Charlotte Joslin Call - page 2 of Charles Joslin Call and Elizabeth Ann Coe's photograph album
The second photograph in the album is Charlotte Joslin Call (1834-1908), mother of Charles Joslin Call.
Charlotte Joslin was born on May 26, 1834 in Filleigh, Devon, England to Robert Bird Joslin and Mary Ann Adams, and baptized there on June 15, 1834.
She met her future husband, Robert Call (1831-1913) prior to immigrating to the United States. In 1851, they were both enumerated in the census as working on the farm of Richard Reed in Chawleigh
Charlotte Joslin and Robert Call married six weeks later on July 16, 1854 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts.
Charlotte gave birth to her first two children, William Alfred (1855-1856) and Albert Henry (1857-1934) in Burlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts. The family moved to Genesee County, New York where three additional children, Charles Joslin (1859-1939), Alva (1861-1861) and Elizabeth Alberta (1862-1929) were born.
In 1892, Charlotte filed a Declaration of Intent to become a
U.S. Citizen, followed by a Petition for Naturalization in 1895. Charlotte
already was a United States citizen at the time she filed her papers – she became
a citizen when her husband Robert was naturalized in 1860.
Charlotte died on September 27, 1908 at her home in
Stafford, New York. Her obituary highlighted her years-long work in the Women’s
Christian Temperance Union and other causes.
There is no information about when the photograph was taken on either the photo or the album page. However, I believe it can be dated to about 1885-1890.
The photographer, Charles W. Tallman, had a studio on the second floor over 80 and 82 East Main Street in Batavia from 1869 through sometime between 1892 and 1900.
Using the criteria outlined in Gary W. Clark's 19th Century Card Photos Kwik Guide: A Step-by-Step Guide to Identifying and Dating Cartes de Viste and Cabinet Cards, pages 37-46, the card can be dated as follows
The photograph is an albumen print on a cabinet card. Albumen prints were used from 1860-1898.
The photograph is an albumen print on a cabinet card. Albumen prints were used from 1860-1898.
The edges of the cabinet card are straight cut, not beveled, dating the card from 1870-1900.
The card has a single thin line border, dating the card from 1885-1900.
The card is a dark maroon card, with a gray back, which dates from 1884-1895.
The photographers imprint is a cursive, larger text, dating from 1883-1900.
Charlotte Joslin Call's hair style is much more typical of the late 1870s - early 1880s than later hair styles. It would not be uncommon for an older woman to keep an earlier hairstyle, than always have her hair done in the latest fashion. Her dress is also more of the style of the 1880s than the 1890s.
If the photo does date from the second half of the 1880s, then Charlotte would have been in her mid-50's which is possible looking at the photo.
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