Who Were They?

Lost and forgotten photos from the past

I believe this to be a lovely photograph of Rosalia Rudd Colter, who was featured recently with her children. Rose / Rosa / Rosalia was the daughter of William Mann Rudd and Catherine Eliza Rudd. This photo is similar to the previous family portrait in her clothing and hair styling, although her dress and hair …

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  This photograph, undated and with no location, was included with the other Rudd family photographs. The back of the photo identifies the family as follows: Seated = Ed, Fred, Harry Standing = Maude, Rosa, Bert J And the last name Colter written beside that. I must note that Harry, presumably the lad on the …

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The tall one is Olney and the seated one is Willie. Their information is written on the back of the card as follows: Olney Lee Rudd b Jan 17, 1874 Carroll Co Ark, near Rudd, Ark William Mann Rudd Jr b July 12, 1878 Springerville Arizona Children of  Dr William Mann Rudd and Eliza Catherine …

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Here are two photos from the Rudd collection that feature people looking remarkably similar!   The top photograph is identified as Catherine Eliza Rudd, Kitty and Dr William Mann Rudd. Interestingly, another photo in the set identifies the adults as Dr William Mann Rudd and Eliza Catherine Mann. It was pretty common to intermarry among …

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