Print, Family Record

Title:

Family Record

Object Name:

Print, Family Record

Object ID:

1978.009.01 b

Creator:

Unknown

Date:

circa 1850

Description:

Print of Family Record, artist unknown, c. 1850. Chromolithography. Pen and ink and ink on paper. Two-page family record of the Colby family, including births, marriages, and deaths. Printed title upper left: "RECORD" then 2 columns below that: "Marriages, When & Where". Next column heading: "Deaths, When & Where." (Please refer to 1978.009.01a for the names that refer to these listings.) Above first column is an image of a man and woman standing, holding hands as a man to the left marries them. To the right is an image of a man in bed with a woman in center crying, man to the right, and a man to the left looking on.
Listing: Marriage: "Dec the 14, 1814 Whitfield" Death: "Whitefield 1859 May 12 ".
Marriage: "May the 26th 1839 Whitfield". Death: "Charlott Colby Jan 27 1889". (faded)
Marriage: "Dec th 30th 1849, Wisconsin". Death: Dec. 29th 1900".
Marriage: "May th 6th 1845, Thompson". Death: "Di June 24".
Death: "Hannah N. Torrey June 28th 1896".
Marriage: "Oct 1859 New York". Death: (jumble info) Mch 15th 1888 / Rufus Did May 19 1880".
Marriage: "Nov th 21, 1864, Augusta". Death: "Oct. 17th 1909".
Marriage: "A. N. C. June 26, 1863, Boston". Death: June 14th 1864 at Boston".
Marriage: "Dec th 19th 1860, Stoanington".
Death: "Oct the 17th 1851, Whitfield".
Marriage: "July the 14th 1867 Gardiner Me". Death: "Seymour W. Died / Aug 22nd 1918".
Unframed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-11.5 W-8.75 inches

Provenance:

Colby family record included in the accession with six silver spoons (1978.009.2-.7)

Credit Line:

Gift of Paul J. and Marie-Louise Fredyma

People:

Colby, Fredyma, Paul J. (1922-2017), Fredyma, Marie-Louise (1926-2010)

Subjects:

Family records, Pictorial, Family registers, Pictorial