Mrs Bamford corresponded with Emeline Hill over 20 years to my knowledge. Emeline was an archaeologist and sent postcards regularly from her trips to Europe. I had assumed they were related in some way, but was perplexed when I discovered that Emeline was born in the United States and there was no apparent connection with Ireland. I would be grateful if anyone knows what the connection between them was.
Wikipaedia has an entry for her at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emeline_Hill_Richardson
These are some of the photographs, cards and newspaper cuttings that I can link to Emeline.
The reverse of the photograph has the note '1946 Emeline Hill'
 This is taken from the Boston Herald, Monday, June 20, 1932 the text reads Emeline Hill of Washington, class poet at class day exercises today. |
 The reverse of the photo reads June 9 1945 Margaret's wedding 1-Emeline 2-Marianne 3-Margaret (numbered from left to right) |
Is this Marianne?
June 9th 1945 at Margarets Wedding - Margaret & Otto Wittman, 2335 California St, Garden
Mr & Mrs Otto Wittman - Captain at the moment
The card reads The Porches, Brookeville, Md.
Dear Katie, Send me a picture of yours, please. Does it look as cute as this? Mrs Burgess....
...could not tell me the new address, so I was afraid to send books and have them forwarded. Please use the draft for some extra thing for the new house. We expect to spend most of the holidays out on the farm cleaning up the old honey suckle & poison ivy and having a grand time. We come home the 22nd.
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year. Emeline Hill.
This was probably written in 1953, after Mrs Bamford had moved to 2 Newry Road, Warrenpoint.
My little garden is back of this. It was the old veg. garden.
Peggy & Grandpa - Brookeville Sept 1946
 Peggy, age 12, March '56 |
 Peggy deBeers, June 27, 1961 |
This may well be the same Peggy deBeers who attended Bethseda Chevy Chase High School
Photo 16
 Page 24 |
Photo 17
 Page 25 |
Photo 17 – Reverse of Photo 17
 Page 26 |
Photo 18
 Page 27 |
Photo 18 – Reverse of Photo 18
 Page 28 |
Photo 19
 Page 29 |
Photo 19 – Reverse of Photo 19
 Page 30 |
Page 31 is blank
|
|
Page 32 is blank
|
Photo 20 – Reverse of Photo 20
 Page 33 |
Photo 20
 Page 34 |
Photo 21
 Page 35 |
|
|
The rest of the photographs will appear in subsequent posts.
Photo 11
 Page 12 |
Card 1 – Reverse of Card 1 is blank – Page 13
|
Card 1
 Page 14 |
Photo 12 – Reverse of Photo 12
 Page 15 |
Photo 12
 Page16 |
Photo 13
 Page 17 |
Photo 13 – Reverse of Photo 13
 Page 18 |
Photo 14
 Page 19 |
Photo 14 – Reverse of Photo 14
 Page 20 |
Photo 15
 Page 21 |
|
Photo 15 – Reverse of Photo 15 – is blank.
|
Photo 16 – Reverse of Photo 16
 Page 23 |
|
|
The rest of the photographs will appear in subsequent posts.
I was recently given a photo album that came from a house clearance, I believe that it was the property of a Mrs Catherine Ashmuir Bamford (nee Noble). The album contains 26 photographs and two cards. At the start of the album the photographs are placed back to back, but after the first 8 photographs the arrangement is more haphazard and the backs of some of the photographs can viewed, showing the address of the studio. These range across Armagh, Belfast, Dublin, Glasgow and New York.
The title page (see below) gives the name John M. McDowell, Kilrudden House, Clogher, Co Tyrone and is dated 1863. There is one further date inside the album and that is 1878. I don’t know why Mrs Bamford would have the album in her possession, there may have been a marriage between the Noble or Harper families and the McDowell family at some stage. Harper is Mrs Bamford’s mother’s maiden name. If any one is aware of a connection between the Noble or Harper families and the McDowell family I would be glad to know the details.
Title Page
 Title Page |
The following photograph is not as out of focus in the album as it appears here.
Photo 1
 Page 1 |
Photo 2
 Page 2 |
Photo 3
 Page 3 |
Photo 4
 Page 4 |
Photo 5
 Page 5 |
Photo 6
 Page 6 |
Photo 7
 Page 7 |
Photo 8
 Page 8 |
Photo 9
 Page 9 reverse of Photo 9 |
Photo 9
 Page 10 |
Photo 10
 Page 11 |
|
|
The rest of the photographs will appear in subsequent posts.
Photo 21 – Reverse of Photo 21
 Page 36 |
Photo 22
 Page 37 |
Photo 22 – Reverse of Photo 22
 Page 38 |
Photo 23
 Page 39 |
Photo 23 – Reverse of Photo 23
 Page 40 |
Photo 24
 Page 41 |
Photo 24 – Reverse of Photo 24
 Page 42 |
Photo 25
 Page 43 |
Photo 25 – Reverse of Photo 25
 Page 44 |
Photo 26
 Page 45 |
Photo 26 – Reverse of Photo 26
 Page 46 |
Page 47 is blank
|
|
Page 48 is blank
|
Card 2
 Page 49 |
Page 50 – The reverse of Card 2 is blank
|
This completes the album.