# Doper Ancestor Picture Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 13, 2008, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ancestor-picture-thread/452738 "2008-06-13T00:31:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2008, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ancestor-picture-thread/452738/21 "2008-06-13T23:29:29Z")
[QUOTE=TroubleAgain] Is it wrong that I’m amused by the Nelson/Riley thing? [/QUOTE] Not sure if I get this - is it because of Charles Nelson Reilly? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ancestor-picture-thread/452738/22 "2008-06-14T00:02:00Z")
Not really an ancestor, because she never had kids (when she was nineteen, her fiance died in a carriage accident the morning they were supposed to be married) but my great-great-great (possibly a few more greats should be in there) aunt was [Donaldina](http://www.cameronhouse.org/history.htm) [Cameron.](http://www.sfhistoryencyclopedia.com/articles/c/cameronDonaldina.html) ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ancestor-picture-thread/452738/23 "2008-06-14T04:19:08Z")
[QUOTE=CaerieD] [This](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a246/caerie/3sisters.jpg) here is my great-grandmother and her sisters, taken around 1900. [/QUOTE] Great pic. Much less fussy and formal than the ones I have. Thanks for posting. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ancestor-picture-thread/452738/24 "2008-06-14T04:21:16Z")
[QUOTE=ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies] Um…I thought that was what I was doing? [/QUOTE] Yep. Not directed at you. I’m sure the guys posting pictures of monkeys intended to be humorous, but I didn’t appreciate it. Apologies sir or ma’am. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ancestor-picture-thread/452738/25 "2008-06-14T04:28:38Z")
[QUOTE=Scarlett67] [Here’s a link to my two submissions.](http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=8svb2qja.3dztr9w2&x=0&y=byk3hs&localeid=en_US) #1 is me sitting on my grandfather’s lap, circa 1970. I must be about 3; he died when I was 6, so I don’t remember a lot about him. I never saw this photo until a few years ago. Even if it weren’t me and my grandpa, I’d think it was a beautiful picture: the lighting, his expression . . . a tender moment. #2 is the same grandpa and grandma, holding my oldest aunt, their 4th child, circa 1939. Auntie is in her 70s now. (Apologies for the grainy quality; it’s a scan of a scan, and the original scan was sepia and inkjet, so I converted it back to grayscale to kill the moire. the splotch at bottom is where I took out their names that had been added to the original scan.) I just love Grandma’s pose; kind of uncharacteristic for how I remember her, a sweet, frail little old lady. But here she looks like she could kick someone’s ass. [/QUOTE] A regular Bonnie Parker. And I agree that the first is a beautiful picture. That’s why we gotta keep these around. Thanks for posting. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ancestor-picture-thread/452738/26 "2008-06-14T04:32:08Z")
[QUOTE=NinetyWt] The only one I have up online is [this](http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i84/NinetyWt/scan-2.jpg) photo. My great-grandfather is the one with Ed written on his leg, there. Oslo: usually if you ignore those one or two silly posts the thread will pick back up in the original direction. At least they bump the thread a bit. [/QUOTE] Wow. Any idea of the date? That almost looks Civil War era. And yeah, I think I overreacted to the silliness. Apologies to them as well. Losing at the poker table can do that to a guy… ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ancestor-picture-thread/452738/27 "2008-06-14T04:35:28Z")
[QUOTE=lexi] Here is some of mine from my mom’s dad’s line: Great Great Grandparents (middle photo, centre couple - GGP is the one with the moustache): [http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=3729514](http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=3729514) Great Grandpa (Top left - Cowboy Deluxe): [http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=3729491](http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=3729491) Great Grandma Hazel (centre photo - third from the right end): [http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=3729458](http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=3729458) Great Grandma Hazel (bottom right photo, lady on the right): [http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=3729299](http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=3729299) Great Great Grandpa & Grandma and all the rest of the family (bottom photo): [http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=3729172](http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=3729172) [/QUOTE] Those are great. Someone collected and published them? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ancestor-picture-thread/452738/28 "2008-06-14T04:38:19Z")
[This is my dad](http://www.flickr.com/photos/27492458@N05/2577222254/). ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ancestor-picture-thread/452738/29 "2008-06-14T04:39:49Z")
[QUOTE=nyctea scandiaca] I love this thread idea! [Here is my family photo archive online!](http://brookenelson.com/photoarchive.html) I’m really enjoying everyone’s photos. [/QUOTE] **Very** nice collection. I see that I should add birth dates or whatever where known so that we might have some idea of the date of a photo. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ancestor-picture-thread/452738/30 "2008-06-14T04:52:06Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] Not really an ancestor, because she never had kids (when she was nineteen, her fiance died in a carriage accident the morning they were supposed to be married) but my great-great-great (possibly a few more greats should be in there) aunt was [Donaldina](http://www.cameronhouse.org/history.htm) [Cameron.](http://www.sfhistoryencyclopedia.com/articles/c/cameronDonaldina.html) [/QUOTE] Interesting person. I have always said that I would just as soon be a descendant of a notorious horse thief as a run-of-the-mill king, but you have a real winner in your family tree. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ancestor-picture-thread/452738/31 "2008-06-14T05:04:47Z")
A few notes on the thread so far: I’m older than the average Doper, so I doubt that I will ever find much beyond Great Grandparent level. Photography started to come on strong in the 1870’s or so? I have seen the Matthew Brady Civil War stuff, but that had some loooooong exposure times. For those not too experienced at scanning (like me), IrfanView allows rotation in one tenth of a degree increments. Very helpful for cleaning up sloppy scans for cropping/cutting. Keep 'em coming! Everyone has something interesting to share. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ancestor-picture-thread/452738/32 "2008-06-14T05:43:42Z")
I meant to add: As far as I know, most of my ancestors arrived in the USA as immigrants from Northern Europe sometime in the 1800’s, with little more than the clothes on their backs. They worked hard and made a decent life for themselves and their progeny. I gotta give them major props for that. As an example, my great-grandfather who bears my last name, and who arrived in exactly that circumstance, would probably be pretty proud of the fact that all those of my generation have attained at least a Bachelor’s degree, with several PhD’s, MS’s, MA’s, and JD’s in the mix. Not bad for a guy who started out in the USA as a pig feeder, in exchange for room and board and English lessons. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ancestor-picture-thread/452738/33 "2008-06-14T06:03:49Z")
[Here’s](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Draper) my great-great-great-great… and so forth grandfather on my mom’s side (I’m still working out the specifics). [This](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Beverley_Robinson%2C_1st_Baronet) is my great-great-great-great-etc. grandfather on my dad’s side. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ancestor-picture-thread/452738/34 "2008-06-14T15:02:58Z")
Here’s the oldest family photo I own, [my great-grandfather in his Confederate uniform](http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a74/spoke-/JohnBerryWatts.jpg?t=1213455482). (Hope that link works.) ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ancestor-picture-thread/452738/35 "2008-06-14T15:50:20Z")
[QUOTE=nyctea scandiaca] He’s handsome, as are several other of the gentlemen in that photo. What year was that taken and are they part of a military band or what? And do you know where it was taken? [/QUOTE] That is in Ohio. And, the nearest we can find out is that they are part of a Sons of War Veterans type thing. That fellow is my grandmother’s dad - she was born in 1909. (Previous [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=467637) about the photo). [QUOTE=Oslo Ostragoth] Wow. Any idea of the date? That almost looks Civil War era. [/QUOTE] I’m still not sure. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ancestor-picture-thread/452738/36 "2008-06-14T16:02:31Z")
[QUOTE=Oslo Ostragoth] I’m older than the average Doper [/QUOTE] Ya know, earlier we did a poll of Doper ages. The average age (sample size = 243) was 40.967. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ancestor-picture-thread/452738/37 "2008-06-14T16:17:17Z")
[Here](http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellbeecee/sets/72157605503323190/) are the old family photos I’ve scanned so far - I’ll be getting more in eventually, hopefully sometime this summer. Also, [the pilot here is my father’s uncle, so my great-uncle](http://home.comcast.net/~801492bg.historian/Air%20Crew/850thBS/850th-CarscaddonCrew.html). He’s the one on the far left in the back row. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ancestor-picture-thread/452738/38 "2008-06-14T18:00:21Z")
[QUOTE=nyctea scandiaca] Not sure if I get this - is it because of Charles Nelson Reilly? [/QUOTE] Yes. I’m a dork that way. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ancestor-picture-thread/452738/39 "2008-06-14T18:38:14Z")
Here is my [great-grandmother](http://s294.photobucket.com/albums/mm119/badger60/sixgen/?action=view¤t=img004.jpg), in this newspaper clipping following the birth of her great-great-great-granddaughter. All six generations of the family in one sitting. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ancestor-picture-thread/452738/40 "2008-06-14T19:27:06Z")
[QUOTE=Earl Snake-Hips Tucker] Here is my [great-grandmother](http://s294.photobucket.com/albums/mm119/badger60/sixgen/?action=view¤t=img004.jpg), in this newspaper clipping following the birth of her great-great-great-granddaughter. All six generations of the family in one sitting. [/QUOTE] WOW that is amazing!!! A very prolific family indeed. Do you have that branch of your family tree all mapped out? Is one of the ladies your mom? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ancestor-picture-thread/452738.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ancestor-picture-thread/452738.md?page=3)