Wandering Around The Family Tree

I'm very lucky to have several of my grandmother Evelyn Clara Call's (1895-1962) photo albums. And perhaps even luckier that she labeled many of the photos - so I know roughly when and where they were taken, and who was in the photos.  My grandmother attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois in 1915-1916, and then Cornell University in Ithaca, New York from 1916-1919 The photos on pages 138-139 have photographs from a trip to Buttermilk Falls in Ithaca that my grandmother (Evelyn Clara Call 1895-1962) and grandfather (Francis William Hankins 1897-1983) took with several of their friends in April 1919.  Page 138 Evelyn Clara Call on left Evelyn Clara Call (1895-1962) daughter of Charles Joslin Call (1859-1939) and Elizabeth Ann Coe (1862-1956). She married Francis William Hankins on December 31, 1920.  Evelyn Clara Call on right Francis William Hankins on left Francis William Hankins (1897-1983) son of William Lucas Hankins (1872-1930) and Mary Jane Kellam (18...

Here are the February Birthday's from Mary Jane Kellam's Birthday Book February 4 Charlotte W Prime   Middletown I have not been able to identify Charlotte W Prime February 9  Jennie Florey  Lake Ariel Jennie H Florey was born 9 February 1873 in Scranton, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, daughter of Samuel G. Florey (1834-1922) and Albina C. Jennings (1842-1917). She married Ephraim S Gregory (1872-1929) on 20 February 1925 in Norfolk, Virginia. She died 1 October 1970 in Norfolk.  February 12  Evelyn C Call 1895 Evelyn Clara Call was born 12 February 1895 in Wichita, Sedgewick, Kansas, daughter of Charles Joslin Call (1859-1939) and Elizabeth Ann Coe (1862-1956). She married Francis William Hankins (1897-1983), Mary Jane Kellam's son, on 31 December 1920. Evelyn died on 10 June 1962.  February 13   John Doyle  Lookout pa 1823  died Apr 27 '92                           ...

The sixth photograph is Mary Isadore Coe (1851-1924), wife of George W. Sperry, sister of Elizabeth Ann Coe Mary Isadore Coe was born 14 October 1851 in Pavilion, Genesee County, New York, the daughter of Albert Coe (1827-1907) and Deborah Prentice (1833-1910).  When Mary was eleven, she suffered a severe case of the measles. According to The Memories of the Coes written by her sister Elizabeth,  The measles we have particular reason to remember. Mary, who was eleven years older than I, and at the time in school in Le Roy, had them first. Father went to Le Roy, our trading place, and when he got home found with the other mail, a letter saying Mary was sick with the measles at her boarding place in Le Roy. He hitched the horses to the sleigh and went back the five mile and a half, to bring her home. She was never well after that. (Memories of the Coes,  https://pattyhankins.blogspot.com/2020/07/memories-of-coes-1-introduction.html ) Mary received her education at the Le Ro...

Family Record February 1896. The 16th, the thermometer stood 20° below here at Grandpa Call's between 6 and 7 o'clock in the morning. Papa said that was the lowest he ever knew it. There was almost no wind and it didn't seem so cold.  Evelyn was one year old Wednesday the 12th. She weighs 22 pounds. She has stood alone for quite a while, but doesn't walk yet. When she first began to stand alone; she would stand up and then settle in a kind of curtsey then up again, very prettily. Arthur lacked a week of a year when he took his first step alone. Edith was two weeks over a year, but she was large and heavy. His papa coaxed Robert to take his first step alone the day he was ten months old and he was running all around long before he was eleven months.  Feb 29. Evelyn took a few steps alone the day she was one year and two weeks old, just Edith's age. We have had continuous sleighing now for six or seven weeks. It is very poor now, high banks and bare ground alternating...

   On February 16, 1896, my great grandmother, Elizabeth Ann Coe (1862-1956), wife of Charles Joslin Call (1859-1939) of Stafford, Genesee County, New York, began writing what she called a family record. She wrote about her children, how she met her husband, why they had moved to Kansas for several years, etc She continued to write in the Family Record on and off, in fits and starts for the next 25 years. Sometimes she would write several pages, and then put it down for a few years, and pick it up and write some more. Other times, she would go years without writing, and then glue in some letters or newspaper clippings.  So unlike the  Memories of the Calls ,  the Memories of the Coes , or  The Call 1935-1943  - which look back on her life and her husband's life from a later vantage point, this one is written contemporaneously with the events she wrote about.  The manuscript gives me a glimpse into what life was like in the late nineteenth century ...

I'm very lucky to have several of my grandmother Evelyn Clara Call's (1895-1962) photo albums. And perhaps even luckier that she labeled many of the photos - so I know roughly when and where they were taken, and who was in the photos.  My grandmother attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois in 1915-1916, and then Cornell University in Ithaca, New York from 1916-1919 .  The photos on pages 136-137 show life in Risley Hall, the dormitory on the Cornell Campus where my grandmother lived in 1918-1919.  Page 136 has photos of the Corridor Parties in Risley, 1918-1919 Rupert, Parrot, Regan, Wilhelnson Loveland Allen    Perry Clara, Ruth, "Polly", Ev Davis, Beatrice Ragnihld Ida, May, Cate, Norma Winifred Page 137 has another photo that looks to be from the time period as the ones on page 136, and a photo of the Alcove In Risley Dining Room Alcove in Risley Dining Room Ruth, Ragnihld, Ev, Winifred, May, Norma Unfortunately since none of the photos are ide...

These are the January birthdays recorded in Mary Jane Kellam's (1874-1944) birthday book  January 1, 1847 - Henriettia A Buckley - Middletown, NY Henrietta A. Crandall born 1 January 1847 in Bainbridge, Chenango County, New York, daughter of Orasums Crandall (1808-1869) and Betsey Ann Carroll (1809-1876). She married Chauncey E Tolles (1831-1880) and  Frank Buckley (1840-1917) in 1886. She died 29 May 1912 in Middletown, Orange County, New York.  January 4 - Janet A Lindsay - West Pittston, PA Janet Anderson Lindsay was born 4 January 1875 in Pittston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, the daughter of  James Lindsay and Margaret Schultz (1849-1919). She married Stanley Turrell Glidden (1874-1938) in 1910. She died on 9 November 1921 in West Pittston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.  January 11 - Mary C Marx - Andes, NY Mary C Marx was born 11 January 1869, the daughter of Simon Marx (1832-1907) and Sarah Hawver (1838-1912). She died unmarried on 19 April 1957. She app...

  On Christmas day, 1888, Mary Jane Kellam (1874-1944), daughter of John Ross Kellam (1830-1903) and Frances Maria Shafter (1845-1924), was given a copy of Tennyson's Birthday Book by her Auntie Davis.  Mary Jane - usually known as Mame or Mamie - began recording birthday's of friends and families. She continued to add information to the book until the late 1920s. Mamie clearly asked when people's birthday, year of birth and a location - because she included it in this wonderful record she left.  Given the scarcity of vital records for Sullivan County, New York, where she was born and raised, Mame's birthday book is one of the few sources I've found that has exact birthdates for many in the Kellam, Hankins, Ross and Shafer families.  My plan for sharing the information contained in the Birthday Book is to photograph all the pages that she wrote on, and share them by month, with what information I can find about people to help other's find this resource.  Next Po...

  The fifth photograph is George W. Sperry (1853-1933), husband of Mary Isadore Coe, brother-in-law of Elizabeth Ann Coe George W. Sperry was born on June 29, 1853 in Pavilion, Genesee County, New York, the son of Platt T. Sperry (1814-1889) and Rebecca Storm (1821-1857). He married Mary Isadore Coe (1851-1924), daughter of Albert Coe (1827-1907) and Deborah Prentice (1833-1910) on May 7, 1879 in Le Roy. According to census records, George was a farmer in Pavilion until after 1900. In 1910, George and Mary were living in Benton, Lake County, Illinois, where George's occupation was listed as house painter. In 1920, they lived in Zion, Lake County, where George had no occupation listed, although the 1919 city directory does list his occupation as painter. In 1930, George, by then a widow, was living in Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio, where he died on October 10, 1933.  There is very little information on the photograph that helps date it to a specific timeframe, but I believe the p...

     I'm very lucky to have several of my grandmother Evelyn Clara Call's (1895-1962) photo albums. And perhaps even luckier that she labeled many of the photos - so I know roughly when and where they were taken, and who was in the photos.  My grandmother attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois in 1915-1916, and then Cornell University in Ithaca, New York from 1916-1919 .  Based on location in the album between sets of photographs with dates, and the ages of the children in the photographs, the photos on pages 134-135 were likely taken during the summer of 1918.  Page 134 has photos of the Call family including young cousins playing  Helen    Alden   Marian Helen - Helen Elizabeth Call (1910-1997) daughter of Charles Arthur Call (1885-1962) and Bertha May Hotchkiss (1882-1946). Alden - Alden Malvern Jones (1915-2010) son of Malvern Smith Jones (1884-1937) and Edith Alberta Call (1889-1989) Marian - Marian Alberta...