January 1935 from The Calls 1935-1943

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 On February 16, 1942, Elizabeth Ann Coe (1862-1956, daughter of Albert Coe and Deborah Prentice and widow of Charles Joslin Call (1859-1939)) started a notebook as a continuation of the "History of the Charles J. Call Family". The information is taken from her diary entries starting on January 1, 1935.

I believe this was intended to be a third volume to the "Memories of the Calls/Memories of the Coes" she wrote in 1936 and a second volume of the Memories of the Calls that I don't have a copy of. Rather than narrative paragraphs about different topics that she wrote in the first volume, this volume is strictly chronological with information from her diaries. 

My plan is to do a separate blog post for each month between 1935 and 1941 (I know - the title says 1943 - but the notebook ends with information from 1941). 




January 1935

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New Year's Day, 1935. Twenty three of Our Folks here. Malvern showed moving pictures. Marian Call has just gone to Washington. Charles gave his usual $ 5.00 to the children and $ 1.00 to grandchildren. 

Jan 7. Charles made agreement with Genesee Growers for work at Akron

Jan 10. Thelma made me a dress wine silk, trimmed with velvet. 

Jan 11.  Served Grange. Irving and Thelma chairmen. Everything went smoothly and well. Less than 300.

Sat 12.  Finished Edith's cross stitch bedspread. Carrie and Frank here. They plan to go to Florida very soon. 

Mon. Jan 14, 1935. Effie M White Call - wife of the late Albert Call, died at 5:30 P.M.

Wed 23.  Thelma, Lucille and I tied a comfort for Bertha at her home. to-day. I finished the edge with German knotstitch. 

Fri 25.    Eileen had a little party. Eleven nice young folks. 

Sat Jan 26. Herbert comes over and reads nearly every day. He has finished a Supplementary Primer and perhaps half of a First Reader this week. Edith told how well her pupils were doing, and Herbert came to me with a book saying "Do you know why I am doing this? I know you don't want aunt Edith's kids to get ahead of me."

Tues Jan 29  Bertha and I (and Thelma!) tied comforts for Lucille. Irving and Thelma went in the evening to a meeting of Allied Youth, a Temperance society for young folks. 



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Patty's notes on this entry


Charles Joslin Call (1859-1939) and Elizabeth Ann Coe (1862-1956)

Malvern - Malvern Smith Jones (1884-1937) son of Daniel S. Jones (1853-1923) and  Ida May Gardiner (1856-1892). He married Edith Alberta Call (1889-1989) daughter of Charles Joslin Call (1859-1939) and Elizabeth Ann Coe (1862-1956) in 1913. 

Marian Call - Marian Alberta Call (1911-2000) daughter of Charles Arthur Call (1885-1962) and Bertha May Hotchkiss (1882-1946). She married John Kay Strickland (1911-2007) son of Edwin Lockwood Strickland (1878-1972) and Mary E Kay (1883-1973) in either 1936 or 1940 or both. There are two marriages listed for John K Strickland and Marian A Call in the New York Marriage Index - a marriage on 30 Dec 1936 in Port Chester, New York, and then a license issued on June 8, 1940 in Queens. On February 1, 1940, there was an announcement in the Batavia Times that Marian Call and John Kay Strickland were engaged and would marry later in the spring. 

Charles - Charles Joslin Call (1859-1939) son of Robert Call (1831-1913) and Charlotte Joslin (1834-1908). He married Elizabeth Ann Coe (1826-1956) daughter of Albert Coe (1827-1907) and Deborah Prentice (1833-1910) in 1884. 

Akron - the village of Akron is in Erie County, New York

Thelma - Thelma Louise Keitel (1905-1996) daughter of Herbert P Keitel (1880-1957) and Mary R Fancher (1885-1990). She married Irving Joslyn Call (1900-1995) son of Charles Joslin Call and Elizabeth Ann Coe in 1927.

Grange - The National Grange of the Order of Patrons on Husbandry was a national fraternal organization founded in 1867 which encourages families to band together to promote the economic and political well-being of the community and agriculture. The Stafford Grange was founded in 1877.  Charles and Elizabeth Call were active members of the Stafford Grange as early as 1899. 

Irving - Irving Joslyn Call  (1900-1995) son of Charles Joslin Call and Elizabeth Ann Coe. He married Thelma Louise Keitel (1905-1996) daughter of Herbert P Keitel  and Mary R Fancher in 1927

Edith - Edith Alberta Call (1889-1989) daughter of Charels Joslin Call and Elizabeth Ann Coe. She Malvern Smith Jones (1884-1937) son of Daniel S. Jones and  Ida May Gardiner married in 1913. She then married Cary Clinton Daniels (1878-1970) son of Clinton DeWitt Daniels (1837-1918) and Lucia Augusta Bryant (1844-1919) in 1945. 

Carrie - Carrie Evelyn Coe (1864-1948) daughter of Albert Coe and Deborah Prentice. She married Frank Lincoln Walkley (1867-1961) son of Rosman L Walkley (1838-1930) and Maryetta Peck (1843-1922) in 1894

Frank - Frank Lincoln Walkley (1867-1961) son of Rosman L Walkley and Maryetta Peck. He married Carrie Evelyn Coe (1864-1948) daughter of Albert Coe and Deborah Prentice in 1894

Effie M. White - Effie May White (1862-1935) daughter of Salma White (1817-1881) and Betsy Chittenden (1823-1912). She married Albert Henry Call (1857-1934) son of Robert Call and Charlotte Joslin in 1879

Albert Call - Albert Henry Call (1857-1934) son of Robert Call and Charlotte Joslin. He married Effie May White (1862-1935) daughter of Salma White and Betsy Chittenden in 1879. 

Lucille - Lucille Alice Hale (1893-1996) daughter of Frank Herbert Hale (1860-1942)  and Amanda Carpenter Reynolds (1864-1919) She married Robert Vincent Call (1892-1961) son of Charles Joslin Call and Elizabeth Ann Coe in 1919

Bertha - Bertha May Hotchkiss (1882-1946) daughter of Horatio Nelson Hotchkiss (1855-1938) and Carrie Adell VanName (1861-1944) She married Charles Arthur Call (1855-1962) son of Charles Joslin Call and Elizabeth Ann Coe

Eileen - Eileen Evelyn Jones (1919-2015) daughter of Malvern Smith Jones and Edith Alberta Call. She married James Gordon Lye (1916-2000) son of Walter Reuben Lye (1881-1940) and Ethel Marie Lain (1879-1969) in 1942

Herbert - Herbert Joslin Call son of Irving Joslin Call and Thelma Louise Keitel

Allied Youth - The Allied Youth movement was organized in 1934. The only reference I've found to it so far is in an article in the Harvard Crimson from 1934 at https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1934/5/23/temperance-gone-high-hat-or-allied/


Next post in the series: February - March 1935

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