1899 Kinnick Family Photo

 

1899 Kinnick Family Photo 

 

Thanks to cousin Deb (Ford) Wills for sharing this 1899 photo of the Lon and Nettie Kinnick family photo, with his parents in the center: Walter Watson and Mary Estella (Symonds) Kinnick. Deb received this photo from her grandmother, Lillian, in 1992. Lillian was not born until 1908, the youngest daughter of Lon and Nettie. Fortunately, she noted on the back of the photo her older siblings in the photo that help us date it. Lon is on the far left, with his dog, Toby. Nettie is on the far right, with Lucile in front of her, born 1894, so 5 years old if this is 1899. Robert, born 1896, so 3 in 1899 is in front of grandfather, Walter Watson, in center of photo. Oldest child of Lon and Nettie, Paul (my grandfather), is in the stripped shirt just to the left of Nettie. Born in 1892, he would have been 7 in 1899. Lon had nine living siblings at this time, with most married... they and their children likely make up most of the rest of the family portrayed. Over hundred and twenty years ago, I may be able to eventually to identify a few more. Lillian did identify one of the inlaws, Uncle Will Carper, behind Nettie. His wife was Lon's sister, Emma. Many of them still lived in Illinois, so must have been quite a occasion to have so many of them in western Iowa...unless the photo was actually in Illinois. Another mystery!! Buda, Bureau County, Illinois, for the record.

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