This sweet little girl who posed
for the Resinol Soap ad is surely somebody's great-grandmother. According
to the back of this card, little Mary was born on August 11, 1899 and
was just 11 months old when she posed for the ad. The ad attributes her
abundant and glorious hair to the daily use of Resinol Soap!
I found this ad among the effects of
a long-deceased great aunt, Johanna Lindner Ahrendt of Little Falls, N.J. and
New York City. It is possible that she knew the child and her family.
Attention
: Carol VAN CLEEF did a Census search and discovered that there
is a 20 year old nurse by that name listed at City Hospital in the
1920 Census of Perth Amboy, Middlesex, NJ, ED 50, sheet 1-A. She and
parents were born in PA.
Information
from Martha Magill (2006): 1900 United States Federal Census Record
Name: Mary P Blocker
Home in 1900: Baltimore Ward 20, Baltimore City
(Independent City), Maryland
Age: 9.12
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1899
BirthPlace: Maryland
Relationship to head-of-house: Daughter
Father's name: William L
Mother's name: Elizabeth
Race: White
Household Members:
Name Age
William L Blocker 61
Elizabeth Blocker 41
Mary P Blocker 9.12
1910 United States Federal Census Record
Name: Mary P Blocker
Age in 1910: 10
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1900
BirthPlace: Maryland
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Father's Name: William L
Father's Birth Place: Maryland
Mother's Name: Elizabeth M
Mother's Birth Place: England
Home in 1910: Baltimore Ward 19, Baltimore
(Independent City), Maryland
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Gender: Female
Household Members:
Name Age
William L Blocker 26
Elizabeth M Blocker 41
Mary P Blocker 10
I will be happy to pass this picture
on to any
descendants.
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