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Received via email from "Shelley":

I've "rescued" an old autograph album which originally belonged to Ethelyn BRONSON of Marshalltown, IA. The album contains the following entries:

Ethelyn BRONSON Autograph Album
Cora WARD, 29 Oct 1879
Syde REED, 9 Dec 1879
C. C. BOGEN, Valentine's Day 1881
Mary D. GALLANTY (Teacher)
Carrie FLINT, Nashua, IA, 1 Jun 1888
H. MIDDLEKAUFF, Marshalltown HS, 23 Feb 1887
Edgar L. PORTER, Marshalltown High School, 2 May 1890
Anna M. TAYLOR, Marshalltown, IA, 14 May 1891
Mary MCFARLAND, Marshalltown, IA, 17 May 1880
Abbie S. ABBOTT, Marshalltown, IA, 15 Mar 1886
Lauretta BARNABY, Marshalltown, IA, 21 Mar 1887
C. A. TAYLOR, Marshalltown, IA, 26 May 1891
Edward T. DEVINE, Marshalltown, IA, 23 May 1888
Lizzy H. AVERY, Marshalltown, IA, 9 Mar 1887
Carrie BARNES, Charles City, IA
Cora RYNEARSON, 14 Apr 1889
Lucia W. RAINES of Memphis, TN at Marshalltown, IA, 3 May 1891
C. M. WIRICK, Marshalltown H. S., 24 Mar 1887
Grace R. MARSH of Lewiston, NY @ Marshalltown, IA, 19 Dec 1890
Lola A. TRUITT, Muncie, IN, 23 Apr 1890
Carl KELSEY, Grinnell, IA, 13 May 1891
S. W. BEYER, Marshalltown, IA, 4 Mar 1890
Lida STYLES, 20 Dec 1889
Mary BUTTERWORTH of Canton, NY @ Marshalltown, IA, 18 May 1888
F. E. KEELER, Marshalltown, 20 Nov 1882
Louise E. HUGHES of Iowa City @ Marshalltown, 21 Nov 1887
Mary A. KELLY, Marshalltown, IA, 23 Oct 1885 (Teacher)
Helen M. BLANCHARD, 2 Feb 1883
Carrie J. LANG, 28 Oct 1882
Eliza HYNDMAN of Elvaston, IL at Marshalltown, IA, 31 Jan 1889
Lizzie MCPHERSON, 5 Oct 1880
Mary F. C. EASTMAN, Marshalltown, 14 Dec 1886

Based on limited research I was able to gather the following information regarding Ethelyn and her family:
Ethelyn J. or I. BRONSON was b. 15 Jan 1872 near Buchanan, MI to parent S. S. "Leroy" BRONSON (b. 1846) and Amanda Melanie GILBERT (1850-1942) who were married 23 Mar 1869 in Des Moines, IA. Ethelyn had three half-siblings by her Mother and her second husband including Joseph Gilbert JOHNSTON (1879-1953) and John Wallace JOHNSTON (1884-1963) and Roland JOHNSTON (1891-1895). Ethelyn BRONSON died 1 Dec 1942 in Marshalltown, IA and was buried in the Riverside Cemetery in Marshalltown, IA.

I am hoping to return the album to family. If you are a member of this family, or you know someone who might be, please contact me.

Thanks,
Shelley email