New photo found of George Washington Lovell and Amanda Carolina Mullens of Whitebreast, Lacona, Warren, Iowa.

It has been several years that I had a glimpse of this black and white photo that is about 4x4 and has been stored away in a box in my grandmother Edna Lois Lovell Brower bible with my sibling. It wasn't until this year that I acquired this photo and laid it upon my scanner to get the highest quality digital imaging I could get and found that this was not just an OLD PHOTO! I was able to identify my great grandfather William Andrew McClelland Lovell and some of his siblings, then realized this was none other than the family of George Washington Lovell and Amanda Carolina Mullens. Look past the line of the family to the doorway and you will see someone standing in the doorway, I wish I knew who that was!

This photo has been digitally colorized so that I could bring it to life. I've learned through the countless years I have spent trying to trace down bits and pieces of our family tree that there are several relatives who have photos like these, but either are not capable of handling new technology or simply don't have any interest in sharing our history or maybe they just don't know who any of these people are! 

I personally want to see my ancestors, so please do share and if you are in Iowa, I encourage you to reach out to me so we can discuss a plan to scan more of our family photos. I have posted many photos of our families on my blog and publicly on Family Search so that our families can enjoy seeing the faces of our ancestors. As a genealogist, it pains me to see countless old photos that end up in vintage/antique stores or trashed because nobody claimed them. Let's give them a name and a face!

George is in the derby hat and his wife Amanda next to the small children. Amanda appeared to me from other photos to be a tall woman, but is rather tiny and petite in this photo, as well as George! 

From comparing other family photos, I have the following names of everyone in this photo and if I'm incorrect, please let me know!

From right to left: William Arthur Lovell (not an actual blood child, but raised by George and Amanda as their own. I don't have proof to this, but read that he was a son of one of Amanda's sisters), next to him is Robert Thomas Lovell, then it's my great grandfather William Andrew McClelland Lovell, Amanda Carolina Mullens Lovell, Ida Florence Lovell, Emma Ada Lovell, George Washington Lovell, and lastly George Webster Vorhees Lovell. 

Estimated year photo was taken, between 1875-1879 as Ida appears to be approx. 5 years old and Myrtle May has not yet been born, nor Katherine, nor James Elmer Lovell. At this time, I am uncertain if the photo was taken in Missouri or Whitebreast, Lacona, Iowa. They did live in Missouri somewhere between 1875-1879, as also noted in Amanda's father Robert Mullen noted in his will that was written in 1875, his daughter Amanda Lovell living in Missouri at the time. 

Original Scan