1870's Maude Norwood Photo, wife Sumner Tingley Packard, Camden, Maine

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On reverse: "Maude E. Norwood" is handwritten in old period pencil script. Photo type: CDV Carte de Visite Photograph, Victorian. Photographer: H.A. Mills, Camden, Knox County, Maine. (known to be photographer Hanson Albert Mills 1829-1916 born in Vinalhaven, Knox, Maine and died in Lincolnville, Waldo County, Maine at age 87, also known as Hanson A. Mills, he worked at 32 Main north of the bridge in Camden, starting around 1868 in Camden business directories)

Maude is a beautiful toddler and her mother is hidden under a lace shawl, holding her up to left, as we often see in these photos. This is called a "hidden mother" studio photo. The baby's mother would be draped behind holding the baby up for the long 30 second or more exposure in the photographer's studio, quite a feat!

Found in Public Genealogy Records:
1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Maud E. Norwood
Home in 1880: Camden, Knox, Maine
Age: 2
Estimated birth year: abt 1878
Birthplace: Maine
Relation to head-of-household: Daughter
Father's name: Joseph H. Norwood
Father's birthplace: Maine
Mother's name: Mary A. Norwood (Mary Pascal Norwood)
Mother's birthplace: Maine
Household Members:
Joseph H. Norwood 35
Mary A. Norwood 34
J. Fred Norwood 8
Maud E. Norwood 2
Annie Quinn 16

1900 United States Federal Census
Maude E Norwood
Home in 1900: Rockport, Knox, Maine
Age: 22 Birth
Date: Dec 1877
Relationship to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Household Members: Name Age
Joseph H Norwood 56 Mary
A Norwood 55
Maude E Norwood 22
Saidee V Robinson 23

Maude married Sumner Tingley Packard of Bridgewater, MA in 1903:
Maude E Norwood in the Maine, Marriage Records, 1713-1922
Age: 25
Birth Date: abt 1878
Birth Place: Rockport ME
Marriage Date: 30 Jun 1903
Marriage Place: Camden, Knox, Maine, USA
Father: Joseph H Norwood
Mother: Mary A Pascal
Spouse: Sumner T Packard

1910 United States Federal Census about Sumner T Packard
Age in 1910: 35
Estimated birth year: 1875 Birthplace:
Massachusetts Father's Birth
Place: Massachusetts
Mother's Birth Place: Massachusetts
Spouse's name: Maud Packard
Home in 1910: Brockton Ward 7, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Marital Status: Married
Household Members: Name Age
Sumner T Packard 35
Maud Packard 31
Sumner T Packard Jr. age 6 
Annie Anderson 32
Agnes Healey 25

Their children were:
1. Sumner T Packard Jr. 1904–1959 born in Brockton, Plymouth, Mass and died in Los Angeles, California. His wife is listed first as Ruth B. Packard and later in life in 1937 he married Antonia Sutkovoy Packard 1911–2004. He was a Chief Petty Officer in the US Navy.
2. Elinor Packard 1905–1905, died as an infant
3. Pauline Packard born 1912, found in 1920 census age 8 with family, unknown.

In the later years of her life as a widow she lived in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. Sumner died in 1936 and she can be seen living there in 1940, age 62. This photo was found down the road from Springfield, in Brimfield, Hampden, Mass. Did she have family in that area? It is slightly trimmed on bottom, usually to fit into the tight Victorian paper photo album sleeves. It does not affect her actual image in any way.

A beautiful baby photo of young Maude, a much loved curly haired baby in beautiful handmade clothing. This is an important DAR, Daughters of the American Revolution and SAR Sons of the American Revolutionary War family.

Size: 2.5 by 4 inches
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