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Richard Edward Moran
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Richard Edward Moran (1870-1898)
Richard Edward Moran was born on 8 February 1870 to Ellen Ryan and Richard Moran, of Irish ancestry, on Prince Edward Island. He was baptized at St. Dunstan’s Cathedral in Charlottetown on 9 February 1870. He was an only child.
In the 1881 census, his household consisted of his father, Richard (40), who was born in Quebec and is listed as a Sea Captain. Ellen Moran married Richard, who is listed as 53 in the Canadian census, but in her death record, she is listed as 76 years old, leading us to the baptismal record from 1835. A servant named William Morrissy (17) is also listed as living in the household. Richard E. is listed as attending school at the time.
In the “Souvenir booklet and directory of all students registered since January 17, 1855: seventy-fifth anniversary of St. Dunstan's College, August 7 & 8, 1929,” there is a Richard Moran listed as attending during the years of 1883-1886. Since Richard and his father go by the same name, it is tricky to distinguish who actually attended, but in late 1883 Richard, the book's owner, would have been almost 14, so it is assumed that he attended St. Dunstan’s instead of his father.
Throughout his life, Richard E. was involved in the C. M. B. A. (Catholic Mutual Benefit Association) branch 216 in Charlottetown. The description of this society is: “The C.M.B.A. was a fraternal society that dealt primarily in life and health insurance. Members paid dues and were assisted with a stipulated weekly payment during times of sickness or disability.”
Richard E. was also a supporter and employee, a bookkeeper, as reported in the 1891 census of the Herald Newspaper in Charlottetown. On 9 February 1893, The Daily Examiner reported that Richard E. Moran and a man named James M. Sullivan had both, respectively, been given promotions of business manager and associate editor of the Herald Newspaper. The person who had shares sold theirs to both Moran and Sullivan, becoming the newspaper's new owners.
On 27 July 1896, Richard married spinster Mary Alice Sullivan, sister to his business partner James M. Sullivan, who was born on 15 May 1870 to Andrew Sullivan and Mary McArthy, having four other siblings. Together Richard and Alice had one child, Mary Ellen Moran, known lovingly as Nellie, born on 22 April 1897. She was baptized on 25 April 1897 at St. Dunstan’s Basilica.
A little more than a year later, on 11 May 1898, Richard Edward Moran passed away due to “an illness of several months.” He was 28 years old. He left behind his wife, daughter, and both of his parents. His wife, Alice, at the time of his death, was rather ill and on 15 May 1898, she passed away less than a week after her husband. She was 28 years old. This was shocking to the family, friends, and everyone who adored him at the C.M.B.A. Their daughter went to live with Captain and Mrs. Richard Moran.
On 22 August 1898, Captain Richard Moran donated $1000 of life insurance on behalf of his son to 216 C.M.B.A., Charlottetown, an organization that Richard was deeply involved in.
On 2 September 1898, roughly three months later, devastation hit the Moran family of Charlottetown once more as Nellie tragically passed away, only one year and four months old. This left Captain Richard Moran and his wife with no heirs.
Captain Richard and Ellen Moran outlived their son, daughter-in-law, and their grandchild. Captain Richard passed away on 16 October 1912 at 73 years old, then less than a month later, on 6 November 1912, Ellen followed: 76 years old. Tragically their legacy would not live on.
The book, “Manuals of Catholic Philosophy,” has the inscription: “R. E. Moran Charlottetown Dec 1891.” It was later donated by Rev. W.J. McGuigan, another man featured on our website.
Bibliography
1881 Census of Canada. Item number 43598; Reference number RG31 - Statistics Canada; Family Number 124; Queens, Charlottetown Royalty, Prince Edward Island; Page 29.
1891 Census of Canada. Item number 3190994; Reference Number RG31 - Statistics Canada; Family Number 60; Queens, Charlottetown Royalty, Prince Edward Island; Page 12-13.
1901 Census of Canada. Item number 774715; Reference Number RG31 - Statistics Canada; Family Number 23; Queens West, Charlottetown (City), Prince Edward Island; Page 2.
1911 Census of Canada. Item number 7539309; Reference Number RG31 - Statistics Canada; family Number 137; Queens, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island; Page 12.
Baptismal Record - Ellen Ryan, 1835. Place: Charlottetown, St. Dunstan’s Basilica. Record book number 1. Record page number 128. Source: Prince Edward Island, Public Archives and Records Office.
Baptismal Record - James Michael Sullivan, 1868. Place: Charlottetown, St. Dunstan’s Basilica. Record book number 3. Record page number 219. Source: Prince Edward Island, Public Archives and Records Office.
Baptismal Record - Mary Alice Sullivan: 1870. Place: Charlottetown, St. Dunstan’s Basilica. Record book number 3. Record page number 247. Source: Prince Edward Island, Public Archives and Records Office.
Baptismal Record - Mary Ellen Moran: 1897. Place: Charlottetown, St. Dunstan’s Basilica. Record book number 5. Record page number 149. Source: Prince Edward Island, Public Archives and Records Office.
Baptismal Record - Richard Edward Moran: 1870. Place: Charlottetown, St. Dunstan’s Basilica. Record book number 3. Record page number 243. Source: Prince Edward Island, Public Archives and Records Office.
“Catholic Mutual Benefit Association.” Beaton Institute. https://beatoninstitute.com/catholic-mutual-benefit-association#:~:text=occupations%20and%20activities-,The%20C.M.B.A.,times%20of%20sickness%20or%20disability.
“Catholic Mutual Benefit Association (Baie-Egmont, Î.-P.-É.).” Memory PEI. http://www.gov.pe.ca/paroatom/index.php/catholic-mutual-benefit-association-baie-egmont-i-p-e
Death Record - Ellen Moran: 1912. Place: Charlottetown. Entry Number 6796. Source: RG19/s2/ss6: Death registration books, 1906-1913, p. 153. Source: Source: Prince Edward Island, Public Archives and Records Office.
Death Record - Richard Moran: 1912. Place: Charlottetown. Entry Number 6797. Source: RG19/s2/ss6: Death registration books, 1906-1913, p. 153. Source: Prince Edward Island, Public Archives and Records Office.
“Died - Richard E. Moran.” The Daily Examiner, 12 May 1898, page 3. Accessed through UPEI | Robertson Library, Island Newspapers catalogue.
“Died - (...) Alice, relict of Richard E. Moran.” The Charlottetown Guardian, 16 May 1898, page 3. Accessed through UPEI | Robertson Library, Island Newspapers catalogue.
“Died - (...) Nellie, infant daughter (...).” The Charlottetown Guardian, 2 September 1898, page 5.
“Local and Other Items - About Town - Mr. James McIsaac.” The Daily Examiner, 30 August 1893, page 3. Accessed through UPEI | Robertson Library, Island Newspapers catalogue.
“Local and Other Items - C. M. B. A. & Died Yesterday.” The Daily Examiner, 12 May 1898, page 3. Accessed through UPEI | Robertson Library, Island Newspapers catalogue.
“Local and Other Items - Journalistic.” The Daily Examiner, 9 February 1893, page 3. Accessed through UPEI | Robertson Library, Island Newspapers catalogue.
Marriage Record - Richard Edward Moran & Mary Alice Sullivan. Year: 1896. Source: RG19/s3/ss3: Marriage registers, 1893-1898. Source: Prince Edward Island, Public Archives and Records Office.
“Resolution of Condolence.” The Daily Examiner, 19 May 1898, page 6. Accessed through UPEI | Robertson Library, Island Newspapers catalogue.
“Souvenir booklet and directory of all students registered since January 17, 1855 : seventy-fifth anniversary of St. Dunstan's College, August 7 & 8, 1929.” St. Dunstan's University Alumni Association. Accessed through Special Collections UPEI. LE3.S2A83 1929.
“The Late Captain Moran.” The Charlottetown Guardian, 19 October 1912, page 9. Accessed through UPEI | Robertson Library, Island Newspapers catalogue., 8 February 1870, Prince Edward Island, Ellen Ryan (1853), Richard Moran (1839-1912), Mary Alice Sullivan (1870-1898), 27 July 1896, Mary (Nellie) Ellen Moran (1897-1898)
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Richard Garnett
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Richard Garnett (1835-1906)
Richard was born in Lichfield, Staffordshire, on 27 January 1835, son of Richard Garnett and his second wife, Rayne Wreaks.
Richard's father, Reverend Richard Garrett, worked in the British Museum as a cataloguer with the title Assistant Keeper of Books. Outside of his library duties, he was also a philologist, fluent in many languages, including Italian, German, French, Sanskrit and Hebrew. When he died of a degenerative disease in 1850 his son, Richard, was only sixteen. The Principal Librarian of the British Museum, Antonio Panizzi, offered young Richard a job in honour of his father. In the 1851 Census, Richard, age 16, is listed as a visitor at surgeon, John Ridout's, home. His occupation is Assistant, British Museum.
Richard married Olivia Narney Singleton on 13 June 1863 in London. They had six children: May, Robert S., Edward, Olivia, Lucy and Arthur.
In 1875, he became Superintendent of the Reading Room.
By 1881, he became the Assistant Keeper of Books and in 1890 he was promoted to Keeper of Printed Books, a position he held until he retired in 1899.
He inherited the gift of languages from his father, translating numerous works from the German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.
He wrote short stories, biographies, poems, articles for encyclopedias, literary critiques, as well as compiling poetical anthologies.
Richard Garnett died on 13 April 1906.
The UPEI Provenance copy of the book, My Study Windows, by James Russell Lowell, has a letter pasted inside, written by Richard Garnett. The letter reads:
December 9, 1885
Dear Sir [Mr. F. Murray], I regret that the Dublin chap. books ordered on approval from your list have turned out to be duplicates of books already in the Museum. We shall always be glad to receive your catalogues. Yours truly, R. Garnett, Asst. Keeper of Printed Books.
Bibliography:
The Times, “Obituary. Dr. Richard Garnett C.B.” Saturday, Apr 14, 1906; Issue 37994; pg. 4; col A, Olivia Narney Singleton, May Garnett, Robert Singleton Garnett, Edward Garnett, Olivia Garnett, Lucy Garnett, and Arthur Garnett, Richard Garnett
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Richard Reddin
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Richard Reddin (1837-1916)
Richard Reddin was born 15 December 1837 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. He attended St. Dunstan's College before being admitted to the Bar on 13 March 1860. He studied law in the office of his older brother, Dennis, and according to the directory of the 1863 Lake Map, the two brothers shared a law office on Dorchester Street.
Richard was very involved in his community. He was 2nd Vice President of the Catholic Young Men's Literary Institute, Secretary of the Benevolent Irish Society, member of the Charlottetown Roman Catholic Building Committee, and a member of the Arbor Society of Charlottetown. He was also a 1st Lieutenant of the 2nd Rifle Company (known as the Irish Volunteers).
In the Spring of 1892, Richard was appointed Surrogate and Judge of Probate and Wills for Prince Edward Island. He held that position until his death in 1916.
Richard married Mary Aloysia Mockler Burke on 14 Sep 1884 in Boston, MA. Burke was Mary's first married name, she was widow of Milo Burke. Richard adopted all four of Mary's children from her first marriage, Stephen, Milo, Mary and Bessie. They did not have any children together.
In the Spring of 1892, Richard was appointed Surrogate and Judge of Probate and Wills for Prince Edward Island. He held that position until his death on 8 April 1916. Mary died in February 1926.
The book UPEI copy of Elements of Literature, by. E.A. Ansley includes the following inscription:
Dennis Reddin presented to his brother Richard. September 2?, 1852
Richard would have been 14 years old when he received the book from his 22 year old brother Dennis.
In Richard's obituary, found in the 8 April 1916 edition of the Daily Patriot, he is noted as genial, honourable, charitable, friendly to all and “one of the best read men in the Province”.
Sources:
1881 Census of Canada. Census Place: Charlottetown Royalty, Queens, Prince Edward Island; Roll: C_13163; Page: 85; Family No: 368
1891 Census of Canada. Year: 1891; Census Place: Charlottetown Royalty, Queens, Prince Edward Island; Roll: T-6383; Family No: 214
1911 Census of Canada. Census Place: 50 - Charlottetown, Queens, Prince Edward Island; Page: 18; Family No: 204
Reddin, Aggi-Rose. The Reddins of Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island: New Dominion, 2005.
Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook)., Mary Aloysia Mockler Burke, Stephen Ricker Burke, Milo James Burke, Mary Elizabeth Burke, Bessie E. Burke, Dennis Reddin, Anne Keoughan
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Robert C. Billings
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Robert C. Billings (1819-1899)
Robert Charles Billings was born around 1819 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was the son of Ebenezer Billings and Elizabeth Cleverly. Robert had three older siblings: Henry Lemuel Billings, George Billings, and Helen M. Billings (later Williams, later Bishop).
As a young man, Robert came under the employment of Thomas Tarbell & Co., (later Faulkner, Kimball & Co.), on Ash Street in Boston. That company was comprised of Thomas Tarbell and Charles Faulkner. Upon Mr. Tarbell's retirement, he requested that Robert Billings been given 1/4 interest in the firm and Charles Faulkner approved that decision. Robert would work, as a Merchant, for that company his entire life.
On 7 October 1857, Robert married Sarah Elizabeth Hill, daughter of Charles and Sarah W. Hill, in West Roxbury, MA. The marriage was short-lived, as Sarah died in childbirth on 7 July 1859. The child in question also did not survive.
Robert did have a second wife, although no marriage certificate has been found. In the 1870 Census, there is a Robert Billing and Elisa Billing found in Ward 10 in Boston, however age 45 does not match up to this Robert, but the wealth of property and personal estate does fall into line for what is known of him. More telling is Robert's passport application, dated 20 March 1865, at the bottom of the application, is a handwritten note:
Robert C. Billings, accompanied by his wife
In the Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, found that Eliza Billings, wife of Robert Billings, died of tuberculosis at the age of 47 on 23 March 1871.
Glimpses of Robert's work ethic and career focus is in a book about the Unitarian Church in Roxbury, MA, titled, Some Recollections of the Pastors and People of the Second Church of Old Roxbury, afterwards First Church, West Roxbury:
One day J. H. Billings was in Mr. Faulkner's office in the latter part of the sixties, and they were talking over the men who had made fortunes during the war. Mr. Faulkner said to him, “There is Robert standing at that desk, and he has never done anything else, — he is worth a quarter of a million dollars."
In the 1880 Census, Robert is living alone in Boston. He is listed as a widowed wool merchant, age 61.
Robert Charles Billings died, of cancer, on 12 June 1899 in Boston. In his will, he bequeathed over 1.5 million dollars in public gifts, including: Harvard, M.I.T., Boston Medical Library, various schools and facilities for the blind, aged, and infirm, Wellesley College (where Billings Hall commemorates the generous gift), and the Unitarian Church, of which Robert was a member.
UPEI's provenance copy of Dreamland Visions and other poems by John Wills includes the most ornate inscription of the collection. In highly decorative script is Robert C. Billings Esq. Below the name, in plainer, yet fine penmanship, is written: With the Author's compliments. Unitarian Parsonage. Barnstable. Nov. 21st 1889. The inscription is finished off with an ornate flourish. One assumes this is the fine penmanship of the author, John Wills. A picture is also pasted into the book. It is likely of John Wills, although there is no discovery yet, of a corresponding picture of either John Wills or Robert C. Billings found, to prove the connection.
Other Provenance Books with Robert C. Billings
Guild, Anne E. Gore. A.E.G. Cambridge: John Wilson and Son; 1869. [Robert C. Billings Esq. With kind regards of James Guild Jan. 1 1869].
Sources:
1850 United States Federal Census. Census Place: Boston Ward 7, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Roll: M432_336; Page: 6A; Image: 228
1860 United States Federal Census. Census Place: Boston Ward 11, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Roll: M653_524; Page: 923; Family History Library Film: 803524
1865 Massachusetts State Census. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.
“$1,500,000 in Public Gifts.” New York Times, 9 July 1899.
Mackintosh, Charles G. Some Recollections of the Pastors and People of the Second Church of Old Roxbury, afterwards First Church, West Roxbury. Salem: Newcomb & Gauss, 1901.
Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, Marriage, 1858. Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
Massachusetts Vital Records, Death, 1899.New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts;
U.S. Passport Applications, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; Roll #: 128; Volume #: Roll 128 - 16 Feb 1865-31 Mar 1865
Photo:
Photo from the Boston Medical Library, Robert C. Billings, memorial bookplate, found at: Yale University's Cushing/Whitney Medical Library., Ebenezer Billings, Elizabeth Cleverly, 1. Sarah Elizabeth Hill
2. Eliza [unknown]
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S. Evangeline Matheson Warren
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Sara Evangeline Matheson Warren (1887-1982)
Sara Evangeline Matheson Warren was born on 15 January 1887, in Dundas, Prince Edward Island to parents Archibald D. Matheson and Lois Apphia Nelson. Evangeline was the oldest child of ten children, her younger siblings included, Alvah Spurgeon, Alice Elizabeth, Florence Louise, Arthur Daniel, Frances, Edward Archibald, Priscillia Lois, Frederick, and Wilfred Gordon.
By 1911, Evangeline was living in Haymon, BC and working as a teacher. Two of her other siblings, Alvah and Alice were also teachers; Alvah in Lutton, BC, and Alice in Butte River.
In 1915, Evangeline married Ernest Herbert Falkland Warren (1888-1972) in Lethbridge, Alberta.They had two children Archibald Herbert Falkland Warren (1916-2002) and Lois Edith Evangeline Warren Porter (1919-2013).
After marriage, Evangeline would leave teaching but she became an author, and in 1950 published the poetry book, Prairie Panels. She would also write Songs of the Island in 1951, about her birth place of Prince Edward Island, and in 1972, with Echoes from my Song Tree.
On 23 September 1982, in Lethbridge, Alberta, Sara Evangeline Matheson Warren passed away. She was buried in Huntsville Cemetery, in Iron Springs, Alberta.
UPEI’s Provenance Collection has one of her poetry books, Songs of the Island, which contains her signature and picture.
Sources:
Library and Archives Canada. Census of Canada, 1901. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, 2004. http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1901/Pages/about-census.aspxl. Series RG31-C-1. Statistics Canada Fonds. Microfilm reels: T-6428 to T-6556.
Library and Archives Canada. Census of Canada, 1911. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, 2007. http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1911/Pages/about-census.aspx. Series RG31-C-1. Statistics Canada Fonds. Microfilm reels T-20326 to T-20460.
Lives with family, is a teacher in Western Canada Haymon BC
“Census returns for 1916 Census of Prairie Provinces." Statistics of Canada Fonds, Record Group 31-C-1. LAC microfilm T-21925 to T-21956. Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa.
Lives in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Alberta Marriage Indexes. Provincial Archives of Alberta. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
“New Hampshire, Marriage and Divorce Records, 1659–1947.” Online index and digital images. New England Historical Genealogical Society. Citing New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records, Concord, New Hampshire.
Sara Evangeline Matheson Warren. Find a Grave.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101109000, Archibald D. Matheson, Lois Apphia Nelson, Ernest Herbert Falkland Warren, Archibald Herbert Falkland Warren (1916-2002),
Lois Edith Evangeline Warren Porter (1919-2013)
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Samuel G. Blythe
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Samuel G. Blythe (1868-1947)
Samuel George Blythe was born on 19 May 1868, in Livingston county, N.Y., US, to Samuel H. Blythe, and Catherine Houston. Samuel was the middle child with an older sister Rebecca and younger sister Mary. Samuel’s father was the editor of Livingston Republican for twenty years, which was one of the best known weeklies in Western New York.
Samuel attended the Geneseo State Normal School, but he left at age sixteen and became an assistant postmaster in Geneseo, NY.
In 1886, he became a reporter for the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle and in March 1887, he would purchase the Evening Record, based in Michigan, with a partner. Unfortunately, the paper was unsuccessful, and he worked as a reporter for various newspapers in Pittsburg, Wheeling and St. Louis, thereafter.
On 19 September 1888, Samuel married Carolyn Hamilton Oakes, from Rochester. They had one son together, Stuart Oakes Blythe.
In 1888, Samuel returned to New York and became the editor of the Livingston Republican, the same newspaper where his father was editor. He would not stay long with them, leaving on 15 March 1889, he returned to the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. While there, Samuel worked as a reporter, sporting editor, and dramatic critic until 14 December 1891.
Samuel then moved to Buffalo, where he became a special writer and dramatic critic for the Buffalo Express. While working with them, Samuel was promoted to many positions, editorial writer, news editor, city editor and managing editor. On 1 January 1897, he resigned as managing editor and took the position of editor-in-chief for the Buffalo Enquirer.
Later in Samuel’s life, he would travel a great deal, around the world, for his work as a reporter and author. Some of the places he visited included, Hong Kong, France, British Isles, and Switzerland.
As an author, Samuel wrote many books, some of those titles include: The Fun of Getting Thin: How to Be Happy and Reduce the Waist Line, The Fakers, and Cutting It Out: How to Get on the Water Wagon and Stay There.
On 17 July 1947, Samuel George Blythe died in Monterey, California, he was aged 79 years.
In UPEI’s Provenance collection, Samuel’s book, The Making of a Newspaper Man, was given to Fred Lockley, and inscribed by Samuel himself, “To Fred Lockley with the regard of its author Samuel G. Blythe” “Portland May 23 1914”.
Sources:
Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.
Passport Applications, 1795–1905. NARA Microfilm Publication M1372, 694 rolls. General Records Department of State, Record Group 59. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Passport Applications, January 2, 1906–March 31, 1925. NARA Microfilm Publication M1490, 2740 rolls. General Records of the Department of State, Record Group 59. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Registers and Indexes for Passport Applications, 1810–1906. NARA Microfilm Publication M1371, rolls 1–2. General Records of the Department of State, Record Group 59. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Emergency Passport Applications (Passports Issued Abroad), 1877–1907. NARA Microfilm Publication M1834, 57 rolls. General Records of the Department of State, Record Group 59. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Division of Passport Control: Passport Applications for Residents of Puerto Rico and the Philippines, 1913–1925. NAI:1244179 A1 539, 67 volumes. General Records of the Department of State, Record Group 59. National Archives, Washington D.C.
Division of Passport Control: Applications (Chicago, NYC, New Orleans, San Francisco, Seattle), 1914–1925. NAI:1146000 A1 535. General Records of the Department of State, Record Group 59. National Archives, Washington D.C.
Special Passport Applications (Military, Civilian Federal Employees and Dependents), 1914–1925. NAI 1150696 A1 536, 29 volumes. General Records of the Department of State, Record Group 59. National Archives, Washington D.C.
Division of Passport Control: Passport Applications for Declarants, 1907–1911 and 1914–1920. NAI 1244178 A1 538. General Records of the Department of State, Record Group 59. National Archives, Washington D.C.
Division of Passport Control: Special Diplomatic Passport Applications, 1916–1925. NAI 1150702 A1 537. General Records of the Department of State, Record Group 59. National Archives, Washington D.C.
Division of Passport Control: Applications for Extension and Amendment of Passports, 1918–1925. NAI 2555158 UD 1006. General Records of the Department of State, Record Group 59. National Archives, Washington D.C.
Division of Passport Control: Passport Applications Filed at U.S. Territories and Possessions, 1907–1925 (Honolulu, HI, Philippine Islands, Puerto Rico). NAI 1244181 A1 542. General Records of the Department of State, Record Group 59. National Archives, Washington D.C.
Division of Passport Control: Emergency Passport Applications Filed at Diplomatic Posts Abroad, 1907–1923. NAI 1244182 A1 543. General Records of the Department of State, Record Group 59. National Archives, Washington D.C.
Truman C. White. Biography of Samuel G. Blythe. Our County and its people
A descriptive work on Erie County, New York. The Boston History Company, Publishes 1898.
Photo:
The sun. (New York [N.Y.]), 10 June 1916. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030272/1916-06-10/ed-1/seq-9/, Catherine Houston, Samuel H. Blythe, Carolyn Hamilton Oakes, Stuart Oakes Blythe
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Seumas MacManus
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Seumas MacManus (1868-1960)
Seumas MacManus was born in Mountcharles, County Donegal, Ireland on 31 December 1868 (although his tombstone reads 1869). He was the son of Patrick MacManus and Mary Anne Molloy.
At the age of twenty he became a teacher at the Glencoagh National School and remained there for almost a decade.
He began writing in The Shamrock, a weekly story paper from Dublin. Upon hearing of better wages for story writers in America, he packed his bags and headed to the New World, steerage class. Upon arrival he was quite successful in selling stories and made enough money in less than a year to return home and buy some property he had had his eye on. This was just the beginning of his literary business partnership with America. He returned several times with new stories to sell. Eventually these magazine “stories” graduated into books and Seumas became a prolific published author.
In 1901 Seumas married fellow writer Anna Johnston (pen-name Ethna Carbery) and her death on 21 April 1902 was a terrible blow for Seumas. It took him over a decade to complete her Memoir.
His second wife was Catalina Violante Paez, the grand-daughter of a former Venezuelan President. They were married on 9 March 1911 in Manhattan, NY. They had two daughters: Marquita Paez MacManus, born in 1912, and Patricia MacManus, born in 1914.
Seumas was an ardent Irish nationalist. His written work focuses mainly on Irish mythology and folklore.
Seumas MacManus died in 1960 after falling from an upper story of his New York City Nursing Home. He was ninety-two. Seton Hall in New Jersey houses the MacManus Irish History and Literature Collection.
The UPEI Provenance copy of the book Top o' the Mornin' by Seumas MacManus includes the following inscription:
To Father Kelley of Lapeer with fond remembrance Seumas MacManus. October 1920
UPEI Provenace also houses the Seumas MacManus book A Lad of the O'Friels. On the inside cover we read:
Please return to Francis Herbert Hogan. 321 Archibald St., Moncton N.B.
It appears someone did not follow this request.
Bibliography:
“Seumas MacManus." In The Junior Book of Authors, ed. Stanley J. Kunitz and Howard Haycraft, 244-5. New York: H.W. Wilson Company, 1935.
“Seumas MacManus Family Collection." Georgetown University Manuscripts, accessed October 16, 2015,, 1. Anna Johnson (Ethna Carbery), Marquita Paez MacManus, Patricia MacManus, 2. Catalina Violante Paez
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Sidney Drury-Lowe
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Vice-Admiral Sidney Robert Drury-Lowe (1871-1945)
Vice-Admiral Sidney Robert Drury-Lowe was born on 19 October 1871, in the UK. He married Clare Susan Charteris in 1909, and they had a daughter, Pamela Jocelyn, born around 1911.
On 31 December 1902, Sidney was promoted to the rank of Commander. In 1906, after disturbances at the barracks in the Portsmouth naval barracks, Sidney, then second-in-command, was suspended from his post as cited by failing to perform his duties as an executive officer.
On 11 July 1912, Sidney became in command of the light cruiser Chatham and later in November, they trapped and shelled the German cruiser SMS Konigsberg in the Rufiji River, in German East Africa.
Throughout his career, Sidney was in charge of other battleships, in 1916 he commanded the Zealandia, originally known as H.M.S. New Zealand. In 1917, he had the temporary command of the Princess Royal, around three months later the command was handed back to Captain John D. Kelly, and in 1918, he had command over the Superb from 2 January 1918 to 3 April 1918.
On 19 February 1920, Sidney was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral and then to Vice-Admiral on 12 August 1925, on the Retired List.
Sidney was also heavily involved in the Oxford Group, a movement started by Frank Buchman which has four main beliefs called the Four Absolutes: Honesty, Purity, Unselfishness, and Love. Sidney would travel around with the Oxford Group and came to Canada in 1932.
Sadly, on 24 January 1945, at St. Annes-on-Sea, UK, Vice-Admiral Sidney Robert Drury-Lowe passed away due to heart failure.
In UPEI’s Provenance Collection, the book For Sinners Only by A. J. Russell, has a collection of signatures from the Oxford Group from Ottawa, Ontario. There were twenty-four signatures including Sidney’s, “George M. Geldert; Malcolm Heir Ross; Roy N. Richardson; Jimmie Watt; Ella Lee; George MarJoribanks; George S. Wood; A. Lawson Wood; Marie Clarkson; J. Winifred Carr; Julia Op ten Noort; Jessie Sheffield; Basil Yates; John Langton; Gerard Senior; Roger Hicks; A. ?; E. MacMillan; Delacey MacMillan; Francis Ellisiton; Reggie Holme; Donald MacKay; William Cleveland Hubs”.
Sources:
Buckey, C., Harley, S., Jellicoe, N., & Lovell, T. (2021). Sidney Robert Drury-Lowe. The Dreadnought Project. http://dreadnoughtproject.org/tfs/index.php/Sidney_Robert_Drury-Lowe
The Disturbances at Portsmouth-Admiralty Minute. (1906, December 17). Questions in the House. https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1906/dec/17/the-disturbances-at-portsmouth-admiralty
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Photo from The Illustrated War News, Commander Sidney R. Drury-Lowe by Elliott and Fry, Clare Susan Charteris, Pamela Jocelyn
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T. Edgar Pemberton
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T. Edgar Pemberton (1849-1905)
Thomas Edgar Pemberton was born on 1 July 1849, in Birmingham England, to Thomas Pemberton (1818-1873) and Lucy Johnstone (1819-1896). He had, at least, eight siblings: two older sisters, Mary and Lucy, a younger brother, Ebenezer Johnstone (who died young), three younger sisters, Dorothea, Augusta and Violet, and the youngest, twin sons, Warwick and Joseph T.
Pemberton’s father was the head of a brass foundry on Livery Street, in Birmingham, and by the time he was 19 years old, Thomas Edgar had joined the firm. Eventually he succeeded his father in running the business and he remained in that position until 1900.
In 1871 Census he was staying with his sister Lucy and her husband, Henry Stedall, and their young family, in Bloomsbury, London, England. Whether this was a short stint living in the Capital or just a visit is unknown, but by 1873 Thomas Edgar is back in Birmingham.
Thomas Edgar married Mary Elizabeth Townley on 11 March 1873 and shortly after this event he began his career as a writer. He wrote four novels between 1873-1879: Charles Lysaght, Under Pressure, A Very Old Question and Born to Blush Unseen.
Thomas Edgar and Mary had five children: Eva (1894-1955), May (1875-1941), Thomas Eben (1879-1929), Guy (1883-1959) and Madge Kendal (1886-1870). Young Madge was named after the stage actress Dame Madge Kendal (1849-1935) whom Edgar admired and, later, wrote a biography of her and her husband aptly titled, The Kendals.
For his children he wrote an allegorical fairytale, titled Fairbrass.
Along with writing novels, T. Edgar also dabbled as a playwright. He wrote the play Weeds for his actor friends Madge and William Hunter Kendal which was performed at the Prince of Wales’ Theatre in November 1874.
His most successful play, Freezing-a-Mother-in-Law was initially produced in Birmingham and then moved across the pond to New York. He also collaborated with American author/playwright Bret Harte and together they produced the play, Sue, in America.
Back at home T. Edgar was elected as the Governor of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. He was also the honourary secretary for the group known as Our Shakespeare Club, in Birmingham.
T. Edgar’s immersion in Theatre, both in the UK and America, led to his insightful work as a drama critic for the Birmingham Daily Post where he posted a weekly equivalent to a theatre gossip column titled “Flashes from the Footlights”.
He eventually turned his attention away from newspaper and back to book writing, this time as a theatrical biographer. His subjects included William & Madge Kendal, T.W. Robertson, E.A. Sothren, Ellen Terry and Her Sisters, Sir Charles Wyndham and John Hare.
T. Edgar Pemberton died on 28 September 1905 in his home at Broadway, Worcester.
His book on John Hare is part of UPEI’s Provenance Collection. Pasted inside the book is a small calling card printed with “Pye Corner, Broadway, Worcester…” and the rest is handwritten with July 4th 1903, With thanks for your good wishes- T.Edgar Pemberton. Thomas Hutchinson Esq.
Thomas Hutchinson has printed his name on the inside of the front cover and has given the book the number 5137 for his personal library. Mr. Hutchinson was know to write letters to authors and ask for a token or signature to attach to their books. It seems, Mr. Pemberton was more than happy to comply.
Sources:
1851 England Census. Class: HO107; Piece: 2051; Folio: 311; Page: 8; GSU roll: 87306-87307
1861 Census Returns of England and Wales. Class: RG 9; Piece: 2020; Folio: 54; Page: 7; GSU roll:
542904
1871 England Census. Class: RG10; Piece: 338; Folio: 81; Page: 40; GSU roll: 824604
1881 England Census. Class: RG11; Piece: 2955; Folio: 26; Page: 43; GSU roll: 1341707
1891 Census Returns of England and Wales Class: RG12; Piece: 2337; Folio: 88; Page: 14;
GSU roll: 6097447
England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. Registration Year: 1873;
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar; Registration District: Birmingham. Mary Elizabeth Townley and Thomas Edgar
Pemberton.
Matthew, H.C.G, Harrison, Brian. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, v.43 (Patel-Phelips), p.508. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004.
Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England. London, England.
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