Lizzie G Dalton in Springfield MO
This charming portrait shows a vignette image of a little girl. I guessed her age to be about seven — but found from her census listing that she must have been nine or ten years old, depending when in the year 1890 the photograph was taken. We know it was 1890 because the photographer conveniently put the year on his imprint.
I expected to find Lizzie listed as Elizabeth in the census, but no, she is listed just as on the card, Lizzie G Dalton, born in Missouri December 1880, daughter of William H Dalton (born April 1846 in Missouri) and Sarah Walton (born October 1845 in Tennessee).
The photographer is listed as Paul, in Springfield Missouri. That would be John P Paul (born about 1850 in Ohio), who had a studio at 306 Boonville in Springfield Missouri in 1890. John’s wife was Eliza, and they had one daughter, Mary E born ca 1874. John had a George W Paul working with him in his Springfield studio, but the relationship between the two has not been identified.
I just had a lovely time looking through your collected images, and reading the information that you gathered. Well done, and I hope to see more additions one day!
Comment by Tanya — August 14, 2011 @ 12:28 am