The right image was in my mind as I biked home.
The photo was taken about 150 years ago.....he is in Civil War uniform.
We don't know his name, though I am related to him somehow.
The photo pre-dates the main immigration from continental Europe, including
Germans, Poles, Norwegians, and Jews, so though he is unknown, he is
almost certainly either Dutch or English. The Dutch colonized NY very early.
To my eye, these two faces seem to be under very similar genetic control. Unfortunately, I do not have a later photo of this man.....he may have died in the Civil War. |