Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Carrie Bloss Lynde's Postcards-- need help identifying senders!!!

Through a kind gift from a distant relative, I am now in possession of a pile of letters, documents, post cards and photographs once owned by Carrie Bloss Lynde.  I am learning a great deal about these dear relatives of mine as I read these old documents.  I thought I'd scan these in and see if anyone else knows who these people are.  I color corrected these these to make the writing stand out more, so excuse the weird colors.

Some of the people who wrote these messages are unknown to me.  The most mysterious is a 'cousin' named Carrie.  She wrote very detailed post cards to our Carrie, seeming to know a lot about the family.
An alarming note on the middle postcard reads, "Elva was here a few minutes yesterday and she said Cole came home and she did not believe that he would have more than a few days to live.  Is that true?"  I don't know who Cole is either!  He is mentioned in several post cards by others to Carrie, usually in connection with Olivia 'Ollie' Bloss.  Is he her son?  Or another husband?  She married first to a Peter Broman in 1896 then a William White later.  

These postcards are from a cousin named 'Lilla'.  Speaks of her mother who's leg got better but then her arm and shoulder broke out with sores.  January and March of 1910.  Postmarked Union City, PA.  


These are from a cousin named May, who signed one of these as from May and Gene.  Who is she?  She writes from Corry PA.  Cards dated 1908-1910.
These postcards are from Eva Bloss, cousin of Carrie.  Who is she?  How does she relate?  She wrote these from Corry, PA.  Postmarked 1909.

More cousins wrote Carrie.  Help me figure them out:  The top one, Allene or Altrene or Alliene, wrote about Mildred from Erie PA.  Not 100% sure she's a cousin.  The middle one-- cousin Grace mentions a Clifford and an Anna in 1908;  The bottom one-- cousin Mabel writes from Union City, PA in 1911.   


The top one was written by a 'Coon' in 1912.  Guessing he's a little boy, who does he belong to?  Later he is linked to 'Gust' and I am assuming that's a relative of Oscar Lynde, Carrie's husband, because the name Gust appears often in his family.  The middle one is signed Enga dated 1910 posted in Polar Bluff, Missouri. The bottom one was posted in 1908 from Watsonfarms, PA.     It's signed Manda and Maze?  Can't really make it out.  Friends of Carrie?  







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