I just had to share this image, even though I've already looked into this particular Mills family in my May 16th Wedding Wednesday post: Allen B. Mills & Mary M. Wiedman, Creston, IA, 1903 . It's always interesting when you are able to place the people you research in context with their day-to-day surroundings. Isn't this a lovely home? The following notes are written on the back of the photograph:
[In pencil] Mr & Mrs Allen Mills with daughter Lola, 1910. Cromwell, Ia. Mills Farm House.
[In ballpoint pen] Our home on Burns place - 1910. Allie, Marie & Lola on the front porch with the dog, Bounce [or Brince].
I wonder if the house is still standing.
I hope the place is still standing! Its a beautiful home!
ReplyDeleteIt's fun to find photos of family members outside their homes. I have very few, and I blogged about an ancestor's home in Pittsburgh at From Maine to Kentucky. Unfortunately, I do not believe this house is still standing, though.
ReplyDeleteAccording to the 1910 census, this house is in Douglas Township and Allen B. Mills is a farmer. The house is most likely in the country. Very few family farms much less homes still exist.
ReplyDeleteYes, the house was most definitely located on a farm (see: May 16 post, "Wedding Wednesday: Allen B. Mills and Mary M. Wiedman, Creston, IA, 1903.) I also found pictures of Allen (or Allie, as he was also known) driving a tractor on the farm.
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