Mystery photograph of a young man taken in Nelsonville

Jane’s father Joseph inherited a number of photographs from his late parents, the photographs were only found after the passing of his Jane and Ian’s grandmother in 2006. Jane’s father, Joseph, could not place who or where the photographs were from or of whom. Below is one of a young Read more

A big thank you to Athens County Public Libraries and Lorinda

Proof that Matthew Lee / Joseph Leigh Hunter was in Nelsonville, Ohio, this also supports the evidence that he applied for naturalization. It is interesting that Jane and Ian’s paternal grandfather kept this photograph and others ‘secret’, Jane’s father, Joseph inherited the photographs when his mother Jessie passed away.

Matthew Lee applies for United States of America Naturalization

The Declaration of Intention below says that Matthew Lee from England first arrived in the United States in August 1891. He has signed the document on 8th May, 1893, that it is his intention to become a citizen of the United States of America. Above is Matthew Lee’s Declaration of Read more