Mystery Photo - Joe L. Clift - Part 3 - Footnote Friday

Good news! Joe's son Walter got married! Where there's a marriage, sometimes there are children. I wonder...












Little Joe Clift had a son, Walter F. Clift, who was born about 1908 in Washington State¹.

¹ 1910 U.S. census, Yakima County, Washington, population schedule, Yakima, Enumeration District (ED) 284, sheet 14A, p. 79 (written), dwelling 285, family 298, Walter F. Clift; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 February 2011), citing National Archives microfilm publication T624, roll 1675.

Walter’s 1925 senior yearbook from Yakima High School tells us that he was known as an honest young man². 
 

²“U.S. School Yearbooks.” digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 February 2011), 1925, Yakima High School, Walter F. Clift entry, image 31.

Walter F. Clift from Yakima, Washington was a Business Administration major as reported in the 1930 University of Washington yearbook³. 
 

³“U.S. School Yearbooks Index Record for Washington,” digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 February 2011), University of Washington, 1930, Walter F. Clift entry, image 87.

Polk’s Seattle Directory for 1943-1944 finds Walter married to Gertrude A. and working as an Assistant Manager in the Credit Department at the National Bank of Commerce⁴.
 

⁴“U.S. City Directories,” database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 February 2011), entry for Walter F. Clift; citing “Polk’s Seattle (Washington) City Directory (Seattle, Washington: R.L. Polk & Co., 1944),” p 223.

Source List
“U.S. City Directories.” Database. Ancestry.com. http://www.ancestry.com : 2011.

“U.S. School Yearbooks.” Digital images. Ancestry.com. http://ancestry.com :2011

“U.S. School Yearbooks Index Record for Washington.” Digital images. Ancestry.com. http://www.ancestry.com : 2011

Washington. Yakima County. 1910 U.S. census, population schedule. Digital images. Ancestry.com. http://www.ancestry.com : 2011

Mystery Photo - Joseph L Clift - Part 2 - Footnote Friday

Good news! Joe had a son named Walter. Maybe he had kids! Maybe there is someone out there who will have a home for this little guy. 


Here is how I found that Joe had a son. Now I am off to put together what I have found out about Walter.









Robert Burrows and Descendants lists a Joseph L. Clift, born 3 July 1885, to Walter Clift and Margaret R.H. Packer¹.

¹ R. Earl Burrows, Robert Burrows and Descendants 1630-1974 (Ann Arbor, MI.:Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1975), 72-73; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 February 2011); locate through database of same title.

1900 census records for Yakima County, Washington, show Joseph L. Clift living with his parents, Walter and Margaret R. Clift, and his sister, Ruby Clift. This Joseph was born in July 1885 in Iowa².

² 1900 U.S. census, Yakima County, Washington, population schedule, Nob Hill, Enumeration District (ED) 112, sheet 2, p. 71A (stamped), dwelling 29, family 30, Joseph L. Clift; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 February 2011), citing National Archives microfilm publication T623, roll 1754.

1930 census records for Yakima County, Washington, show Joe L. Clift living with his wife, Sada F. Clift, and his son, Walter F. Clift³.

³ 1900 U.S. census, Yakima County, Washington, population schedule, Yakima, Enumeration District (ED) 39-3, sheet 4A, p. 62 (stamped), dwelling 63, family 98, Joe L. Clift; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 February 2011), citing National Archives microfilm publication T626, roll 2524.

Source List
Burrows, R. Earl. Robert Burrows and Descendants 1630-1974. Ann Arbor, MI.: Edward Brothers, Inc., 1975. Digital Images. Ancestry.com. http://www.ancestry.com : 2011

Washington. Yakima County. 1900 U.S. census, polulation schedule. Digital images. Ancestry.com. http://www.ancestry.com : 2011

Washington. Yakima County. 1930 U.S. census, polulation schedule. Digital images. Ancestry.com. http://www.ancestry.com : 2011

Mystery Photo - Joe L. Clift Part 1

On Wordless Wednesday I posted this old photograph:

Today I am looking for this young sweetie's family. 

What I know:

I found this photo in a group of cabinet cards relating to my Hammond and Brainard families. The photographer was D.C. Hale and the photo was taken in Elkader, Iowa. On the back of the photo in very fine pen is written; Joe L. Clift, Age 3 yrs, Elkader, Clayton Co., Iowa.

What I would like to know:

Who is this Joe L. Clift?

Is he related in some way to my family?

Let’s pop over to Ancestry.com and see what we can find out. 

Wordless Wednesday - Joe L Clift

Joe L. Clift, Age 3, Elkader, Iowa