A photograph from the Appleton Studio of Dayton, Ohio. I purchased this photo in an antique store in Safford, Arizona. I later discovered the woman who owned the shop had posted the picture online. A woman in a high-collared dress looks to her left. She appears to have an earring in her right ear and a pin across the front of her dress, which is adorned with a pair of elaborate braids. Front. On the back in pencil is Aunt Elinor Mrs. Sidney Watkins . Back. Who is Aunt Elinor? I searched Ancestry Public Trees, using Sidney Watkins as the main person and Elinor as his spouse. No entries. Elinor can also be spelled Eleanor. When I searched using that spelling, the were two results. The top one was for Sidney M. Watkins married to a Sarah Eleanore Vaile, with 31 trees. Some of the trees spelled her name Sarah Eleanor Vail. Sarah Eleanor Vail was born on 27 June 1853 in Iowa, the daughter of Aaron Vail and Harriet Moon. On 28 June 1860, Sarah E. Vail lived wit...