The
caption reads: "Property of Prudence Sophia
Blanchard. Believed to have been brought to her on her
Father's China Clipper for her sixteenth birthday - 1859. Capt. Beza
Blanchard." [1]
Prudence Sophia
Blanchard.
Taken in December, 1872 in Portland, Maine.
The Blanchards in the 1880
Kansas census.
1889:
Blanchard Children. Written on the back of the photo:
Blanchard Group
1. Francis 9 yrs 1880 Kansas
2. Percy 13 "
1876 Louiseanna
3. Phil 17
" 1872
Louisanna
4. Will 19
" 1870 Maine
5. Harold 9 "
1880 Kansas
6. Clara 21 "
1868 Maine
taken in White Oaks 1889
Blanchard family
picture.
Taken
in July, 1891 in Cumberland, Maine.
Standing, in back:
Mrs. David Blanchard [Mary Tewksbury], unknown [probably Ethel Cameron Blanchard], David Blanchard
Sitting, in front: Beza
Blanchard,
Dorcas (Prince) Blanchard holding an unknown baby [probably Doris May Parlin], and another unknown
woman [Probably Mildred Mae Blanchard, who had recently married William Oliver Parlin].
This information was written on the photo by Annie and
came
from Francis L. Blanchard. It
is very likely that this photo was intended to show all of David
Blanchard's family in 1891. If so, then it includes David,
his wife, his two daughters, his first granddaughter, and his parents.
William F. Blanchard in
the
County Clerk's office in the old courthouse at Lincoln, New Mexico,
date unknown. The "X"
next to
the rightmost person was
written
on the photo and probably means that this person is William.
The courthouse is now a museum and the safe can be seen today (as
of 2012). Museum information claims that this photo was used to
locate the original
safe door many years after it had been moved to another city and
restore it to the courthouse.
A copy of this photo is displayed in the museum and is listed as
coming from the New Mexico
state archives, number 142569. It is unknown whether the archives
hold the original photo or whether this is the original photo and the
archives made a copy of it. This
office is to the left as you enter the courthouse. In 1881, Billy
the Kid was imprisoned upstairs and killed two guards while escaping
through the other side of the building.
1912:
Francis Lincoln Blanchard.
~1915:
Francis and William Edward Blanchard. Francis is on the
left.
The picture was taken around 1915 according to writing on the back of
the
photo. Probably taken at the Maco ranch which was the family
ranch.
Earl King, Will,
and
Phil Blanchard, about 1935.
William Edward Blanchard's Colt pistol and holster.
He lost most of his fingers on his right hand in a roping accident and
reversed the holster so he could use it left-handed. [1]
William Edward Blanchard's spurs.
[1]
Unless
otherwise noted, all
pictures came from Sophia (Blanchard)
Warner.
Descriptions of the photos from Sophia came from writing on the photo
itself or from Sophia.
Notes:
[1] Courtesy of Dan Lathrop. June, 2012. Photos taken by Matt Young.
The
caption reads: "Property of Prudence Sophia
Blanchard. Believed to have been brought to her on her
Father's China Clipper for her sixteenth birthday - 1859. Capt. Beza
Blanchard." [1]
Taken in December, 1872 in Portland, Maine.
Blanchard Children. Written on the back of the photo:
Taken
in July, 1891 in Cumberland, Maine.
William F. Blanchard in
the
County Clerk's office in the old courthouse at Lincoln, New Mexico,
date unknown. The "X"
next to
the rightmost person was
written
on the photo and probably means that this person is William.
The courthouse is now a museum and the safe can be seen today (as
of 2012). Museum information claims that this photo was used to
locate the original
safe door many years after it had been moved to another city and
restore it to the courthouse.
A copy of this photo is displayed in the museum and is listed as
coming from the New Mexico
state archives, number 142569. It is unknown whether the archives
hold the original photo or whether this is the original photo and the
archives made a copy of it.
Francis Lincoln Blanchard.
Francis and William Edward Blanchard. Francis is on the
left.
The picture was taken around 1915 according to writing on the back of
the
photo. Probably taken at the Maco ranch which was the family
ranch.
[1]