My father has a box of little photos from the late 1800s. They should be relatives/friends of the family. We're pretty sure at least one of them is Caroline Crawford Trask.
The others...there are only minor clues...
This photo may be Lyman and John Hemenway Trask.
A note in the frame of this photograph says this is Lizzie Cassidy.
The next two may be the same Lyman child; both were taken by the same photographer in Kewanee, Illinois.
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Photo above scanned by Terry Rostamo
These paintings were done early in the 19th century. My Uncle Winslow has the originals. A number of copies were made, and Trask descendents from across the country have them. Terry Rostamo scanned in a much later photograph of Mary.
If anyone has a current address for Terry Rostamo or Willis T. Brown (who may have died in September 2001 - can anyone confirm?), please let me know!
The names on the back of the marker are of the children of John and Mary who died young. John Trask's name appears on the other side of the marker.
At some point in about 1870 or so, the old cemetary was closed and a new
cemetary opened on a hill overlooking the southern part of town. John
Trask has head stones in both locations!
This sign hung in front of J. H. Trask's store, and is now hanging in the general store in Rochester, along with other momentoes from his store.
This is an unfortunately blurry photo of a photo I found in the
Rochester Historical Society. My grandfather, John Trask, is
in the top row, the man in the black T-shirt. My grandmother,
Nellie Foley, is in the first row on the far left. Her father,
John Foley, was a blacksmith.
Pat, Debbie, Mardie, Nellie, Jay, Pam, Bobby, Anne, Alan Wright, and Sally Trask.
The brick house on Main Street was in the Trask family from 1837-1980.
 Estate sale, back yard |
 Franklin stove |
 Dining room and china cabinet |
 Living room |
Leslie and Jim Mann, Jeff Trask celebraing the holidays in Pittsburgh, PA
Carrie and Terry Trask, Jim Mann at the Spencer Country Inn
for Thanksgiving dinner, 1998.
The next day, my father and I drove up to New Hamshire and had
lunch with my cousin Debbie and her husband Glen.
