1904 Photograph of Five Adams Sisters from Stoneham, Maine: Alice, Lottie, Ethel, Josie, Goldie

September 1904 Photograph of Alice, Lottie, Ethel, Josie and Goldie Adams of Stoneham, Maine.  The photograph was taken by W. Allen.

From online research, hopefully correct:


The parents of these Adams sisters were William and Sarah Frances (Ridlon) Adams.   Their paternal grandparents were William and Eliza Adams.  Their maternal grandparents were Thomas E. and Philinda Decker (Ridlon) Ridlon.


Josie Mae Adams was born 11 June 1882 at Stoneham, Maine.  She first married Herbert W. Taylor.  Upon his death, she married Vernice L. Harriman.


Goldie Frances Adams was born 16 July 1885 in Maine.  She married Fred Albert Wight on 5 February 1919 at Norway, Maine.


Alice M. Adams was born 2 May 1887 at Stoneham, Maine.  She may be the Alice M. Adams of Sweden, Maine, who married George H. Porter of Bridgton, Maine, on 21 September 1917, but I can't be sure.


Lottie Maude Adams was born 2 July 1889 at Stoneham, Maine.  She married Willie H. Warren, also of Stoneham, on 14 January 1922 at Paris, Maine.


Ethel P. Adams was born 13 April 1891 in Maine.  She married John Ceylon Files, also of Stoneham, on 1 July 1911 at Waterford, Maine. 


These sisters had other siblings who were not shown in the photograph: Herbert, Grace, Blanche and Charles.


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