Wandering Around The Family Tree

Sometime in about 1904, someone in my grandmother Evelyn Clara Call's (1895-1962) family started taking photographs and placing them in an album. My grandmother was nine in 1904, so she could have been the photographer. Or it could have been one of her parents Charles Joslin Call (1859-1939) or Elizabeth Ann (Coe) Call (1861-1956). Most of the early photographs are of family gatherings and places someone visited. I believe by about 1911, my grandmother was taking the photographs. There are photos of her classmates at Batavia High School and groups of teenage girls.  The Call family live in Stafford, Genesee County, New York. They had a cottage at Silver Lake in Wyoming County. So many of the photos were taken in these locations.  The middle two photographs on the page date from before April 1907. The top two were likely taken at the Call family home in Stafford, Genesee County, New York.  Elizabeth Ann (Coe) Call  Elizabeth Ann Coe was born 8 October 1862 in Pavilion...

    Sometime in about 1904, someone in my grandmother Evelyn Clara Call's (1895-1962) family started taking photographs and placing them in an album. My grandmother was nine in 1904, so she could have been the photographer. Or it could have been one of her parents Charles Joslin Call (1859-1939) or Elizabeth Ann (Coe) Call (1861-1956). Most of the early photographs are of family gatherings and places someone visited. I believe by about 1911, my grandmother was taking the photographs. There are photos of her classmates at Batavia High School and groups of teenage girls.  The Call family live in Stafford, Genesee County, New York. They had a cottage at Silver Lake in Wyoming County. So many of the photos were taken in these locations.  Most of the photos on this page are group photos of Albert Coe and Deborah Prentice's family (Elizabeth Ann's parents).  Left of columns: Frank Lincoln Walkley holding ? Between left columns: Clara Evelyn Coe (standing), seated, ?, ...

  I've started editing/re-editing some family photos. Figure I'll post the images here as groups, and add to the posts as I get photos edited. These will be photographs of the Coe family.  Shared December 2024 My great great grandparents - Albert Coe and Deborah Prentice  Albert Coe 1827-1907 Son of Ezra Coe and Elizabeth Ann Sornberger Deborah Prentice 1833-1910 Daughter of Southwick Prentice and Betsey Ann Smith  Carrie Evelyn Coe - left Clara Addie Coe - right 

   I've started editing/re-editing some family photos. Figure I'll post the images here as groups, and add to the posts as I get photos edited.  So this will be Call family group photos - siblings, cousins, etc. It seems like every time the family got together - someone lined them all up for a group photo. I'll provide best estimates for year photo was taken and identification of family members.  If you would like larger copies of the photos or more info about the Call/Coe family, please email me  (link to email is on my profile) - I'm always happy to share.  Posted December 2024  Charles J Call Family c 1914 Standing- Edith Albert (Call) Jones, Malvern Smith Jones, Irving Joslyn Call, Charles Arthur call, Bertha May (Hotchkiss) Call Seated - Evelyn Clara Call, Charles Joslin Call, Elizabeth Ann (Coe) Call, Robert Vincent Call holding Marion Amelia Call In front - Helen Elizabeth Call July 1924 Francis William Hankins driving possibly Irving Joslyn ...

 I've started editing/re-editing some family photos. Figure I'll post the images here as groups, and add to the posts as I get photos edited.  So this will be photo of my great grandparents Charles Joslin Call (1859-1939), son of Robert Call (1831-1913) and Charlotte Joslin (1834-1908) and his wife Elizabeth Ann Coe (1862-1956), daughter of Albert Coe (1827-1907) and Deborah Prentice (1833-1910).  If you would like larger copies of the photos or more info about the Call/Coe family, please email me  (link to email is on my profile) - I'm always happy to share.  Photos added December 2024 Elizabeth Ann Coe Said to be from shortly before she married in 1884 Elizabeth Ann (Coe) Call Possibly 1930s Charles Joslin Call  Said to be from shortly before he married in 1884 Charles Joslin Call Possibly from the 1930s Charles Joslin Call and Elizabeth Ann Coe 50th Wedding Annivesary 1934 Elizabeth Ann (Coe) and Charles Joslin Call  late 1930s  Elizabeth Ann (...

 I've added a digital version of my great grandparents' Charles Joslin Call and Elizabeth Ann Coe's photo album from the 1880s and 1890s to the Internet Archive to make sure that copies of the photographs survive if anything should ever happen to the original album, and so that future family members and genealogists have access to the information.  The digital version has the photos and some of the information from the blog posts about the photos from my blog.  You can find it on Internet Archive at  Charles J Call and Elizabeth A Coe Photo Album   Currently, you need to download the pdf rather than reading it online. To download a copy - scroll down on the page and on the right are download options. The PDF is probably the easiest to download.  You can see all the photographs and the blog posts which have more information than are in the digital version starting at  https://pattyhankins.blogspot.com/p/charles-joslin-call-and-elizabeth-ann.html

  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 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...

  The fifteenth photo in the album is Clara Evelyn Coe, daughter of Ezra Frank Coe, niece 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.  Marriage of Coe / Bryant 31 Aug 1906, Fri Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York) Newspapers.com 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...

  The twelfth photo in the album is of Carrie Evelyn Coe Walkely and her son Fred Rosman Walkley, Elizabeth Coe's sister and her oldest son.  Carrie Evelyn Coe and her twin sister Clara Addie Coe were born on 10 November 1864 in Pavilion, Genesee County, New York to Albert Coe (1827-1907) and Deborah Prentice (1833-1910).  Carrie married Frank Lincoln Walkley  (1867-1961), son of Rosman L Walkley (1838-1930) and Maryetta Peck (1843-1922) on 21 June 1894 in Le Roy, Genesee County. Carrie and her husband had five sons, Fred Rosman (1895-1981), Albert Coe (1896--1983), Clarence Willard (1898-1983), Floyd Frank (1900-1981) and James Harry (1903-1985).  They lived in Le Roy until Carrie's death on 5 August 1948. Frank died on 13 July 1961.   Fred Rosman Walkley was born on 18 May 1895 in Le Roy, son of Frank Lincoln Walkley and Carrie Evelyn Coe.  He married Marjorie Doris Aldrich (1896-1973), daughter of Clark Mason Aldrich (1875-1962) and Glennie Lou...

The ninth photograph is Ezra Frank Coe (1853-1942), brother of Elizabeth Ann Coe.  Ezra Frank Coe was born 26 December 1853 in Pavilion, Genesee County, New York to Albert Coe (1827-1907) and Deborah Prentice (1833-1910).  Sarah Frances Ward was born on 6 June 1856 in Pavilion, Genesee County, New York to Charles Kendall Ward (1819-1898) and Laura Caroline Davenport (1822-1876).  He married Sarah France Ward (1856 - 1942) daughter of Charles Kendall Ward (1819-1898) and Laura Caroline Davenport (1822-1876) on November 7, 1883 in LeRoy, Genesee County.  Wedding invitation shared by Marion Sperry Howe.  Ezra and Sarah moved frequently during the early years of their marriage. In 1885, the Iowa state census has them living in Perry, Dallas County, Iowa. Just over a year later in December 1886, their daughter Clara Evelyn Coe (1886-1972) was born in Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas. In January 1890, their son Charles Albert Coe (1890-1978) was born in Denver, Adams Co...