Simpson and Miller Girls with Friends

Photograph

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Greene Connections

Name/Title

Simpson and Miller Girls with Friends

Entry/Object ID

2019.18.13

Description

[Left-Right]: Reba [-?-], Kate McBeth (Simpson) Merrick [1884-1959], Margaret Bell "Madge" (Miller) Scott [1883-1963], Margaret [-?-]. Kate McBeth (Simpson) Merrick and Margaret Bell "Madge" (Miller) Scott were first cousins through their grandparents Alfred Brashear Miller & Margaret Kerr Bell. Handwritten inscription on back of photo reads, "Reba / Beth / Madge / Margaret." Original, professional photograph from Chalfant, Beaver Falls, Pa.

Collection

Robert Silas and Eva Mae (Christie) Merrick Collection

Made/Created

Studio

Chalfant, A. B. (Studio)

Date made

circa 1900

Place

Location

Pennsylvania / Beaver County / Beaver Falls

Lexicon

Search Terms

Hats, Merrick family, Miller family, Scott family, Simpson family

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

MERR-AN004-0002-0014

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Miller, Margaret Bell [1883-1963]

Person or Organization

Simpson, Kate McBeth [1884-1959]

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Miller Series - Robert Silas and Eva Mae (Christie) Merrick Collection

Notes

The Miller Series photographs and documents were passed from Alfred Brashear Miller [1829-1902] and his wife, Margaret Kerr Bell [1826-1874], to their eldest daughter, Lida C. (Miller) Simpson [1856-1919] and her husband, Dr. Theodore Parker Simpson [1856-1934], to their daughter Kate McBeth (Simpson) Merrick [1884-1959] and her husband, Silas Clarence Merrick [1879-1942], to their only son, Robert Silas Merrick [1914-2002], and his wife, Eva Mae Christie [1918-2005], to their grandson, Peter Merrick who owned and shared the collection with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2012. Source Citation: [Left-Right]: Reba [-?-], Kate McBeth (Simpson) Merrick, Margaret Bell "Madge" (Miller) Scott, Margaret [-?-], item no. MERR-AN004-0002-0014, Robert Silas and Eva Mae (Christie) Merrick Collection, shared by Peter Merrick, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).