Clues

There are several clues that may lead to the identities of my members of the Clan Buchanan.

• The album has a patent date of 1865.
• There is an index page with the names Bertha, Walter, Mary, James, Hatty and Bertha F Buchanan.
• The index page also includes some numbers which appear to refer to the year1885.
• The album contains tintypes and portraits that appear to be from the that time frame.
• Some of the portraits have the photographer's name and place printed on them.
• The portraits which have places are from Indiana and Illinois.
• Pasadena was founded by a group of settlers from Indiana.

The first clue that I decided to follow was 2 photos that were taken in the studios of A F Wise's Photograph & Fine Art Gallery, South Side, Maint St. Crawfordsville, Indiana. I googled Mr. Wise and found him listed on a page of Montgomery County Photographers by Karen Zach. http://indianagenweb.com/inmontgomery/photos/photographers.htm
Karen stated that Mr. Wise was married in 1968 and  is listed on the 1870 census as a photographer with his wife and baby son.  I discovered a possible listing for his death on Find A Grave in 1871.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=WIS&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=17&GScntry=4&GSsr=121&GRid=95740436

 

Therefore, it seems likely that these photos may have been taken before 1871 but I still don't know who they are.