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  Three photos from an antique store in Casa Grande, Arizona. The first is from the F. E. Ellsworth studio in California. On the back in pencil is written " Jeannette Christma s, age 9 months, Taken Sep. 98." The main question is whether Christmas was the surname or referred to the photo being given at Christmas. I searched Ancestry Public Member Trees, the US censuses, and the overall search on Ancestry and failed to find anyone (I searched "Jean* Christmas"). Jeannette. The second photo is from the Mangans studio of Belle Center, O. (Belle Center, Logan County, Ohio). L. E. Booth was the operator of the studio. On the back is " Herbert Kelly parents Edward & Ella Kelly" in pencil. Herbert Kelly. I searched in Ancestry Public Member Trees for a Herbert Kelly, son of Edward and Ella Kelly. Herbert was born on 28 October 1896 in McDonald, Hardin County, Ohio, the son of Edward W. Kelly and Mary Ella Carson. In June 1900, Herbert lived with his parents ...