Hello, Earlier in the week I received an e-mail from someone who is interested in obtaining a photo of a famous inventor of the early 1900's. His name was: Wellington P. KIDDER (1853-1924) Wellington was born in Maine, but showed an early "gift" for inventing, so came down to Boston to study. In 1878, he married in nearby Malden, MA, and that seems to be where Wellington and Emma (HINKLEY) KIDDER raised their three children: Wellington KIDDER, b1882 (no further information) Mrs. Louisa SPARROW, b1883 (her husband "died at sea" in 1924) Mrs. Frances TUBBY, b1889 (Husband an architect in Greenwich, CT) This above information is from "the KIDDER book," but it lists no information on any possible grandchildren for Wellington KIDDER (b1853). Wellington's father, Wellington KIDDER, also had a genius for inventing, and they helped to "better" farm machinery, and at Age 15 the son invented a better rotary steam engine. After his schooling, he became interested in the printing press. In 1880 he started the Kidder Press Manufacturing Co. He invented the "Wellington" and "Franklin" ..early typewriters.* After 1898, he studied and then made improvements to the "horseless carriage," and then started the Kidder Motor Vehicle Co. of Hartford, CT. Later he invented a portable typewriter and moved his "operations" to Rochester, NY, where he resided at the time of his death. (Reportedly died in NYC in 1924.) Thank you for your time. Betty (near Lowell, MA) * The gentleman who wrote to me has a small museum on the first typewriters in our country, and he would like a photograph of Wellington KIDDER to go along with the display on his typewriters. FYI: "the KIDDER book" -- "Descendants of Ensign James KIDDER (1626-1676) of Cambridge and Billerica, MA ....." by Morgan Stafford at NEHGS, 1941.