Wandering Around The Family Tree

This photograph of the Hankins family was likely taken in about 1898-1899, based on how old my grandfather, Francis William Hankins, looks in the photo.

When I was growing up, every now and then, my Dad (Philip Charles Hankins) would talk about his childhood in Collegeville, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Another mystery photo, likely originally belonging to my great grandparents - William Lucas Hankins and Mary Jane Kellam.

This snapshot is labeled Four Generations, 1905 - with no names or locations!

This photo is only identified as Rob 1903.

This snapshot of my grandfather, Francis William Hankins, is dated 1901 - when he would have been 3-4 years old.

This heart-shaped snapshot of what appears to be a fancy cake is glued to a piece of paper with several other photos, and has the date Oct 9th 1906 written around the edge.

TThis photograph of my grandfather, Francis William Hankins, was probably taken in December 1897.

Long before FindAGrave and other genealogy websites existed, genealogists still photographed family markers in cemeteries.

This photograph of my great grandfather William Lucas Hankins was likely taken about 1893-1894 in Auburn, Cayuga County, New York.

I found three portraits of my great grandmother Mary Jane Kellam.

I found three photos of my great grandmother's brother Frank Marion Kellam.

This photograph of my grandfather Francis William Hankins and his parents, William Lucas Hankins and Mary Jane Kellam likely dates from about 1898.

This carte de viste photograph of my great grandmother Mary Jane Kellam was likely taken about 1875-1876, when she was probably no more than one or two years old.

This gem tintype of my great-great grandmother Frances Maria Shafer likely dates from the 1860s or 1870s.

This carte de viste photograph of my great-great grandfather John Ross Kellam likely dates from the 1860s.

This photograph of Susan Abigail (Hankins) Bush likely dates from the mid-1870s.

My guess is this photo of Angeline Elizabeth (Hankins) Johnson dates from the 1870s, based on the elaborate lace collar on her dress.

This photograph of Rebecca Thomas Hankins was taken by the photographer Sighi of Binghamton, New York.

This photograph of Howard Ross Hankins was taken in Owego, Tioga County, New York.

I found two photographs labeled Mary Ellen (Ross) Hankins.

There is a label on the back of the photograph identifying it as Lucas W, William L and Mary Ellen Ross Hankins, with a date of c 1875-1880 we think.

I'm starting to digitize a notebook of Hankins family photographs dating from the 1880s-1920s.

Sometime in about 1904, someone in my grandmother Evelyn Clara Call's (1895-1962) family started taking photographs and placing them in an album.

Sometime in about 1904, someone in my grandmother Evelyn Clara Call's (1895-1962) family started taking photographs and placing them in an album.