Houghtaling Family Reunion (1907?)

Below are some family photographs from a Houghtaling Family Reunion ca. 1907. Identifications were made by Mary Hill during interviews with my father Stevan Arnold in 1988.



1 Frank Campbell
2 Pauline Carmichael
3 Jenny Houghtaling
4 Ollie Houghtaling
5 Art Houghtaling
7 Sidney Fry
8 Earl Campbell
10 Dick Houghtaling = Knonely Francis Houghtaling
12 Frank (Bill) Houghtaling
13 Willard Warren, Jr.
14 Winne Campbell Moffett
15 Daisy Houghtaling
16 Gertrude, Cecily's daughter
17 Irene Carmichael
18 Cate Clark
19 Bertha Houghtaling
20 Silvia Hinkson
23 Lottie Hinkson
25 mother of Fry brothers = ?
26 Mable Houghtaling Bidelman
27 Mable Houghtaling Bidelman's daughter, Mary Bidelman Nine
29 Nola Houghtaling
30 Theron Jay Houghtaling
32 Harry Jay Houghtaling
33 Ethel Hinkson Grayson
35 Cecily Houghtaling Knee
36 Lotttie Houghtaling
37 Cora Houghtaling
38 Mary Elizabeth (Bessy) Hinkson Edy
39 Marriette Houghtaling Campbell
42 Blanche Edy Warren (Bessy's daughter)
43 Blanche Warren (Bessy's grand-daughter)
44 Gertrude Hinkson Houghtaling
45 Helen Houghtaling
46 Willard Warren
47 Charlie Hinkson (Uncle Charlie)
48 William Ephraim Houghtaling
49 Willie Wilbur Houghtaling
50 Selina Hinkson
51 Charles Bidelman
52 Mary Bidelman (Mary Nine)
53 Harry Jay Houghtaling
54 Gladys Anderson

Isadore Gertrude May Hinkson (1862-1944)

Isadore Gertrude May Hinkson Houghtaling (1862-1944) was born in Saint Joseph's Parish on the East Coast of Barbados (left). Later Gertrude lived at Market Hill Plantation. She came to the United States after her father Samuel Gibbs Hinkson died in 1872. (See next post for his will.)

One of the relics she brought with her from Barbados was a small bamboo box that she filled with mementos like family tin types, sea shells, seed pods, locks of hair, and other relics. My grandmother Liz has this box today.










Memory Box and Mementos

In 1885, she married Willie Wilbur Houghtaling (left) in Des Moines, Iowa. Here is their wedding certificate.

They had eight children, including my great-grandmother Mary Elsie Hill. In addition to an early photo of Gertrude, there are several photos of her at a family reunion in the 1930s.

Family Reunion 1930s. Gertrude Houghtaling's granddaughter Gertrude Guthrie (bottom row left) was named for her. My grandmother, Liz Arnold is on the bottom row, right. Her mother Mary stands behind Liz and next to her mother, Gertrude Houghtaling.

Are you related to Gertrude Houghtaling? Does anyone have any more information about Gertrude Guthrie, Dade's daughter?