Christiana Williams Freeman, (1812-1909) mother of Isadora Noe and Mary Christiana Freeman.
The McNeill family was a middle class African American family living in the District of Columbia during the twentieth century. They were originally from Southport and Lake Waccamore, N.C.
Left photo: ca 1855 daguerreotype shows Christiana Williams Freeman, (1812-1909) mother of Isadora Noe and Mary Christiana Freeman.
Right photo: ca 1859 daguerreotype shows- two African American girls, Issadora Noe Freeman (1852-1926) seated on the left, Mary Christiana Freeman (1857) standing on right holding large hat.
This family most likely had their portraits taken by Robert H. McNeill in his photography studio in Washington, DC.
This collection consists of correspondence, journals, speeches, writings, notebooks and notes, military papers, medical records, financial papers, legal papers, genealogical papers, appointment books, calendars, address books, clippings, printed matter, and other material documenting primarily the lives of Robert H. McNeill, photographer; Bertha C. McNeill, educator and newspaper columnist; Mary A. McNeill, homemaker, educator, and civic leader; and William C. McNeill, physician and educator.
Source: Library of Congress, these daguerreotypes are part of the William Clarence and Mary Alice Wheeler McNeill Family Collection.
Creator: Robert H. McNeill, 1917-2005.