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I'm not sure if these are my relatives or not, but I would really hate to let it go if
they are. Do you think all the pictures were taken in CA in the 1880s?
My grandmother's name was Madeline N. Calhoun, middle name may have been Neville. She
would have been born between 1896 and porbably no later than 1910 in Texas, I believe. On
the 1930 Census for L.A., she says her father was born in TX and mother in GA. The Census
lists her age as 23, which puts her birth about 1907.
Sometime after 1920 but before 1928 she married my grandfather Howard T. James, and had 2
children, Howard Thomas "Tommy" James and Darlene Madeline James.
I found a woman in the CA Death Index who might be her, Madeline Neville Rabe, died in
L.A., CA, in Nov. 1951. It lists her birth date as 2/3/1907, Mother's maiden name was
Schilds and father's name is Calhoun.
I don't know anything about her because she divorced my grandfather sometime after
1933 and my dad and his sister were raised by their stepmother, and never spoke of her
again.
The only reason I'm giving you all this background is to see if any of these names may
have been in the photo album.
Thanks for your help and info.
Joan