Description: Nellie was sentimental about her life. The title for this photograph included a reference to her other cat, "Moses wants his picture too."
Nell Rebecca (Carroll) Thornton, Mrs. Seth Sprague Thornton, is leaving Southwest Harbor at Steamboat Wharf for her home in Houlton, Maine. Nell would have travelled by steamship from SWH by way of Bar Harbor to meet the Maine Central Railroad at Hancock Point. She would have ridden that train to Bangor (Northern Maine Junction) where she would have taken the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad to Houlton. The train trip from Bangor to Houlton probably took about 5 hours.
Description: Nell Rebecca (Carroll) Thornton, Mrs. Seth Sprague Thornton, is leaving Southwest Harbor at Steamboat Wharf for her home in Houlton, Maine. Nell would have travelled by steamship from SWH by way of Bar Harbor to meet the Maine Central Railroad at Hancock Point. She would have ridden that train to Bangor (Northern Maine Junction) where she would have taken the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad to Houlton. The train trip from Bangor to Houlton probably took about 5 hours. [show more]
Beatrice stayed with her sister, Nell Rebecca (Carroll) Thornton and her husband, Seth Thornton, while she attended Ricker Classical Institute in Houlton, Maine in 1908. The town of Southwest Harbor paid a small fee for this.
Description: Beatrice stayed with her sister, Nell Rebecca (Carroll) Thornton and her husband, Seth Thornton, while she attended Ricker Classical Institute in Houlton, Maine in 1908. The town of Southwest Harbor paid a small fee for this.
Bessie Clark, on the left, was a great-niece of Jacob William Carroll, patriarch of the Carroll clan in Southwest Harbor. Mary Whitmore, "Aunt Mary," on the right, was a sister to Rebecca (Whitmore) Lurvey Carroll, matriarch of the Carroll clan in Southwest Harbor. This relationship is the reason for the photograph of "Aunt Mary and Bessie" in Nell Carroll Thornton's photograph album.
Description: Bessie Clark, on the left, was a great-niece of Jacob William Carroll, patriarch of the Carroll clan in Southwest Harbor. Mary Whitmore, "Aunt Mary," on the right, was a sister to Rebecca (Whitmore) Lurvey Carroll, matriarch of the Carroll clan in Southwest Harbor. This relationship is the reason for the photograph of "Aunt Mary and Bessie" in Nell Carroll Thornton's photograph album.
Back row – Left to Right: John “Pa John” Carroll (1875-1964) Viola Benson (Tracy) Carroll (1881-1940) – Mrs. John Carroll Children – Left to Right: Philip Tracy Carroll (1904-1966) Wesley Boynton Carroll (1899-1962) Winifred Russell Carroll (1897-1988) – later Mrs. Albanus Moulton Pottle Charles Bradley Carroll (1902-1983)
From Nell Rebecca (Carroll) Thornton's own photograph album
Description: Back row – Left to Right: John “Pa John” Carroll (1875-1964) Viola Benson (Tracy) Carroll (1881-1940) – Mrs. John Carroll Children – Left to Right: Philip Tracy Carroll (1904-1966) Wesley Boynton Carroll (1899-1962) Winifred Russell Carroll (1897-1988) – later Mrs. Albanus Moulton Pottle Charles Bradley Carroll (1902-1983)
Probably the first place Nell and Seth Thornton lived after they were married. Rented space in this house? Nell's inscription for this picture says, "The house we live in."
Description: Probably the first place Nell and Seth Thornton lived after they were married. Rented space in this house? Nell's inscription for this picture says, "The house we live in."