Rider Family Photographs, Parish, NY  
Rider Family Photographs
Town of Parish
Oswego Co., NY

We have had contact with a man from FL.  His ancestors are a big part of Parish's history. 
He has some wonderful Rider family photos.  He can't identify all of the folks.  I was hoping that we could post it on the site and maybe someone has the same photo and/or someone can identify some more.   Mary Lou Guindon, by way of Don Blankman at: ([email protected])

Can anyone Help ??
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“House Photo” Parish, NY
“House Photo”Parish, NY


February 13, 2002

Hi Kim:

I hope you received the two photos I just sent you okay? The one in front of my great great uncle William Rider’s house in Parish lets designate as the “house Photo” and the other we will call the “garden Photo” for the sake of brevity. The garden photo has the largest number of unknown people, but they were no doubt Parish people. The garden photo was taken about the same time as the house photo. Number 2 in the house photo is my father Glenn Warren Blankman, born 6 February 1887. He looks as though he was about 2 years old, so my guess is that the house photo was taken in the summer of 1889. The garden photo was taken about the same time. Some of the ladies are even wearing the same dresses. Also, number 1 in the garden photo is my great grandmother Eunice Harter, wife of George Dennis Rider. She died 8 March 1893, so the photo definitely antedates her demise. The house photo shows the following:

“Garden Photo”  Parish, NY
“Garden Photo” Parish, NY


1. Dora Belle Rider Blankman, my grandmother.
2. Glenn Warren Blankman, my father. 
3. Unknown, but the same as No. 7 in the garden photo.
4. Baby Nellis. 
5. Kit Nellis. She is in the garden photo as No. 12.
6. William Rider.
7. Genevia Rider.
8. Jessie Rider?
9. Unknown.
10. Unknown, but possibly the same as No. 26 in garden photo?
11. Unknown, but possibly the same as No. 27 in garden photo?
12. Unknown.
13. Mrs. Hoisington. Same as No. 18 in garden photo. 
14. Unknown. 
15. Unknown.
16. Unknown, but the same as No. 25 in garden photo.
17. Unknown, but the same as No. 5 in garden photo.
18. Unknown, but the same as No. 23 in garden photo.

In the garden photo, as stated above, No. 1 is Eunice Harter, wife of George Dennis Rider. I have no way of knowing, but I wonder if 3 and 4 might not have been sisters of Eunice? Other than as stated above, the others in the garden photo are unknown to me. I know that Eunice and George Rider belonged to a Temperance organization, and I wonder if the garden photo might not have been a gathering of that membership? I have the membership certificate somewhere in my archive. I hope someone else has these photos and can identify the unknown persons.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Don Blankman ([email protected])
KimPerkins

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Rider house in Parish
Rider house in Parish

A Jpg photo taken at what may have been the original Rider house in Parish.
George is No. 7, Eunice is No. 12 and Arthur their son is No. 13. I think No. 14 is Ora Rider, the minister, No. 8 is Amos Harter, and No. 9 is Bess Harter. Since Arthur is say 4 years old, the photo must have been taken about 1861, or so. Arthur was born in 1857. The others in the photo I don't know, but my Aunt Eunice thought No. 4 might have been Allen Rider. If so then either 3 or 5 may have been his wife, but neither of them look like Allen's wife in other photos.
The Harters (Herrther, Herder) were from Manlius Center and go back to Palatine German immigrants who came to New York in 1709. They eventually settled in Herkimer (German Town) and had one of the 100 acre Burnetsfield Patents on the Mohawk River. Henry Harter, the father of Eunice settled in Manlius and was a blacksmith. His wife was Hannah Reals (descended from another Palatine Family named Ruehl). Henry had three sons who were in the Civil War. I have a lot of data and original documents on the Harters, and Betty and I attended the First Harter Family Reunion in Herkimer in 1981.
Contributed by Mary Lou  Guindon at:  <[email protected]>

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