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Author: laurieskeller
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I have a quandary someone may be able to help me with. Johan Eduard (Edward) EKMAN married
a woman about 1890 or 1891 who may have been named Helen or Helena, possibly with the
surname WERNER. They had a daughter named Maude Erma, born about 1892. It then seems that
Helen or Helena and Edward were divorced, and she is believed to have remarried between
1900 and 1905 to a man named T. B. CASSEL or CASSELL. I have copies of photographs, in one
of which T. B. CASSEL appears and is named. His clothing suggests the photo was taken
around 1900 - 1905 and he looks very prosperous. The format suggests the photo was taken
by a professional photographer. Amongst the photos is another of a stables with
"Hazelwood Stock Farm" painted on it and a horse. There are others of a large
house, and of a party of people in front of this house in the garden. The foliage suggests
the photos were taken in California or perhaps elsewhere in the south west. I can find no
T. B. Cassel ir Cassell in th!
e 1900 census in Oakland, CA (written on the back of one of the photos), but there are
people named CASSELL living there then.
If anyone can help me sort out my questions, I'd be really grateful. I am happy to
share copies of the photos. My questions are: (1) Who is Helen or Helena? Was her maiden
name WERNER? (2) What is T. B.'s full name? He looks in the photo like he was born
around 1850 - 1855. (3) What happened to the daughter, who may have married someone named
Paul ROCK? (4) When/where did Edward EKMAN and his wife Helen or Helena get married, and
where and when divorced?
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