Photograph of Annie E. Welsh by William Bailey, 86 North Third Stree, Columbia.
Provenance
Provenance: Passed down through the family, Blanton Charles Welsh to Emilie Benson (Welsh) Wiggin to Nancy Jane (Wiggin) Townsend. Acquired from: Chuck Townsend, Knoxville, Tennessee, 2016/05/15.
Welsh family photograph taken on the side porch of 552 Chestnut Street, Columbia. Annie Welsh, Thomas Anna Welsh, Alice Welsh, Emilie Benson Welsh, Blanton Welsh, Lilian Welsh, Thomas Welsh (son of Emilie and Blanton), Effie Welsh, and Mary Welsh. [1888]
Provenance
Provenance: Passed down through the family, Blanton Charles Welsh to Emilie Benson (Welsh) Wiggin to Nancy Jane (Wiggin) Townsend. Acquired from: Chuck Townsend, Knoxville, Tennessee, 2016/05/15.
Cabinet card photograph of Annie Welsh by Bailey, 86 N. Third St., Columbia, PA. Photograph is a duplicate of GTW-004.
Verso: (Annie) Nancy Eunice Young Welsh. Mrs. Thomas Welsh. Mother of Blanton C. Welsh"
Provenance
Provenance: Passed down through the family, Blanton Charles Welsh to Emilie Benson (Welsh) Wiggin to Nancy Jane (Wiggin) Townsend. Acquired from: Chuck Townsend, Knoxville, Tennessee, 2016/05/15.
Chiques Tunnel - early view from the 1880's looking south note the light rails of that perios. Tunnel built 1849 - 1850 by the Harrisburg, Portsmouth, Mount Joy and Lancaster Railroad. Line officially opened to Portsmouth (now Middletown) on Tuesday October 1, 1850.
Ellmaker Homestead farm. General view - dwelling house in the grove on the left, barn in center, old family graveyard of John Leonard Ellmaker on the right in the distance.
Ellmaker Homestead farm. The front garden, old spinning wheels used by previous generations - the wheel on the porch was brought from the Palatinate, Frankenthal, in May 1726, by Mrs. John Leonard Ellmaker (born Hornberger) when she came to Lancaster County, PA.
Ellmaker Homestead farm. All that now remains of the old apple tree, originally brought from the Palatinate by Mrs. Anna Margaretha Ellmaker (Hornberger) when she and her husband, John Leonard Ellmaker, came to Lancaster County in 1726. It flourshed for 160 years until about 1886. The farm was sold in 1887, the life of the old tree may therefore be said to have been coexisted with that of the farm itself in the Ellmaker Family.
Ellmaker Homestead farm. The dwelling house, erected 1788. Levi Ellmaker, third son of Nathaniel Ellmaker, was born 10 November 1788, the first night after the family moved into this new dwelling. John watson Ellmaker is in foreground.