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Historical Family Photos

This page leads to all publicly posted photos of the families of my parents, their ancestors, and other descendants of those ancestors, including photos of modern descendants who are now adults.

Posted photos of my own family, and of my siblings and first cousins, are rolling out on the Modern Family Photos page. The families of my brother and sister may appear on that page, but it seems best in several ways to leave following generations in charge of their own photos. — Pete Matthews Jr

The Rev Diane (Perry) & Pete Matthews Family

Photos of the family of my parents. These photos are now being rolled out, starting with 1946. Immediately following is a genealogical map of Near Generations, including a disambiguation of Names.

Matthews Relations by Family

A genealogical map of our Matthews ancestors with links to corresponding family photos from roughly 1846 to 1946 — and often beyond.

Perry Relations by Family

A genealogical map of our Perry ancestors with links to corresponding family photos from roughly 1846 to 1946 — and often beyond.

Additional Features

Jack Perry in World War II. Fowler Gowns. Ambrotype Mystery. Outtakes. Baldwin Black Book. Bowman Photo Cards. 1840-1900 originals: Cabinet Cards, Cartes de Visite, Tintypes & Ambrotypes.

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Year	The Rev Diane (Perry) & Pete Matthews Family
1964	Our new dog, Cinder. Pete Sr wins local duplicate bridge game. Pete Jr gets the mumps. MIT activities. Swimming meets. Islesboro. Needham High, with Pete Jr on the team of five, are Greater Boston Math League champs. Dave Paulsen ink drawing.
1963	Skating at MIT. YMCA activities. Doc Draper's son graduates MIT Aero. August on Islesboro, with visitors. Fall activities.
1962	Easter. Harris School Fun Day. Andrea at home with friends. 4th of July. Anne Rawson's 5th birthday. August on Islesboro, with visitors. New Years weekend on Islesboro — snow!
1961	Family and friends. Trip to Statue of liberty. Diane's father, Ped Perry, dies. Needham Little League. Wachusett Dam, Clinton MA. Wooden nickels supporting Needham's 250th; US Army tank on parade. Andrea at Stow-a-Way, while Pete & Pete Jr play golf there. Andrea & Anne Rawson's fourth birthday. Pete Jr's final days at MIT Day Camp. Dan downs Robbie Ftorek, to win Needham Chess Championship. Doris Perry turns 67; Pete Jr at archery in Weston. Vacation: Salisbury Beach, Bowdoin College, Bailey's Island, Fort Knox, Lincolnville, first ferry trip to Islesboro, golf and exploring there, wandering ends when we buy a house! First long weekend on Islesboro; Joan Caryl's mural. School pictures.
1960	Skating behind the house and Diane's birthday in Weston. Blizzard! - biggest recorded snowfall in Boston (still 9th). Poker & pretend painting; at home in Needham. July 4 parade. Andrea goes to Anne Rawson's birthday party. Family vacation to NH: Dartmouth College & Weare. The six grandchildren of Ped & Doris. Andrea turns four. Christmas eve in Needham.
1959	Growing up in Needham. School and little league pictures. Family vacation to Weare NH; visit to top of Mt Sunapee.
1958	February blizzard. Nauset Light beach on Palm Sunday. Liz Perry (GG) is 86.5. The boys do NYC and Concord MA. Pete Jr gets the bike he rode many years, including from Baltimore to Lewisburg PA in 1972. Rockport Beach MA. Around the yard. Diane's 15th reunion at Colby Jr College. MIT Intrumentation Lab Thanksgiving raffle. Pete Jr, Grade 5 Class
1957	Last visit with Hillie. Tree house. Memorial day with Perrys in Sudbury. Pete Jr's Brownie camera; grade 3, Harris School. Party for Betty & John Kirk. Our family; Wingaersheek Beach; neighborhood boys. Ted Wager, Steve & Steve Jr Schuster in Douglaston. Plimouth Plantation & Mayflower II with Til & Geneth. Christmas in Wellesley.
1956	Pete Sr & Dan join Wagers in visit to Douglaston. Pete Jr & Dan in first pictures of 55 Plymouth Wagon and new dog. Matthews grandparents visit for birthdays of Pete Sr & Dan. Matthews and Perrys visit in Wellesley for Doris's birthday. Pictures of Doris & Ped at their cottage in Weare NH. New football helmets. Andrea arrives!
1955	Party at Watts. House with Matthews gray trim. Saturday Evening Post cover. Family visits in Needham & Wellesley. New bike & cowboy outfit. Harris School Fun Day. Party for Pete Jr's seventh birthday. Roberta Haskel marries Dave Crocker with MIT friends in attendance. Vacation with Geneth, Hillie & Til in NH, our only real vacation of the 50s. Success of Joan Beals, Pete Jr's first piano teacher. Beach day with Peg Henderson. Pete Jr, Grade 2 Class
1954	Visits with GG, grandparents and Perry cousins in Wellesey and Needham. Trip to Perry summer home (now 130 Flanders Memorial Road), Weare NH — escaping polio at home. Pete Sr's first trip to California. Storm destruction, likely from Hurricane Carol. School pictures.
1953	Dan & Pete Jr turn 3 & 5. Dot Ohmart Morrison weds Capt John Parker. Beach & backyard days. Barbara 'Crow' Crowther weds William Tetlow. Visits with GG and grandparents in Wellesey, Needham and Douglaston NY.
1952	Charlie Bond and Al Beach killed in Korea. Pete Jr's nursery school class. Dan is two! Cousins Pete Jr, John, Dan & Carl, with Jack & Jinny in Wellesley. A day by the water in Hingham with Edie Hunter. Grandma Matthews visits. Diane with Jack, Jinny and Colby Jr friends in Ludlow, for the King-Cramer wedding. A winter weekend in Wellesley — cousins Pete Jr, John & Dan. Diane's 1946-1952 cross-stitch sampler decoded.
1951	A huge snowman. Raising the family in Needham, probably still without a car. A visit with the grandparents in Wellesley — coz John there, too.
1950	Raising the family in Needham as the Highgate Street area is developed. Visits with grandparents. Dan arrives. Sandbox for Pete Jr's second birthday. Visit from Mary Jean, Dick & baby Kathy Mankey.
1949	Living in Dorchester. Visit to Jack & Jinny in Ludlow. Wedding and visit of Mary Jean & Dick Mankey. Pete Jr turns one. Family homestead in Needham - Dad Matthews visits.
1948	Friends & family - Pete Jr arrives.
1947	Friends, dating, MIT Crew, wedding, honeymoon, and fixing up the first apartment in Somerville.
1946	Diane and Pete dating, with friends.
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Near Generations - Diane & Pete Matthews - Complete to 1964

Elizabeth Stevens 'Liz' (Fowler) Perry 1871-1963

Samuel L Matthews 1868-1954

Doris Ostrom (Woodbury) 1894-1988
Horace Burr 'HB' 'Ped' Perry 1893-1961
  1915-1937   Young Family
  1938-1946   HS+ & WW II
  1947-1988   Empty Nest

Geneth Mary (Murphy) 1894-1969
Hillie Harold Matthews 1892-1957

John Beecher 'Jack' Perry II 1923-2005
Virginia Whipple 'Jinny' (Potter) 1922-2013

Diane Ostrom (Perry) 1923-1995

Peter Dolan 'Pete' Matthews 1923-2016

Mary Jane Lewis (Matthews) 1925-2016
Robert Edward 'Bob' Wager 1924-1991

Mathilda V 'Til' Matthews 1923-2016

— John Beecher Perry III 1949-
— Carl Allison Perry 1951-
— Judith Susan 'Judy' Perry 1953-

— Peter Dolan 'Pete' Matthews Jr 1948-
— Daniel Perry 'Dan' Matthews 1950-
— Andrea Morgan Matthews 1956-

— Robert Edward 'Bob' Wager Jr 1951-
— Deidra Wager 1955-
— Matthew Wager 1956-
— Jans Bernice Wager 1958-
— Tracy Claire Wager 1959-

Near Generation Names

Given Name	Preferred Name (on this site)	Names Rejected	Other Names
Matthews, Samuel L	Sam	(Motulski)	Samuel, Grandpa Sam
Matthews, Hilliard Harold	Hillie	Abram	Hilliard, Grandpa [NY]
Matthews, Mary (Murphy)	Geneth		Geneth Mary, Grandma [NY]
Matthews, Diane Ostrom (Perry)	Diane		Mom, Grandma
Matthews, Peter Dolan	Pete [Sr]		Dad, Grandpa, PDM, Peter
Matthews, Peter Dolan, Jr.	Pete [Jr]		Pop, Peter, Dad
Matthews, Karen Harvey (Crook)	Karen		Nana
Matthews, Daniel Perry	Dan		Daniel, Danny
Matthews, Andrea Morgan	Andrea	Anda	Ande
Perry, John Beecher	John		JBP
Perry, Elizabeth Stevens (Fowler)	Liz	Lizzie	Elizabeth, Gram, GG
Perry, Horace Burr Jay	Ped	Horace	HB, HBP, Dad, Baba
Perry, Doris Ostrom (Woodbury)	Doris		Mother, Gram, GnGn, GG
Perry, John Beecher, II	Jack		John
Perry, John Beecher, III	John	Ped
Perry, Carl Allison	Carl
Perry, Virginia Whipple (Potter)	Jinny		Virginia
Schwartz, Judith Susan (Perry)	Judy		Judith
Wager, Mary Jane Lewis (Matthews)	Jane		Mary Jane
Wager, Robert Edward	Bob [Sr]		Robert
Wager, Robert Edward, Jr	Bob [Jr]	Deuce	Robert
Wager, Diedra	Diedra	Diedre	Died
Wager, Matthew	Matt		Matthew
Wager, Tracy Claire	Tracy
Matthews, Jans Bernice	Jans
Prominent accepted nicknames used by peers and parents are employed; relational nicknames are avoided. For example, my grandfather was called Ped by his mother and wife, and that's what is used here. However, Mom and I called him Dad and Baba, respectively. In a business context, he went by H.B. Perry, as he disliked his given name of Horace.

First	Succeeding Generations		★ Direct line to Pete Matthews Jr
Matthews Relations by Family
★ Frances (Lewis)¹ & Sam Matthews	★ Geneth (Murphy) & Hillie Matthews	★ Rev Diane (Perry) & Pete Matthews	★ Val Montanus¹ & Pete Matthews Jr	★ Morgan Matthews
			★ Val Montanus¹ & Pete Matthews Jr	★ Alex Matthews
			Karen (Crook)² & Pete Matthews Jr²
			Cathy Wong¹ & Dan Matthews	John Matthews
				Joe Matthews
				Mary Matthews
			Genevieve Hammond² & Dan Matthews
			Andrea Matthews & Kevin Hubbard
		Jane (Matthews) & Bob Wager	Sue (MNU) & Bob Wager Jr	Paige Wager
			Deidra Wager & Rick Munsen
			Suzi (MNU) & Matt Wager
			Jans Wager
			Tracy Wager
		Til Matthews
	Sadonia (Matthews) & Joshua Schuster	Ellen (Haber) & Stephen Schuster	Bonnie (Seay)¹ & Steve Schuster Jr	Gretchen Schuster
			Bonnie (Seay)¹ & Steve Schuster Jr	Hannah Schuster
			Meredith Kimbell² & Steve Schuster Jr
			Traci Richards³ & Steve Schuster Jr
		Susan (Schuster) & John Barmon	Catherine Barmon
		Susan (Schuster) & John Barmon	Cristina Barmon
	Jeanette (Cashman) & John L Matthews	Bobby Matthews
		Frances (Matthews) & James Michaels	Nancy Neenan¹ & Jim Michaels Jr	Michelle Michaels
		John L Matthews Jr
	Rosalie (Matthews) & Jose Valles²
	Nancy (Crosse) & Herb Matthews	Bobbie & Eric Matthews	Leslie Matthews
			Lisa Matthews
			NU¹ & Chris Matthews
			Damia Ettakadoumi² & Chris Matthews
Gussie (Neilsen)² & Sam Matthews
★ Hannah (Dolan) & Patrick Murphy			★ see Geneth (Murphy) & Hillie Matthews above
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First	Succeeding Generations			★ Ancestor of Pete Matthews Jr
Perry Relations by Family
★ Patty (Townsend) & Timothy Fowler Jr	★ Mary Eliza (Stevens) & Timothy Fowler III	Julia (Holladay) & Charles Fowler	Katie Eliza (Fowler) & Tom Johnson	Leila (Johnson) & Arthur Rowley — Marcia (Rowley) & Gottfried Johnson Mary (Snow) & Ken Rowley Lorraine (Rowley) & Frederick Pieper¹ Lorraine (Rowley) & Thomas Savino²
				Muriel (Johnson) & Gladden Houck
				Marjorie (Johnson) & John Beehler
		★ Mary Ann (Callahan)¹ & Bill Fowler	★ Liz (Fowler) & John B Perry	★ Doris (Woodbury) & Ped Perry (above)
		Theresa (Dietrich)² & Bill Fowler
		Sarah (Lancaster)³ & Bill Fowler
		Grace C (Fowler) & Charles Blakeslee Jr	Edith (Blakeslee) & Clarence Razee	Jeannette (Stephan) & Charlie Razee - Orriel Razee
				Mary (Razee) & Dick Wilkins - Mary Ellen (Cherniavsky) & Timothy Wilkins
				Nancy (Griggs) & Rev George W Razee — Caroline (Razee) & Kevin Barnett², Brenda (Lank) & Rob Razee, Sarah (Lowrey) & Tom Razee
		Sis (Fowler) & Frank Bowman	Bess (Bowman) & Walt Frisbie	Doris Frisbie
				Betty (Frisbie) & Walter Cooper
				Dorie (Cate) & Walt Frisbie Jr
			Ruth (Bowman) & Spencer Ensign	Irene (Pierce) & Judson Ensign — Barbara Ann (Gross)¹ & Buzz Ensign Carole Lou (Ensign) & Boyce O'Neal Lee
		Fanny (Way) & Henry Fowler	Martha (Hurlbut) & William H Fowler
		Lell (Fowler) & Julius Holladay	Florence (Holladay) & Clarence Barber
		Kate (Fowler) & Ray Baldwin	Roxana (Hedges) & Harry Baldwin	Steve (Baldwin) & Carroll Hall
			Roxana (Hedges) & Harry Baldwin	Catherine (McGuire) & Garwood Baldwin
			Ethel (Baldwin) & Henry Adams Jr	Jean Adams
	Sarah (Fowler) & Norris Candee		George Candee
	Sarah (Fowler) & Norris Candee		Jane, Henry, Albert
	Susan (Fowler) & Benjamin Hitchcock		Martha (Hitchcock) & Eugene Hawley [1st coz]
	Patty (Fowler) & Ambrose Stevens		Henrietta (Miles) & George Stevens
	Patty (Fowler) & Ambrose Stevens		Edward Stevens (2 wives, no issue)
	Caroline (Fowler) & Gov James English		Alice (Kimball) & Henry English
	Mary Ann (Fowler) & Edward Hawley		Martha (Hitchcock) & Eugene Hawley [1st coz]
	Mary Ann (Fowler) & Edward Hawley		Eudora, Christine, Genevieve, Eva, Bertha
	Grace E (Fowler) & Henry English		Theresa (Farren) & Benjamin English
	William H Fowler
	Clarissa (Nettleton) & George Fowler
★ Thirza Terrill & Martin Stevens	★ Mary ([dau Martin] Stevens) & Milton [son Elisha] Stevens	★ Mary Eliza (Stevens) & Timothy Fowler III — see above
		Cate (Andrus) & Henry Stevens	Mary E (Stevens) & Edwin Morse
		Eliza (Benjamin)¹ & David Stevens	Sarah (Cooke) & Albert Stevens	Grace E (Stevens) & Walter Ives
				Edna (Seward) & Robert Stevens
				Sarah (Stevens) & Carlton Winslow
			Alice (Stevens) & Jared Bassett	Walter, Benjamin
			Harriett (Maltby)¹ & Seneca Stevens	Eleanor (Jacobs) & Benjamin Stevens
				Louise (Fleischer) & Frederick Stevens
				Lily (Garvie) & Evarts Stevens
				Agnes (Stevens) & Jared Linsley
				Anna (Lynch) & Maltby Stevens
			Dr Carrie (North)² & Seneca Stevens	Margueret (Alagna) & Howard Stevens
			Ella (Augur) & Henry Stevens	Florence, Lena [Adam]
			Clara (Maltby) & David Stevens Jr	Clifford, Wilburt, David III, Marguerite [Johnson], Douglas
			Agnes (Stevens) & Watson Augur
		Frances (Hart)² & David Stevens	Fannie (Stevens) & Lee Revere	David, Grace [Donovan], Lee Jr
			Eliza (Simmons)¹ & Peter Stevens	Henry, Collin, Agnes [Levine]
			Edith (Didlake)² & Peter Stevens	Frances, Gladys [Forrester]
	Zeruiah (Stevens) & David Hotchkiss	Frederick Hotchkiss
	Zeruiah (Stevens) & David Hotchkiss	Katherine (Harper) & Berkeley Hotchkiss
	Margaret (Stevens) & Hezekiah Thomas	Phoebe (Goldthwait) & David Thomas	Anna Thomas & Hubert Foote	Irene (Foote) Castle
	Margaret (Stevens) & Hezekiah Thomas	Sereno, Ellen [Hotchkiss], Henry, Hezekiah Jr, Margaret [Atwater]
	Rachel (Hills) & Hopkins Stevens	Margaret (Strong) & George Stevens	Minnie (Stevens) & Homer Hollister	George Hollister
	Rachel (Hills) & Hopkins Stevens	Charles, Marion [Beach]
★ Eliza (Mead)¹ & James Callahan	★ Mary Ann (Callahan)¹ & Bill Fowler	★ Liz (Fowler) & John B Perry	★ Doris (Woodbury) & Ped Perry (above)	Jinny (Potter) & Jack Perry
★ Eliza (Mead)¹ & James Callahan	★ Mary Ann (Callahan)¹ & Bill Fowler	★ Liz (Fowler) & John B Perry	★ Doris (Woodbury) & Ped Perry (above)	★ Rev Diane (Perry) & Pete Matthews — see Matthews map above
Mary² & James Callahan
★ Mary (Riggs) & Philo Beecher	Laura (Beecher) & Aurelius Buckingham
	Harriet (Beecher) & Jason Curtiss
	Jane (Hawkins) & Burr Beecher¹
	★ Jane (Hawkins) & John Beecher²	Alice (Church) & Frederick Beecher
		Burr Jay Beecher²
		★ Sarah (Beecher) & Horace Burt Perry	★ Liz (Fowler) & John B Perry	★ Doris (Woodbury) & Ped Perry (above)
		★ Sarah (Beecher) & Horace Burt Perry	Mabel (Hotchkiss) & Harry Perry
★ Emma (Swift) & Harmon Perry	Ceal (Wheeler) & Frederick Perry	Emma (Perry) & Frederick Nettleton	Peg (Nettleton) & Roger Dennett	Jean (Dennett) & James Gay
		Emma (Perry) & Frederick Nettleton	Peg (Nettleton) & Roger Dennett	Barbara (Dennett) & Robert Howard
		Jennie (Perry) & Burt Nettleton
	Henry Perry
	★ Sarah (Beecher)¹ & Horace Burt Perry	★ Liz (Fowler) & John B Perry	★ Doris (Woodbury) & Ped Perry (above)	Jinny (Potter) & Jack Perry
		★ Liz (Fowler) & John B Perry	★ Doris (Woodbury) & Ped Perry (above)	★ Rev Diane (Perry) & Pete Matthews — see Matthews map above
		Mabel (Hotchkiss) & Harry Perry
	Florence (Treat)² & Horace Burt Perry
★ Louisa (Streeter) & Daniel Woodbury	Abbie (Woodbury) & Charles Britton		Marion (Nims) & Frank Britton
	Emma (Holton)¹ & Stephen Woodbury
	Della (Baker)² & Stephen Woodbury		Pauline (Woodbury) & Winsor Sampson
	Dora (Smith)³ & Stephen Woodbury
	Hattie (Burton)¹ & Leander Woodbury
	★ Florence (Ostrom)² & Leander Woodbury	Rose LeDuc¹ & Lee Woodbury Jr
		Doris Schacht² & Lee Woodbury Jr		Lloyd Woodbury
		Arnold Woodbury
		Alwyn Woodbury
		★ Doris (Woodbury) & Ped Perry (above)	Jinny (Potter) & Jack Perry	Rose (Tan) & John Perry III
				Marie (Mayo) & Carl Perry
				Judy (Perry) & Marshall Schwartz
			★ Rev Diane (Perry) & Pete Matthews — see Matthews map above
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Year	Additional Features
1942 1945	Jack Perry in World War II. Highly-decorated Technical Sergeant John Beecher Perry II flew 65 combat missions as a Radio Operator Gunner on B-26 bombers based in England and France.
1840 1914	Fowler Gowns.
1859	Ambrotype Mystery: We have a mid-19th-century traditional photo case containing two ambrotype images of family members - but we don't know who! The family name is likely to be Beecher, Perry, Stevens, Fowler or Blakeslee. Notes on the photos of the case demonstrate that the ambrotypes were probably shot in 1859. We have a photo of one more ambrotype in a traditional case. The subject is Grace (Fowler) Blakeslee, and she looks like the unknown female, but the dates mismatch. References: 19th Century Vintage Photo Types (overview) and Fixed in Time an excellent, free, PDF book by Sean William Nolan.
TBD	Outtakes. These photos are interesting, and the names of the people in them are known, but we do not know how they relate to the family. Help would be appreciated. This section may be moved or removed.
1906 1916	Baldwin Black Book. Early in the Historical Photos project, I captured a few pictures from this album and then gave up on it. Some of the photos had terse captions, but I knew few of the people, there were no dates, and many were out of focus. I had been given to understand the book was Liz Perry's, but my current guess, it was Ethel Baldwin's. Before returning the album to Andrea, I decided to capture it, and post it with descriptions from what I have learned during the project. When I get a chance, I'll integrate the useful photos into the collection, and this page will disappear. Clarifications and corrections will be appreciated.
1875 1890	Bowman Photo Cards (PDF). Frank Augustus Bowman was a family member. By searching New Haven directories, we have assembled ranges of dates for each of the three addresses of his studio. We have numerous cartes de visite (CDV) and cabinet cards (CC) produced by Bowman in the late 19th century. I cataloged them, and used the studio dates to help date the images. Success is limited, but useful, and the results are interesting.
1840 1900	These unedited old photos are numbered with three digits and referenced on historical photo pages in brackets, e.g. [079]: Cabinet Cards (CCs) [101]+ and Cartes de Visite (CDVs) [001]+ by Frank Augustus Bowman, most of which are in the article above. Cabinet Cards (CCs) [201]+ and Cartes de Visite (CDVs) [051]+ by other photographers. Tintypes [301]+, positives printed in-camera on thin metal (we have one on different material from about 1920). Ambrotypes are in the Ambrotype Mystery feature above.
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