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Original Pennsylvania Gaston family photos

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Original Pennsylvania Gaston family photos

JDJames89  (View posts) Posted: 17 Jul 2008 9:29PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Gaston Stahlman Athceson Frederick
I am hoping to track down a few Gaston photos I know exist and hoping to find out whether others do as well.

I inherited my grandmother's genealogy research when she passed away a few years back, which includes the Gaston family of Pennsylvania. She had a few names and dates, but what I find really interesting was a handful of poor quality photocopied picutres, as in hard to see black and white, done with a photocopier.

There are a bunch of Gaston and Atcheson family, but what applies to this board is a couple of Robert Jetson Gaston, his wife Barbara Elizabeth Frederick, and their daughters. I know these pictures must exist out there somewhere, but I have no idea a to who might own them or where they are. I know my grandmother got in contact with relatives of hers back in Pennsylvania with her research, so I'm hoping someone out there will read this and know whether or not these photographs are still around.

I found one of the exact photographs I have photocopies of on familyoldphoto.com (http://www.familyoldphotos.com/pa/2r/robert_jetson_gaston_an...), submitted by a Jeffrey Yard, but I couldn't get in contact with him.

I now at least one other photograph of the two together exists, one of Robert Jetson as a small child sitting in a chair, and at least two of Elizabeth Barbara Elizabeth Frederick when she is older.

Later in life, Barbara married a man named Simon Stahlman. In one of the photocopies of a portrait of Barbara and Stahlman together, there is s written message to my grandmother saying, "This is my aunt and your great grandmother and second husband Simon Stahlman and Elizabeth Gaston." Are there any descendants of Simon Stahlman who might have the originals of this photo? There's one more of her by herself and she looks about the same age.

I really hope someone out there knows where these originals might be, and I would absolutely love to obtain copies of them or any other photos of this Gaston family. I also have photos (both originals and copies) of a couple of Robert and Barbara’s daughters. I would be more than willing to share absolutely anything I have with anyone else, so if anyone is interested, please contact me as well.

Also, I would like to ask the genealogist community if anyone knows of any photographs of Robert Jetson Gaston's parents, Joseph Gaston and Barbara Margaret Redding? Or Joseph's parents Samuel Gaston Sr. and (possibly) Jane Kirkpatrick?

For brevity's sake, I won't repeat all names and dates here, but if you think you might know something and would like specific places and dates, please contact me or check out my web site www.thebluebox.tribalpages.com. I am, of course, open to all information and photos not specifically mentioned above.

Thanks for the time and I hope I find someone who can help me.

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