "R" glasses can also be seen on the table. The clock, plates and glasses are currently held by Robert Charles Rudolph.
There were four successive generations of Rudolphs who were consecutive superintendents or caretakers of the Friends' Southwestern Burial Ground at 236 Powell Lane, Upper Darby, PA. The second and third of those generations are in this photo.
1) The first generation was Thomas Rudolph (1824 - 1887), who became caretaker in 1872 and held the position until his death in 1887. His wife was Sarah Ann Fogg.
2) The second generation was Samuel Fogg Rudolph (1848 - 1933), who became caretaker upon his father's death in 1887. He is the tall balding man standing in front of the door frame with his eyes closed. Samuel probably held the position of caretaker when this photo was taken in 1903. His wife Mary S. Hansell is seated at the table.
3) The third generation to serve as caretaker was Thomas Rudolph (1875 - 1941). Thomas was Ernest John's first cousin. Thomas is in the photo standing just in front of and to the left of his father Samuel. His wife Anna Hearst or Annie is standing to the right of Emma Louise Erskine with her eyes closed. Upon her husband Thomas' death in 1941, Annie served as caretaker for a few years until her son, who had been born while they lived in the caretaker's house at 236 Powell Lane five years before this photo was taken, took over care of the cemetery from her.
4) The fourth Rudolph to serve as consecutive caretaker was Samuel Fogg Rudolph (1898 - 1961). He was married to Ruth Martin Murray, whose brother Jim Murray took over as caretaker upon Samuel's death.
All four of these consecutive Rudolph caretakers, and their four wives including Annie who held the position for a while, are buried in the Friend's Southwestern Burial Ground. You can click to their individual webpages to see photos of their headstones and locations.
This 1903 photo has been restored and is in the photo collection of Robert C Rudolph. |
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 | A 1950 New Years Eve Party at the home of Ed and Reine Nichols, 2799 State Street, Hamden, CT
From left to right:
John (Jack) Jaeger Nichols, Arthur Thomas Nichols, Mildred Sherwood |
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 | A 1951 or 1952 Nichols New Years Eve Party
From left to right:
Renee Louise Nichols, Mrs. Terani a neighbor, Leslie Hotchkiss Hubbell, Art Wildson, Joan first wife of Edward Albert Nichols III, Emily Katheryn (Kitty) Nichols, Mr. Terani a neighbor, Charles Arthur Sherwood, Gloria Carter
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 | A Cruise to the West Caribbean
From left to right:
Reine Roy. Joann Alberta Nichols, Megan O'Leary a friend |
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| A day of Cousins and Aunts at Uncle Robert's House in Harmon, MD
Back row: Robert Ernest Rudolph, Evelyn Louise Baumgartner. Front Row: Charles Francis Thorpe, Jr., Elizabeth Jane Thorpe, Beverly Ann Rudolph, John Mason Rudolph, Jr.
Notation from John Mason Rudolph, Jr. on back: Pictures taken at Uncle Robert's. I climbed a tree - fell onto the ground unconscious and had a compound fracture. My arm (wrist) is wired together.
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From the photo collection of John Mason Rudolph Jr.
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| A day of Cousins and Aunts at Uncle Robert's House in Harmon, MD
Back row: Elizabeth Julia Rudolph. Front Row: Charles Francis Thorpe, Jr., Elizabeth Jane Thorpe, Beverly Ann Rudolph, John Mason Rudolph, Jr.
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From the photo collection of John Mason Rudolph Jr.
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| A Family Reunion in the Summer of 2002
Hosted by Elizabeth Jane Thorpe and Robert Hunsperger at their home in Galena, MD.
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| A Family Reunion in the Summer of 2002
Hosted by Elizabeth Jane Thorpe and Robert Hunsperger at their home in Galena, MD.
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| A Family Reunion in the Summer of 2002
Hosted by Elizabeth Jane Thorpe and Robert Hunsperger at their home in Galena, MD.
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 | A Family Reunion in the Summer of 2002 - First Cousins John Mason Rudolph, Jr. and Francis Charles Thorpe, Jr.
Hosted by Elizabeth Jane Thorpe and Robert Hunsperger at their home in Galena, MD.
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| A Four Generation Photo
Taken while the Rudolph family was visiting the Lloyds in PA in July 1991.
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| A Four Generation Picture while visiting Grandma's house in Red Lion, Pennsylvania in 1982
Back of photo is blank.
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From the photo collection of Robert Charles Rudolph
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 | A Gathering of Reine Roy's Family, 2799 State Street, Hamden, CT, sometime between 1949 and 1951
Back row:
Edward Albert Nichols Jr, Reine Roy, Laura Normandia (Reine Roy's aunt from Manchester, NH), George Roy(Reine Roy's uncle from Canada), Philip Roy (Reine Roy's uncle from Canada), Albina Roy (Reine Roy's mother from Manchester, NH)
Front left:
Louis Schuster |
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| A group photo of everyone there that day
Taken while the Rudolph family was visiting the Lloyds in PA in July 1991.
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| A Hunsperger Family boating trip in the summer of 2006
Back of photo is blank.
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 | A lock of Ernest John Rudolph's hair from when he was 22 months old
The lock of hair was inside the paper sleeve, tied with the pink string. The note and tied lock of hair were inside the envelope.
The note, dated February 13, 1884 when Ernest was 22 months old, mentions that Ernest is growing nicely; it appears to be addressed to Mamie. The envelope is postmarked six years later in 1900 and is addressed to Ernest''s mom Mrs. John Mason Rudolph, 565 North 25th Street, Philadelphia, Pa., nee Emma Louise Erskine.
Speculation - In 1884 Ernest''s mom sent a lock of his hair to her sister Mary Erskine who was known as Mamie. Six years later, Mary mailed it back to Ernest''s mom for safekeeping.
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| A Nichols Family Gathering after the burial service for Joann Alberta Schuster
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| A Nichols Family Gathering after the burial service for Joann Alberta Schuster
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| A Nichols Family Gathering after the burial service for Joann Alberta Schuster
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| A Nichols Family Gathering after the burial service for Joann Alberta Schuster
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 | A Nichols Family Party
Back row, left to right:
Arthur Thomas Nichols, an unknown man
Middle row:
Elizabeth Thankful Sunderland, an unknown woman, Reine Roy, Edward Albert Nichols Jr, Louise Abrams, Louise Abrams' mother
Front row:
Russell Edward Sherwood, Mildred Sherwood, John (Jack) Jaeger Nichols |
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| A Nichols Family Reunion at the home of Lois Ann Schuster in July 1978 at her home in Edison, NJ - From the photo collection of Horatio Barnes Nichols, II
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| A Nichols Family Reunion in 1983 - From the photo collection of Horatio Barnes Nichols, II
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| A Nichols Family Reunion, at the home of Richard and Lena Nichols, Plainville, CT, in 1988
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| A Nichols Family Reunion, at the home of Richard and Lena Nichols, Plainville, CT, in the mid 1980s
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 | A Nichols Family Reunion, at the home of Richard and Lena Nichols, Plainville, CT, in the mid 1980s
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| A Nichols Family Reunion, at the home of Richard and Lena Nichols, Plainville, CT, on July 4, 1998
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| A Nichols Family Reunion, probably in 1982 - From the photo collection of Horatio Barnes Nichols, II
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| A Picnic at Ed and Reine Nichols house, State Street, Hamden, CT, taken in July, 1935
From left to right:
Hazel Horatia Nichols, Johanna Pauline Jaeger, Renee Louise Nichols (possibly), Reine Roy (standing), Edward Albert Nichols III, Evelyn Louise Sherwood
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| A Rudolph Family Christmas Dinner in 1959
Taken at the home of Robert Erskine Rudolph (b. 1912) and Evelyn Louise Baumgartner at 14 Shipley Avenue, Harmon, MD.
Back of photo: 1959.
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From the photo collection of Robert C. Rudolph
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| A Rudolph Family Christmas Dinner in 1959
Taken at the home of Robert Erskine Rudolph (b. 1912) and Evelyn Louise Baumgartner at 14 Shipley Avenue, Harmon, MD.
Back of photo: 1959.
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From the photo collection of Robert C. Rudolph
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| A Rudolph Family Christmas Dinner in 1959
Taken at the home of Robert Erskine Rudolph (b. 1912) and Evelyn Louise Baumgartner at 14 Shipley Avenue, Harmon, MD.
Back of photo: 1959.
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From the photo collection of Robert C. Rudolph
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| A Rudolph Family Christmas Dinner in 1959
Taken at the home of Robert Erskine Rudolph (b. 1912) and Evelyn Louise Baumgartner at 14 Shipley Avenue, Harmon, MD.
Back of photo: Dec 1959.
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From the photo collection of Robert C. Rudolph
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| A Rudolph Family Christmas Dinner in 1959
Taken at the home of Robert Erskine Rudolph (b. 1912) and Evelyn Louise Baumgartner at 14 Shipley Avenue, Harmon, MD.
Back of photo: Dec 1959.
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From the photo collection of Robert C. Rudolph
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| A Rudolph Family Christmas Dinner in 1959
Taken at the home of Robert Erskine Rudolph (b. 1912) and Evelyn Louise Baumgartner at 14 Shipley Avenue, Harmon, MD.
Back of photo: Dec 1959.
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From the photo collection of Robert C. Rudolph
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| A Rudolph Family Christmas Dinner in 1959
Taken at the home of Robert Ernest Rudolph and Mildred Lorene Lloyd at 1601 Ruskin Rd, Glen Burnie, MD.
Back of photo: Dec 1959.
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From the photo collection of Robert C. Rudolph
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 | A Rudolph Family Christmas Dinner in 1959
Taken at the home of Robert Erskine Rudolph (b. 1912) and Evelyn Louise Baumgartner at 14 Shipley Avenue, Harmon, MD.
Back of photo: December 1959.
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From the photo collection of Robert C. Rudolph |
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 | A Rudolph Family Christmas Dinner in 1959
Taken at the home of Robert Erskine Rudolph (b. 1912) and Evelyn Louise Baumgartner at 14 Shipley Avenue, Harmon, MD.
Back of photo: 1959.
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From the photo collection of Robert C. Rudolph |
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| A Rudolph Family Day at the Beach in Stone Harbor, New Jersey, during the Summer of 1952
Back of photo: Developed Week of September 8, 1952
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| A Rudolph Family Gathering at the Home of Linda Rose Rudolph and Shawn Randall Fisher in August 1998
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 | A Rudolph Family Thanksgiving Dinner in 1955
Taken at the home of Robert Erskine Rudolph (b. 1912) and Evelyn Louise Baumgartner at 14 Shipley Avenue, Harmon, MD.
Back of photo: November 1955
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From the photo collection of Robert C. Rudolph |
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| A Rudolph Family Thanksgiving Dinner in 1961
Taken at the home of Robert Erskine Rudolph (b. 1912) and Evelyn Louise Baumgartner at 14 Shipley Avenue, Harmon, MD.
Back of photo: Thanksgiving Day 1961.
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From the photo collection of Robert C. Rudolph
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| A Rudolph Family Thanksgiving Dinner in 1961
Taken at the home of Robert Erskine Rudolph (b. 1912) and Evelyn Louise Baumgartner at 14 Shipley Avenue, Harmon, MD.
Back of photo: Thanksgiving Day 1961.
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From the photo collection of Robert C. Rudolph
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| A Rudolph Family Thanksgiving or Christmas Dinner in 1953
Taken at the home of Robert Erskine Rudolph (b. 1912) and Evelyn Louise Baumgartner at 14 Shipley Avenue, Harmon, MD.
Back of photo: 1953.
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From the photo collection of Robert C. Rudolph
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| A Rudolph Family Thanksgiving or Christmas Dinner in 1954
Taken at the home of Robert Erskine Rudolph (b. 1912) and Evelyn Louise Baumgartner at 14 Shipley Avenue, Harmon, MD.
Back of photo: 1954.
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From the photo collection of Robert C. Rudolph
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| A Rudolph Family Thanksgiving or Christmas Dinner in 1954
Taken at the home of Robert Erskine Rudolph (b. 1912) and Evelyn Louise Baumgartner at 14 Shipley Avenue, Harmon, MD.
Note the family clock and white dishes, which are also in the 1903 picture of the 21st birthday celebration for Ernest John Rudolph.
Back of photo: 1954.
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From the photo collection of Robert C. Rudolph
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| A Rudolph Family Thanksgiving or Christmas Dinner in 1954
Taken at the home of Robert Erskine Rudolph (b. 1912) and Evelyn Louise Baumgartner at 14 Shipley Avenue, Harmon, MD.
Back of photo: 1954.
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From the photo collection of Robert C. Rudolph
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| Abby Nicole Shea in 2012 from the Shea family Christmas card
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| Alaeric Michael Jennison Schuster and Madigan Jennison Henderson (ages 8 and 3)
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| Alaeric Michael Jennison Schuster on his 8th Birthday
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