Elizabeth "Betty" Caroline Register Dean 85th birthday
This photo was taken at the 85th birthday of Elizabeth "Betty" Caroline Register Dean. She was the daughter of Joel Raspberry Register and Mary Tennessee Brown. Betty was married to my G-G-Grandfather Sermon Pierce Dean (who was the son of William Pridgeon Marion Dean and Mary Ann Delaney). I do not know the identity of everyone in this photo, but I will identify who I can.
(L to R, UNK means unknown)
Roxie Catherine (Dean) Daniels, Alma (McAlister) Dean (partial face), Joel Edward "Bill" Dean, William Jasper "Pat" Dean (partial face), Artie (Davis) Dean (black and white dress), UNK (very back), Robert Preston Dean (bowtie), Charley Hilliard Dean (tan suit), Betty Register Dean (seated), Ralph Dean (partial face), Carmen "Oda" (Daniels) Dean, Mary Ida (Dean) Davis (kneeling), Dorothy Louise Cox (facing away), Troy Otha "T. O." Dean, Annie (Mansfield) Dean, James Benford "J. B." Dean
The young gentleman in the middle is my G-Grandfather Ralph Dean son of Sermon "Serm" Pierce Dean and Elizabeth "Betty" Caroline Register Dean. I would love to find out the identity of the other two in the photo. Judging by Ralph's apparent age and other factors, I have estimated the date of the photo to 1917.*
The stamp on the back says "Morris Carter Photography Co., 2119 P. O. St., Galveston, Tex"**
*Texas received over 8 inches of snow in January, 1917 which is abnormal for the region. (measured in DFW)
**Post Office Street changed names to Avenue E in 1913, but M-C continued to advertise the address as "2119 P. O. St." and "2119 Ave. E" interchangeably.
Date & Place:
at Smith Ferry in Tyler County, Texas USA
Ralph Dean (Left) and son Willard Ralph Dean (Right). Willard Ralph Dean married Fern Jeanette Brown (my Grandparents). Ralph Dean married Carmen Ozema "Oda" Daniels (my G-Grandparents).