This picture is part of a photo album owned by Clara Bell Jenkins Donaldson (1888 - 1980, Arlington, VA).
Her parents were Sampson Jenkins and Zada L. Ballenger.
Handwritten above the photo are the names Nelson and Kate Smith. These are two of many unfamiliar names contained in the album. I'm looking for the relationship to Clara.
Woman looks like one I have of teenaged friend/relative of grandmother, Emmeline Amelia Smith. She had older brother Nelson Smith, who died age 25 NYC. I know nothing else about him.
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The surnames I am researching (in the DC/VA/MD area) are: Donaldson, Dye, Ballenger, Reed, Jenkins and Brock. In NC: Butler, Marlowe, Cox, Buffkin, Long, Bass and Fips or Phipps. Any information is welcome!
I am researching the Smith family (of MA, CT, RI, Oneida Co., NY) and am also interested in obtaining pictures of Pridgens, Laniers, LeFever's, Brutons, Arthurs, van Aken's and Ackermans. Old pictures only 1830-1940s.