Palmer Anniversary Photo

This photograph came from David Berns, who added the following information:
The picture is the celebration of the 50th Wedding Anniversary of Adelbert D. Palmer and MaryEtta (Burch) Palmer. The picture was taken on January 16, 1899 in front of the general store that Adelbert Palmer built at Creston in the 1880's. I remember this building well as I used to walk to it and play on the porch during the WW II years.

Adelbert Palmer and MaryEtta Burch were married in 1849 in North Township, Marshall County (just north of Plymouth). They immediately moved up to Lake County and their history is well documented in lots of publications and their obits. Adelbert D. Palmer traces directly back to Walter Palmer who came to Salem in 1629 as part of the advance group of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. A few years later, he was one of the four founders of Stonington, CT. MaryEtta Burch traces directly back to Thomas Birch who came to Dorchester, Mass in the early 1630's.

The original of the picture is owned by Mary Vance Thompson Phelps who lives in Strongsville, Ohio now and is my Double Third Cousin. Mary Vance and I are both Thompson and Palmer descendents and work together on genealogy.

My First Cousin Judy (Southworth) Jaeger who lives in Crown Point also owns this picture.

We are doubly fortunate in that the clariity of the image is so good after all these years. Also, we know who everyone is! The back of Mary Vance's original has everyone's name and the order in which they sit. I have spent some time figuring out their relations to you.

PALMER ANNIVERSARY PICTURE KEY - January 16, 1899

Back Row:

1. Clifford James Thompson - husband of # 2 (my grandparents)
2. Mary Elnora (Palmer) Thompson - daughter of J.C. and Jane Palmer
3. Grace Burdette (Palmer) Taylor - daughter of J.C. and Jane Palmer
4. Jim Palmer - only surviving child of Benjamin Palmer
5. Irvin James Thompson - son of Amos and Celesta Thompson
6. Robert R. Palmer - son of J.C. and Jane Palmer
7. Wilbur Perry Thompson - son of Amos and Celesta Thompson


Third Row:

8. Claude Palmer - son of Marcus A. and Alice Palmer
9. Oliver James Palmer - son of J.C. and Jane Palmer
10. Forrest Ragon - son of Elmer and Henrietta Ragon
11. Claire Palmer - son of Marcus and Alice Palmer
12. Adelbert (Bert) Thompson - son of Amos and Celesta Thompson
13. Ella Palmer - daughter of J.C. and Jane Palmer
14. Henrietta (Palmer) Hathaway - daught of J.C. and Jane Palmer
15. Mabel A. Anderson
16. Calla (Cally) Palmer - daughter of Charles Fremont Palmer and Bessie Wilder
17. Herbert A. Lloyd - son of Alice (Thompson) Lloyd
18. Mary (Thompson) Hill - daughter of Amos & Celesta Thompson

Second Row:

19. Alice Palmer - wife of Marcus A. Palmer
20. Celia Jane (Nichols) Palmer - wife of James C. Palmer
21. Elmer Ellsworth Ragon - husband of Henrietta Palmer
22. Amos Perry Thompson - husband of Celesta Palmer - Clifford's uncle
23. Dorothy M. (Palmer) Edgerton - sister of Adelbert Palmer
24. Amasa Edgerton - husband and first cousin of Dorothy Palmer Edgerton
25. Emma Louise (Palmer) Taylor - sister of Adelbert Palmer
26. Idora (Howard) Palmer - second wife of Benjamin F. Palmer
27. Bessie Palmer - wife of John D. Palmer
28. Alice (Thompson) Lloyd - daughter of Amos Thompson with #29 Vern Lloyd (baby)
29. Vern Lloyd
30. Anna (Henry) Palmer - wife of Jasper P. Palmer

Front Row

31. Marcus Adelbert Palmer
32. James Calvin Palmer
33. Henrietta (Etta) (Palmer) Ragon
34. Celesta Elnora (Palmer) Thompson
35. Maryetta (Burch) Palmer
36. Adelbert D. Palmer
37. Benjamin Franklin Palmer
38. John Dennis Palmer
39. Charles Fremont Palmer
40. Edward Grant Palmer
41. Cecil Palmer
42. Jasper Packard Palmer - holding # 41 Cecil Palmer