D.L. MacLaughlan Dumes
@dmacdumes.bsky.social
Retired web developer, focusing on genealogy, historical photography, books, gardens, cats.
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John Michael Jatho and Emelia Kunz pose with children, St. Clair, Illinois about 1905. Subtle photographic drama: the grown sons look to their right, the youngest leans into his mother, and the lady at right half-turns from the camera but stares into the lens. We're related to them, DNA tells us.
January 16, 2026 at 10:27 PM
John Michael Jatho and Emelia Kunz pose with children, St. Clair, Illinois about 1905. Subtle photographic drama: the grown sons look to their right, the youngest leans into his mother, and the lady at right half-turns from the camera but stares into the lens. We're related to them, DNA tells us.
My Gohr family's highest education (all born 1880s): Anna (left) and Carrie (not pictured) 3rd grade. Rudy, 4th grade. Ella and Bertha (two on right) 5th grade. Minnie (second from left), who was enrolled in Elgin's Northern Illinois Hospital for deaf and non-verbal children, reached 8th grade.
January 16, 2026 at 4:45 PM
My Gohr family's highest education (all born 1880s): Anna (left) and Carrie (not pictured) 3rd grade. Rudy, 4th grade. Ella and Bertha (two on right) 5th grade. Minnie (second from left), who was enrolled in Elgin's Northern Illinois Hospital for deaf and non-verbal children, reached 8th grade.
No inscription. Cabinet card from Louis Gamer, Omaha. These children are Petersens but could be Omaha kids, or offspring of Petersen relatives who remained in Schleswig-Holstein, or even Petersen relatives in Sandusky, Ohio. It was possible to copy cabinet cards but it should have been labeled..
January 15, 2026 at 2:31 AM
No inscription. Cabinet card from Louis Gamer, Omaha. These children are Petersens but could be Omaha kids, or offspring of Petersen relatives who remained in Schleswig-Holstein, or even Petersen relatives in Sandusky, Ohio. It was possible to copy cabinet cards but it should have been labeled..
Bessie Legare Melchers of Charleston, South Carolina about 1917. She was the youngest daughter of Louis Melchers (son of Theodore Melchers and Helena Müller) and Minnie Eugenia Reeves.
January 14, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Bessie Legare Melchers of Charleston, South Carolina about 1917. She was the youngest daughter of Louis Melchers (son of Theodore Melchers and Helena Müller) and Minnie Eugenia Reeves.
Alfred Gohr with his younger sister Valeira, about 1914 in Chicago. Looks like they were photographed during the winter season.
January 14, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Alfred Gohr with his younger sister Valeira, about 1914 in Chicago. Looks like they were photographed during the winter season.
There really was a paper moon and you could pose on it in the 1930s. Marie Petersen (left) and her daughter Louise found an opportunity for a unique photo in Chicago about 1935.
January 14, 2026 at 10:03 PM
There really was a paper moon and you could pose on it in the 1930s. Marie Petersen (left) and her daughter Louise found an opportunity for a unique photo in Chicago about 1935.
Lawrence Petersen, son of Peter Heinrich Petersen and Martha Krohn Petersen, about 1927 in Milwaukee. He died a year later of pneumonia. He looks so much like his dad. Wonderful portrait.
January 14, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Lawrence Petersen, son of Peter Heinrich Petersen and Martha Krohn Petersen, about 1927 in Milwaukee. He died a year later of pneumonia. He looks so much like his dad. Wonderful portrait.
My mother Lorraine feeding her dog Muffy while the visiting Jatho family from Chicago in 1950 admires her enthusiasm. The Jathos were my mother's in-laws. From left: Lorraine, Ruth Schallanberger Jatho (wife of George Jatho on the right), George Jatho Jr. and his wife Dorsey Trumblay Jatho.
January 13, 2026 at 11:50 PM
My mother Lorraine feeding her dog Muffy while the visiting Jatho family from Chicago in 1950 admires her enthusiasm. The Jathos were my mother's in-laws. From left: Lorraine, Ruth Schallanberger Jatho (wife of George Jatho on the right), George Jatho Jr. and his wife Dorsey Trumblay Jatho.
New Orleans brothers in 1932: Kenneth, Joseph Charles, and Edgar Jatho posing in their New Orleans front yard. An older son, Norwood Jr., was not pictured. They were sons of Norwood and Adelaide Gadpaille Jatho, our cousins.
January 13, 2026 at 2:04 AM
New Orleans brothers in 1932: Kenneth, Joseph Charles, and Edgar Jatho posing in their New Orleans front yard. An older son, Norwood Jr., was not pictured. They were sons of Norwood and Adelaide Gadpaille Jatho, our cousins.
My aunt Marie MacLaughlan and her beau Walter Miller Ronchitte, Chicago 1941. Walter dropped Ronchitte and used Miller after high school. He's more Scottish than we are (we aren't at all), born in Glasgow, Scotland, as was his father. He also had Irish and possibly Italian ancestry. A sweet photo.
January 12, 2026 at 11:04 PM
My aunt Marie MacLaughlan and her beau Walter Miller Ronchitte, Chicago 1941. Walter dropped Ronchitte and used Miller after high school. He's more Scottish than we are (we aren't at all), born in Glasgow, Scotland, as was his father. He also had Irish and possibly Italian ancestry. A sweet photo.
A gorgeous portrait! Little Dorothy Glawe and her older sister Mildred, about 1916 in Chicago. The were my maternal grandmother's nieces.
January 11, 2026 at 2:20 AM
A gorgeous portrait! Little Dorothy Glawe and her older sister Mildred, about 1916 in Chicago. The were my maternal grandmother's nieces.
My mother claimed that great-uncle Rudy Gohr spent his life sitting on the front porch catching flies. Census records refute this tale. Rudy was a pressman in a printing operation and was a regular visitor to all his sisters in Chicago, particularly Anna, whose daughter is in the background here.
January 10, 2026 at 1:43 AM
My mother claimed that great-uncle Rudy Gohr spent his life sitting on the front porch catching flies. Census records refute this tale. Rudy was a pressman in a printing operation and was a regular visitor to all his sisters in Chicago, particularly Anna, whose daughter is in the background here.
My family isn't known for musicians but these folks seem to be having a great time playing. This trio includes Maggie Müller Campbell (grandchild of Rev. Louis Müller of Charleston, South Carolina), her husband Wade Hamilton Campbell, and an unnamed accompaniest. This was probably taken about 1905.
January 9, 2026 at 6:23 PM
My family isn't known for musicians but these folks seem to be having a great time playing. This trio includes Maggie Müller Campbell (grandchild of Rev. Louis Müller of Charleston, South Carolina), her husband Wade Hamilton Campbell, and an unnamed accompaniest. This was probably taken about 1905.
"Those aren't your memories, they're somebody else's." Love "Blade Runner" but now realize it's a genealogical movie. Yes, dystopian, & humans vs. replicants trying to control their savage nature, but Deckard has a nice collection of vintage photos. They love their pictures, that love connects them.
January 9, 2026 at 2:15 AM
"Those aren't your memories, they're somebody else's." Love "Blade Runner" but now realize it's a genealogical movie. Yes, dystopian, & humans vs. replicants trying to control their savage nature, but Deckard has a nice collection of vintage photos. They love their pictures, that love connects them.
My only Irish connection is by marriage. Theresa, Owen Patrick, baby Lizzie, and Mary Murphy, photo by the Mann Studio in Bangor, County Down, Ireland in 1886. Their family emigrated to Chicago a year later. In 1909 Owen married my great-grandmother's niece Emma Hasse in Berrien County, Michigan.
January 8, 2026 at 6:55 PM
My only Irish connection is by marriage. Theresa, Owen Patrick, baby Lizzie, and Mary Murphy, photo by the Mann Studio in Bangor, County Down, Ireland in 1886. Their family emigrated to Chicago a year later. In 1909 Owen married my great-grandmother's niece Emma Hasse in Berrien County, Michigan.
A pretty bride: Karen Marie Johansen, a Danish lass, about 1889, married my great-grandmother's younger brother Andreas (Andrew) Petersen. The ceremony was in York County, Nebraska but they settled in Kenosha, Wisconsin. I love her jewelry, especially the then-popular diamond crescent collar pin.
January 7, 2026 at 12:11 AM
A pretty bride: Karen Marie Johansen, a Danish lass, about 1889, married my great-grandmother's younger brother Andreas (Andrew) Petersen. The ceremony was in York County, Nebraska but they settled in Kenosha, Wisconsin. I love her jewelry, especially the then-popular diamond crescent collar pin.
This 1940 census for my Jatho clan in Charleston SC has some significant errors. William Magwood's wife was Pauline, not Georgia. Seven year old Simon Magwood was listed with his aunt Olga [Jatho] Quin, he was not Simon Quin. Sisters Georgia and Maryliesse Jatho are properly enumerated, however.
![This 1940 census for my Jatho clan in Charleston SC has some significant errors. William Magwood's wife was Pauline, not Georgia. Seven year old Simon Magwood was listed with his aunt Olga [Jatho] Quin, he was not Simon Quin. Sisters Georgia and Maryliesse Jatho are properly enumerated, however.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ny4eohmf3rvmweq3q4posgg3/bafkreidtldyv6hucy7e5cl3lnu5f42inckbg5fvzomwg54xokl4efss5zm@jpeg)
January 6, 2026 at 5:33 PM
This 1940 census for my Jatho clan in Charleston SC has some significant errors. William Magwood's wife was Pauline, not Georgia. Seven year old Simon Magwood was listed with his aunt Olga [Jatho] Quin, he was not Simon Quin. Sisters Georgia and Maryliesse Jatho are properly enumerated, however.
A birthday outing to our local garden center resulted in a few new additions to the morning room houseplant collection: Streptocarpus, Cape Primrose. These are cousins of African violets and do well in the same conditions.
January 5, 2026 at 9:01 PM
A birthday outing to our local garden center resulted in a few new additions to the morning room houseplant collection: Streptocarpus, Cape Primrose. These are cousins of African violets and do well in the same conditions.
A majestic house finch displays his colors at the bird feeder today.
January 4, 2026 at 12:10 AM
A majestic house finch displays his colors at the bird feeder today.
Here's one way to keep a toddler in place for a portrait: give her a cookie! Audrey Torpie was about one year old in this 1928 image from New Orleans. In 1943 she married Joseph Charles Jatho and became a member of our New Orleans Jatho clan.
January 2, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Here's one way to keep a toddler in place for a portrait: give her a cookie! Audrey Torpie was about one year old in this 1928 image from New Orleans. In 1943 she married Joseph Charles Jatho and became a member of our New Orleans Jatho clan.
It's like a painting but it's a photo. This was my great-grandmother Jennie Müller Jatho's cousin, Marie Emilia Melchers, daughter of Theodore Melchers and Helena Müller Melchers of Charleston, South Carolina. Marie was about 17 here and married William Hummel Messervy a few years later.
January 2, 2026 at 1:52 AM
It's like a painting but it's a photo. This was my great-grandmother Jennie Müller Jatho's cousin, Marie Emilia Melchers, daughter of Theodore Melchers and Helena Müller Melchers of Charleston, South Carolina. Marie was about 17 here and married William Hummel Messervy a few years later.
My mother was ready for a night on the town about 1942 in Chicago. She was quite a glamor gal.
January 1, 2026 at 12:12 AM
My mother was ready for a night on the town about 1942 in Chicago. She was quite a glamor gal.
Until this photo was cleaned up I had no idea that my dad was standing in a hotel ballroom around 1937 with a champagne flute in his hand. The original photo is so foggy that you can't tell where he was. What was the occasion? A 21st birthday party? Some other family celebration? Who can say?
December 31, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Until this photo was cleaned up I had no idea that my dad was standing in a hotel ballroom around 1937 with a champagne flute in his hand. The original photo is so foggy that you can't tell where he was. What was the occasion? A 21st birthday party? Some other family celebration? Who can say?
Two versions of the same baptism from original and duplicate parish records. Johann Julius Kramp, 63rd child born in Klein Massowitz in 1831, a younger brother of my 2x-great-grandfather Friedrich Heinrich Kramp. We see calligraphy and spelling variations but one backs up the other very efficiently.
December 30, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Two versions of the same baptism from original and duplicate parish records. Johann Julius Kramp, 63rd child born in Klein Massowitz in 1831, a younger brother of my 2x-great-grandfather Friedrich Heinrich Kramp. We see calligraphy and spelling variations but one backs up the other very efficiently.
This lady northern cardinal anticipates an early dinner on a day where the temperature barely reached twenty degrees Fahrenheit. The detail of her feathers is gorgeous. She doesn't know that she's an Internet star.
December 30, 2025 at 12:43 AM
This lady northern cardinal anticipates an early dinner on a day where the temperature barely reached twenty degrees Fahrenheit. The detail of her feathers is gorgeous. She doesn't know that she's an Internet star.