Long Line - From England to the United States - Week 3 of #52Ancestors

This week's prompt for Amy Johnson Crow's 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks project is Long Line. I had a couple of ideas for this week and finally settled on the long line of extended Call and Joslin family members who immigrated from Devonshire to the United States between the 1830s and early 1900s. 

I have to wonder if in 1851 when my great great grandparents Robert Call and Charlotte Joslin were both servants on the farm of Robert Reed in Chawleigh, Devonshire, England if they had any idea how many members of their extended families would immigrate to the United States. 

As far as anyone knows, Robert and Charlotte met at the Reed farm. Within two years of the 1851 census, Robert had immigrated to the Boston, Massachusetts area. A year later, Charlotte followed and they were married in Fitchburg, Massachusetts on July 16, 1854. 

1835 The first member of Robert's family to immigrate that I've identified was his maternal uncle William Paine. William (about 1800-1882) arrived at the Port of New York with his wife Elizabeth Paddon (abt 1791-1865) on May 18, 1835. By 1839, they had settled in Genesee County, New York where they lived out the rest of their lives.

1849 Next to immigrate was Alexander Cole (1828-1913). Alexander was the son of Mary Joslin and Thomas Cole. His mother Mary was William Paine's half-sister, so Alexander was Robert Call's 1/2 first cousin. Alexander settled in Perry, Wyoming County, New York. 

1852 The first member of Charlotte Joslin's family to immigrate was her brother William Joslin (1832-1916). He arrived in Boston on March 27, 1852 and lived in the Boston area for the rest of his life. 

1853 Robert Call (1831-1913) and his brother William Call (1820-1905) arrived in Philadelphia on March 22, 1853. Robert first settled in the Boston area, and then in 1858 he moved to Stafford, Genesee County, New York, where his uncle William Paine was living. Robert's brother William was living in Wisconsin by 1860. By 1871, he was living in Minnesota. where he lived out the rest of his life. 

1854 Charlotte Joslin (1834-1908), her sister Ann Joslin (1836-1917), and Charlotte Blackmore (1830-1885) arrived in Boston on May 31, 1854. Charlotte married Robert Call on July 16. Ann married William Jones in 1858 and lived in the Boston area for the remainder of her life. Charlotte Blackmore married William Joslin in 1856. 

Another family arrival in 1854 was Samuel Cole (1832-1927), Alexander' brother who also settled in Wyoming County, New York. Samuel presumably arrived with his wife Ann and son Mortimer. 

Samuel and Alexander's sister Elizabeth Cole (1830-1909) also immigrated about 1854. She married William Cooper in September 1855 in Perry, Wyoming County, New York. By 1870, the Coopers lived in Ford County, Illinois where they remained for the rest of their lives. William and Elizabeth likely knew each other in England. They both came from the town of Burrington and he immigrated in 1854. 

1859 Elias Cole (1837-1907), another of the Cole siblings immigrated in 1859. He settled in Stafford, Genesee County, New York where his cousin Robert Call and uncle William Paine were living. Elias's wife Anna Cooper was also from Burrington, so she may well have known Elias in England and may be related to William Cooper who married Elias's sister Elizabeth. 

1866 John Paine Call (1817-1895), Robert and William Call's older brother arrived in New York on September 10, 1866. 

1868 On November 10, 1868, John Paine Call's wife Jane (1823-1879), and nine of their children Caroline (1845-1930), Thomas (1848-1901), Adelaide (1850-1934), Julia (1852-1944), Asa (1856-1926), Eva (1859-1943), Rose (1861-1939), Frank (1865-1930), and Fred (1865-1926) arrived in Boston. By 1869, John Paine Call and his family were settled in Batavia, Genesee County, New York. 

1871 About 1871, Elizabeth Call, another daughter of John Paine Call and his wife Jane Goddard arrived in the United States and joined her family in Batavia. 

1874 On April 29, 1874, two of Charlotte Joslin's brothers Samuel (1849-1913) and Robert (1846-1914) arrived in Boston. Samuel settled in Darien County, Wisconsin. Robert lived in Batavia until at least 1910. He returned to England for the last few years of his life. 

1881 On January 3, 1881, George Adams Joslin (1844-1921) arrived in Boston. His wife Mary (1841-1908) and two children Mary Ann (1876-1965) and George (1879-1952) may have immigrated at the same time or within a year of George's arrival. George Adams Joslin was a Methodist minister, serving several congregations in Wisconsin. By 1902, he was living in Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin where he lived for the remainder of his life. 

1888 About 1888, Harry R. Smith (1863-1937), son of Robert Call's sister Elizabeth and her husband Thomas Radford Smith immigrated. By 1904, he was living in the Chicago area and by 1930 he was living in Oklahoma. Harry Smith is buried in Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas. 

1901 In June 1901, Charlotte Anna Challice (1869-1933) and Flora Elizabeth Challice (1872-1964), daughters of Charlotte Joslin's sister Elizabeth and her husband John Challice arrived in Boston. Both listed their Uncle Robert Call of Batavia, NY as the relative they were joining in the US. Charlotte worked in the household of Robert Call's daughter Elizabeth and her husband Walter Daniels though at least 1920 and died in Morganiville, Genesee County, New York.  Flora married Samuel Radley (a native of Devon who immigrated to Genesee County in 1872) in 1914 and they lived out their lives in Stafford and Bethany, Genesee County. 

So between 1835 and 1901, at least 35 members of the extended Paine-Call-Joslin families immigrated from a few towns in Devonshire to the United States. They and their descendants settled across much of their new country. But we know they kept in touch with the family members here in the United States and back in England. There are records of members returning to England for visits, family gatherings in New York (especially in 1904) and letters and photographs that were exchanged across the miles. 

Writing this made me realize just how many blanks there still are for me to fill in about the extended family migration

• Just when did everyone arrive? 
• Were the Cooper's part of the migration?
• Have I missed anyone else who migrated?

I've been working on tracing the descendants of all these immigrants. I know that Robert and Charlotte's descendants were in touch with extended family members through at least the late 1980s. If you are related to any of these families, please drop me a note. I'd love to connect.