Wandering Around The Family Tree

  The final photograph associated with the album is of Arthur Sperry Prentice, first cousin of Elizabeth Ann Coe. The photograph was loose in the back of the album, rather than in one of the frames on the album pages.  Arthur Sperry Prentice was born on 28 November 1867 in Pennsylvania, the son of Horace Prentice (1842-1901) and Jennie Ellen Sperry (1842-1922). Horace  Prentice was a younger brother of Deborah Prentice, Elizabeth Ann Coe's mother, so they were first cousins on her maternal side. Jennie Ellen Sperry was a half-sister of George W Sperry (1853-1933) who married Mary Isadore Coe, Elizabeth Ann Coe's older sister. So Arthur was not only Elizabeth Ann & Mary Isadore's first cousin, he was also Mary Isadore's half-nephew.  Horace Prentice's family moved frequently when Arthur was young. Arthur regularly stated he was born in Pennsylvania, but an exact location has not been identified. The family has not been found in the 1870 census, but Arthur's s...

 The twenty-ninth photograph in the album is Rosalind Alberta Daniels, niece of Charles Joslin Call.  Rosalind Alberta Daniels was born on 31 May 1897 in Morganville, Genesee County, New York, the daughter of Walter Scott Daniels (1863-1918) and Elizabeth Alberta Call (1862-1929).  Rosalind never married. Throughout her life, she was active in church activities and with her family. She was an instrumental in keeping various branches of the extended Call-Joslin family connected through at least the 1970s. She regularly attended and served as secretary for the Call-Joslin family reunions. in 1942, she showed colored slides of the family at the reunion.  Rosalind Alberta Daniels died on 12 July 1990 and is buried in the Morganville Cemetery.  This photograph was probably taken in 1898 or 1899 based on Rosalind's age in the photograph.  The photograph was taken at the studio of   Philos Beecher Housekneecht (1858-1930) where the photographs of her sib...

  The twenty-eighth photograph in the album is Charles Clark Daniels, nephew of Charles Joslin Call.  Charles Clark Daniels was born 25 April 1892 in Stafford, Genesee County, New York, the son of Walter Scott Daniels (1863-1918) and Elizabeth Alberta Call (1862-1929) . He married Charlotte Louise Armstrong (1894-1979), daughter of Obadiah E. Armstrong (1865-????) and Ola Etta (1871-????), on 23 December 1913 in Genesee County, New York.  Clark and Charlotte had six children:  Ellsworth Scott (1914-2004) Clayton Bage (1917-1986) Walter Armstrong (1919-1949) Lois Anita (1920-1943) Dorothy Rosalind (1921-1988) Alwyn Emmett (1925-2007) In 1915 and 1917, Clark listed his occupation as farmer in Stafford. In 1920, the family was living in Leicester, Livingston County, New York, where Clark listed his occupation as carpenter in a salt mine. By1925, the family was back in Stafford, where Clark once again was listed as a farmer. In 1930, the family was still in Stafford, whe...

  The twenty-seventh photograph in the album is Clark Charles Daniels and Charlotte Louise Daniels, nephew and niece of Charles Joslin Call.  Walter Scott Daniels (1863-1918) and Elizabeth Alberta Call (1862-1929) were the parents of five children. Their oldest two, Clark and Charlotte are the subjects of this photograph.  Charles Clark Daniels was born 25 April 1892 in Stafford, Genesee County, New York. He married Charlotte Louise Armstrong (1894-1979) on 23 December 1913 in Genesee County. They had six children:  Ellsworth Scott (1914-2004) Clayton Bage (1917-1986) Walter Armstrong (1919-1949) Lois Anita (1920-1943) Dorothy Rosalind (1921-1988) Alwyn Emmett (1925-2007).  Charles Clark Daniels died in September 1983 in Batavia, Genesee County.  Charlotte Louise Daniels was born 26 November 1893 in Le Roy, Genesee County. She married Frederick William Miller (1895-1978) on 15 October 1921 in Morganville, Genesee County. They had one child, Frederick Andre...

The twenty-sixth photograph in the album is unidentified. There is no information on the back of the photo or the album page to give any hints as to who it is a photograph of.  The style of the card - type of photograph, type of cardstock, border, etc indicate the photograph could have been taken anytime between 1870 and 1900.  The subjects hair and dress would date the photograph to the 1880s.  The photographer, Levi Sherman (1834-1901) was active in Rochester between 1875 and 1896. Between 1881 and 1888, his studio was located at 40 State Street in Rochester, the address on the back of the card. This is the same studio, and the same style of card, that two other photographs in the album were taken at - the 1883 photographs of Sarah Frances Ward  and Ezra Frank Coe.  Previous page in the album: George Coe Next page in the album: Clark & Charlotte Daniels  

  The twenty-fifth photograph in the album is identified as George Coe (?).  Assuming it is George Coe, the question then becomes which George Coe was a close enough relative to Elizabeth Ann Coe to be included in her photograph album. It was taken in Rochester, Monroe County, New York in 1884.  Elizabeth Ann had three close relatives named George - her uncle, George W. Coe (1831-1906), and her two cousins George Albert Coe (1862-1951) and George Ellsworth Coe (1863-1905). The photograph shows a young man, which would rule out George W. Coe. George Ellsworth Coe lived in Michigan all his life. He married in Michigan in 1884. So while it is possible this is a photograph of George Ellsworth Coe taken on a visit to relatives in Rochester, I think it unlikely.  The most likely candidate for a young man named George Coe to have his photograph taken in Rochester in 1884 is George Albert Coe. He was born on 26 March 1862 in Mendon, Monroe County, New York, the son of George...

  The twenty-fourth photo in the album is Elizabeth Alberta Call and her husband Walter Scott Daniels, sister and brother-in-law of Charles Joslin Call.  Elizabeth Alberta Call was born on 12 July 1862 in Stafford, Genesee County, New York, the daughter of Robert Call (1831-1913) and Charlotte Joslin (1834-1908). Walter Scott Daniels was born on 12 April 1863 in Wyoming County, New York, the son of Charles S. Daniels (1839-1879) and Louise A. Hufteland (1843-1922).  Elizabeth and Walter married on 12 March 1891 in Stafford. They lived in either Stafford or Morganville for their entire married lives. The couple had five children:  Charles Clark (1892-1983) Charlotte Louise (1893-1958) Rosaline Alberta (1897-1990) Frances Emogene (1903-1984) Flora Elizabeth (1908-1999) Walter died on 4 May 1918 in Stafford. Elizabeth died on 30 December 1929 in Morganville. They are buried in the Morganville Village Cemetery in Morganville.   Walter Scott Daniels and Elizabet...

The twenty-third photo in the album is Mabelle and  Merrill Call, children of  Albert Henry Call, niece and nephew of Charles Joslin Call. Albert Henry Call (1857-1934) was the oldest surviving son of  Robert Call  (1831-1913) and  Charlotte Joslin  (1834-1908).  He married Effie May White (1852-1935), daughter of Salma White (1817-1881) and Betsy Chittenden (1823-1912) in 1878. Albert and Effie had four children: Russell White (1879-1944), Archie Duane (1881-1956), Ralph Merrill (1885-1959) and Mabelle (1887-1956). This photograph shows the two younger children.  Ralph Merrill Call was born 7 November 1885 in Stafford, Genesee County, New York. He married Edith Harper (1886-1965) on 26 February 1908 in Genesee County. Ralph and Edith had four children: Ralph Alfred (1909-1973), Kenneth Harper (1912-1974), Floyd Henry (1913-1960) and Doris Muriel (1920-1996). Ralph Merrill Call died on 19 January 1959 in Stafford.  Mabelle Call was born 23 Ju...

  The twenty-second photograph in the album is Josephine E. Crocker and her daughter Alice Louise Pratt. Josephine was Elizabeth Ann Coe's first cousin.  Josephine E. Crocker was born 13 April 1843 in Crystal Lake, McHenry County, Illinois, the daughter of Henry Crocker (1819-1899) and Huldah Melissa Coe (1821-1902). Huldah Melissa was Albert Coe's (Elizabeth's father) older sister.  Josephine married Peabody W. Pratt (1838-1874) son of David Pratt (1791-1882) and Electa Gibbs (1796-1874), between 1870 and 1872. They both were living in Le Roy, Genesee County, New York in 1870, so they probably married there. Their only child, Alice Louise, was born in Le Roy in 1872.  Peabody W. Pratt died in Le Roy on 24 November 1874. Josephine died on 10 May 1927 in Pittsburgh, Alleghany County, Pennsylvania.  Alice Louise Pratt was born on 27 July 1872 in Le Roy, the daughter of Peabody W. Pratt and Josephine E. Crocker. She married Cartter Weaver (1871-1924), son of John D...

  The twenty-first photograph in the album is Charlotte Joslin, daughter of William Joslin, first cousin of Charles Joslin Call.  Charlotte Elizabeth Joslin was born on 3 June 1867 in Chelsea, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, the daughter of William Joslin (1832-1916) and Charlotte Blackmore (1830-1885).  In 1892, Charlotte graduated from the College of Liberal Arts at Boston University. While at BU, she was a member of the first group of women initiated into the Delta Delta Delta fraternity, being the nineteenth person to sign the Alpha Chapter Constitution. She earned a Master's Degree from Boston University in 1899.  Following her time at Boston University, Charlotte traveled to Europe. She spent the summer of 1900 traveling, ending her travels in England. She spent the 1900-1901 school year studying at Oxford University, working towards her doctoral degree.  Professionally, Charlotte was a teacher. She taught at the High School in Chelsea, Massachusetts, and t...

The twentieth photo in the album is Russell, Merrill and Arch Call, sons of Albert Henry Call, nephews of Charles Joslin Call. Albert Henry Call (1857-1934) was the oldest surviving son of Robert Call (1831-1913) and Charlotte Joslin (1834-1908).  He married Effie May White (1852-1935), daughter of Salma White (1817-1881) and Betsy Chittenden (1823-1912) in 1878. Albert and Effie had four children: Russell White (1879-1944), Archie Duane (1881-1956), Ralph Merrill (1885-1959) and Mabelle (1887-1956). This photograph shows the three older children.  Russell White Call was born 25 November 1879 in Stafford, Genesee County, New York. He married Blanche May Chittenden (1890-1984) on 24 June 1914 at Gurnee, Lake County, Illinois. Russell and Blanche had one child, Mary Ann (1828-1993). Russell White Call died on 26 November 1944 in Batavia, Genesee County.  Archie Duane Call was born 12 July 1881 in Stafford. He married Mabel Elizabeth Westbrook (1881-1966) on 9 April 1908 ...

    The nineteenth photo in the album is John Donald McEwen, son of Clara Addie (Coe) McEwen, nephew of Elizabeth Ann Coe.  John Donald McEwen was born on Easter Sunday, 18 April 1897, in Wichita, Sedgewick County, Kansas, the son of James Daniel McEwen and Clara Addie Coe.  He married Bernice Beachy (1892-1945) daughter of Cyrus M. Beachy (1862-1945) and Anna Olinger (1864-1955) on 17 April 1917 in Wichita. John and Bernice had two children Own Coe McEwen (1924-2012) and Ellen McEwen (1928-2014).  From about 1918 through at least 1940, John worked at Steffen Bretch Ice and Ice Cream Company in Wichita. In 1920, he was an accountant there. By 1930, he was a manager. And by 1940, he was a Bice President of the firm.  Before 1952, John married Charlotte German (1908-1997), daughter of James Lafayette German (1879-1952) and Eunice Scott (1855-1946).  John Donald McEwen died on 3 March 1984. He is buried in Wichita.  This photograph dates from 1897, ...

  The eighteenth photo in the album is Clara Evelyn Coe and her brother Charles Albert Coe, children of Ezra Frank Coe, niece and nephew of Elizabeth Ann Coe.  Clara Evelyn Coe was born on 30 December 1886 in Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas, the daughter of  Ezra Frank Coe  (1853-1942) and  Sarah Frances Ward  (1856-1942).  She married Ward Coe Bryant (1881-1975), son of Frank E. Bryant (1858-1944) and Eva S. Coe (1860-1949) on 30 August 1906 at the home of her grandparents Albert Coe and Deborah Prentice in Le Roy, Genesee County, New York. Clara Evelyn Coe and her husband were third cousins, sharing Jesse Coe (1769-1843) and Olive Roberts (1880-1854) as their great great grandparents.  Clara Evelyn Coe and her husband Ward Coe Bryant had four children: Frank Ruddy (1907-1934), Charles Warren (1909-1960), Frederick Ward (1913-1991) and Janet Elizabeth (1921-2006). The Bryant family settled in Greenfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts by 1909, wh...