"Well, I hope you are able to figure it out someday soon... =)I suddenly remembered that I also have a 'Mystery Woman', who is also an aunt. It says on the back that she is my g-grandmother's sister, but that was written by her…"
"Hello Loralee, Thanks for your interest. My Grandmother Lydia grew up in Candor, NY, Lydia's parents did not have any siblings named Ellen . I have been wondering about an Ellen Jacobs in my tree related to my Grandmother Lydia's…"
"It says 'Aunt Ellen' just above the very clear 'Ellen?'. It's just very sloppy writing.Where did your grandmother grow up? Did either of her parents have a sister named Ellen, or perhaps married an Ellen?"
" That's a great suggestion to look into. So far that is the only postcard I've found in my grandma's collection. I know my grandma's handwriting , the writing on the card is not hers."
"Hello Kate,
Thank you for the feed back, I thought this writing is Aunt Ellen as well. There is an Ellen Jacobs connected to my Hover family line , I was thinking may possibly be this lady. It seems she may have been a teacher, I was thinking…"
I noticed there was no surname group for Cowles.My earliest Cowles Ancestor was John Cowles b 1598 England. He came to America about 1634 settled in CT. This Cowles line lived in CT until about 1813 when Rufus Cowles movedto Candor, NYSee More