Charlotte Joslin - c 1892-1893 - page 26 of Charles Joslin Call and Elizabeth Ann Coe's Photo Album

 

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 then served as preceptress at the South Kingston High School in Peace Dale, Washington County, Rhode Island. After her time at Oxford, she taught at the High School in Woonsocket, Providence County, Rhode Island. 

Throughout her life, Charlotte was active in religious activities in the Methodist Episcopal Church. She was also active in the Women's Christian Temperance Union. She served as Grand Secretary of Delta Delta Delta from 1894-1897. 

Charlotte Elizabeth Joslin died on 9 December 1908 at Chelsea. 

This photograph dates from 1892-1893, probably taken around the time Charlotte graduated from Boston University. 

George H. Hastings, the photographer, had a studio in Boston in the 1880s and 1890s. According to city directories, up until 1890, this studio was located at 147 Tremont Street. In the 1892 and 1893 city directories, his studio is listed as being at 146 Tremont Street, the address shown on the front of the photograph of Charlotte. By 1894, Hastings had expanded his business, adding a second studio at 1068 Boyleston Street in Boston. By 1896, his only studio was at 1068 Boyleston Street. And the studio is no longer listed in city directories as of 1897. 

So Hasting's studio was located at 146 Tremont Street, where this photograph was taken, from 1892-1895. Given how competitive the photography industry was in Boston in the 1890s, I believe Hastings would have had both addresses on the cabinet cards once he opened the second studio. to ensure that people knew where to find him to have their portrait taken. 

The back of the photograph identifies it as a portrait of Charlotte Joslin. The album page identifies this as a photograph of Charlotte Joslin Shaver, with Shaver clearly being in a different handwriting than the original identification of Charlotte Joslin. 

The Charlotte Joslin identification is correct. While Charlotte Joslin Call (1834-1908) had five siblings who also immigrated to the United States and all had children. Only the daughters of William Joslin makes sense to be the subject of a photo taken in Boston in 1892-1893.

William Joslin (1832-1916) was the oldest of the six siblings. Two of his daughters, Flora Francesca (1864-1953) and Charlotte Elizabeth (1867-1908) lived to adulthood. By 1892, when the Hastings studio was located at 146 Tremont Street, she was married and living in Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. 

Charlotte Joslin (1834-1908), the second oldest of the six siblings, married Robert Call, and her children bore the Call surname. 

Ann Joslin (1836-1917), the third of the six siblings, married William Jones, and her children bore the Jones surname. 

George Adams Joslin (1844-1921), fourth of the six siblings, had two daughters, Mary Ann (1876-1965) and Elizabeth Verran (1887-1971). They lived in Wisconsin, and neither of his daughters would have been old enough to be the woman pictured in the photograph by 1892-1893. 

Robert Joslin (1846-1914), was the fifth of the six siblings. His daughter, Grace (1885-1969) married Rolla Emerson Shaver. In the 1890s, they lived in Elba, Genesee County, New York. I believe whoever added the surname Shaver to the album thought the photograph was of Grace Joslin Shaver. However, she was a child under the age of 10 when the photograph was taken. 

Samuel Joslin (1849-1913), the youngest of the six Joslin siblings who immigrated, had no daughters. 

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