#52Ancestors52Weeks....Week 42 Theme...Full House...The Hayes Family at Home Somewhere on 22nd Street

  Robert Franklin and Sallie (Crawford) Hayes at home in San Francisco (top right).  Who were the rest of the people in their parlor?  

The clothing styles date this photograph to between 1906-1909. 

      The theme for this week is Full House.  This picture was found in with the Hayes Family papers and was most likely taken by Lester Hayes who was around 23 years old at the time.  He was an amateur photographer and had a studio located at 3818 22nd Street, a 2 unit home that the Hayes owned. 

  According to the 1900 census, the Hayes rented out one unit of the 3818 property (the other was the photography studio) and  Franklin, Sallie and  son Lester lived at 3822 22nd Street, just two doors down from Lester's studio.  They owned this home also. 

   The mystery is....who were the rest of the people posing for the picture?  

 

  

Robert Franklin Hayes married Sallie (Sarah Elizabeth) Crawford in 1880.  They were my great great grandparents.  The picture in the background (above Franklin's head) was found in the King album, and was most likely taken by Lester Hayes. Lester married Emma Lavinia King, my great grandmother, in 1908 in San Francisco. 

    The same picture observed in the Hayes' parlor. From the King Album. Date and location unknown. 

     Possible identifications for the couple on the top may be Franklin's brother William and his wife Dorthea Christensen Hayes (from Denmark).   Posed with them may be Lillie Ross Hayes, the mother of Franklin and William (and brother Joseph). William, Dorthea, their young children and Lillie were living at 18 Elgin Street (Elgin Park) on the 1900 census. This was Lillie and Robert Hayes' family home since 1876.  

   Who are the rest of these lovely ladies?  The two women in the middle, left to right, may be mother and daughter.  The young lady at the bottom of the picture may be related to this group.  The woman on the far right is a mystery!  None of these women fit any relationships or ages in the Hayes or Crawford family tree.  They may simply be good friends or neighbors.

  Who is who is just speculation on my part.  But it is fun to enjoy the moment of the photograph.  Franklin and Sallie are looking directly at the photographer (probably their son) while the rest of the group is focused on a point to the photographer's left.  It is a happy and relaxed group; they seem to be very familiar with each other.  It was not a formal picture but more of an impromtu gathering of family and friends.

   The Hayes were proud of their parlor.  They exhibited several pictures that are familiar.  The large picture to the left is of Lester Hayes as a boy...this picture is now hanging in the dining room of my mother.  

   The large picture on the right did not survive, but the frame did which was restored and repainted.  It is now a beautiful mirror hanging in the hallway of my mother. 

The smaller cabinet card on the far left is of Lester around the time of his high school graduation around 1900.

 

    I can only speculate on the reason for this gathering and subsequent photograph.  The William Hayes family (William, Dorthea, their children Lilly and Robert) and Lillie Hayes lived at number 18 Elgin Street in 1900.  By 1910 they were living in San Leandro.  Of course, the Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire happened in 1906.  Looking at when homes were built in the Elgin Park area,  you see that most homes still standing today were built after 1910.  The fire had reached this neighborhood.  Lillie Hayes' will stipulated that a lot should be deeded to her son Joseph after her death.  The lot was on the west side of Elgin Park.  Was there a home left? This home had been in the Hayes family since 1876.  Was this family staying with Franklin and Sallie because they had no home?  A possibility.  

   By the 1910 census Franklin and Sallie were living at the 3818 address with Sallie's father John Washington Crawford.  It was still owned by the Hayes. Sallie continued to live at this address after Franklin's death.  The 1930 and 1940 census shows Sallie and Lester living at this address together, as Lester and Emma had divorced.  In 1950 Lester was living at this address by himself. It was still a 2 unit dwelling. 

 Redfin 

 

The Hayes home in San Francisco, California.  The 3822 home is two doors down on the left.  Both homes were built in 1900 and survived the earthquake and fire.  

Google Street View

  

   Lillie Ross Hayes was listed on the 1910 census as living at 3902 22nd Street, just up the street from Franklin and Sallie.  She was living with her son Joseph and another couple by the name of Captain John Dart and Amy Dart.  Amy was a witness to Lillie's will on March 15, 1917.   Was Amy one of the lovely ladies in the photograph?  She was obviously a family friend and neighbor who graciously added Lillie and Joseph to her home until Lillie's death in 1918.  Franklin and Sallie were taking care of Sallie's father John Washington Crawford at the time and perhaps this was the solution they came up with to care for both aging parents.  

   This was a fascinating photograph to analyze.  There are still so many unanswered questions.  But at least we get a glimpse into the Hayes' parlor.  But which parlor was it?  3822 or 3818? There is always more research to do! 

Relationship Reference:

Me->Margaret Hansen Boothby->Margaret Elizabeth Hayes Hansen->Lester Hayes->Robert Franklin Hayes m. Sallie Crawford 

   

                   Robert Hayes (1825-?) m. Lillie Ross (1832-1918)

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Robert Franklin Hayes (1854-1918)

William James Hayes (1859-1912)

Lilly Hayes (1864-1878)

Joseph Ross Hayes (1867-1927) 

#52Ancestors52Weeks....Week 24...Hard Times...John Washington Crawford Died In the Home of the Incurables

 

 John Washington Crawford

b. February 23, 1820 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

d. August 15, 1914 San Francisco, California

Picture kindly shared with permission by BCrawford 

      John Washington Crawford was my great great great grandfather.  I have been researching the Crawford family for the last several months and in that process I was able to connect with a dna cousin through Ancestry.  Our common ancestors are John Washington Crawford and Sarah Byerly Crawford, which makes us 3rd cousins (once removed)!   I shared pictures of the Crawford Family Bible and other documents with this Crawford family and they in turn shared the few pictures they had in their possession.  

   The above picture was shared with me; it can also be found on John Crawford's Find A Grave memorial which was added in April of this year.  It looks like it was taken sometime in the 1880's.  John Washington Crawford was in his 60's when this picture was taken and was still working as a teamster/drayman in San Francisco as of the 1880 census. His wife Sarah passed away in 1884. 

    By 1890 John was living on O'Farrell Street in San Francisco, working as a cigarmaker.  At the age of 70 this job was much less strenuous than that of a drayman, driving a team of horses delivering goods around the city. But, he was still working.  He could be found in the 1897 City Directory living on O'Farrell and working in the cigars and tobacco industry on Washington Street (2.5 miles from his home).  The O'Farrell address was not the home of any of his relatives, so he must have been living alone, possibly in a boarding house of some type.  

  The first decade of the 1900's was a time of loss and change for John.  His daughter Mary passed away in 1903.  He must have experienced the Great 1906 Earthquake in some fashion, along with the rest of his family. Did he loose his home?  His son George Byerly Crawford passed away in 1909 at the age of 58.  By the 1910 census John was living with his daughter Sallie and her husband Franklin Hayes on Twenty Second Street. He quite possibly had been living there since the earthquake.  He was in his 80's.  He had worked hard all of his life to provide for his family and for himself. It was time to let others take care of him. 

     John Crawford passed away in 1914 at the age of 94.  The last few years of his life were difficult, not only for himself, but for his remaining family.  A diagnosis of senility brought about circumstances that landed him in the Home for the Incurables where he died on August 15.  If John had been living in our modern times he might have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's or some type of dementia.  Taking care of elderly parents can be one of life's greatest challenges, no matter if it was in the past, or if it is in the present.  My great grandmother Sallie Hayes watched this reality unfold as she tried to take care of her aging father. 

  I was lucky enough to come across several letters written to my great great grandmother Sarah "Sallie" Crawford Hayes in 1911 and 1914. 

  The envelope that contained the letters to Sallie Hayes. Unknown handwriting. Found in the papers of Lester Hayes. 

The letters were written by Sallie's granddaughters Emma Crawford Basney and Varena Crawford Pidwell.  They were the daughters of George Byerly Crawford, Sallie's older brother.  They give a sad glimpse of what John experienced and what the family was going through at this time.  For whatever reason, Sallie (or someone else) thought the letters were important enough to keep. 

  The George Byerly Crawford Family 

San Francisco, California 1890

George Byerly Crawford (left, seated) and Sarah Maddox Crawford (middle, seated).  Emma is standing, aged 16 and Varena is standing, aged 13.  George Dudley is seated on the right, aged 9.  Clarence is the youngest, standing between his parents aged 1 1/2.  

The George Byerly Crawford Family picture kindly shared with permission by BCrawford.  

    John Washington Crawford was found on the 1910 census living with Sallie and Franklin Hayes in their home on Twenty Second street in San Francisco.  Taking care of elderly parents was a common expectation of children years ago, so it is not surprising to find John in the home of his daughter by this time.  But, caring for an aged parent can become emotionally and physically draining fairly quickly.  The hard truth is that it can be challenging, stressful and at times overwhelming.  I believe Sallie was dealing with this situation, as by 1911 she felt the need to put her father into an institution of some sort in the city. She probably came to the conclusion that she could not care for her father at home.  Was his state of mind to difficult to deal with? Was he physically sick? Was he apt to wander? Did he become a danger to himself or the family? There are not enough clues in the letters! Her granddaughter Emma tried to visit Sallie to assess the situation which in turn caused tension in the family. Emma wrote two letters trying to mend fences with her grandmother. 

     Emma had visited her grandfather in this place (we don't know what institution he was in the first time), possibly without letting Sallie know first which immediately caused friction.  Emma was not invited to Sallie's home after that, so Emma wrote a letter relating what she experienced on that visit and what her concerns were...

 Letter written by Emma Crawford Basney October 6, 1911 to Sallie Crawford Hayes.  Page 2 front. 

 "Did you know he was about eaten up with body lice while out there.  I couldn't understand why Grandpa looked so shabby until they told me they had to burn his clothes on account of the lice.  They stopped me from sitting on his bed for fear I might get them.  My heart ached for him." 

   Emma went on to say she felt the grandchildren shouldn't interfere in the situation but that  her heart ached for her grandfather.  She understood that a complaint had been filed at the office (presumably at the institution where John was for several months) but she hadn't heard that anything had come of it. She hoped that Grandpa wouldn't be away for very long. She even offered to help if Sallie needed a break when he came back home. 

 Letter written by Emma Crawford Basney October 6, 1911 to Sallie Crawford Hayes.  Page 3.

  "I trust Grandpa is well and that he will give you no trouble.  If at any time you wish to go away and I am going to be at home I will keep him for you." 

 She ended her first letter with the sentiment that she hoped "You and Uncle Frank would never have to go through what Grandpa has in the past three months". 

  In Emma's letter written on December 18, 1911 it looked like John was back at home. Emma was still willing to "let bygones be bygones" and mend the relationship with her grandmother; it appeared that Sallie was not ready to talk things over. 

Letter written by Emma Crawford Basney to Sallie Crawford Hayes December 18, 1911. Back. 

    On July 19, 1912 John was admitted to the Home of the Incurables in San Francisco.  The home took its name from the International Order of King's Daughters which was an international Christian organization started in New York in 1886.  The home in San Francisco began in 1890.  A newspaper article from 1895 described the home and how it worked, as well as the high demand for services. (The high demand for elderly care still holds true today).   It may have been located on Francisco Street and then moved to Golden Gate Avenue until 1917.  It was described as a home for those suffering from "incurable diseases other than contagious". It was open to all denominations and when the family was able to pay they were charged $10-$14 per month.  We do not know the conditions John experienced in this home, but he died there in 1914.

 Lester Hayes provided information for John's death certificate. He was Sallie's son, and my great grandfather.  This document was ordered by my Auntie Claire in the 90's when she was doing her research on the family. 

  The feud between Sallie and her granddaughters continued, as the next letter, written by Rena, was written after John died.  Apparently Sallie did not inform Rena that her grandfather had died and Rena did not find out until she read it in the newspaper.  Rena wrote that "...it is a source of great regret to us all, that we were thus deprived of the privilege of at least paying our last respects".... That letter was written August 23, 1914. 

   

   When reading through these letters it appears that Sallie did not deal with her granddaughters in a very loving manner (hence I won't publish the letters in their entirety).  It was a very private and personal feud. Maybe Sallie did not like other family members interjecting their opinions on the care she was providing or with her choice to move her father out of the home. Did she feel guilt for moving him?  Fulltime caregivers sometimes experience burnout which can cause feelings of being overwhelmed, sleep disturbances, resentment or anger, loss of patience and social withdrawal. Was Sallie experiencing these symptoms? There are so many possibilities arising from this situation,  and we will never know all the details.  All we can do is extrapolate from the evidence and treat the situation with sympathy.  It is my hope that relationships were eventually repaired. 

 John Washington Crawford's Obituary.  This was glued to the top of Rena's letter dated August 23, 1914. 

    

These were in the possession of Lester Hayes, my great grandfather. John Washington Crawford was buried at Cypress Lawn Cemetery in Colma, California. 

https://cypresslawn.com/resources/memorial-park-resources/locate-a-gravesite/

https://cypresslawn.com/resources/memorial-park-resources/locate-a-gravesite/

  

     Researching ancestors who experienced hard times in their life can be emotionally difficult.  We feel sympathy for family members and can often relate to the situations they were in.  Many of the issues that occurred over 100 years ago remain the same today.  All we can do is work to analyze the data and interpret it in such a way as to understand the situation more fully.  And,  learn from the past.  It remains a part of our own, unique family history. 

   

    References: 

The Charities of San Francisco: A Directory of Benevolent and Correctional Agencies.  Prepared by C.K. Jenness, M.A. Published for the Department of Economics and Social Science, Leland Stanford, Jr. University, 1894  Google Books

The King's Daughters Home for the Incurables by Dan Brekke Nov. 29, 2011 Infospigit: The Chronicles.  https://infospigot.com/2011/11/29/the-kings-daughters-home-for-incurables/

Relationship Reference:

Me->Margaret Hansen Boothby->Margaret (Betty) Hayes Hansen->Lester Hayes->Sarah "Sallie" Crawford Hayes->John Washington Crawford and Sarah Byerly Crawford

#52Ancestors52Weeks...Week 20 Theme: Taking Care of Business....The Cummings were Silversmiths, Jewelers and Watchmakers By Trade: The Crawford Family Working Tree (Part 4 )

  Death Notice for Thomas Van Buren Cummings who died December 6, 1868. 

Found in family papers for the Crawford Family.  This was most likely in a Sacramento, California newspaper.  He was 28 years old. 

    In my previous post of February 25, 2024 I talked about the two marriage certificates I had for the Crawford Family.  One was for John Washington Crawford and Sarah Byerly and the other was for their daughter Sarah Elizabeth Crawford who married Franklin Hayes. Franklin and Sarah "Sallie" Hayes were my great great grandparents.  Both of those marriage certificates provided clues that helped me discover a connection to the Cummings family through Rebecca Byerly (or Byrley) Cummings.  Rebecca was most likely Sarah Byerly Crawford's sister or a very close relative.  This small snippet of newspaper (above) that I found in the Crawford papers also provided a clue that the Crawfords were somehow connected to the Cummings family.  Who were the Cummings?  Their various trades as silversmiths, jewelers and watchmakers helped me put together their family tree. 

   Let's go  back to Philadelphia first......

  The 1850 Census for the 2nd Ward (Moyamensing) in Philadelphia found Henry Cummings and his wife Caterina/Catherine (Jeffries) living with a Rebecca Byerly Cummings and her five  children: Thomas, William, George, Emma and baby Lewis.  Henry was 27 years old and was a silversmith.  I know from Rebecca Cummings' obituary that her husband William Cummings left Philadelphia for California during the 1849 Gold Rush and that she was pregnant at that time. She stayed with William's younger brother Henry back in Philadelphia.  This was the same Henry who witnessed Sarah Byerly and John Washington Crawford's 1848 marriage at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Philadelphia. This census information fits Rebecca's obituary.  William was away, Rebecca was living with his brother Henry, and she had given birth to baby Lewis by that time.  

  My working theory is that Henry Cummings, Sr. was father to William (b. 1820) and Henry (b. 1823).  There was a John B. Cummings that also lived in Philadelphia. All three were silversmiths.

   *William Cummings was a silversmith, learning his trade in Philadelphia and Boston per his obituary.  He married Rebecca Byerly in Philadelphia before 1840. He made his first trip to Sacramento, California in 1849 and then brought his family out west in 1851-52 and started a jewelry business on J Street with $50 to his name. 

   *Henry Cummings was a silversmith in Philadelphia and was originally buried at St. Paul's Episcopal Church grounds in 1891 with his wife Catherine and then reburied in Fernwood Cemetery after St. Paul's cemetery was abandoned. 

    *John B. Cummings was listed as a silversmith and jeweler working in Philadelphia in 1837 and 1841. He may have been a brother, or another Cummings relation.  I cannot find anything else definitive about him, but the jeweler and silversmith occupation fits with the other Cummings brothers' chosen vocations. 

By NMGiovannucci - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=108697665

The back view with the remaining cemetery. 

   This is St. Paul's Episcopal Church today...the building now houses Episcopal Community Services.  It is located at 225 S. 3rd Street, Philadelphia.  It was just a few blocks away from Henry Cumming's house on Christensen Street where he was recorded living on  the 1880 Census. 

  

By ProfReader - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=33768525

 The front view.  The church was built in 1761 and altered in 1830.  

 From Philadelphia to Sacramento.....

 From William's obituary I know that he and Rebecca had a total of 10 children and only three were alive at the time of his death: William, Louis and Benjamin. William died in 1891 in Sacramento.  I have pieced together the story of his family....

*Thomas Van Buren Cummings was born in Philadelphia the 18th of November 1840.  By the age of 19 he was living with his family in Sacramento and worked as a watchmaker; his skills as a watchmaker fit nicely with his father's jewelry business.  He died at the age of 28 and was buried in the Sacramento City Cemetery (obituary above). 

*William Cummings (Jr.) was born in Philadelphia August 5, 1842.  He worked in Sacramento and San Francisco as a jeweler.  He died in 1912 and was buried in Pacific Grove, California with his children and their families. 

*George Washington Cummings was born July 15, 1844 in Philadelphia and died November 21, 1870 at the age of 26. He worked as a jeweler with his brother Louis in San Francisco at one point. He was a resident of Sacramento at his death. 

*Emma S. Cummings was born December 23, 1846 in Philadelphia, came to Sacramento with her family in 1852 and died in 1866 at the age of 20.  She was buried in the Sacramento City Cemetery.  

*Louis Broomall Cummings was born in Philadelphia October of 1849 and died in Sacramento in 1923 of accidental burns. He was buried in the Sacramento City Cemetery. Louis owned Cummings Sons Jewelry in San Francisco and was also a watchmaker. 

*Mary Cummings was born in Philadelphia in 1850, and was listed on the 1860 census when she was ten years old.  Her death date is unknown, but she was buried in the Sacramento City Cemetery. 

*Sierra Nevada "Sarah" Cummings was the first child born in California in 1852, and she was named after the beautiful Sierra Nevada mountains which the Cummings and Crawfords had to cross to make it to Sacramento.  They came by wagon. 

*Benjamin Franklin Cummings was born in Sacramento in 1856 and died on April 14, 1893 of heart failure.  He was 37 years old. He worked with his brother Louis in San Francisco in the jewelry business.  He was buried in the Sacramento City Cemetery.  He witnessed my great great grandparents' wedding ceremony in San Francisco in 1881. 

*Alice Cummings was born in 1858 in Sacramento. 

*Nellie Cummings was born December 17, 1860. 

    Philadelphia was the largest silver market in America from 1760 to the 1820's and a center for silver manufacturing through the 19th century.  William Cummings was able to take his skills with him out west where he trained his boys and built a jewelry business that was very profitable and provided his family a comfortable living.  His son Louis opened up his own shop  'Cummings Sons' in San Francisco and employed his brothers at various times. William Jr.'s son William M. Cummings was listed on the 1930 Census as being a proprietor of a jewelry store in Pacific Grove, California, so it appears the family business was moved from San Francisco to Pacific Grove.  William M. Cummings son Russell Howard Cummings was listed on the 1940 Census as a watchmaker, and son Stanley was listed as a salesperson at Cummings Sons in Pacific Grove in the 1951 Directory. So, the Cummings were involved in this trade for over 100 years. 

  With the exception of William Jr., the entire Cummings family is buried in the Sacramento City Cemetery. 

 Sacramento City Cemetery, Lot 96

Find A Grave for William Cummings (1820-1891)

 Entrance to the cemetery

  The Byerlys and the Cummings families were true California pioneers, and it has been a fascinating journey learning about their lives.  I have added the Cummings family to our family tree.  Another branch!

#52Ancestors52Weeks....Week 12...Technology....The Crawford Family's Cartes de Visite (That's Plural for Carte de Visite)

Three Crawford cartes de visite 

Each photograph measures  2 1/2" X 4" each. 

    The Crawford family made its way to Sacramento, California from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1852 by wagon (see my previous posts on the Crawford Family).  Along with the family bible and original marriage certificates I have nine small pictures that were with the Crawford possessions.  They are  carte de visite photographs; these became popular after the Crawfords moved to California.  They were made possible by evolving technology in the field of portrait photography and became the craze all over the world until the turn of the century. They are now considered an early form of social media.  The Crawford  photographs were taken in Sacramento and San Francisco, California, between 1863 and the very early 1880's. 

      The daguerreotype was the first successful form of photography in the early 1840's and by the 1850's most professional photographers took either daguerreotypes or ambrotypes. These new technologies drew on knowledge of chemistry and optics and as the photography craze grew the technique was refined. These forms of portraiture had drawbacks;  each picture was unique but  the sitter had to pose for long periods of time (3-15 minutes) and making copies was difficult and expensive. But, the science of photography was rapidly evolving and expanding. 

  

   A new technology was developed in Paris in 1854 which used a special multi-lens  camera to produce multiple small photographic albumen prints that were mounted onto cardboard. They were very affordable;  better yet, the sitter could have a choice of poses without having to sit for long periods of time. Copies were easily made.  The cards were as small as a calling card (hence the name "visiting card") and made portrait photographs accessible to a broader demographic.  It was introduced to the United States in 1859 and became popular with the start of the Civil War.  Carte de visite photography was the most popular photographic format in the nineteenth century and special albums were even patented so that people could collect and save their CDV's of family, friends, the famous and royalty.  It was the start of the family photo album. It was the Instagram of the times!

   The Crawfords must have exchanged these pictures with family and friends.  If there was an album, it has been lost to time. Sadly, there is no family identification on any of the cards......

  This is the only CDV that is dated, and is the earliest of the CDV's.   It is a proof of a small girl, probably around the age of 3 or 4 at most. She had blue eyes and was wearing a dress that would have been worn in the early 1860's.  Her hair was in ringlets.  She may have been sitting in a chair and holding a basket.  Who could she have been?

  

   The Crawford family was in Sacramento by 1852, and may have come with the Cummings family from Philadelphia.  I am still exploring the relationship between these two families.  This picture could not have been my great grandmother Sarah Elizabeth Crawford (born in 1856), which I previously thought. She would have been close to 7 years old in 1863.  It could have been Nellie Cummings, born in Sacramento in 1860.  She is the only family member to fit this timeline. Sadly, Nellie passed away in 1865 of typhoid fever.  

 A colorized version using the editing tool on  Ancestry.com.

Those blue eyes do not match my great grandmother Sarah Elizabeth Crawford's eyes.  This little girl's identity remains a mystery. 

  

 The back,  showing the photographer's stamp

  This picture was taken in Sacramento at the A. P. Bailey studio on J Street.  Mr. Bailey was listed in the 1868 City Directory as having a photography studio at 244 J Street.  The borders of this CDV (2 line border of different widths) date this picture to the second half of the 1860's.  This young man looks to be around 17 or 18. I believe it is George Byerly Crawford, older brother of Sarah Elizabeth Crawford. 

  This CDV was taken in Sacramento at the J. A. Todd studio (embossed at the bottom right).  Mr. Todd was also listed in the 1868 Directory as working at 117 J Street.  This particular vignette was popular between 1864 and 1867, and the border also dates it to the second half of the 1860's.  This may be Sarah Byerly Crawford, my great great grandmother, who would have been around 41 or 42 at this time.  It is entirely possible that this was Rebecca Byerly Cummings, who would have been close to 50 at this time.  Sarah and Rebecca may have been sisters or close relatives.  

 

 A close up taken in the same sitting

  This CDV has no studio stamps or markings, but looks very similar to the photographs taken in Sacramento.  The border suggests this was taken in the second half of 1860 also.  This young girl looks to be around 9 or 10.  This may be my great grandmother Sarah Elizabeth Crawford.  I was particularly interested in her cowlick, which appears in later photographs.  In this picture, she is holding a small purse and appears to have very short hair.  Was she ill at some point, or did she just prefer short hair? There were two copies of this picture in the collection.  

  

This CDV was taken in San Francisco at the Hoebel and Luther Photography Gallery on Third Street.  They can be found in the 1872 and 1873 City Directories.  The Crawfords had moved to San Francisco by the 1870 Census.  This may be Sarah Elizabeth Crawford, several years older than the previous picture taken in Sacramento.  She has the same cowlick and the same short hairstyle which is so mysterious to me.  This picture was most likely taken in the very late 1860's to the very early part of the 1870's. 

  The rounded corners scanned better on this image of the back. 

  This CDV was taken at the Peoples Art Gallery on Third Street in San Francisco.  The hairstyle, clothing, and oval frame with rounded corners date this picture to the late 1870's.  I believe this is Sarah Elizabeth Crawford, right before her marriage to Franklin Hayes in 1881. She looks to be around 19 or 20.  The cowlick is the same as the previous pictures, and her hair had grown out. The Peoples Art Gallery was in business from 1864 until the late 1890's.  John D. Godeus was  operating his gallery at 34 Third Street in 1880 per the San Francisco City Directory. 

The rounded corners did not scan on this photograph. 

  This CDV looks very similar to the above photograph, but has no photographer's stamp on the back.  The cheeks and lips have been tinted.  I believe this is George Byerly Crawford, but this may have been taken when he was in his early 20's, possibly at the time of his marriage to Sarah Christina Maddux in 1873.  The rounded corners date this to the 1870's, but perhaps a bit earlier than the above photograph. If so, it may have been taken in Sacramento. 

  Now comes the fun part...

     Comparison of these three CDV's of Sarah Elizabeth Crawford.  Same person? What do you think? 

 

The top picture is of Sarah "Sallie" Crawford Hayes taken around 1909; she would have been in her early 50's.  Same person?  What do you think? 

Comparison of these two CDV's of George Byerly Crawford. Same person? What do you think? 

  I feel so fortunate to have these wonderful pictures; the Crawford family took advantage of the new technology of the day, got dressed up and went to the photography studio!  What an experience that would have been.  These days an Iphone is all we need to capture any moment in our lives.  What would the Crawfords think of our technology? These cartes de visite are 160 years old and can still be touched, felt and pondered over.  What will happen to the thousands of images on our devices and how will they be accessed in 160 years? What new technology will be used? ....AI powered cameras,  3-D printing technology to create physical prints of digital images, as well as  virtual and augmented reality experiences with images are already being developed. It is almost mind boggling to think of.  Just as the first photographic portrait would have been way back when. 

https://www.spyne.ai/blogs/future-of-photography

 Relationship Reference:

Me:--Margaret Hansen Boothby--Margaret Elizabeth Hayes Hansen--

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The parents of Margaret Hayes Hansen were Emma Lavinia King Hayes VanDuzer  and Lester Franklin Hayes.

(they had three daughters: Dorothy, Francis and Margaret)

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The parents of Lester Hayes were Sarah (Sallie) Elizabeth Crawford and Franklin Hayes 

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The parents of Sarah (Sallie) Crawford were John Washington Crawford and Sarah Byerly of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, married in 1848.