I obtained this group of items in April of 2020 from Deale, Maryland. It is a mixture of written and typed information, newspaper articles, announcements, postcards and pictures. I believe the owners were descendants of Stephen Smith (1813 – 1849) and Eunice C. Dimock (1811 – 1864) of Selma, Hants, Nova Scotia; down to Ichabod “Dimock” Smith (1839 – 1915) and Lucy anna Gove (1841 – 1922); down to Emily Curry Smith (1878 – 1962) and Donville R. Duncan (1873 – 1947); down to Merial L. Duncan (1907 – 1992) and Clinton Carlyle Simmons (1907 – 1988).
Items are shown in the order they were placed in plastic sheets, in a binder.
From my opening page: “If you share the information from this site, I only ask that you reference this site as your source, when sharing that information. (Examples: Photos for family reunions, genealogy sites, etc.) Permission would be needed for anything other than personal use, such as publishing in a document.”
Photo #1 – Information written on the family of Ichabod “Dimock” Smith and Lucy Anna Gove.
Photo #2 – Reverse side of paper sheet from Photo #1.
Photo #3 – Information on the family of Donville R. Duncan, married to Emily Curry Smith.
Photo #4 – Reverse side of piece of paper from Photo #3, with a date of 1948.
Photo #5 – Receipt from September 14th, 1901 for Mrs. D. R. Duncan (Emily Curry Smith).
Photo #6 – I believe this to be Benjamin Stephen Smith (1843 – 1929) married to Hannah Frances Harding (1842 – 1922) on October 18, 1865.
Photo #7 – Invitation to the marriage of Emily Curry Smith to Donville Robert Duncan on September 25, 1901, in Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA.
Photo #8 – Receipt for “Mother’s wedding dress”. I am guessing this could possibly be for the wedding dress of Emily Curry Smith.
Photo #9 – This was a letter written to Donville R. Duncan in 1934 from college graduate Dick Koehler.
Photo #10 – The first of five pages regarding the history of the Smith family. I don’t know if this was copied from another source or where the information was obtained from.
Photo #11 – The second of five pages regarding the history of the Smith family.
Photo #12 – The third of five pages regarding the history of the Smith family. I don’t know if this was copied from another source or where the information was obtained from.
Photo #13 – The fourth of five pages regarding the history of the Smith family. I don’t know if this was copied from another source or where the information was obtained from.
Photo #14 – The last of five pages regarding the history of the Smith family. I don’t know if this was copied from another source or where the information was obtained from.
Photo #15 – Newspaper articles. Individual photos of each article are shown.
Photo #15a – Article on Harrison Hinckley. Father to William Harrison Hinckley who was married to Lalia Louise Smith.
Photo #15b – Article on Isaac C. Stone. Isaac C. Stone was married to Mary Lavinia Smith.
Photo #15c – Article on Harrison Hinckley. Father to William Harrison Hinckley who was married to Lalia Louise Smith.
Photo #15d – Article on Harrison Hinckley. Father to William Harrison Hinckley who was married to Lalia Louise Smith.
Photo #15e – Continuation of article in Photo #15d.
Photo #16 – On the reverse side of the sheet of paper from Photo #15. Harrison Hinkley’s name is underlined in the longer article and Mrs. Hinkley is mentioned in the smaller article. Dated March 26, 1924.
Photo #17 – Various articles. Individual photos of each article.
Photo #17a – Article by Eunice Cordelia (Smith) Storlie.
Photo #17b – Article on engagement of Merial L. Duncan, daughter of Donville R. Duncan and Emily C. (Smith) Duncan.
Photo #17c – Article on Mrs. Dimock Smith (Lucy Ann Gove).
Photo #18 – A birth announcement for Merial Louise Duncan, daughter of Emily Curry (Smith) Duncan and Donville R. Duncan.
Photo #19 – Variety of articles. Individual photos of each article.
Photo #19a – Article on marriage of Lalia Smith and William Harrison Hinckley.
Photo #19b – Article on the death of Wentworth Smith, son of Dimock Smith and Lucy Gove) Smith.
Photo #19c – Article on Mary M. (Winter) Hinckley, mother of William Harrison Hinckley married to Lalia (Smith) Hinckley. Article on Mrs. Robert Ewan (Floretta Smith), cousin to Emily C. (Smith) Duncan.
Photo #19d – Article on William and Lalia (Smith) Hinckley.
Photo #19e – Article on Lalia (Smith) Hinckley.
Photo #19f – Article on Mr. and Mrs. Dimock Smith and Family.
Photo #19g – Article on Mary M. (Winter) Hinckley, mother to William Harrison Hinckley married to Lalia Smith.
Photo #19h – Article on Eunice Smith, married to Wilfred A. Smith.
Photo #19i – Article on Mary M. (Winter) Hinckley, mother to William Harrison Hinckley, married to Lalia Smith.
Photo #19j – Article on William Harrison Hinckley married to Lalia Smith.
Photo #19k – Article on William Harrison Hinckley married to Lalia Smith.
Photo #19l – I believe this is Harry Dimock Smith, brother of Emily C. (Smith) Duncan.
Photo #19m – Article on Lalia (Smith) Hinckley.
Photo #20 – Variety of articles. Photos of individual articles.
Photo #20a – Article on Lalia L. Smith and William Harrison Hinckley.
Photo #20b – Article on Lalia (Smith) Hinckley.
Photo #20c – Article on the Smith sisters.
Photo #20d – Article on Mary M. (Winter) Hinckley.
Photo #20e – Article on Rev. Henry Hinckley. Uncle to William Harrison Hinckley, married to Lalia Louise Smith.
Photo #20f – Article on Rev. Henry Hinckley.
Photo #20g – Article on Rev. Henry Hinckley.
Photo #21 – Variety of articles. Photos of individual articles.
Photo #21a – Article on William H. Hinckley married to Lalia L Smith.
Photo #21b – Article on William N. Hartshorn. Elizabeth Hinckley was married to Frederick Burnham. She was the daughter of Rev. Henry Hinckley.
Photo #21c – Article on William H. Hinckley.
Photo #21d – Article on William H. Hinckley.
Photo #21e – Article on Harrison Hinckley, son of William H. Hinckley and Lalia L. Smith.
Photo #21f – Article on Oscar P. Storlie and his wife Eunice C. Smith.
Photo #21g – Article on Lalia (Smith) Hinckley.
Photo #22 – Variety of articles. Photos of individual articles.
Photo #22a – Article on Lucy Ann (Gove) Smith who was married to Ichabod “Dimock” Smith.
Photo #22b – Article on Lucy A. (Gove) Smith.
Photo #22c – Article on Ellen A. (Wyllis) Martin.
Photo #22d – Article on Harrison William Hinckley, Jr., son of William H. Hinckley and Lalia L. Smith.
Photo #22e – Article on Daniel W. Foster.
Photo #22f – Article on Robert Ewan married to Floretta Smith. She was the daughter of Caleb Smith, brother to Ichabod “Dimock” Smith.
Photo #22g – Article on Mary Lavinia Smith who was married to Isaac C. Stone.
Photo #22h – Article on Lalia L. (Smith) Hinckley.
Photo #22i – Article on Donville Duncan married to Emily Curry Smith.
Photo #22j – Written notice of the death of George H. Akins. I believe this is George Herbert Akins b. Maitland, Hants, N.S. His mother was Sarah D. Smith, daughter of Stephen Smith and Eunice C. Dimock of Selma, N.S.
Photo #22k – Article on Shubel S. Smith. He was a brother of Ichabod “Dimock” Smith.
Photo #23 – These would have been the grandchildren of Ichabod “Dimock” Smith and Lucy Ann (Gove) Smith.
Photo #24 – Variety of articles. Photos of individual articles.
Photo #24a – Article on Virginia W. Collupy who married Irving Mason Klock.
Photo #24b – Article on Irving M. Klock and Virginia W. Collupy.
Photo #24c – Article mentioning Lalia (Smith) Hinckley.
Photo #24d – Article on the Smith sisters.
Photo #24e – As per Photo 21b.
Photo #25 – Invitation to the marriage of Lalia Lillian Smith to William Harrison Hinckley in 1897; Marriage invitation to the marriage of Emily Curry Smith to Donville Robert Duncan in 1901; and announcement of the marriage of Mary Lavina Smith to Isaac Cooper Stone in 1897.
Photo #26 – Invitation to the marriage of Eunice Cordelia Smith to Wilfred Alexander Smith in 1902; announcement of the marriage of Jessie Grace Smith to John Eugene Trull in 1905; announcement of the marriage of Susan McCallum Smith to Lawrence Hurd Davis in 1914; and an announcement of the marriage of Neil Currie Smith to Mrs. Louise Ayen Dudley in 1920.
Photo #27 – Variety or articles. Photos of individual articles.
Photo #27a – Article on Susan (Smith) Davis.
Photo #27b – Article on Lalia (Smith) Hinckley.
Photo #27c – Article on Smith sisters.
Photo #27d – Article on the Smith sisters.
Photo #27e – Article on Gladys Pearson Trull, daughter of John E. Trull and Jessie Grace Smith (daughter of Ichabod “Dimock” Smith and Lucy A. Gove).
Photo #27f – Article on Richard G. Smith and Esther Hudson. I think perhaps the article should be Richard D. Smith. There is a Richard Dimock Smith marrying Esther Lula Hudson on March 6, 1941 in Washington. A newspaper article has his mother as Mrs. Louisa A. Smith. WWII draft cards have as being born on June 6, 1914 and his employer as P. O. Storlie (husband of Eunice C. Smith). His next of kin is listed as Eunice Storlie. The article above has Eunice as his aunt. Not sure where he fits in with the Smith family.
Photo #27g – Article on Q. D. Smith.
Photo #27h – Article on the Smith sisters.
Photo #28 – Marriage article of Joan Marilyn Olson and Carl C. Simmons in 1936.
Photo #29 – Article on the marriage of Phyllis Marguerite Cameron and Edward Albert Stadtman in 1950.
Photo #30 – Continuation of the article from Photo #29.
Photo #31 – Obituary for Eunice C. (Smith) Storlie from 1952.
Photo #32 – Photo postcard. Written on the front is “Selma, N.S. 1908”. Written on the back: “Kay – grandma’s home as a child.” Research: I’m not sure who Kay would be but this is possibly the Smith homestead in Selma?
Photo #33 – Photo postcard. Written on the front, bottom, is “Salter Head Light.” Written on the front, top, is “Caleb Smith”. The back also has Caleb Smith written on it. Research: I have seen this postcard on line before but the individual was never identified. I would guess it to be either Ichabod “Dimock” Smith’s brother, Caleb Smith (1842 – 1923) or his brother’s son, also named Caleb Smith (1871 – ?).
Photo #34 – Photo postcard. Writing on the top right corner is “School mother attended”. Botton left has two sets of writing: “Selma School House” and “School House, Selma, N.S.” Research: If this group of materials are descended from the Selma Smiths and follows the line of Ichabod “Dimock” Smith and Lucy Ann (Gove) Smith, then perhaps this is the school Lucy went to, or her children went to.
Photo #35 – Photo postcard. Nothing written on either the front or back. Hoping someone may recognize the house.
Photo #36 – Photo Postcard. Written on the front, “The Stephen Smith Homestead Selmah”. Written on the back, “Kay – This is your great, great grandfather’s house.” Research: Stephen Smith (1813-1849) born and died in Selma, Hants, N.S. He was the father of Ichabod “Dimock” Smith. Stephen was married to Eunice C. Dimock. Can’t pin down who Kay might be.
Photo #37 – Photo postcard. Written on the front, “Selma Road Scene”. Nothing written on the back.
Photo #38 – Photo postcard. Written on the front, “Selma Road Scene” and “Selmah Road”. Nothing written on the back.
Photo #39 – Photograph with writing on the front, “All the Smith’s are in this cemetery.” Written on the back, “Old Methodist church in Selma, Nova Scotia”. Probably the church, on the left hand side, in photo #38. Research: Upon looking up this church (April 2025) it appears to be renovated as a residence and is currently up for sale at a price of $475,000.
Photo #40 – Research: I believe this to be the brother of Clinton C. Simmons (husband of Merial Duncan). His name was Rev. Edward Harlan Simmons (1903 – 1995). Edward was married to Elsie Claudine Rossignol (1900 – 1985).
Photo #41 – Tintype with no identification.
Photo #42 – No identification.
Photo #43 – No identification.
Photo #44 – Written on the back: “Lalia, Margaret, Emily” Research: Possibly Lalia (Smith) Hinckley, Margaret (Eells) Smith, and Emily (Smith) Duncan.
Photo #45 – Dated on the front: “Jan 55”. Written on the back: “Mother & Aunt Sue 1954”. Research: Possibly Emily (Smith) Duncan and her sister Susan (Smith) Davis.
Photo #46 – Written on the back: “Zerah, Marg, Mother & Austin Fly 1954” Research: Eunice’s sister, Susan M. Smith, married Zerah P. King. Eunice C. Smith’s first husband was Wilfred A. Smith and they had a son named Raymond W. Smith who married Margaret Eells. Possibly “Mother” is Emily (Smith) Duncan. Eunice and Wilfred also had a daughter, Ruth Mildred Smith married to Austin Fly.
Photo #47 – Printed on front, ” Jan 55″. Written on back, “Mother, Ruth, Sue, Ray” Research: I believe this group of items may have belonged to Merial Louise Duncan. Her mother was Emily Curry Smith married to Donville R. Duncan. In this picture, that would make “Mother“, Emily C. (Smith) Duncan; Ruth Smith married to Austin Fly; Susan Smith married to Zerah King; Raymond Smith married to Margaret Eells.
Photo #48 – Printed on front, “Jan 55”. Written on back, “Ruth & Marg.” Possibly Ruth Smith married to Austin Fly, and Margaret Eells married to Raymond Smith.
Photo #49 – Written on the back, “Ray & Margaret 1947” Research: Eunice C. Smith’s first husband was Wilfred A. Smith and they had a son named Raymond W. Smith who married Margaret Eells.
Photo #50 – Written on back, “Richard Smith, Raymond Smith 45” Is this the Richard Smith from Photo #27f? Raymond Smith married to Margaret Eells.
Photo #51 – Written on back, “Ed, Ray, Zerah, Austin, Bobby Fly 1954”. Research: Eunice and Wilfred Smith had a son named Raymond W. Smith who married Margaret Eels and they had a son Edward O. Smith. Eunice’s sister, Susan M. Smith married Zerah P. King. Eunice C. Smith’s first husband was Wilfred A. Smith and they had a daughter Ruth M. Smith who married Austin Fly. They had a son, Robert Fly: :
Photo #52 – Written on back, “Eddie, Marg & Ray Smith 1954”. Research: Eunice C. Smith married Wilfred A. Smith. They had a son, Raymond W. Smith who married Margaret Eells. They had a son Edward O. Smith.
Photo #53 – Printed on front, “Here lies your cares & woes. The Smiths”. Written on back, “Best regards to all 1952” I believe it is Raymond Smith, Margaret (Eells) Smith and their son, Edward Smith.
Photo #54 – Printed on front, “Sep 56”. Written on back, “Ann Belden, Ticonderoga, New York, August, 1956”
Photo #55 – Written on back, “Fall 1953”
Photo #56 – No writing. Looks to be Margaret (Eells) Smith
Photo #57 – No writing. Looks to be Ruth Smith married to Austin Fly.
Photo #58 – Printed on the back, “Nov 8 1958”.
Photo #59 – Written on the back, “Nov. 9 1958, Party at Officers Club”
Photo #60 – Printed on the back, “Nov 12 1958”.
Photo #61 – Written on back, “Nov. 28, 1958 in A. M. Vodkaball, So. Cal. vs Wash.”
Photo #62 – Written on back, “San Diego Nov. 27, 1958”.