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Overview

• Currie Colket – Mystery of Confederate Currency• Karen Dwyer – John J. Schmidt, Civil War Soldier• Jim Reger – Family Photo Album and Postcard Album• Jean Morris – Letter of Introduction, Report Cards, Loom• Elda Boyer – Family Dolls• Ted Riech – Stories of Copper Smithing• Doreen Colket – Perrault Family Photograph Circa 1910• Vivian Bernard – Family Cross and Journal• Diane Pelc – Necklace, Autograph Book, Family Ledger • Peggy Slocum – Family Bible• Frenette Brown – Family Trunk• Currie Colket – Pelot Bottles and Photographs

Mystery of Confederate Currency

Who is the Pelot who signed for the Registrar????

Actually a Number of Questions

1. Who is Pelot – Related to me?

2. What is the Initial? – L.?, S.?, other?

3. Why signing for the Registrar?

4. Was my Pelot living in Richmond?

5. How much signed? What’s a Dollar Worth?

First, Look and feel of a Confederate Bill

1861 - Will pay $100 to Bearer at interest of 2 cents per day Six months after Ratification of a Treaty of Peace between the Confederate States and the United States

1864 – Two Years after the Ratification of a Treaty of Peace between the Confederate States and the United States

Hand numbered Serial Number

Hand signed for Treasurer(acknowledged money for Treasury

Hand signed for Registrar(acknowledged the debt)

Hand dated8th May 1862

VignetteSeries

Who Was ?. Pelot?First Looked at Possible Men

Jonas (immigrated to South Carolina in 1734)~1687-1754

John Francis~1720-1774

John~1742-1776

James (Land Grant Florida 1793)

~1744-1824Charles

~1763-1809

Richard~1775-1840

James~1782-1823

Samuel Joseph~1782-1830 ~1790-1833

Charles John~1791-1863 ~1797

-1841

Joseph~1809 -1881+3

Richard William~1811 -1864+5 (1)

~1813 -1876

John Cooper~1809 -1879+3, one of which was Dr. John Crews Pelot

James Charles~1812 -1841

~1819 -1873

Francis~1828 -1905

Joseph~1824 -1876

James Thomas Postell~1833 -1888

~1835 -1864

~1814 -1900+1

StephenWilliam~1823 -1883?

~1813 -1875+1

EugeneJoseph~1818 -1870+3

Benjamin~1833 -1907

Blue are Possible Men as are sonsRed are Dead Black shows descent lines

Still no help??? Besides, none of these were in Richmond?

What’s a Dollar Worth??? - 1

• About $20 today, if one compares purchasing power of similar commodities– Based on General Store prices of Salt

Pork, Powder Shot, Coffee, Sugar, Tea, peppermints, Tobacco, Raisins, Flour, Spices, Beans, Potatoes, Prunes, Cheese, Gloves, Hats, and Chaps

– Not fair comparison – Market is very different

http://aspenhistory.org/jfshop.html - “To convert 1860 prices to today's prices, multiply the 1860 price by $ 17.43 ”

http://aspenhistory.org/jfshop.html

What’s a Dollar Worth??? - 2

• Prices circa 1861– $4 for a head of cattle– 25¢ for a pig– 75¢ for a pair of shoes– $10 for a rifled gun– 75¢ for a sword– 50¢ for 18 plates

What’s a Dollar Worth??? - 3• Daily salary was about $1 a day

$1 per day = approximately $300 per annum

This is about $60,000 per annum today

• $1 in 1861 can be regarded as the equivalent of $200 today.

• Hence the $20 Confederate Note is worth the equivalent of $4,000 in 1860 spending money

Confederate government enticed engravers to be smuggled in from England for $20 in gold/week

The Business of Civil War: Military Mobilization and the State, 1861-1865 By Mark R. Wilson (written in 2005)

~ $200,000 per year

In the Beginning -1

• Provisional government of CSA formed at Montgomery, Alabama on 8 February 1861

• Secretary of Treasurer was C. G. Memminger• March 1861 authorized $2,000,000 in Treasury notes in

denominations not less than $50. Interest was at 3.65%• Payable in 1 year - Not used as currency• Authorized borrowing $15,000,000 in gold @ 8%• Monies used for arms, ammunition, and supplies.• Tried tax of ½ cent per pound of cotton but did not yield

sufficient revenue due to blockade.

Resulting in First Issue

In the Beginning -2

• 9 March 1861 Notes issued in denominations of $50, $100, $500, and $1,000.

• These were worth approximately $10,000, $20,000, $100,000, and $200,000 in today’s $.

• Goal was to raise money• Primarily purchased by large banks & big planters• Notes were NOT intended for use as currency• Three Sources of money (1861-1865):

– Taxation (~ 8%), Borrowing (32%), Printing (60%)

Financial Acts of the CSA Government => Issues

1st Issue – 9 March1861 $2,000,000 Montgomery Issue – National Bank Note Company, New York

(South had no engravers; NBNC viewed this as a business)Printed in New York and smuggled SouthReused existing vignettes, used in the South & the NorthPlates seized by Federal Government, so South went elsewhere

Richmond Issue – Southern Bank Note CompanyHad to import needed supplies from Europe Had to Hire European Engravers @ $20 in gold/week

2nd Issue - 25 July (16 May) 1861 $20,000,0003rd Issue - 2 September 1861 $150,000,0004th Issue - 17 April 1862 $215,000,0005th Issue - 2 December 1862 $500,000,000 6th Issue - 6 April 18637th Issue - 17 February 1864 – Operations moved to Columbia, SC

* Capital moved from Montgomery to Richmond on 24 May 1861, after Virginia succeeded from the Union.

Ft. Sumter – 12 April 1861

Yes, we had Pelots in South Carolina

1st Issue 1861 $1,000 Note

• Issued under the March 9, 1861 (1st Act) Montgomery• Possesses penned signatures of Alex B. Clitherall as

Register and E. C. Elmore as Treasurer of the Confederate government

• 607 specimens issued, only 112 specimens known today • Sold for $67 in 1943; $675 in 1957 and between $60,000

and $80,000 in 2001. Most valuable note today.

1861 $1,000 Note Obverse

Redeemed 1862

1st Issue 1861 $100 Richmond

• Engraved by Southern Bank Note Company, New Orleans (was American Bank Note Company of New Orleans)

• Railroad train rounding bend, Justice at Left, Minerva to Right• Possesses penned signatures of Robert Tyler (son of John Tyler) as Register and E.

C. Elmore as Treasurer of the Confederate government

Paper Currency of Southern States - 1

• Alabama – 1 January 1863 - 5¢, 10¢, 25¢, $1, $5, $50, $100• Arkansas – 28 May 1861 – $1, $2, $3, $5, $10 + Written

Denomination• Florida – 10 October 1861 - 10¢, 25¢, 50¢, $1, $2, $3, $5,

$10, $20, $50, $100 • Georgia – 5 December 1861 - 5¢, 10¢, 15¢, 20¢, 25¢, 50¢,

75¢, $1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500• Indian Territory

Cherokee Nation – June 1862 - 25¢, 50¢, $1, $2, $5Choctaw Nation – 1863 - 50¢, $1, $2.50, $5

• Louisiana – 24 January 1862 - 25¢, 50¢, $1, $2, $3, $5, $20, $50, $100

• Mississippi – 24 January 1861 – 25¢, 50¢, $1, $2, $2.50, $3, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100

Paper Currency of Southern States - 2

• Missouri – 1 January 1862 - $1, $2, $3, $4, $4.50, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100

• North Carolina – 11 May 1861 - 5¢, 10¢, 20¢, 25¢, 50¢, 75¢, $1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100

• South Carolina – None – But Bank of the State of South Carolina issued 50¢ notes

• Tennessee – State authorized currency, but none issued – Union forces were in area of engravers

• Texas - $1, $2.50, $3, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100 + Written Denomination

• Virginia – $1, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500

1864

• 17 February 1864 bill passed:– Notes smaller than $5.00 convertible into bonds and receivable at par until 1

July 1864, then taxed out of existence– Issue of New Notes – old notes less than $100 could be exchanged for new

notes at the rate of $3.00 old for $2.00 new

• Impact:– $426,000,000 were so exchanged at $3.00 old for $2.00 new– Currency was unmanageable– Even the $100 notes continued to circulate after they were outlawed– Gold started at $17 to $23 for $1 declined to $40 for $1– Old notes and new notes continued to circulate side by side, were equally

discredited, and continued to depreciate together– Credit of the Confederate government was shattered– Mr. Memminger resigned his office in midsummer 1864 – He was succeeded

by George A. Trenholm of Charleston

1865

• January 1865:– Gold now $53 for $1– Trenholm said: “Apprehension of ultimate repudiation crept like an

all-pervading poison into the minds of the people and greatly circumscribed and diminished the purchasing power of the notes”

– Proposed to reverse the policy of repudiation – Bill passed by house, but failed in the Senate

– Nothing to do but make fresh issues of the notes - $80,000,000 authorized in March 1865 – passed over the President’s veto

– Schemes to raise taxes never materialized– Financially the Confederacy had collapsed

If military events had not brought the Confederacy to an end in April 1865,It would have collapsed about that time anyway. It would have beenImpossible to supply the Army in the field with food, clothing, and arms.

Confederate Money Prices in Richmond

1861 .95 cents on dollar in gold1863 .33 cents on dollar9 April 1865 1.6 cents on dollar1 May 1865 $1,200 for $1 dollar goldNo longer traded after 1 May 1865

Clerks Signing for the Registrar & TreasurerRaphael P. Thian – Register of the Confederate Debt

AuthorizationIssue Number of Clerks Debt

Male[1] Female Total

Act of 9 March 1861 General Currency 3 0 3 $2,021,100.00

Act of 16 May 1861 General Currency 16 0 16 $17,347,955.00

Act of 19 August 1861 General Currency 97 35 132 $292,101,830.00

Act of 17 April 1862 $100 Notes 49 0 49 $122,960,000.00

$2 and $1 Notes 2 71 73 $5,600,000.00

Act of 13 October 1862 General Currency 61 112 173 $138,056,000.00

$2 and $1 Notes 0 80 80 $2,347,200.00

Act of 23 March 1863 General Currency 58 103 161 $510,832,000.00

$2 and $1 Notes 0 101 101 $3,023,520.00

Fifty Cents[2] 0 0 0 $912,962.50

Act of 17 February 1864 General Currency 20 181 201 $453,376,200.00

$2 and $1 Notes N/A N/A N/A $2,243,184.00

Fifty Cents 0 0 0 $523,606.50

Total $1,551,345,558.00

[1] The notes issued under the Act of 9 March 1861 were signed by the Treasurer and Registrar and not by clerks.[2] Fractional currency has engraved facsimile signatures of the Registrar and Treasurer.

Signed so many notes, the Registrar & Treasurer refused to sign any more.

Had 181 Females out of 201 Clerks sign 1864 Notes

198 Signers for the Registrar – 1Raphael P. Thian – Register of the Confederate Debt

Bryan, Mrs. H. E. Caldwell, W. P. Cary, Mrs. M. F. Clark, Miss S. *Clarke, Miss Bettie J. *Cocke, William Archer Coffin, Miss Eliza M. Connor, Miss Julia M. Cooke, Mrs. Isabella A. Cooke, Miss Hattie L. Cooke, James H. Courtney, Mrs. L. Crouch, T. L. Cullen, Miss M. E. Dabney, Miss Bettie Davies, Miss Virginia K. *Davis, Miss Ella De Leon, Miss Isabel

Abbott, Mrs. B. M. Acosta, Mrs. Julia A. Adams, Mrs. E. A. Alexander, Miss H. E. Allen, William H. Apperson, Miss M. S.Archer, Miss Lizzie *Arthur, Miss L. Bagby, Ms. P. C. *Bailey, Miss M. W. Barnwell, Miss H. Bernard, Miss Fannie E. Black, Miss M. J. Boykin, Miss Nannie Boykin, Robert V. Brady, Miss M. E. Brisbane, Miss N. Brown, T. W. *

Delony, Robert J. Devine, Miss Lizzie De Witt, Bennet M. Dickson, J. T. Dixon, Mrs. M. Doar, Miss S. A. Dorsey, R. J. Douglas, Miss Joan *Douglass, Miss H. M. *Downman, W. Y. Dunbar, W. G. Dutcher, S. Eggleston, J. W. Ellett, Temple Ellett, Miss S. C. Elliott, Miss L. W. Forde, Ms. L. Foran, Mrs. A. M.

198 Signers for the Registrar – 2Henderson, John E. * Henry, Miss L. Herbert, Mrs. H. Heriot, Miss H. P. Hill Jr., R. Holt, John T. Howell, Miss K. P. Huard, Miss S. L. Huger, Mrs. Caroline P. Hughes, Mrs. S. E. Hunt, J. H. Hunter, Miss L. M. Jackson, J. T. Jarvis, Miss M. F. Johnson, C. H. Johnson, Mrs. M. S. Johnson, Miss S. Johnston, Gabriel

French, W. T. Gaither, Mrs. M. S. Garlick, Miss Elizabeth Garrett, G. W. Gay, Miss M. Gibb, Miss M. A. Gibson, J. Gifford, Mrs. M. A. Giles, Miss F. G. *Gilliam, Miss M. E. Gilman, William S. Grayson, T. Fitzhugh Hamilton, Miss M. E. *Hancock, William Harper, Mrs. M. E. Harris, J. H. Harvey, William L. *Hayes, S. C.

Johnston, Mrs. J. L. Jones, Miss Fannie C. Jones, Mrs. Mary *Jones, R. S. Keim, C. W. Kelly, Miss Etta A. *Kennedy, Miss A. King, Miss R. B. Kinney, J. M. Kirby, Mrs. Mary B. Kirk, Mrs. Martha A. Lathrope, Miss M. C. Laurens, Mrs. Eliza B. Laval, Miss S. E. Lyon, Miss Bella T. Macon, Miss Lydia Marks, Mrs. F. H. Mason, Miss Eva *

198 Signers for the Registrar - 3Norton, Mrs. Mary E. Nott, William Nulty, E. Orr, Henry E. Pace, Miss M. E. Palmer, Miss Nellie *Parry, Mrs. A. S. Payne, Miss Betty M. Pellet, Miss A. P. *Pelot, Mrs. S. L. Pendleton, Miss Emma W. Penrifoy, Mrs. V. M. Percival, Miss C. E. Pleasants, Mrs. M. Pleasants, Miss P. Porter, Miss E. P. *Proctor, Mrs. E. S. Randolph, Miss S. A. Read, Miss Emma S. *

Massie, E. L. Matthews, J. J. Matthews, Miss Emily McCarthy, Miss Jane McGarr, Miss Jennie McRae, Miss B. McRae, Richard Meade, Miss Charlotte R. Michel, Miss L. G. Miller, Thomas J. Miller, W. Mills, R. A. Mobley, Miss M. A. Morris, Miss M. J. *Morrison, Miss Mary W. Morton, Miss M. C. Nelson, Ms. J. Newman, Miss Ada Norris, Mrs. L. A.

Rhett, Mrs. F. M. Richardson, Miss Nannie Riggs, Myron C. Robinson, W. R. Rogers, Louis P. Rothrock, William Royster, Mrs. L. C. Sale, John O. Sands, Johnson Saunders, Miss Margaret A. Savage, Miss Parkie Sessions, Mrs. C. Sinton, Samuel Slade, W. O. Smith, E. H. Smith, Herbert Snead, W. T. Synder, John O.

Raphael P. Thian – Register of the Confederate Debt

198 Signers for the Registrar - 4Wade, Mrs. M. F. *Wade, William A. Walker, Miss Kate Waller, William Walston, William B. Walthall, C. Warren, G. N. Watkins, A. S. Watson, Miss Virginia C. Wells, Mrs. S. K. . *Windle, Mrs. C. F. Wingate, Mrs. N. E. Winston, Meriwether Winston, Miss E. C. Woodward, Miss M. Yates, Mrs. M. A.

Southall, Miss Sallie Spottswood, Miss Lucy Stanard, Miss E. Stevens, Mrs. M. F. Swords, Joseph P. Talley, Miss Susan A. Taylor, Charles S. Taylor, Mrs. Miriam Thayer, C. C. Thomas, Miss H. C. Tiffey, Miss Julia B. Tinsley, S. G. Treadwell, Mrs. J. D. Tyler, Miss Betty W. Upshur, Mrs. Mary E. Veal, Miss C. C. Via, Miss Josephine Zealy, Miss Anna W.

190 Signers for the Treasurer - 1Adams, Miss S. J.Allen, Miss MariaAllen, William G.Ambler, Mrs. JennieAngel, Mrs. J. H.Archer, Miss Lizzie *Armstrong, Miss L.Ashby, F. WestwoodAshford, CravenBagby, Ms. P. C. *Bain, R.Baker, Miss E. A.Balaguer, Mrs. H. M.Baldwin, C. A.Ball, Miss R. F. Banks, Miss M.Bartlett, Miss H.

Bass, N. A.Beall, Miss E. O.Bell, Miss E. M.Bell: Thomas W.Benton, IdaBerry, B. H.Boyd, Miss M.Breeden, Miss LouiseBridges, Miss V.Bridges: Clifford C.Briggs, Mrs. Virginia B.Brown, T. W. *Bunting, J.Caldwell, Mrs. A.Capron, Miss Annie B. Carr, John H.Carrington, Miss M. J.

Carrington, Miss M. J.Carter, Mrs. L.Christian, Mrs. M. B.Clark, Miss S. *Clarke, Miss Bettie J. *Cone, Mrs. Hattie BerrienCooper, Miss Mary E.Darby, Miss MaryDargan, Miss M. A.Davies, Miss Virginia K. *Dennison, Miss E. A.Dewees, Miss M. A.Dickins, Miss Fannie M.Dimity, J. B. S.Dinkins, T. WatiesDix, John S. Douglas, Miss Joan *

190 Signers for the Treasurer - 2Douglass, Miss H. M. *Dudley, Mrs. Mary E.

(Criswell’s identifies as Harry E.)

Doyle, Walter J.Ellery, Mrs. JuliaFauntleroy, Miss E. H.Faxon, J. W. Fort, Miss H.Fuller, Miss Sallie G.Gale, Thomas C.Garnett, Miss Mary W.Garrett, Miss W. A.Giles, Miss F. G. *Giles, Miss N.Gill, Miss Isabel L.Gilliam, Robert

Gills, E. W.Gist, Mrs. M. S. Goddin, Edward C. Godwin, Miss MissouriGoodloe, Harrel H.Goodwin, Miss Nannie Gott, Miss Julia F.Graham, Miss H.Grattan, Miss Sallie G.Gray, Albert W.Gray, Mrs. A. E. Green, Mrs. E. C. Gwynn, Mrs. M.Hamilton, Miss M. E. *Harrison, Miss A.Harvey, William L. *Hatch, Thomas J.

Haynes, Miss RichéHenderson, John E. *Heth, Miss KittyHix, A. P.Hix, Mrs. C.Hoge, W. T. Holmes, Mrs. L. L.Hooe, Philip B.Irvine, Mrs. M. C.Jacobs, Mrs. J. A. Jacobs, S. B.Jones, E. W. Jones, John A.Jones, John W.Jones, Mrs. Mary *Joplin, James C.Keesee, Thomas O.

190 Signers for the Treasurer - 3Kelly, Miss Etta A. *Kepler, H.Kingman, Miss Mary M.Knox, Mrs. Mary S.Korff, Miss KateLambert, Miss SallyLayne, Mrs. E. D.Leigh, C.Levin, L. J.Lewis, John S.Link, Frank H.Logan, Miss J.Loughborough, Mrs. M.Loyd, Miss GeorgiaLyon, D.Macmurdo, Miss RosaMarshall, Miss M. L.

Marshall, O. M.Mason, Miss Eva *Maurice, C. S.Mayo, Miss Martha T.McCants, Miss S.McCully, Mrs. Eliza M.McGowan, Miss O. R.Miller, Miss Alice M.Minor, Mrs. Lucy C.Moise, Mrs. H. L.Moore, Miss H.Morris, Miss C. S.Morris, M. J. *Mumford, Miss C. C.Neill, Miss SophiaNelson, Miss KateNethers, J.

Newton, Miss M.Nicholas, Miss Mary S.Ott, JohnOverton, Mrs. RebeccaPalmer, Miss Nellie *Patton, AnthonyPayne, R. M.Pellet, Miss A. P. *Points, Miss AdelePorter, Miss E. P. *Quarles, Mrs. Mary L.Read, Miss Emma S. *Reaves, Miss M. C. Rind, Miss Virginia M.Ringgold, Mrs. MarySanxay, Miss Sophia G.Savage, Miss M. L.

190 Signers for the Treasurer - 4Scott, Miss S.Selden, Miss MariaSemple, Miss NannieShaver, Miss Sally F.Shook, H. C.Sieker, Miss Emma

(Criswell’s identifies as Sleker)

Simons, Miss S. R. (Criswell’s identifies as Simmons.)

Sims, Miss L.Skinner, Miss C.Smalley, Mrs. W. L.

(Criswell’s identifies as Smallye)

Sommers, Mrs. M.Sparnick, Henry

Stalnaker, Miss C.Stanard, Miss Virginia M.Starke, Miss H.Stocker, Miss F.Stuart, Miss A. S.Tennent, John C.Tighe, R. H. L.Todd, William R.Tompkins, James H.Trescot, Miss E. C.Tyler, Miss V. M.Wade, Mrs. M. F. *Walford, T. D.Waller, Mrs. M. C.Waties, Mrs. FannieWatkins, Mrs. HortenseWatts, A. S.

Weisiger, F. C.Wells, Mrs. S. K. *West, A.White, Miss C. P.White, William H.Williams, Hampton C.Willis, Miss ElviraWilson, Mrs. JosephineWise, Miss S.Wray, Mrs. FannieYoung, M. M.

Epilog• Mrs. S L Pelot signed for a total of $514,020 of the known Confederate

Notes, representing ~ .1 % of all the money raised by the 17 February 1864 Act and .033 % of the total money raised by the Confederacy to fund the Confederate government and wage the Civil War.

• The exact identify of the signer was a mystery for a long time. The signer is identified as a Mrs. S. L. Pelot in the Register of the Confederate Debt. Every note she had signed had her signature appearing as “L Pelot.” There were no known Pelots during the time frame of the Civil War having these initials.

• Approximately one year after the mystery was posted to the web, a Mr. Michael McNeil contacted me identifying his great-great-great grandmother as the signer of the Confederate Notes. He has accumulated a collection of notes with representatives from most series to study the signature. Apparently Sarah Pelot signed the notes with an “L” as she went by her middle name of “Liz” for Elizabeth. He noted that Sarah never crossed the trailing “T” in “Pelot”. Apparently this was a common custom and his grandmother, Flora Nelle Pelot, adopted the practice as well. After the Civil War, Sarah Elizabeth Pelot left South Carolina for Kentucky and taught penmanship in the 1870s to support herself

• During her brief stint as a signer in 1864, she signed over 30,400 known notes

Mystery SolvedJonas (immigrated to South Carolina in 1734)

~1687-1754

John Francis~1720-1774

John~1742-1776

James~1744-1824

Charles~1763-1809

Richard~1775-1840

James~1782-1823

Samuel Joseph~1782-1830 ~1790-1833

Charles John~1791-1863 ~1797

-1841

Joseph~1809 -1881+3

Richard William~1811 -1864Sherman+5(1)

~1813 -1876

John Cooper~1809 -1879+3, one of which was Dr. John Crews Pelot

James Charles~1812 -1841

~1819 -1873

Francis~1828 -1905

Joseph~1824 -1876

James Thomas Postell~1833 -1888

~1835 -1864

~1814 -1900+1

StephenWilliam~1823 -1883?

~1813 -1875+1

EugeneJoseph~1818 -1870+3

Benjamin~1833 -1907

m. Sarah ElizabethRobinsonWife of Stephen PelotListed in Confederate Records as S. L. Pelot

3-4 Female Pelots withS. As initial. Also some Elizas.None with L.

Questions????

What’s In Your Attic?Karen Dwyer

What’s In Your Attic?Karen Dwyer

John J. Schmidt

Civil War

What’s In Your Attic?Jim Reger - 0

1. Emma Roth Photographic Album Hettie Zeller's Mother2. Priscilla Meck Fraktur Birth Certificate, March 5 1843 Emma Roth's Mother

Lancaster County PA3. Hettie Zeller (Coughenour) Post Card Album Jim Reger's Grandmother4. Post Card Collection, Sample Page5. Wright Brothers Post Cards (Most Valuable Cards)


1. Emma Roth Photographic Album Hettie Zeller's Mother


Priscilla Meck Fraktur Birth Certificate, March 5 1843 Emma Roth's Mother Lancaster County PA


Hettie Zeller (Coughenour) Post Card Album Jim Reger's Grandmother


Post Card Collection, Sample Page


Wright Brothers Post Cards (Most Valuable Cards)

What’s In Your Attic?Jean Morris

1. Basel Canton Certificate of Residence A. Maria Keller2. Don’t Look in the Family Cookbook Look in the Family Cookbook3. Addie Sensanbaugher Report Cards4. Family Loom

What’s In Your Attic?

Jean Morris

Basel CantonCertificate of Residence

A. Maria Keller

What’s In Your Attic? Jean MorrisThe Canton of the Province of Basel (Switzerland)Certificate of ResidenceNotice: This is valid only for the wife and children. (Bernard Weber died before this document was issued to the widow)We the undersigned the officers of the community of Rotherfluhof the District of Sissach in the Canton of the Provincer of BaselThat the bearer of this document BERNHARD WEBER property ownerwas born in the year 1829 was a citizen of our community and we will always recognize him as such, as well as his wife A. MARIA born KELLERto be citizens of our community.By virtue of this, we give the definite assurance that the above said citizenand his wife and all of their offspring from this lawfully recognized marriageare free at any time and under all circumstances admission to our community. In right of which this Certificate was underwritten, sealed and executedaccording to custom and form here. Given in Rotherfluh 17 September 1873. In the name of the principality by. Boh. WEBER (a relative?) Note: Bernhard Weber’s daughter Rosalie is my maternal grandmother.Rosalie emigrated with her mother A. Maria nee Keller Weber. Our familyhas the trunks in which she brought her possessions and the clothing of her4 children, Otto, John, Rosalie and Frieda Weber.Jean S. Morris


Jean Morris

Don’t Look in the Family CookbookLook in the Family Cookbook.

What’s In Your Attic? Jean Morris

Addie Sensanbaugher1910 – 1911 Report Card

What’s In Your Attic?Elda Boyer

Dolls


Addie Sensanbaugher

Dolls

What’s In Your Attic?Ted Reich

Father's small hand-made copper pieces

What’s In Your Attic?Ted Reich - 1

Waldemar Reich Lodz, Russia 1894Coppersmith


Waldemar ReichBremen, Germany 1912Kaiser Wilhelm IIEllis Island Memorial Railing, $100


Waldemar ReichSchenectady, New YorkPlumbing tradeAmerican Turnverine Married 1927


Waldemar ReichTOR 1934Bradenton 1962Sunny Shores Mobile Home Park, Cortez RoadHooksett, New Hampshire 1975

What’s In Your Attic?Doreen Colket

1. Perrault Genealogy from Genealogical Society2. Perrault Gloucester, Ottawa Circa 1910

What’s In Your Attic

What’s In Your Attic?Doreen Colket - 1


Doreen Colket

What’s In Your Attic?Doreen Colket - 3

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What’s In Your Attic?Currie Colket

1. Pelot Bottles2. Pelot Photographs


Alton Illinois PELOT'S Soda Beverages Bottling Company Since 1911


Joseph Alma Pelot’s Pictures Circa 1850-1870

Pointless Genealogical Photograph??

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