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.  Photos on the this page are related to Wichita, Sedgewick County, Kansas!  My grandmother, Evelyn Clara Call, was born in Wichita, Kansas, as were two of her siblings. Her parents, Charles Joslin Call and Elizabeth Ann Coe, moved west around 1888...

    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 sixteenth photo in the album is Harold Daniel McEwen, son of Clara Addie Coe, nephew of Elizabeth Ann Coe.  Harold Daniel McEwen was born on 27 May1892 in Wichita, Sedgewick, Kansas, the son of  James Daniel McEwen  (1861-1901) and Clara Addie Coe (1864-1950).  He married Evelyn M. Rorabaugh (1896-1972) on 12 November 1921 in Wichita. They had one daughter, Joanne (1923-2011).  Harold lived in Wichita until sometime between 1921-1928. At various times he worked as and Agent for AVI RY, the manager of the Le Roy Hotel (owned by his mother), and a bookeeper at Steffen Bretch Ice and Ice Cream, Co. By 1928, he was living in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, working as a dry goods merchant. By 1935, he was in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas where he worked as merchandiser for a department store. At the time of his death in Dalla in 1963, he worked at E.F. Hutton in Securities and Investments.  This photograph likely dates from about 1894.  ...

  The sixteenth photo in the album is Harold Daniel McEwen, son of Clara Addie Coe, nephew of Elizabeth Ann Coe.  Harold Daniel McEwen was born on 27 May1892 in Wichita, Sedgewick, Kansas, the son of James Daniel McEwen (1861-1901) and Clara Addie Coe (1864-1950).  He married Evelyn M. Rorabaugh (1896-1972) on 12 November 1921 in Wichita. They had one daughter, Joanne (1923-2011).  Harold lived in Wichita until sometime between 1921-1928. At various times he worked as and Agent for AVI RY, the manager of the Le Roy Hotel (owned by his mother), and a bookeeper at Steffen Bretch Ice and Ice Cream, Co. By 1928, he was living in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, working as a dry goods merchant. By 1935, he was in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas where he worked as merchandiser for a department store. At the time of his death in Dalla in 1963, he worked at E.F. Hutton in Securities and Investments.  Based on Harold's age in the photograph, it was likely taken in...

The eleventh photo in the album is of James Daniel McEwen (1861-1901), Elizabeth Coe's brother-in-law. James Daniel McEwen was born on 7 February 1861 in Le Roy, Genesee County, New York, the son of Donald McEwen (1819-1911) and Hannah Heagle (1833-1923). He married Clara Addie Coe (1864-1950), daughter of Albert Coe (1827-1907) and Deborah Prentice (1833-1910) on 29 October 1890 in Le Roy, Genesee County.  James McEwen settled in Wichita, Sedgewick, Kansas in about 1889. By 1891, he was the owner of J.D. McEwen & Co., Commission Merchants. Starting in 1894, his business was focused on wholesale fruit and produce.  James and Clara McEwen had two sons, Harold Daniel (1892-1963) and John Donald (1897-1984).  James McEwen died in Wichita on 4 August 1901.  14 Aug 1901, Wed The Wichita Eagle (Wichita, Kansas) Newspapers.com James' widow, Clara Addie Coe McEwen, remained in Wichita for the rest of her life. Both she and her husband are buried in Machpelah Cemete...