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Surnames: Cockerill, McGlashan
Classification: Query
Message Board URL:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/iMJ.2ACEB/39
Message Board Post:
I recently purchased a Cabinet Portrait Studio Photograph of a mother, father and baby boy - from an antique dealer in Joliet, IL, which says on the back: “Compliments of Clifford C. Cockerill, 4 months old, son of Jessie McGlashan Cockerill, Bagley, Iowa”. Bagley is in Guthrie Co. I enjoy buying lovely old pictures like these (with names on the back and locations on the front) from antique dealers and locating descendants/family members so that I can re-unite them, for only my costs, with people who will treasure them.
The picture was taken in approximately 1890 + or - a few years, and it was taken by the G. V. Whaley Studio, Dow City, IL. Dow City is in Crawford Co. It is my estimate that Jessie and her husband (no first name) are approximately age 20-30 years old. He is a handsome man, wearing a coat, vest, shirt and tie and he is holding his son. Both parents have dark hair and "dad" has a dark mustache with a well groomed beard. Jessie has on her Sunday best, while little Clifford is wearing what appears to be a christening gown. He is a cute baby with a high forehead.
The picture is in very good condition and is an original (not a copy). The picture is 4-1/4” x 6-1/2” and is mounted on heavy cardboard as was typical during those days.
If Jessie or Clifford are in your family line or if you can relate to the Cockerill - or McGlashan family in the areas of Guthrie or Crawford counties in IA, please contact me directly at margerice(a)prodigy.net and I will get back to you shortly.