Carl and Robert Linaweaver
Linaweaver, Carl E. (1926-1968)
Linaweaver, Robert L. (1925-2002)
Portrait of brothers Carl and Robert Linaweaver as young boys. Carl is pictured sitting on a chair with Robert standing beside him.
Their parents were Lawrence L. (1903-1962) and Essie Marie (Brill) (1904-1963) Linaweaver (although some records spell the name as “Lineweaver”).
When he registered for the WWII draft, Carl worked at the Safeway Store in Front Royal but lived on Spring Street in Woodstock. He served in the U.S. Navy Reserves from December 1944 to July 1946. Sometime later, he married Lavine Estelle (Gulick) (1919-1982), a woman from West Virginia, who worked as a waitress in a restaurant.
Robert served in the U.S. Army from May 1943 to Dec 1945. After, he married Emily Isabel (Hollar) (1924-2017) in 1946. She was a nurse and the daughter of Lester Granville and Mazie Irene (Lambert) Hollar. When they married, Robert was a 21-year old service station operator in Edinburg. The couple had five children: Robert Jr., Sue, Rebecca, William, and Richard “Dicky”.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
c. 1928
Subjects identified by their sister, Louise Seekford, who has the same photo.
Biographical information was compiled from public records.
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Same subjects as in Morrison photos 003839 and 004032.
006658
Trilby Hollar
Hollar, Trilby (1929-2000)
Photograph of Trilby Hollar in her drum majorette uniform.
Trilby was the daughter of Cecil E. & Winnona Louise (Lantz) Hollar. She grew up in Lantz Mills. In 1955, she married Robert E. Daggett (1929-1996).
She was a majorette in High School and with the Lantz Mill Band.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Undated
Identified by Mary Jo Sweeney, a friend of the subject.
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Tribly Hollar appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 005109, 006627, 006826, and 013092.
006627
Raymond Paul Allison
Allison, Raymond Paul (1896-1957)
Photograph of Raymond Paul Allison standing in the studio and wearing a suit.
Raymond was the son of John William and Lillie Dale (Hollar) Allison, from the Edinburg area of the county.
Ray never married and worked as a stock dealer for many years.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Undated
Identified by Linda Varney, who recognized the image from one in the Woodstock Museum's collection.
Additional biographical information was compiled from public records.
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006510
Mazie, Ben, and Annie Belle Lambert
Hollar, Mazie Irene Lambert (1901-1988)
Lambert, Benjamin Eli (1903-1978)
Lambert, Annie Belle "Ella" Didawick (1878-1951)
Portrait of Mazie and Ben Lambert standing behind their mother, Mrs. Annie Belle (Didawick) Lambert.
Annie Belle was the daughter of Benjamin Franklin and Barbara M. (Holtzman) Didawick. She married Kirby Daniel Lambert (1876-1931) and had two children, Mazie and Benjamin. She lived in the Woodstock area for much of her life and is buried in Massanutten Cemetery there.
Benjamin Eli Lambert married Sada Catherine (Coffman) Lambert and had a son, Joseph B. and four daughters, Louise (Lambert) Garman, Evelyn (Lambert) Neff, Eunice (Lambert) Taylor, and Emma (Lambert) Cooley.
Mazie Irene Lambert married Lester Granville Hollar (1900-1953) in 1922. Together, they had several children including: Frances Lucille, Emily Isabel, Dorothy Elaine, Benjamin Chalmers, Wilson Bernard, Lester Daniel, and Raymond Allen.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Labelled "Feb 1919" on box of plates.
Identified by Virginia Rutz, a neighbor of the Lambert family who also went to church together.
Additional biographical information was compiled from public records.
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006170
Chester and Katherine Riffee
Riffee, Chester Wright (1907-1980)
Emiswiller, Katherine Virginia Riffee (1913-1983)
Photograph of Chester Wright Riffee and his younger sister, Katherine Virginia, as young children. They were the two oldest children of George Henry (1867-1952) and Wilda M. (Boehm) (1877-1939) Riffee.
Chester married Stella Ellen (Ryman) (1907-2007), daughter of the late Charles Luther and Ruth (Shipp) Ryman. Both were members of St. Luke Brethren Church near Woodstock and stayed in that area their entire lives. The couple had seven children, five sons and two daughters.
In 1946, Katherine Virginia Riffee married Ray Allen Emswiller (1915-1982), a meat cutter living in Washington D.C. He had been born in Shenandoah County to Marion Franklin and Dunnie (Hollar) Emswiller and had a son from a prior marriage.
The 1950 census found her living on 8th Street in Washington D.C., with her husband who was still working as a butcher. The couple had a daughter, 2-year old Rachel, in this record. Decades later, widowed Katherine lived on Willow Street in Falls Church, Virginia, when she died. Her daughter, Rachel Young, acted as the informant on the death certificate.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
1914
Subjects identified by Willard A. Riffee (Chester's son) and Rachel Ann Young (Katherine's daughter). Willard has a copy of this picture at home.
Additional biographical information was compiled from public records.
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005943
William Harvey Riffey
Riffey, William Harvey (1844-1941)
United States - History - Civil War
Veterans - United States - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Portrait of William Harvey Riffey, Confederate Veteran and farmer, from the Woodstock area of the county. His parents were George and Polly (Book) Riffey. He married Sarah (Hollar) Riffey and had many children.
During the Civil War, William H. Riffey served in Company K of the 12th Virginia Cavalry. Before he died, he was the oldest Confederate Veteran still living in Shenandoah County.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Labelled "1903" on box of plates.
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005326
Sarah Maranda Hollar Riffey
Riffey, Sarah Maranda Hollar (1844-1918)
Portrait of Sarah Maranda (Hollar) Riffey later in life.
Sarah was born in Lantz Mills to Johannes Peter Hollar (1814-1886) and Sarah Ann Stover (1814-1886). She married William Harvey Riffey, a farmer and Confederate Veteran, in 1864.
Together they had nine children. When she died, her home was in the Woodstock area and she was buried in Saint Lukes Lutheran Church Cemetery.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Labelled "1903" on box of plates.
Identified as Sarah Maranda Hollar Riffey by Sarah E. Marriott.
Additional biographical details compiled from public records.
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005323
Trilby Hollar
Hollar, Tribly (1929-2000)
Portrait of Tribly Hollar wearing faux pearls and glasses.
Trilby was the daughter of Cecil E. & Winnona Louise (Lantz) Hollar. She grew up in Lantz Mills. In 1955, she married Robert E. Daggett (1929-1996).
She was a majorette in High School and with the Lantz Mill Band.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Undated
Identified by Maxine Burkholder and Phyllis Wright.
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Tribly Hollar appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 005109, 006627, 006826, and 013092.
005109
Ellen (Hockman) Dellinger
Dellinger, Ellen Rebecca Hockman (1934-2014)
Ellen (Hockman) Dellinger, pictured as a young woman in a formal dress.
Mrs. Dellinger was born in Linden, the daughter of Jesse Hockman Sr. and Freda Hockman. She was raised by her aunt and uncle, Virginia and Russell Hollar.
She was married to the late Laco Lee Dellinger (1927-2011). They lived in the Edinburg area for much of their lives.
Ellen worked as an x-ray technician, managed Mobile X-Ray, and spent 40+ years in the Medical field.
She also was a member of the St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Jerome, loved to cook, authored cookbooks and was an avid artist.
Ellen and her husband raised a family of two sons, Jeff and Steve.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Undated
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Same subject as in Morrison Photos 02786, 02788, 04892, and 07223.
004954
Ellen Hockman Dellinger
Dellinger, Ellen Hockman (1934-2014)
This photograph of Ellen Hockman Dellinger was taken for the Winchester Apple Blossom Festival's beauty contest.
Mrs. Dellinger was born February 11, 1934 in Linden, Virginia. She was the daughter of the late Jesse Hockman Sr. and Freda (Seal) Hockman. She was raised by her aunt and uncle, Virginia and Russell Hollar.
She married Laco Lee Dellinger (1927-2011) and, together, they had two sons, Jeff and Steve.
She was a member of the St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Strasburg. She loved to cook and was considered a gourmet. She even authored cookbooks. She was also an avid artist.
She was an x-ray technician, managed Mobile X-Ray, and spent 40+ years in the Medical field.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
ca 1950 or 1951
Identified by Mary Jo Sweeney, and verified by the subject herself, and her cousin, Emmy L_____.
Additional information compiled from Find-A-Grave website.
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Same subject as in Morrison Photos 07223, 02786, and 02788.
004892
Barbara Hollar Gallant
Gallant, Barbara Hollar (1936-2015)
Photograph of Barbara Hollar as a young woman. Barbara was the daughter of Russell and Virginia Hollar. She grew up in Shenandoah County, and later majored in History at Radford College, graduating in 1958.
She met her future husband while they were both working for Deco Electronics in Cambridge, MA. They moved to Belmont, Massachusetts, where Barbara stayed for most of her adult life. She and her husband had a son, Stuart, and a daughter, Ellen.
Following retirement, she and Bob traveled extensively in Europe and Asia. Barbara struggled with Parkinson's Disease in the years before her death but enjoyed the support of her community and church in Belmont throughout her last years.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Ca 1954
Identified by Mary Jo Sweeney. Verified by Emma Luther and Ellen Dellinger, both cousins of the subject. They recalled that Barbara and Ellen were "raised together".
Additional information was found in her obituary, found at this URL: https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries.
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Same subject as in 02786, 02787, 02788, and 07223.
004858
Anna Mae (Hollar) Bowman Dellinger
Dellinger, Anna Mae (Hollar) Bowman (1927-2007)
Portrait of Anna Mae (Hollar) Bowman Dellinger as a young woman with a flower in her hair.
Anna Mae was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but moved to Shenandoah County as a young child. Her parents were Aden Albert Hollar and Catherine Rebecca Fadeley. By 1940, she lived with her widowed mother, older brother, and grandmother (Julia A. Fadeley) on a farm west of Edinburg.
She married Harold Bishop Bowman (1922-1982) in October 1946. His parents were Boyd Miley and Virginia Pearl (Grandstaff) Bowman. At that time, she was a 19-year old beautician and her husband was a laborer. They had two children together before divorcing in 1961.
In 1977, Anna Mae married again. Dwight Elmo Dellinger (1919-2003) was born in Virginia to Charles Cecil and Nellie Verl (Will) Dellinger. He was a widow living in Edinburg when he and Anna Mae married.
Both are buried in Edinburg.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Labelled "June 1945" on box of plates.
Identified by Maxine Buckholder.
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009673
Carl Eugene and Robert L. Linaweaver
Linaweaver, Carl Eugene (1926-1968)
Linaweaver, Robert Lee (1925-2002)
Sailors - United States - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Military personnel - United States - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Portrait of two brothers: Carl Eugene Linaweaver on the left, and Robert L. Linaweaver on the right. Carl was in the Navy while Robert was a paratrooper in the Airborne division of the Army.
Their parents were Laurence and Essie (Brill) Linaweaver. They also had a sister named Louise (Linaweaver) Raynor Seekford.
When he registered for the WWII draft, Carl worked at the Safeway Store in Front Royal but lived on Spring Street in Woodstock. He served in the U.S. Navy Reserves from December 1944 to July 1946. Sometime later, he married Lavine Estelle (Gulick) (1919-1982), a woman from West Virginia, who worked as a waitress in a restaurant.
Robert served in the Airborne Division of the U.S. Army from May 1943 to Dec 1945. After, he married Emily Isabel (Hollar) (1924-2017) in 1946. She was a nurse and the daughter of Lester Granville and Mazie Irene (Lambert) Hollar. When they married, Robert was a 21-year old service station operator in Edinburg. The couple had five children: Robert Jr., Sue, Rebecca, William, and Richard “Dicky”.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
ca Dec 1945
Identified by Louise V. Seekford, sister of the subjects who had the same photograph at home. Also identified by James E. Morrison, Sr. who knew them and had seen the photograph before.
Additional biographical information was compiled from public records.
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Same subject as in Morrison Photo 03839 and 006658.
004032
Jessie Estep Sellers
Sellers, Jessie Estep
Portrait of a young Jessie Estep Sellers taken in front of the Shenvalee Hotel in New Market. Jessie married Everett Sellers and together they had a daughter, Mary Margaret Sellers Hollar. Jessie worked as a bookkeeper, tax preparer, church secretary, Sunday school teacher and Youth worker over the course of her life.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
ca 1920-1930
Identified by Nancy Stewart who knew her well and who recognized the Shenvalee Hotel because she worked there in high school.
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003209
Louise (Hollar) Crabill
Crabill, Louise Virginia (Hollar) (1915-2008)
Portrait of Louise Virginia (Hollar) Crabill as a young woman.
She was the daughter of Edward R. and Lucy A. (Rhinehart) Hollar.
Her husband was Joseph B. Crabill, Sr.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Labelled "March 1950" on box of plates.
Identified by Dolores Burner, a niece of the subject.
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008227
Ellen Hockman Dellinger & Barbara Hollar Gallant
Dellinger, Ellen Hockman
Gallant, Barbara Hollar
Photograph of Ellen Hockman Dellinger (left) and Barbara Hollar Gallant (right) as young women. Both are dressed up and are wearing corsages.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Undated
Identified by Phillis Wright.
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Same subjects as in 02786, 02787, 04858, 07223, 04892, and 04954
002788
Ellen Hockman Dellinger and Barbara Hollar Gallant
Dellinger, Ellen Hockman (1934-2013)
Gallant, Barbara Hollar (1936-2015)
Photograph of (l to r) Ellen Hockman Dellinger and Barbara Hollar Gallant as young women. Both are wearing long dresses and corsages.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Undated
Identified by Phillis Wright.
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Same subjects as in Morrison Photos 02787, 02788, 04858, 07223, 04892, and 04954
002786
Hollar and Hamilton Marriage Record
Recording & registration - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Hollar, Melvin L.
Hamilton, Audrey M.
Marriage certificate for Melvin L. Hollar from Toms Brook and Audrey M. Hamilton from Mt. Jackson dated October 18, 1948 in Hagerstown, Maryland.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Undated
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002558
Jean (Wolverton) Hollar
Hollar, Jean Louise Wolverton (1923-2007)
Portrait of Jean Louise Wolverton as a young woman. She married William David Hollar.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Labelled "April 1945" on box of plates.
Identified by Nancye L. Bowman who went to Edinburg High School with both the subject and her husband.
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007251
Lawrence Lambert
Lambert, Lawrence Franklin (1921-1972)
Soldiers - United States - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Portrait of Sgt. Lawrence Lambert, of Woodstock, in his U.S. Army uniform.
Lawrence was the son of Joseph Fletcher Lambert (1889-1959) and Mamie Pearl (Jackson) Lambert (1890-1959). He grew up in Woodstock with many siblings.
He served in the U.S. Army from 1939-1945 and held the rank of Sergeant. He married Frances Lucille (Hollar) Lambert (1923-1998), either while he was still in the military or just after his discharge.
Lawrence and his wife had at least one son, Gary C. Lambert (1946-2015). When he died, Lawrence’s occupation was as a retired cutter in a textile company. His last residence was in Woodstock.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
ca 1940's
Identified by James E. Morrison, Sr., who recognized subject as a family friend.
Additional biographical information was compiled from public records.
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001821
Ellen Hockman and Barbara Hollar
Hockman, Ellen
Hollar, Barbara
Photograph of cousins, Ellen Hockman (left) and Barbara Hollar (right).
The girls were the niece and daughter of Virginia "Gin" (Seal) Hollar and Aden Russell Hollar.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Labelled "April 1945" on box of plates.
Identified by Phyllis S. Wright, a cousin of the two subjects.
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Same subjects as in Morrison Photos 004858, 002786, 002787, 002788, 004892, and 004954.
007223
Lantz Family
Lantz, Virgie Catherine Tisinger
Lantz, William Warren
Hollar, Winona Lantz
L to R: Virgie Catherine Tisinger Lantz (1883-1969) pictured with her husband, William Warren Lantz (1877-1947), and their daughter, Winona Lantz Hollar. Winona Lantz married Cecil Hollar. Virgie Tisinger was the daughter of Robert Tisinger, who was the son of David Tisinger, son of John Tisinger, son of Peter Tisinger.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Undated
Identified by R.L. Tisinger
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001776
Virginia (Seal) Hollar
Hollar, Virginia Seal
Photograph of Virginia Seal Hollar as a young woman. She was the daughter of William Otha (1883-1969) and Lula (Henry) (1884-1943) Seal. Her husband was A. Russell Hollar.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
August 16, 1929
Identified by Phyllis S. Wright, who was the subject's first cousin and had a copy of the same photo at home.
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006864
Trilby Hollar
Hollar, Trilby (1929-2000)
Portrait of Trilby Hollar as a young woman.
Trilby was the daughter of Cecil E. & Winnona Louise (Lantz) Hollar. She grew up in Lantz Mills. In 1955, she married Robert E. Daggett (1929-1996).
She was a majorette in High School and with the Lantz Mill Band.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
ca 1940's
Identified by Jean Allen Davis, who remember that Trilby was a drum majorette and played in the Lantz Mill band.
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Tribly Hollar appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 005109, 006627, 006826, and 013092.
006826
Katie Bushong Shrum
Shrum, Katie Virginia Bushong (1888-1931)
Portrait of Katie Virginia (Bushong) Shrum as a young woman.
Katie was the daughter of Aaron Allen (1863-1935) and Rebecca (Bauserman) (1858-1934) Bushong. In the 1900 census, she and her parents lived at her mother’s family’s home in the Davis District of Shenandoah County.
She married Tasker Frederick Shrum (1889 - 1970) in October 1910 and by the 1920 census, the couple had two daughters: Dorothy Rebecca Shrum (born in 1913) and Ruth Virginia Shrum (born in 1919). Katie’s husband worked as a farmhand. He was the son of Joseph Alton (1853-1912) and Amanda Jane (Hollar) (1855-1933) Shrum.
Katie lived in Toms Brook when she died. The family was listed there in the 1940 census as well. She was buried in Harrisville, located in the northern part of Shenandoah County.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
ca 1910
Identified by Kathy McElroy, subject's grandaughter, who has seen similar picture.
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000138