Good afternoon everyone! Thanks again to Chris, last night we had a break through! The postcard is, in fact, initialed in code. However, those initials were not "F.E.W." as I had originally thought. The initials are "F.E.T." And what a difference just one letter makes! :-)
Chris Dunham, Maine genealogy supergenious, once again tracked down some VERY interesting information. There was only one eligible bachelor in West Paris, Maine, whose initials matched our signature.
F.E.T. or Franklin Eugene Tubbs lived in West Paris, Maine, in 1910. He was born in 1886, putting him at age 24 when this postcard was sent and when he may have been courting our girl Marjorie. Theories on how they knew one another?
Well, according to Chris, Bethel and West Paris were just three train stops apart. Maybe Frederick attended Gould Academy in Bethel (the same school Marjorie went to). Or maybe Marjorie taught a semester of school in West Paris after graduating from Gould Academy.
Either way, we do know that they didn't marry. Marjorie married Albert Brooks a couple years later. So, maybe Marjorie wasn't ready to settle down when Freddie Tubbs wanted to?
Frederick ended up marrying a widow with three small children named Susie Smith Whitman in Sept. 1911, a year after her husband's death and just seven months after sending his love note to Miss Marjorie. Her late husband had worked with Frederick which would explain how they knew one another. Guess Freddie couldn't wait on Miss Marjorie or was sick of her playing hard to get!
I can't wait to track down some photos of this dramatic bunch...
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