Can you ID the Case Girls?

Question

Can you identify the pretty ladies in this picture?

Carriage photo is “Rebekah Wilson & 2 Case Girls” & the other is “Three Case Girls”. Both are from Beulah, Michigan.

I’m going to assume Rebekah was or became a Case girl. Cool find but don’t know them.

I have higher res photos that I can email an interested family member. Too big for wikitree.

Comments

Really neat historic photo. Do they have a Wikitree profile?

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I really don’t know if they have a profile. I would have to ID them first.

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Do you know what the approximate time frame is for the ladies?

Edit: I would think since lived in Beulah, Benzie County, Michigan, USA area they probably have a memorial on FindAGrave be nice to find more about the genealogy 

Addendum: see plenty of surname “Case” buried at Benzonia Township Cemetery, Benzonia, Benzie County, Michigan, USA 

See: HERE

Also see Case Name Study a good resource it would be amazing to identify them. Oh I see you manage it 

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Possibly her sister in laws in the carriage? Interesting

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Sisters in law was my thought as well. The two main Case Lines, William & John both took divergent paths but had relatives in Michigan. I will work through both trees.

Digging deeper in the pile I found another picture that notes “place 1 cent stamp here”. The US Postal service postcard rate was 1 cent from 1898 to 1917. That can back us into a DOB c. 1875-1900.? They appear about 20 years old?

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The 1 cent postcard rate was in effect later than 1917.  I remember, when I was growing up in the 1940's and maybe even into the 1950's, it cost 1 cent to mail a postcard, 2 cents for 2nd class, and 3 cents for first class.  The only difference between 2nd and 3rd classes was whether or not you sealed the envelope.  My parents always just tucked the envelope flap in without sealing it to save that extra penny.

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Neat fact.. I dug a little deeper on https://siarchives.si.edu/history/featured-topics/postcard/dating-postcards

and it seems like it bounced around quite a bit! Thanks for sharing a very cool remembrance.

Answer 1

I might have Found her on Familysearch 9FWX-PJ6

Familysearch Bio:

When Rekah Wilson was born on 8 September 1888, in Traverse City, Grand Traverse, Michigan, United States, her father, Robert Wilson, was 49 and her mother, Fredericka Bergstrom, was 38. She married Roy Thomas Case on 11 June 1910, in Lake Ann, Almira Township, Benzie, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Almira Township, Benzie, Michigan, United States for about 10 years and Detroit Ward 15, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1920. She died on 4 May 1921, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States, at the age of 32, and was buried in Almira Township, Benzie, Michigan, United States.

Name: Reka Wilson
Sex: Female
Age: 12
Birth Date: Sep 1888
Birthplace: Michigan
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Relationship Code: Daughter
Father's Birthplace: Sweden
Mother's Birthplace: Sweden
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1900
Event Place: Almira Township, Benzie, Michigan, United States
Event Place (Original): Almira township Lake Ann village, ED 1, Benzie, Michigan, United States
Household Identifier: 140
Line Number: 47
Sheet Letter: A
Sheet Number: 7
Sheet Number and Letter: 7A
Affiliate Publication Number: T623
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
 

Household	Role	Sex	Age	Birthplace
Robert Wilson	Father	M	65	Sweden
Fradreka Wilson	Mother	F	50	Sweden
Fredrick Wilson	Brother	M	14	Michigan

Digital Folder Number: 004119840
Microfilm Number: 1240702
Image Number: 00409
Indexing Batch: N00830-4

Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M912-36B : 9 March 2022), Reka Wilson in entry for Robert Wilson, 1900.

See her memorial https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23325751/rekah-case

Father Robert Wilson memorial same cemetery https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23353170/robert-wilson

Her mothers memorial for Fredericka Bergstrom https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23333447/fredericka-wilson

Edit: sadly a death report shows she passed fairly young from broncho pneumonia with childbirth contributing 

Comments

Thanks for the Star

Answer 2

Thanks for sharing!  Nice work on the research!  That buggy is worth $5000 today!  (mute point)