1909 Taberville School Taberville, St Clair, Missouri
The 1909 Taberville School photo has no names listed and so the search begins.
I utilized the 1910 United States Census for the state of Missouri. The census reveals the names of children who lived in the Taberville Township of St Clair, MO. They may have attended this school. I sorted them by age and approximate birth year.
From the 1910 census “attending school”
*Also in the 1911 photo
The search-story: The photos were found on an old rootsweb site about St Clair County, Missouri schools. Shared by Dave Davidson, it stated that Alfred C. Davidson II is in the front row far left, holding a hat. His father was a local Physician.
Looking up each name up online has yielded some clues including marriage records for some, census records and obituaries (more about that next time).
The Appleton City Journal and the Appleton City Tribune newspapers have given me clues about the teachers at Taberville School. In April 1905 Mr. John Henry Aldridge was teaching. On 03 Jul 1907 he married Miss Mary Lou Heath. Sep 1908 another mention and again in Apr 1909 and Sep 1910.
And that is how a nameless picture of children becomes more than girls in dresses and boys in overalls.
Now I hope other searchers will see this and fill in the pieces. Do you see your family member in this picture?
1911 Taberville School
Index of names (children and parents) who may have attended.
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