Photo #122309
Last Name: Dinsmore
First Name: Nellie
Middle Name:
Subject's City: Portland
Subject's State: ME
Subject's County: Cumberland
Subject's Country:
Date: 1851-1900
Photographer: King
Photographer's City: Portland
Photographer's State: ME
Nee:
Type**: CC
Comments: Nellie Dinsmore (Nee: ) | Portland ME | 1851-1900 | Comments: Nellie Dinsmore, circa 1898.
The photo identifying information with this cabinet card is:
• The photographer is L. & W. C. King, Portland, Maine.
• The cabinet card has embossed borders and lettering, suggesting it was taken after 1890 and likely before 1900.
• The young woman, in the photo might have a nurse’s hat on. She appears to be about 20 years old.
• Handwritten on the back is “Nellie Dinsmore.”
Alternate Individuals.
There are two candidates for this photo:
• b. 1870 - The 1898 Portland, Maine, City Directory lists Miss Nellie M. Dinsmore, a nurse who roomed at 21 Wilmot. Further research indicates she was born in Jackson, NH, about 1870 and married William Burroughs, of Sanford, Maine, on 23 May 1901. Her marriage record indicates she was a nurse.
• b. 1872 - Nellie E Smith married William Albine Dinsmore on 16 Aug 1893 in Westbrook. She would have been between 18 and 28 when this photo was taken. She was the daughter of Francis and Margaret (Welch) Smith. She too is a possible candidate.
Because I believe the woman in this photo is wearing a nurse’s cap, is the right age, and whose occupation was nurse when she married, I believe this photo is of Nellie M. Dinsmore (1870-1904). However, because there is another (possible) candidate, I am not 100% certain the photo is of Nellie M Dinsmore (1870-1904). If you can confirm the identification of this young woman based upon other photos, I’d love to hear from you.
Digital Image Only? NO
Everyone Listed In This Photo:
Nellie Dinsmore
