Another batch of photos. Who are they?

The first has no studio mark. On the back in pen is "J. S. Bandy." I searched Ancestry Family Trees for him, could not find a match.

J. S. Bandy.

The second photograph is from the James A. Brush Studio at 609 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota. On the back in pencil is "Uncle Allen Watkins."

I searched Ancestry.com for any Allen Watkins living in Minnesota. The only entries were for people in the late 20th century.

Allen Watkins.

The third photograph is from the Koehne studio at 189 N. Clark Avenue in Chicago. On the back in pencil is "Robt. Anderson Nov 11/02" and "Baby Eugene." In pen is written "Robt Anderson 1903 Gene's Father."


Robert Anderson.

The fourth photograph is from the A. Jeretz & Co. studio at 86 & 88 Gratiot Avenue in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. According to the Early Michigan Photographers volume, August Jeretz operated his studio at that location between 1889 and 1893. On the pack in pen is "Your Grandfather John J. Kink as a young man."

I searched for a John Kink in Wayne County, Michigan. No matches. I broadened the search to the entire state of Michigan. Only two entries, both in the 1900 census and both for males born around 1889, too late to be this individual. He remains unidentified.

John J. Kink.

The fifth photograph is from the Bradford studio at Kendallville, Indiana. Kendallville is in Noble County. On the front in blue pen is "Jacob Bowman." On the back in black pen is "Great Grandpa Bowman[,] Jessie Bowman Collins father."

This one was very easy. On Ancestry Family Trees I searched for Jessie Bowman with father Jacob Bowman and a spouse named Collins. Jessie Jane Bowman (1893-1978) came up. She was born in Indiana. Her father Jacob Bowman was born on 1 September 1857 in Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio, was married three times, and died on 27 November 1938 in Topeka, Lagrange County, Indiana. He was buried in Beulah Cemetery in Topeka. 
Jacob Bowman, 1857-1938.

Well one out of five isn't the greatest, but that sometimes happens.

 

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