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Arthur Melville Goulding
Arthur Melville Goulding
Dr. Arthur Melville Goulding (1889-1969) Arthur Melville Goulding was born to a well-off family on 12 January 1889, his father and mother being William Goulding & Florence Julia Fletcher in Ontario. The 1901 census lists his household consisting of himself, his father William (52), George (14), Arthur (12), Dorothy (10) and two other ladies labelled as “Domestic,” suggesting that the family had people who did work around the house: Susan Clark (39) and Sarah Henderson (37). The census also lists his family as belonging to the Church of England. From a young age, Arthur was pushed to become a doctor by his father. Due to this, Arthur became estranged from his family and grew up with his aunt instead, who supposedly paid for his education. Arthur attended the Lakefield Preparatory School and Ridley College, later attending the University of Toronto. While at the University of Toronto, Arthur took History and English, graduating in 1910 with a Bachelor of Arts. During his time at the University of Toronto, Arthur was involved in a variety of clubs. These clubs included the Historical Club and the Letters Club. He also was involved in fencing, winning the championship of 1907. After his studies at the University of Toronto, Arthur pursued further education at Harvard. Initially, the plan was to adventure into the scene of Economics, but sure enough, he became a doctor. Soon after enrolling at Harvard, the first world war broke out in 1914, and plans completely changed. Arthur yearned to help in the fight in Europe. Arthur first looked to joining the Canadian Field Artillery as he was a fit and tall individual, but soon looked to “higher” possibilities. Arthur soon enrolled in the Curtiss Flying School and became a pilot. The University of Toronto yearbook from 1916 lists Arthur being on active duty along with quite a few other alumni of the university. He completed his training on 6 October 1916, and on the 13th, he was appointed second lieutenant. Before his training was finished, however, Arthur married Dorothy Massey (b.April 1898) on 27 September 1916 in York, Ontario. Dorothy was from a very significant Ontario family – a family that developed a way to pasteurize milk in the tuberculosis and typhoid fever scene– and would play a large part in the Ontario scene later on in her life. She had a formal education and studied stage design in Vienna, Austria. As a wedding gift to the couple, Dorothy’s parents built a house for them in the area of Dentonia Park. This is where the couple raised their future family and became involved in the arts. From there, Arthur was posted at other places in Europe, such as France, in the No. 21 Squadron. Upon being posted, he had the unfortunate realization that he was susceptible to illness and fainting at high altitudes, so his time within the flying corps was limited. He submitted his resignation on 21 September 1916 and was considered “invalidated and discharged.” Draft records from the First World War also give us a sense of who Arthur was. His registration card from 4 June 1917 lists him as a second lieutenant. It also tells us that he lived in Brookline City, Massachusetts, when attending Harvard as a medical student. By this time, he already had two years of military service. He was also said to be about 6 feet tall, slender, with grey eyes and brown hair. Unfortunately, due to a lack of documents, his track in the military is blurry, but he did belong to four different divisions during the First World War. Overall, he served 1.5 years in the Royal Flying Corps, 3.5 years in the QOR militia (Queen's Own Rifles), two years in the Territorial Army, and spent some time in the CAMC (Canadian Army Medical Corps). There is no other information concerning when he was discharged from each division, but his medical records from the time he was with the forces suggest that he was fully demobilized before the end of the First World War. The various other career paths Arthur took within his lifetime was working at the University of Toronto as a “Clinician in Medicine” beginning in 1920, but also listed as a clinician for sick children (pediatrics) and optometrist in Toronto. In 1925 he was also listed as a fellow in biochemistry, later being listed as an assistant in 1927-1928. Overall he was involved in the medicine and clinical medicine faculty at the University of Toronto. Besides Arthur’s career in medicine, he also had a home life. From 1917-1923 Arthur and Dorothy welcomed four girls into their family. Their first daughter, Helen, was born in 1917 and was later known as Helen Goulding Lloyd. Their second daughter, Ann, was born on 4 April 1919, and she would later be known as Ann Goulding Coombs. On 16 September 1921, Arthur and Dorothy welcomed another child into their family. They named her Susan Denton Goulding, later bearing the last name of Fletcher. Two years later, on 26 November 1923, the family welcomed their final child into the family: Dorothy Jane Goulding, later going by the last name of Needles. While Arthur worked at the University of Toronto, his wife, Dorothy, raised the children and encouraged them to be creative and explore passions within the arts. The children acted out fairy tales and plays to occupy their time, growing upon Dorothy's love for the arts. Dorothy had a very extensive career in the arts. From 1931-1960, she was a director for many stage companies in Toronto. She directed over 300 plays for Hart House and won the Central Ontario Drama Festival Best Play award in 1947. Meanwhile, as a professor at the University of Toronto, Arthur taught classes and wrote a few notable academic papers, including: “The Possibilities of a Heart Clinic in a Children's Hospital” (1922), “The Autodestruction of Pepsin in Relation to its Ionization” (1926), and “The National Health Survey in The United States” (1938). His full title being: A. M. Goulding BA MD DPH (Bachelor of Arts, Medical Doctor, Diploma of Public Health). He got his DPH in 1942. The last year the University of Toronto mentions A. M. Goulding is in 1955. It is uncertain if he worked past that year. He is stated to be a part-time lecturer with the university in the Department of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine. From the year 1955 to the year of his death, not much is known to have happened to him due to a lack of information and significant events during this time. On 22 May 1969, Arthur Melville Goulding of Ontario passed away aged 80. He left behind his wife and four daughters and a legacy in pediatrics and public health in the Toronto area. A few years later, in 1972, Dorothy passed away, leaving behind her daughters and her legacy on the Toronto scene. The house her parents had gifted her sat empty. In 1997, Eldon and Marcella Hannon Shields decided to make use of the abandoned home and restored the building, which later became The Children's Peace Theater which had its first performance in 2000. In 1997 Helen, the first child of Arthur and Dorothy, passed away. From the few sources found on Helen, it is confirmed that she was part of the Players Guild and acted within it. Helen also attended the University of Toronto around the time of 1936; other than this information, nothing much is known of her. On 29 March 2007, Ann, the second child, passed away from leukemia. Her husband was Frederick Ethbert Coombs, and he had passed away in 1976. She was formally educated at both Havergal College and Bishop Strachan Schools in Toronto and graduated from the University of Toronto School of Nursing in 1941. She had a short career in the ballet in Germany. She was involved in the Children's Aid Society and the Nursery School Association of Toronto. She left behind three children and multiple grandchildren. On 5 January 2012, Susan passed away. She was 91 years of age, and she was in long-term care due to health reasons. Her obituary mentions if people wished to make memorial donations, they could do so to the Alzheimer's society, bringing up the question of whether she had been in a care home for Alzheimer's. She left behind her children and her grandchildren. On 6 May 2017, the last child of Arthur and Dorothy, Dorothy Jane, passed away. During her life, she was educated and became a teacher. She got married to William Needles and moved to north Toronto. She had the opportunity to host kindergarten on the air and published various children's plays later in her life. In the late 60s, she returned to the classroom and served on Ontario's school board. In 1972, she founded the Globe Restaurant, which still stands today and has been nominated as a cultural area of interest in 2019 under Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. O. 18. She left behind not only her legacy but five children, fifteen grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. A publication of letters, “A Rattle of Pebbles: The First World War Diaries of Two Canadian Airmen,” mentions Arthur Melville Goulding on a couple of occasions. He is also mentioned in the 2020 spring issue of the Cross and Cockade International journal. There is a biography provided of Arthur within the journal. The book we tracked Arthur down in is called “Douglas Fallacies: A Critique of Social Credit,” by John Lewis. It was first published in 1935. There are two stamps on the inside pages, one just before the covers and one on the cover with a stamp saying “Dr. A. M. Goulding, Toronto.” On one of the covers, it also says “7.50,” indicating that at one time, it was for sale at a yard sale or book store before it made its way to the Robertson Library on Prince Edward Island. Bibliography 1901 Census of Canada. Item number: 35720646; Reference number: RG31 - Statistics Canada; Toronto West (City); Page 10; Family number 70. “Ann Goulding.” Ancestry.ca. https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/ann-goulding-24-dsvh3s?geo_a=r&geo_s=us&geo_t=us&geo_v=2.0.0&o_xid=62916&o_lid=62916&o_sch=Partners. “Ann Coombs.” The Globe and Mail. https://www.legacy.com/ca/obituaries/theglobeandmail/name/ann-coombs-obituary?id=41706375. “Ann COOMBS Obituary.” The Globe and Mail. 31 March 2007. https://www.legacy.com/ca/obituaries/theglobeandmail/name/ann-coombs-obituary?id=41706375. “Ann Goulding Coombs.” Find a Grave. Added: 14 October 2011. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78405356/ann-goulding-coombs. "Canada, Ontario Births, 1869-1912," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939J-63BD?cc=1784212&wc=QZ3B-L1B%3A1584203503%2C1584212002%2C1584222201 : 15 January 2016), Births > 1889 > no 41202-47353 > image 166 of 551; citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto. "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-LB2P-Y3V?cc=1784216&wc=3NW4-PTG%3A1584308903%2C1584346801%2C1584353101 : 28 May 2015), Marriage licenses and affidavits > 1916 > no 5540-6210 1916 > image 184 of 1418; Archives of Ontario, Toronto. “Canadian Army Medical Corps.” Canadian War Museum. Accessed 31 August 2023. https://www.warmuseum.ca/firstworldwar/history/life-at-the-front/medicine/canadian-army-medical-corps/. “Dorothy NEEDLES Obituary.” The Globe and Mail. 10 May 2017. https://www.legacy.com/ca/obituaries/theglobeandmail/name/dorothy-needles-obituary?id=41418590. “Dr. Arthur Melville Goulding.” Find a Grave. Added: 14 October 2011. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78405273/arthur-melville-goulding. “Fonds 2004/32 - Arthur Melville Goulding collection.” Archives Association of Ontario. Reference code: CA ON00093 2004/32. “Get to know the space - Massey-Goulding Estate.” Children's Peace Theater. http://www.childrenspeacetheatre.org/get-to-know-the-space.html. “Goulding, Arthur Melville (2nd-Lieutenant).” Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum - CASPIR. https://caspir.warplane.com/bin/warplanero.exe?action=webprograms&subaction=personneldocument&personnelno=600027832. “Goulding, Arthur Melville.” Library and Archives Canada. Found in: Genealogy / Military / First World War Personnel Records. Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 3679 - 12. Goulding, Arthur M. “The National Health Survey in The United States.” Canadian Public Health Journal, Vol. 29, No. 8. Pages 13-19. Goulding, Arthur M. “The Possibilities of a Heart Clinic in a Children's Hospital.” The Public Health Journal, Vol. 13 no.1. Pages 13-19. Greenhous, Brereton. “A Rattle of Pebbles: The First World War Diaries of Two Canadian Airmen.” https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/military-history/history-heritage/official-military-history-lineages/general/book-ww1-diaries-airmen.html. “Helen G. Lloyd.” Find a Grave. Accessed 5 September 2023. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78405328/helen-g-lloyd. “Heritage Properties - The Globe.” Town of Mono. 8 October 2019. https://townofmono.com/about/heritage-properties. “Hiking the GTA – Massey-Goulding Estate.” Hiking the GTA. Accessed 5 September 2023. https://hikingthegta.com/author/hikingthegta/page/32/. “Needles, Dorothy Jane Goulding.” TMU Archives and Special Collections. Accessed 5 September 2023. “Person Page - 2143.” TreesByDan. Accessed 5 September 2023. http://www.treesbydan.com/p2143.htm#i55822. “Ruth Massey Tovell (1889-1961).” Masseys Magazine. Accessed 12 September 2023. “Susan FLETCHER Obituary.” The Globe and Mail. 7 January 2012. https://www.legacy.com/ca/obituaries/theglobeandmail/name/susan-fletcher-obituary?id=41522227. Taylor, Stephen K., “21 Squadrons Beardmore Blues.” Cross and Cockade International Spring 2020. https://www.crossandcockade.com/uploads/51121sqnbeardmore.pdf. “The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada.” The Government of Canada. Accessed August 31, 2023. https://www.canada.ca/en/army/corporate/4-canadian-division/the-queens-own-rifles-of-canada.html. “The Varsity, September 26, 1935 - March 20, 1936.” Borrowed from the University of Toronto Archives & Records Management Services. See page 142. (Mentions Helen). “Torontonensis, 1909.” Borrowed from the University of Toronto Archives & Records Management Services. See pages 301 and 304. “Torontonensis, 1910.” Borrowed from the University of Toronto Archives & Records Management Services. See pages 57 and 304. “Torontonensis, 1916.” Borrowed from the University of Toronto Archives & Records Management Services. See page 11. “Torontonensis, 1941.” Borrowed from the University of Toronto Archives & Records Management Services. See page 207 (Ann’s graduation year, second from the bottom). "United States Deceased Physician File (AMA), 1864-1968," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9QP-N91P?cc=2061540&wc=M6YC-YMW%3A353056901 : 8 July 2019), Gordon, Alexander J-Graham, Colin Wolseley > image 2072 of 3068; American Medical Association, Chicago. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9BRN-LNT?cc=1968530&wc=9FHX-92S%3A928311301%2C928946101 : 24 August 2019), Massachusetts > Brookline City; A-R > image 2292 of 5234; citing NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). “University of Toronto Academic Divisions Calendar, 1920-1921.” Borrowed from the University of Toronto Archives & Records Management Services. See page 48. “University of Toronto Academic Divisions Calendar, 1954-1955.” Borrowed from the University of Toronto Archives & Records Management Services. See pages 67, 342, 1213. “University of Toronto Calendar, 1921-1922.” Borrowed from the University of Toronto Archives & Records Management Services. See page 50 and 424. “University of Toronto Calendar, 1922-1923.” Borrowed from the University of Toronto Archives & Records Management Services. See pages 53 and 395. “University of Toronto Calendar, 1925-1926.” Borrowed from the University of Toronto Archives & Records Management Services. See page 64, 269, and 422. “University of Toronto Calendar, 1927-1928.” Borrowed from the University of Toronto Archives & Records Management Services. See pages 74, 291, and 444. “University of Toronto monthly.” 1921. Borrowed from the University of Toronto Archives & Records Management Services. See page 33. “University of Toronto Report of the Board of Governors for the Year Ended June 30th, 1920.” Borrowed from the University of Toronto Archives & Records Management Services. See page 141., 12 January 1889, Ontario, 22 May 1969, Florence Julia Fletcher, William Goulding, George (1887), Arthur (1889), Dorothy (1891), Dorothy Massey (1898-1972), 27 September 1916, Helen (1917), Ann (1919), Susan(1921), Dorothy Jane(1923)
Arthur Willey
Arthur Willey
Arthur Willey (1867-1942) Arthur Willey was born on the 9th of October, 1867, in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England. He was the son of Emma [unknown] and William Willey, a Wesleyan minister. The 1881 Census tells us that Arthur was a student at the Woodhouse Grove School, near Bradford, Yorkshire. Arthur continued his education at University College, London and, later, at the Caius College, University of Cambridge, under the tutelage of Andrew Balfour. Arthur’s area of interest was natural history/biology/zoology. In 1894 Arthur went to the Pacific in search of the eggs of the pearly nautilus, which he found along with many other important biological discoveries. Arthur was a lecturer in Biology at Guy's Hospital, in London England, from 1899-1901; the Director of Colombo Museum from 1902-10; a Professor of Zoology at McGill University from 1909-1932; and a member of the Royal Society of London. He married Constance Dowd in 1902. Willey's interest in zoology helped form a friendship between himself and prominent zoologist, George Bidder III. UPEI's Provenance copy of By Southern Shore, published in 1899, was written by Bidder and the inscription inside reads: Arthur Willey, from his friend the author According to a Canada Ocean Arrivals form, in 1923 Arthur and Constance were living at 58 Metcalfe Street in Montreal. After retirement Arthur and Constance had a cottage built in the Laurentian foothills, fifty miles outside of Montreal. In April 1940 Arthur suffered a seizure/stroke which left him partially paralyzed, with loss of sight and mental capacity. He was transferred to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal where remained for over two and a half years. His devoted wife was continually at his side until he died on 26 Dec 1942. Bibliography: John Graham Kerr. “Arthur Willey. 1867-1942.Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society." Royal Society 4, No. 12 (Nov. 1943): 394-410., Constance Dowd, Rev. William Willey, Emma [Unknown]
Benjamin Apthorp Gould
Benjamin Apthorp Gould
Benjamin Apthorp Gould (1824-1896) Benjamin Apthorp Gould was born on 27 Sep 1824 in Boston Massachusetts. He was the eldest of Benjamin Apthorp Gould Sr. and Lucretia Goddard's four children. His father was the head master of the Boston Latin School and later was a merchant with the East Indian trade. During his father's long work related absences, Benjamin was left with his aunt, poet Hannah Gould. He had a great respect for her and she was influential in his upbringing. Benjamin became very interested in his own family history and compiled and published a genealogy of the Gould family. He later published a second, revised, version of the genealogy. Eventually his interests veered in the direction of mathematics and physics. At age 16 he entered Harvard University. He joined the Harvard Natural History Society and would later claim, “I narrowly escaped being a botanist instead of an astronomer.” He graduated from Harvard in 1844 and immediately took a position as a teacher in the Boston Latin School, where his father once taught. After a year in this position he felt the need to travel and to further his education. In July 1845 he headed to Europe and eventually made his way to Berlin, Germany, where he worked as an assistant in the Berlin observatory and became friends with the aging author of Kosmos, Alexander von Humboldt. This friendship helped shape his career as an Astronomer. He then moved on to Goettingen in Germany where he studied astronomy under Prof. Carl Riderich Gauss, one of the great mathematical astronomers of all times. There he received his PhD and was the first American to receive this degree in Astronomy. In 1848, Benjamin Gould returned to America and took a job in the longitude department of the United States Coast Survey. The following year he started the Astronomical Journal, a publication that is still in circulation today. Benjamin accepted the role of director of the Dudley Observatory at Albany, New York, in 1855 and remained there until 1859. In 1868 he applied his directorial sills to become the first director of the Argentine National Observatory. There he, and his team, mapped out the southern hemisphere skies using photometric methods. In 1885 Benjamin returned to Cambridge, Massachusetts where he continued to study astronomy. A large area of the Milky Way was given the name The Gould Belt in Benjamin's honour, after he brought academic attention to it. He also has a crater on the Moon named after him. Richard Apthorp Gould died in Cambridge, Massachusetts on 26 November 1896. UPEI's Provenance copy of Indian Legends and other Poems was written by Mary Gardiner Horsford. It was published in 1855, the same year that Mary died (25 Nov 1855), so we know this is not her signature, as the inscription is dated May 10, 1856. However, the signature matches her husband Eben Norton Horsford, proven by numerous U.S. passport applications. Benjamin received the book, as a gift, from his Harvard University colleague, Eben. The inscription in the in the above mentioned book reads: Dr. B.A. Gould, With the affectionate regards of Horsford. Bibliography: Comstock, George C. “Bibliographic Memoir, Benjamin Apthorp Gould, 1824-1896.” National Academy of Sciences 17, no. 7 (1922): 153-180., 27 September 1824, Boston, Massachusetts, 26 November 1896, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Lucretia Dana Goddard, Benjamin Apthorp Gould (Sr.), Mary Quincy, Susan Morton Quincy Gould, Lucretia Goddard Gould, Alice Bache Gould, Benjamin Apthorp Gould (III), Mary Quincy Gould.
Bertie J. Hunt
Bertie J. Hunt
Bertie J. Hunt (1867-1952) Bertha Jane Hunt was born on 11 July 1867 in Summerside, Prince Edward Island to Richard, a merchant, and Mary E. Hunt. She was the third of seven children: William, Mary, Bertha, Edward, Louis, Flora, & Ethel. The Hunt family were members of the Church of England. In 1888, Bertha married James Black Hegan, a civil engineer, who later became the District Engineer of the Department of Public Works of PEI, and an Engineer of the Federal Marine Department. Together they had five children: Richard, Janet, John, Louis, and Margaret. The family remained on Prince Edward Island, settling in Charlottetown. Bertha was an active member of the congregation at St. Peter’s Cathedral for many years until her health prevented her from participating as much. Her family was also very involved with the church, her youngest daughter Margaret, married the Priest Incumbent, Reverend Canon E.M. Malone in 1936. Although Bertha was confined to her home for the last several years of her life, she remained “cheerful and uncomplaining”, according to the Guardian. She passed away on 3 April 1952 at the age of 84. She lies buried with her husband at St. Peter’s Anglican Cemetery in Charlottetown. The UPEI Provenance Collection’s copy of Mabel Grant: A Highland Story by Randall H. Ballantyne, has an inscription which reads “Bertie J. Hunt Love N.F. Lee Christmas 1877”, implying Bertha received the book as a Christmas gift when she was ten years old. Sources: 1881 Census of Canada Summerside, Prince, Prince Edward Island; Roll: C_13162; Page: 78; Family No: 344. Statistics Canada Fonds, Record Group 31-C-1. LAC microfilm C-13162 to C-13286. Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa. http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1881/Pages/about-census.aspxl. 1891 Census of Canada. Summerside, Prince, Prince Edward Island; Roll: T-6382; Family No: 159. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, 2009. http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1891/Pages/about-census.aspx. Series RG31-C-1. Statistics Canada Fonds. Microfilm reels: T-6290 to T-6427. 1901 Census of Canada. Charlottetown (City/Cité), Queen's (west/ouest), Prince Edward Island; Page: 3; Family No: 33. 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. 1921 Census of Canada. Bertha Hegan. Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 105; Census Place: Charlottetown (City), Queens, Prince Edward Island; Page Number: 8. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, 2013. Series RG31. Statistics Canada Fonds. “Death of Mrs. J.B. Hegan Yesterday” The Guardian [Charlottetown] 4 April. 1952: 5. Island Newspapers. Web. “Grave Site of James Black Hegan.” Billion Graves. Accessed June 26, 2017. “Our News Budget for our Saturday Subscribers” The Guardian [Charlottetown] 25 July. 1936:13. Island Newspapers. Web. “Passed Away” The Guardian [Charlottetown] 21 October. 1929: 3. Island Newspapers. Web. Prince Edward Island Baptismal Index. Prince Edward Island, Canada: Public Archives and Records Office., Ellen (Ella) Malcolm, Arthur Newbery, Percy Daniel Williams, Ella Joan Williams (28 June 1925)
Bessie Alexandor
Bessie Alexandor
Bessie Morris Alexandor (1880-1930) Bessie Morris was born in Poland on 20 September 1880 to Moses L. Morris and Annie Bernstein. She had two older sisters, Mary P. and Sarah L. (born in Poland), one brother, Abie (born in New York), and four younger sisters, Dorothy, Evlyn/Elva, Beatrice and Rosalie (born in Quebec). The 1901 Census indicates, that Moses, Annie, Mary, Sarah, Bessie and Abie emigrated to Canada in 1887; the same year Abie was born in New York. The four youngest daughters were all born in Quebec, where the family settled. Sometime between 1880, when Bessie was born and 1887, the family left Poland and came to North America, first to New York and then to Quebec. Bessie married Alex Jacob Alexandor on 8 June 1904 in Montreal, under the direction of Rabbi Herman Abramowitz. The UPEI Provenance book, The Working Faith of the Social Reformer, by Henry Jones, was given to A.J., as a twelfth anniversary present, by his wife Bessie. The inscription, in Bessie's handwriting, reads: Love from Bessie. June 8th, 1916 Below that, A.J. signs his own name, and location: A.J. Alexander Montreal The signatures can be proven by their marriage registration, Register of Marriages of the Corporation of English, German and Polish Jews of Montreal, dated 8 June 1904. Bessie and A.J. had three children: Bernard Morris (May 1906), Huldah Malca (November 1908) and Felix Joshua (September 1909). In 1922, Felix celebrated his Bar-Mitzvah and it was described in the 28 April 1922 edition of The Canadian Jewish Chronicle: The Bar-Mitzvah of Master Felix Alexandor, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Alexandor, 613 Victoria Avenue, Westmount, took place last Saturday morning at the Shaar Hashomayim Synaguge. The Bar-Mitzvah aquitted himself in a very able manner. A dinner for the immediate family was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Morris, grandparents of the boy, following which a reception took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alexandor, from 5 o'clock until midnight. The house was beautifully decorated with plants and spring flowers. Mrs. Alexandor, who wore a black satin and lace gown, was assisted in receiving by her sisters, Mrs. Gelber and Mrs. Hermant of Toronto, and Mrs. Glauberson, of Montreal. Refreshments were served in the dining-room at small tables. The ladies in charge were: The Misses Dorothy Leo, Rosalie Morris, Lillian Glauberson, Florence Hecht, Ethel Hecht, Huldah Alexandor and Dora Vineberg. Over five hundred guests called to offer their congratulations. Bessie was involved in the Council of Jewish Women, in Montreal, and was the treasurer of the Young Women's Hebrew Association (Y.W.H.A.). According to the wedding announcement of her son, Bernard, in the 6 January 1932 edition of the Ottawa Citizen, his mother is listed as “the late Mrs. Alexandor", so Bessie had passed away sometime before this point. In the 8 February 1930 edition of the Quebec Official Gazette, A.J. and Bessie Alexandor are listed as giving a donation to the Young Women's Hebrew Association of Montreal Ltd. The donation date is listed as 14 January 1930. Also, Mrs. A.J. Alexandor is listed as treasurer of the Y.W.H.A., in the 14 February 1930 edition of the Canadian Jewish Review, so she died sometime after this date. In the 12 December 1930 edition of the Canadian Jewish Review, there is an article about Mrs. Percy Hermant under the heading “Sketches of Interesting People in the Jewish Community of Toronto". Mrs. Percy Hermant was Bessie's sister, Dorothy. The end of the article reads: Her [Dorothy's] long experience in communal work and her personal reliability must immediately give strength to any cause. In this she is like her sister, Mrs. A.J. Alexandor, of Montreal, who died this year leaving a feeling of heavy loss in many corners of the community. Sources: 1901 Census of Canada. Year: 1901; Census Place: Montréal (City/Cité) Saint-Laurent (Ward/Quartier), Montréal (city/cité), Quebec; Page: 1; Family No: 4 1911 Census of Canada. Year: 1911; Census Place: 48 - Westmount, Hochelaga, Quebec; Page: 5; Family No: 50 “Charming Event Is Wedding of Miss Dorothy Freiman to Mr. Bernard Alexandor", Ottawa Citizen, 6 January 1932. p.19. “Council of Jewish Women", Canadian Jewish Review, 22 May 1925, p.6. “The Doings of Society", The Canadian Jewish Chronicle, 28 April 1922, p.8. Register of Marriages of the Corporation of English, German and Polish Jews of Montreal, dated 8 June 1904. From Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968 [database on-line]. Soltz, Lena. “Sketches of Interesting People in the Jewish Community of Toronto", Canadian Jewish Review, 12 December 1930, p.23., Haya Annie Bernstein, Moses L. Morris, Alex Jacob Alexandor
Bessie E. Myrick
Bessie E. Myrick
Bessie E. Myrick (1863-1945) Bessie Everett Botume was born on 16 July 1863, in Stoneham MA, to John Botume and Elizabeth (Lizzie) Augusta Lord. BookLives also hosts a book from the collection of John Botume, Bessie’s father. Bessie had two older siblings John Frank Botume who, in 1880, was studying to be a lawyer, and an older sister, Mattie, who in 1880 was living at home and working as a teacher. In 1882 Mattie married John Alley and their first child, Elizabeth Botume Alley, born 13 June 1885, was named after Bessie. At the age of 20, Bessie Botume married Edward Merrill Myrick on 15 April 1884 in Boston MA. They had six children: James Howe Myrick, (b. 20 May 1885), John Botume Myrick (b. 25 June 1887), Roger M. Myrick (b. 8 March 1889), Rachel Myrick (b.24 February 1891), Franklin Myrick (b. 16 February 1892) and Elisabeth Myrick (b.1893-d.1893). The Myrick family made a name for themselves as proprietors of a number of stores and warehouses in Western PEI. The business was started by Edward Merrill Myrick’s father, James Howe Myrick. Following in the footsteps of his father, Merrill successfully kept the family mercantile business alive. Bessie’s family split their time between their two homes, spending summer in Tignish PEI and the winters in Massachusetts. Their first son, James, was born in Massachusetts, John was born in Prince Edward Island, Roger and Rachel were born in Boston Massachusetts, and Franklin, was born in Prince Edward Island. The family, and the village of Tignish, suffered a devastating loss on 30 August 1896. The Myrick mercantile and warehouse burned down during a disastrous fire that all but leveled Tignish. Bessie’s mother-in-law, Mary Converse Merrill Myrick, wrote to her daughters, in Boston, after the fire: ...we are not “financially ruined”; just at present incommoded for roof room at the Station; but we have all out doors and pleasant weather. The insurance is all right...If the “General Insurance Adjuster”- who came after the Agents “of separate Offices” had given their verdict- thought he was coming to a village occupied by Yankee nincoms, he found his mistake in a very few minutes. In the first place there were the awful ruins- secondly all our books were as clear as daylight, well kept… (Myrick, 36). Bessie, certainly, was not immune to heartache. Her youngest child, Elisabeth, did not live to see her first birthday. Also, Bessie’s son, Roger, at the age of 14 he came down with diphtheria. He died on 17 November 1903, in Massachusetts. His Aunt Alice (Bessie’s sister-in-law) was at his bedside when he passed on. Bessie would have been 40 years old at the time of her son’s death. Bessie’s great aunt, Elizabeth Hyde Botume, was visiting at the time and wrote this: Nov. 17- We are overwhelmed with grief- our dear boy has gone. He passed on at 4 o’clock this morning…. He slept quietly until time for nourishment at 3:30. “Aunt Alice, my foot is numb,” he said. She moved the hot water bottle, then he said, “there is something black before my eyes, I cannot see,” before his father and mother could get to him he was gone, the weak heart could no longer hold out. We are dazed. (Myrick 115) Continuing on, she wrote: Nov. 18 My birthday.- The great tragedy we have passed through seems to have stunned all. “Can this be true?” is in mind all the time. The house is being cleaned & fumigated throughout. Workers are everywhere… Notes & letters of sympathy with boxes of flowers come to Bessie from every direction. The deep & touching interest in time of affliction shows how good the world is.(Myrick 116) Bessie’s Aunt Elizabeth returned to her home and school that she had set up in South Carolina to, originally, teach freed slaves after the Civil War. Bessie wrote her a few months after the death of Roger, mentioning that they had bought land on Exeter Street in West Newton, Massachusetts: I used to think that building a house would be so delightful… It is interesting but with Mama & Roger both gone it seems as if the old enthusiasm & zest had gone too. It’s terrible to have so much taken away in a year. Somehow I think I miss Roger more and more every day. (Myrick, 116). Three years later, in June 1906, Bessie received the book Dick’s Games of Patience; or Solitaire with Cards from Albert Glidden of Tignish PEI. By 1910 Bessie, Merrill, John, Rachel and Frank were living together in Newton Ward 3, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Eleven years later Bessie and Merrill were empty nesters in Lot 2, Greenmount, Tignish PEI. Their neighbours are their son’s families: James, his wife Sibyl, and their young son Roger (named in honour of his uncle who died of diphtheria), and John, his wife (also named) Sibyl, and their 4 children: Mary, Bartlett, Richard and John Jr. In the 1901 Canadian Census Merrill is listed as a Merchant. In 1910, in Massachusetts, Merrill’s job was a wholesale merchant of canned meats and sea fish. In 1921 Merrill, and his sons, James and John, all list themselves as Merchants of a General Store, proving that Merrill continued to split his time as a wholesale merchant in Massachusetts, and a Store owner in PEI. Bessie was an avid gardener and kept a notebook describing her gardens over the years. She also enjoyed teaching her own young children and grandchildren, and writing letters. Bessie died on 13 April 1945 in Boston Massachusetts. The book, “Dick’s Games of Patience, or, Solitaire with Cards”, is signed to Bessie E. Myrick from Albert Glidden. June 1906. Albert Glidden died four months after he gave this book to Bessie. In pencil, above Bessie’s name, is written Please return some time to… [Bessie E. Myrick] Tignish P.E. Island. A signature of Miss Mary D. Metcalfe. Damariscotta Maine, above Bessie’s name, is also present. Mary Metcalfe was Albert Glidden’s niece. Sources: 1870 United States Federal Census. Census Place: Stoneham, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: M593_632; Page: 56B; Family History Library Film: 552131 1880 United States Federal Census. Census Place: Stoneham, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: 542; Family History Film: 1254542; Page: 352A; Enumeration District: 413 1901 Census of Canada. Census Place: Lot (township/canton) 2, Prince (west/ouest), Prince Edward Island; Page: 17; Family No: 125 1910 United States Federal Census. Census Place: Newton Ward 3, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: T624_603; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 0966; FHL microfilm: 1374616 1921 Census of Canada. Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 104; Census Place: Greenmount, Prince, Prince Edward Island; Page Number: 8 “Major Fire in Tignish, 1896.” Island Register. Accessed 6 December 2017. http://www.islandregister.com/1896tignishfire.html Massachusetts Death Index. Department of Public Health, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. Massachusetts Vital Records Index to Deaths [1916–1970]. Volumes 66–145. Facsimile edition. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts. Massachusetts Marriage Records. New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911-1915 Myrick, Carolyn E. The Myricks of Tignish, 1853-1969. Carolyn Myrick: Temple NH, 1995. “The Myricks.” Island Narratives Program. Accessed 6 December 2017. http://vre2.upei.ca/cap/node/601. “New Tignish Store Completely Modern: Myrick and McIntosh Ltd. Opens New Self-Service Lucky Dollar Market, 1959.” PEICanada.com Accessed 6 December 2017. http://www.peicanada.com/opinion/article_17c7fca8-1444-11e5-aabc-5f66c417e338.html. Photo from: Myrick, Carolyn E. The Myricks of Tignish, 1853-1969. Carolyn Myrick: Temple NH, 1995, page 83., John Botume, Elizabeth (Lizzie) Augusta Lord, Edward Merrill Myrick, James Howe Myrick, (b. 20 May 1885), John Botume Myrick (b. 25 June 1887), Roger M. Myrick (b. 8 March 1889), Rachel Myrick (b.24 February 1891), Franklin Myrick (b. 16 February 1892) and Elisabeth Myrick (b.1893-d.1893)
C. O'Brien
C. O'Brien
C. O’Brien (1843-1906) Cornelius O’Brien was born on 4 May 1843, at Grovehill Cottage in New Glasgow, Prince Edward Island, Canada, to parents Terence O’Brien, of Munster, Ireland, and Catherine O’Driscoll, of Cork, Ireland. It is unknown how many siblings Cornelius had but he was close to three sisters, Catherine O’Brien-Campbell, Hanna, and Annie Laurie Hughes and his brother Laurence. In later years, Hanna lived with Cornelius and their niece Cornelia Hughes. Another niece of Cornelius’, Katherine Hughes, wrote a biography about him after his death titled, Archbishop O'Brien: man and churchman in 1906. Cornelius started his formal education at St. Dunstan’s College in Charlottetown. He graduated in classical studies in 1864, and then attended the Urban college of Propaganda, in Rome. He studied in Rome for seven years, from 1864-1871, and achieved doctorates in Philosophy and Theology. He would return to Prince Edward Island and become ordained in 1871, where he was appointed to a teaching position at his alma mater, St. Dunstan’s College. Unfortunately due to ill health, he left his teaching position and became rector of the cathedral of Charlottetown in 1873. Then in 1874, he was transferred to Indian River parish. In 1880, Cornelius travelled back to Rome with Bishop McIntyre of Charlottetown, and again in 1881, where he accompanied Archbishop Hannan, of Halifax, on a visit to the Pope. Sadly, in 1882 Archbishop Hannan passed but Cornelius was nominated for the vacant see. He was consecrated archbishop in the cathedral of Halifax on 21 January 1883, and was the first native-born Canadian to do so. After his appointment, Cornelius built the St. Patrick’s Church in Halifax, he would also rebuild and expand the Orphanage of Halifax. In 1885, he opened the St. Patrick’s home, a reformatory and industrial school. In 1894, Cornelius was asked to read a eulogy for Sir John Sparrow David Thompson, the former Premier of Nova Scotia and the first Roman Catholic to be Prime Minister of Canada. From 1896-1897, Cornelius was the President of the Royal Society of Canada. He also played a large part in the revival of St. Mary’s College, a Catholic College in Halifax. It was established in 1840 but went through many financial difficulties through the years. In 1880, the annual grant given to the college from the government was cancelled. The college was saved because of a bequeathment given by Patrick Power but there were difficulties with Lawrence Power, Patrick’s son. Lawrence would not allow the college to use the bequest unless Jesuits were in charge of the college. There was a disagreement between the archbishop and the Jesuits order superior in Canada, so the bequeathment was denied. Cornelius would challenge Lawrence’s decision in the Nova Scotia court and was successful but the decision was later overturned in the Supreme Court of Canada, in 1903. St. Mary’s College would reopen in 1903, but without the involvement of the Power family. Cornelius also helped to found and establish french college, Collège Sainte-Anne, in Church Point, N.S., as well as, twelve churches, nine parochial schools, and his diocese contained eighty churches, forty priests, and eleven convents. He was also a published author of many books, poems, and articles. Some of his book titles include, Philosophy of the Bible Vindicated, 1876; Early Stages of Christianity in England, 1880; Mater Admirabilis, 1882; After Weary Years, 1885; St. Agnes, Virgin and Martyr, 1887; Aminta, a modern life drama, 1890; and Memoirs of Rt. Rev. Edmund Burke, bishop of Zion, first vicar apostolic of Nova Scotia, 1894. On 9 March 1906, in Halifax, Archbishop Cornelius O’Brien passed away, he was buried in the Holy Cross Cemetery. UPEI’s Provenance collection has the book, Documents illustrative of the Canadian constitution by William Houston, contains the signature of C. O’Brien. Sources: Prince Edward Island Baptismal Index. Prince Edward Island, Canada: Public Archives and Records Office. http://www.gov.pe.ca/archives/baptismal/search_index.php: accessed 16 March 2012. Rev Cornelius O'Brien. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi. 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, 1891. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, 2009. http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1891/Pages/about-census.aspx. Series RG31-C-1. Statistics Canada Fonds. Microfilm reels: T-6290 to T-6427. Hughes, Katherine. (1906). Archbishop O'Brien: Man and churchman. Ottawa: R.L. Crain. Terrence Murphy, “O’BRIEN, CORNELIUS,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 13, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed April 15, 2019, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/o_brien_cornelius_13E.html. Pádraig Ó Siadhail, “HUGHES, KATHERINE (Catherine) ANGELINA,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 15, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed April 15, 2019, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/hughes_katherine_angelina_15E.html. Campbell, Basil. (2003-2013). Death O’Brien-Campbell THE CHARLOTTETOWN HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1906 http://www.caimbeul.org/newsitems/pei_news_1906.html Photo: Source: Library and Archives Canada/MIKAN 3219524, Catherine O’Driscoll, Terence O’Brien
C.J. Peacock
C.J. Peacock
C.J. Peacock (1834-?) In early 1834, Charles James Peacock was born in Filey, Yorkshire, England to Norris Peacock and Hannah Baron. Charles was baptised 28 July 1834 in Filey. He had 7 siblings, Elizabeth (1836), Jane (1838), Frederick Norris (1840), Mary Hannah (1843), Alfred George (1844), Joseph (1846), and Sarah Ann (1847). In 1851, at the age of 16, Charles was an apprentice to George Wraugham to become a draper; he lived with Wraugham’s family and two other apprentices, Edward Abraham and Samuel Daggitt. On 20 December 1864, Charles married Sophia Simms; they had one servant in their home Eliza Shepperson. By 1871, Charles was working as a dentist and dental surgeon in the district of Scarborough, England. He was a graduate from the American school, Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery. His going rate for dental work was a guinea an hour. Charles and Sophia divorced in 1879, the record cited due to “husband’s petition”. In the 1901 England Census, Charles was remarried to Emma from Barlby, Yorkshire, England, they were married around 1881. They had one daughter together, Emma Stanley Peacock born in 1886. By 1911, Charles and Emma had been married for 30 years and they had one servant, Emily Jane Saunders, living with them and their daughter. Charles retired from dentistry by 1911 but during his working days, he was considered to be very skilled. On 13 April 1875, The York Herald reported on a case that was brought to the Scarborough Court of Record, regarding non payment for dental work Charles completed. A Mr. J.W. Harrison from Cottingham, near Hull refused to pay Charles for the dental surgery done on his daughter, Mabel Harrison. Charles and an assistant spent four and a half hours filling one of Mabel’s teeth and deadening the nerve in another, since Charles’ fee was a guinea an hour, Charles charged them four guineas total. Mr. Harrison did not agree with Charles’ fee and decided to bring him to court. As part of the court hearings, letters to and from Charles are included. In December of 1873, Charles sent a bill to the Harrison’s for his work done in October, in the summer of 1874, Mr. Harrison sent the following letter, “Cottingham, near Hull, “15th May, 1874. “Mr. C. J. Peacock. “Sir,—-I expected to have been in Scarbro’ before this time, and to have called upon you respecting your charge of four guineas for stopping one tooth. “I was brought up a surgeon, and have stopped teeth and drawn hundreds, but never in my professional experience heard of such a charge. If you reduce it to one guinea I will pay it ; this is more than I ever was charged. “I am, yours truly, “J. W. HARRISON, M.R.C.S., L.A.C.” (British Journal of Dental Science, p.267) Charles’ reply back: “Sir—Before your daughter came to me she knew from Miss Stephen that my fee was a guinea an hour. It took two of us four hours and a half to perform the important operation, for which I have only charged four guineas. My practice is much larger than I am able to attend to, and if had never seen your daughter some one else would have occupied the time I devoted to her. As regards the truth of my statements I refer you to Miss Stephen. Having rendered your daughter the service of which she stood greatly in need, in the way of my profession, to the best of my ability, I now call upon you to satisfy my demand for just compensation for the time, labour, and what skill I may possess, I have given to her case. “Yours obediently, “C. J. PEACOCK.” (British Journal of Dental Science, p.267-8) Witnesses, which many were dentist’s themselves, described Charles to be very skilled; enough to have their own dental work done by him. Dr. Hickson of Scarborough would send some of his own patients over to Charles and Miss Stephen of Denmark House, keeper of a ladies school in Scarborough, would also recommend her students to see Charles. The jury would agree and Mr. Harrison was forced to pay the full four guineas owed. UPEI’s Provenance copy of A Social Departure by Sara Jeannette Duncan, has a sticker on the inside cover with a crest-like illustration of the initials “C.J.P.”, which was drawn to look like a peacock. It also included the phrase “Ex libris C.J. Peacock” written below it; there is a short poem which reads “who folds a leafe downe ye divel toaste browne / who makes mark or blotte ye divel roast hot / who stealeth this boke ye divel shall cooke”, an interesting, if threatening, addition to the label. Sources: England, Marriages, 1538–1973. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. Anglican Parish Registers. Manchester, England: Manchester Cathedral. Images produced by permission of Manchester Cathedral and Manchester City Council Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes, later Supreme Court of Judicature: Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Files, 1858–2002. J 77. Records of the Family Division and predecessors. Records of the Supreme Court of Judicature and related courts. The National Archives, Kew, Surrey, England. 1851 Census Returns of England and Wales. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1851. 1871 Census Returns of England and Wales. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1871. Class: RG10; Piece: 4815; Folio: 142; Page: 15; GSU roll: 847360. 1881 Census Returns of England and Wales. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1881. 1901 Census Returns of England and Wales. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives, 1901. Data imaged from the National Archives, London, England. 1911 Census Returns of England and Wales. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA), 1911. Emma Stanley Peacock. General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. Important Action by a Dentist at Scarborough. (1875). British Journal of Dental Science, 18, 265-272. Retrieved June, 2017., Filey, Yorkshire, England, 1834, Hannah Baron, Norris Peacock, Sophia Simms; Emma, Emma Stanley Peacock
Caroline Ruutz Rees
Caroline Ruutz Rees
Caroline Ruutz-Rees (1865-1954) Caroline Agnes Ruutz-Rees was born on August 16, 1865 in London, England to Louis Emile, a merchant, and Janet Emily (Meugens) Ruutz-Rees. She was baptised on 3 December 1865 in Wandsworth, London. Caroline had two younger siblings, a brother Roland Henry and sister Thekla Louise (married name Goldmark). During her London-based childhood, Caroline attended private schools and began her lifelong interest in education. In June 1882, she emigrated to the United States to continue her schooling at Madame Clement’s School in Germantown, Pennsylvania. It was in Germantown that Caroline began her teaching career, in 1885, before relocating to St. John the Baptist’s School in New York. She taught there from 1886-1889, while simultaneously studying Greek through advanced courses at Yale University’s graduate school. Caroline was also a teacher at St. Mary’s School in Burlington, New Jersey from 1889-1890. In 1890, a woman named Mary Atwater Choate founded Rosemary Hall, a school for girls in Connecticut. Caroline was hired as Headmistress of the school from its beginnings in 1890 to 1938. She also taught classical languages, history, and French there. Evidently, Caroline wished to build a school that promoted the principles of “rigorous academic achievement, competitive athletics, and student self-government” (1900-1971 Rosemary Hall in Greenwich). She also became the first headmistress of an American girls’ school to prescribe uniforms. As for fashion, legend says she boldly wore bloomers on the golf course and carried a pistol. Although Caroline clearly loved to teach, she was also an avid learner. In 1904, she was accepted to St. Andrew’s University in Scotland where she received a Lady Literate in Arts (LLA) degree, the acceptable Masters in Arts degree for women at the time, who were not yet granted the equivalent of men’s graduate degrees. Caroline then chose to expand her education even further with advanced studies of French literature in Grenoble and Paris; then returning to the United States to receive her MA and PhD from Columbia University in 1909 and 1910, respectively. Caroline is also recognized for her involvement in feminism and women’s suffrage during the First World War. Women had been campaigning for the right to vote for many years and their wartime contributions and newfound responsibilities, such as taking over men’s jobs while they were overseas, significantly advanced their efforts. Caroline actively contributed to this movement by creating the National Junior Suffrage Corps in 1914, their motto was “Youth Today Tomorrow Power”; she wanted to spark young women’s interest in obtaining the right to vote. She also served as the third Vice President of the American Woman Suffrage Association, participated in the Greenwich Equal Franchise League, and led the Connecticut Division of the Woman’s Committee of the Council of National Defense. In 1934, Caroline’s name was included on a bronze tablet in the Connecticut Capitol building which honours the Connecticut women who fought for suffrage. Caroline also authored four books in her lifetime: Charles De Sainte-Marthe, The Education of the Modern Girl, Places & Other Poems, and Some Sixteenth Century Schoolmasters at Grenoble & their Delectable Vicissitudes. Upon Caroline’s retirement from Rosemary Hall, it is probable that she was given a farm house as part of her retirement package. Evidently there is a deed from the Rosemary Corporation that gave her the “‘right to use and occupy’” the property during her lifetime. Although Caroline never married, she did have an adopted son named Roland (born in Baltimore Maryland, January 1909). Roland shared his name with Caroline’s deceased brother, although we do not know if she gave him this name or if it was given to him by his birth parents. According to Roland’s US Passport, dated 1923, Caroline signs that she has known Roland personally for the past twelve years (since about 1911). Roland would have been two years old at that time. On the same passport there is a certification notice by Geo. W. Dobbin, M.D. that reads: I certify that Roland Ruutz-Rees, the adopted son of Caroline Ruutz-Rees, of Greenwich, Connecticut, the child of Mrs. Charles Hill, was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on January 9th, 1909, and that I attended his mother on that occasion. Roland’s future mother-in-law, Mabel Byrne, was from Prince Edward Island, which may offer a clue as to how Robertson Library came in possession of Caroline’s personal book. After a very fulfilling life, Caroline passed away on 15 February 1954 at the age of 88. UPEI’s Provenance Collection’s copy of Asolando: Fancies and Facts, has a sticker on the inside cover with Caroline Ruutz-Rees printed on it. There is also an inscription that reads “To Iney [a nickname for Caroline] in loving remembrance of her birthday, 15th August, from her Aunt Elese” as well as a handwritten date at the bottom of the page “London August 1890”. Aunt Elese has been difficult to track down. Caroline’s mother does not have a sister or sister-in-law with this name and none of Caroline’s father's siblings have been found. The best guess is that Elese is Louis Emile's (Caroline's father's) sister. When Louis dies, in 1909, he leaves all of his estate to Elise de Longueville, a widow. Elese de Longueville was born in Germany (Louis was born also born in Bavaria). She was married to Charles de Longueville a British Army officer who passed away in 1904. At the time of Louis' death, Janet, (his wife and Caroline’s mother), was still alive, living in the United States. Janet left Louis behind and came to the United States in 1882, leading one to believe there was a separation, although there is no information found of a record of divorce. The fact that Louis left nothing to his wife or living children further supports this theory, and gives credence to the thought that Elese de Longueville was his sister and Caroline's aunt. The inscription, written by Elese, was signed in 1890, eight years after Janet and Caroline left for the USA. Sources: 1871 England Census. Class: RG10; Piece: 746; Folio: 44; Page: 14; GSU roll: 824721 1930 United States Federal Census; Census Place: Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut; Roll: 257; Page: 21B; Enumeration District: 0132; Image: 672.0; FHL microfilm: 2339992 Cameron, Mable Ward. Biographical Cyclopedia of American Women. Vol. I-II. New York, NY, USA: Halvord Publishing Co., 1924-1925. Caroline Ruutz-Rees, probate date 24 September 1954. 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. Charles de Longueville, probate date 28 June 1904. 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. Louis Emil Ruutz-Rees, probate date 20 May 1909. 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. Choate Rosemary Hall “1900-1971 Rosemary Hall in Greenwich." Celebrating 125 Years -- Building a Community. Issuu, accessed April 30, 2017. “Connecticut Suffragettes - Hartford, CT." Connecticut Suffragettes - Hartford, CT - Civil Rights Memorials on Waymarking.com15. Waymarking, accessed May 8, 2017. Johnson, Kathleen Eagen. “Greenwich Women Face the Great War.” Connecticut Explored. Winter 2014-2015, accessed May 8, 2017. Nova, Susan. “Banana Yellow House Has Appeal." GreenwichTime, accessed May 8, 2017. Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925; National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; Roll #: 2313; Certificate Number: 313912. Passport Issue Date: 21 Jun 1923. Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925; National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; Roll #: 2710; Certificate Number: 514627. Passport Issue Date: 17 February 1925. “Pinback Button: National Junior Suffrage Corps Youth Today Tomorrow Power. [Circa 1914-1915]." Ann Lewis Women's Suffrage Collection, accessed May 8, 2017. Register of Baptism, p70, Item 001. London Metropolitan Archives, Battersea St John. Vermont Marriage Records, 1909-2008. Vermont State Archives and Records Administration; Montpelier, Vermont; User Box Number: PR-02132; Roll Number: S-31419; Archive Number: PR-1450-1451 Yarrow, Andrew L. “Eviction Notice Hangs Amid Estates.” Greenwich Journal, 11 November 1991, accessed May 8, 2017. Photo: Photo shared with kind permission from Choate Rosemary Hall Archives., Janet Emily Meugens, Louis Emile Ruutz Rees
Carolyn Therese Kobbé
Carolyn Therese Kobbé
Carolyn Therese Wheeler Kobbé (1861-1954) Carolyn Wheeler was born on 8 August 1861 in New York State. She was the daughter of George Minor Wheeler and Marion (Maria) Bailey Lang. They were married in Boston on 14 May 1853. According to the 1880 U.S. Federal Census, Carolyn had four older siblings, William, Mabel, Fannie, and Anna, and three younger siblings, Virginia, Susan and Rosalind. Carolyn married Gustave Kobbé (son of William August Kobbé and Sarah Lord Sistare) on 11 November 1882 in St. Mark’s Church by Rev. Dr. Rylance. Their marriage was announced two days later in the New York Evening Post. Gustav wrote for many newspapers and magazines, including The Musical Review, The New York Sun, The Century, Scribner’s The Forum, and North American Review. He was also the author of many books, mostly focusing on classical music and great composers. In 1905 Carolyn and Gustav were living in Manhattan NY. By this time they had five children: George Minor Wheeler (21), Beatrice (18), Hildegarde (16), Virginia (14), and Carolyn (12). They also had two domestic servants: Ellen Healy and Mary Flannigan. Tragically, Gustav died as a result of a boat accident on 27 July 1918, in Islip NY. In her book, My Spiritual Pilgrimage Carolyn wrote about the incident: It was one of those rare days in summer, a gentle breeze blowing and a clear sky overhead. My husband said, “Good-bye, I’m going out in my sail-boat for a quick little sail.” ...He never came back… The driver of an army hydroplane misjudged his landing and cut across my husband’s boat. It was instantaneous. It was all so sudden and unexpected. For months afterwards I was like a sleep-walker, moving but not seeing or hearing. Then I realized that in order to live I must find some kind of help; but where? After much soul searching, and faith seeking during a vacation in Europe, Carolyn converted to Catholicism after her husband’s death. She took on the name Therese as her Catholic name, becoming Carolyne Therese Kobbé. After her initial trip to Europe Carolyn returned often. In 1923 Carolyn applied for a passport to go to Europe with her 13 year old grand-daughter, Carol Stevenson, with the purpose of “education of grandchild”. Carolyne wrote the book, My Spiritual Pilgrimage: An Attempt to Help Those Who Want to Find Peace and Happiness in this Changing World, which was published in 1935. The book highlighted her trips to Europe and her redemption through her Catholic faith. UPEI’s Provenance copy of the book includes the following inscription: To Bishop Kelly with the humble respects of Carolyn Therese Kobbé - 1936 Bishop Francis Kelley was the Bishop of Oklahoma City, and was born in Vernon River, Prince Edward Island. A significant portion of UPEI’s provenance collection were books signed by authors to Bishop Kelley. Carolyn died in Long Island, NY, on 23 August 1954 at the age of 93. She is buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn NY, in section 90, lot 44. Sources: 1880 United States Federal Census. Census Place: Scarsdale, Westchester, New York; Roll: 947; Page: 288C; Enumeration District: 125 1895 New Jersey State Census. New Jersey Department of State. 1895 State Census of New Jersey. Trenton, NJ, USA: New Jersey State Archives. 54 reels. 1905 New York State Census. New York State Archives; Albany, New York; State Population Census Schedules, 1905; Election District: A.D. 27 E.D. 11; City: Manhattan; County: New York; Page: 7 1910 United States Federal Census. Census Place: Babylon, Suffolk, New York; Roll: T624_1081; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 1338; FHL microfilm: 1375094 1920 United States Federal Census. Census Place: Garden City, Nassau, New York; Roll: T625_1127; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 19 Find a Grave information on Carolyn Wheeler Kobbé New York Evening Post. 13 November 1882. Newspapers and Periodicals. American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts. Call number: 485767 New York State Death Index. New York Department of Health; Albany, NY; NY State Death Index. Certificate number: 45366 State Population Census Schedules, 1905; New York State Archives; Albany, New York; Election District: A.D. 27 E.D. 11; City: Manhattan; County: New York; Page: 7 Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). U.S. Passport Application for Carolyn Wheeler Kobbé. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; Roll #: 2373; Volume #: Roll 2373 - Certificates: 343850-344349, 03 Oct 1923-05 Oct 1923 Who’s Who in New York City and State: a biographical dictionary of contemporaries. Fifth Biennial Edition, 1911. Page 565. Photo: Photo from Carolyn's 1923 U.S. Passport application. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; Roll #: 2373; Volume #: Roll 2373 - Certificates: 343850-344349, 03 Oct 1923-05 Oct 1923, George Minor Wheeler, Marion (Maria) Bailey Lang, Gustave Kobbé
Cecil F. Crofton
Cecil F. Crofton
Cecil F. Crofton (1859-1935) Cecil F. Crofton was born Frederick William Martin on 10 November 1859 in Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom to GilsonMartin, a Land Agent for the Duke of Devonshire, and Elizabeth Martin. Between 1874-1876, Cecil attended The Forest School near Snaresbrook, Northeast London. He showcased many artistic talents, including performing as an opera singer and actor, painting watercolours, writing articles and poetry for the school magazine, and illustrating his theatrical surroundings. Although he worked as an architect, after leaving school, Cecil soon became a full-fledged actor. Cecil’s heyday was said to be between 1882-1896, which largely included comical theatrical roles. It is unclear when he legally changed his name; although it can be assumed that Cecil was created as a stage name sometime in the 1880's. London’s electoral register from 1890 indicates that he kept Frederick as a middle name. In 1919, Cecil gifted a small ebony watercolour box to his fellow actor, Miss Genevieve Ward. Miss Ward was an American singer and stage actress who performed numerous times in Britain and the United States. This allowed her to meet several famous people of the era, including Oscar Wilde, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and King Edward VII. Cecil donated his book collection, mainly 18th century English literature, to the Senate House Library in London in 1932. Three years later, Cecil passed away on 21 November 1935, at the age of 76. He left his estate worth £14,868 to his executors, Ernest Walter Groom and Herbert Thomas Knight; records indicate he was a lifelong bachelor and did not have any heirs. The UPEI Provenance Collection’s copy of, The Life and Pontificate of Leo the Tenth by William Roscoe has a bookplate which reads, “Dici beatus ante obitum Nemo supremaq; funera debet EX LIBRIS Cecil F. Crofton” and loosely translates to, “We are not happy before death, From books” of Cecil F. Crofton. There is also an illustration on the bookplate of a man reading a book in a room with an ocean view. Sources: England and Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index 1837 to 1915, Marriage registration: District, Horncastle, Year, 1858, Quarter, 4, volume 7a, page 983. General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Published by permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Office for National Statistics. You must not copy on, transfer or reproduce records without the prior permission of ONS. Database Copyright © 1998-2003 Graham Hart, Ben Laurie, Camilla von Massenbach and David Mayall. Avery, Simon and Katherine M. Graham. Sex, Time and Place: Queer Histories of London, c.1850 to the Present. London: Bloomsbury, 2016. 1881. Census Returns of England and Wales. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1881. 1911. Census Returns of England and Wales. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA), 1911. Commissary Clerk of Edinburgh under the Sheriff Courts Act, 1876. Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories. “Crofton, Cecil Frederick.” Senate House Library Archives, University of London. Accessed August 9, 2017. “Decriminalisation of homosexuality: History of gay rights in the UK.” BBC Newsround. Accessed August 13, 2017. Electoral Registers. London, England: London Metropolitan Archives. General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Published by permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Office for National Statistics. “Lucy Genevieve Teresa Ward.” Biographies of Interesting People: Ancestors, Relatives, Family Friends and Associates of interest to JJ Heath-Caldwell. Accessed August 13, 2017. 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 © Crown copyright. Photo: Photo taken from Google Images., Elizabeth Martin, née Mawer, Gilson Martin
Charles H. Kelly
Charles H. Kelly
Charles H. Kelly (1833-1911) Charles Henry Kelly was born, and grew up, in Salford, Lancashire. He was born on 25 November 1833, to John and Sarah Kelly, and baptised on 22 December 1933. His father, John, was a clerk for the Board of Highways in Manchester and according to the 1851 Census, Charles, age 17, worked at the same job. At some point, the plan to follow in his father's footsteps changed and Charles decided to go into the ministry. He studied at the Wesleyan Methodist College in Didsbury, near Manchester, England and began in the ministry by 1857. In the 1861 Census, Charles found himself far from home, living at the Wesleyan Chaplain House in Aldershot, Surrey, England. He was the assistant to Wesleyan Chaplain to the Troops, William Harris Rule. Together, Rule and Kelly began the legacy of Methodists Chaplains to the Army, Air Force and Navy. In 1864, Charles became a member of the Army Committee and then served as Chaplain at Chatham and Sheerness. In 1867, he transferred to the Guards Depot at Chelsea before deciding to become a circuit minister. In 1875, he took the leadership role in the newly organized Connexional Sunday School Union. It was during these same years that Charles became a family man. By the mid-1860's, Charles married Eleanor Bell and together they had three children: Blanche (b.1866), Arthur Henry (b. Summer 1869), and Charles Ernest (b. 1870). Blanche died at the age of five in Wandsworth, London, England. Her death is registered in the Oct-Nov-Dec 1872 record books. Charles' two sons, Arthur and Charles, went into business together. In the 1891 Census, they were tea taster/tea brokers; in the 1901 Census, they are listed as Colonial Produce Dealers; and in the 1911 Census, Arthur is a “provisions merchant" and Charles is an “essential oil dealer". They remained single and living with their parents well into their 40's. They have not been tracked beyond the 1911 Census. Charles was President of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in 1889 and 1903. He was also Book Steward for the Wesleyan Church from 1889 onwards, making him head of the Wesleyan Publishing Office. The UPEI Provenance book, The Journal of the Reverend John Wesley, includes a handwritten letter pasted on the inside cover, by Charles H. Kelly, dated 4 March 1891. The top of the letterhead is stamped REVd Charles H. Kelly, Book Steward. The letter reads as follows: Telegraphic Address- Book Room London. Wesleyan Conference Office, 2 Castle Street City Road London, E.C. Rev'd Charles H. Kelly, Book Steward. 4th March 1891 My dear Sir, Will you permit me to offer for your acceptance a copy of Wesley's Work s etc on behalf of this Office. The parcel has been sent to you. I assure you that your address on Monday at the Centenary Celebration at City Road, gave great delight to the Methodist people; and I trust the fine catholic, christian spirit of it will do much good; and that the effect of your visit will be helpful to the cause of our Great Master. With many thanks and best regards, Believe me, Faithfully yours, Charles H. Kelly [To] The Ven. Archdeacon Farrar, Westminster The Venerable Archdeacon Farrar, to whom the letter was addressed, was Frederic Farrar, noted Anglican cleric and author. The date that he spoke of at the “Centenary Celebration" was 2 March 1891, it was the 100th Anniversary of the death of John Wesley. From the celebrations, Charles wrote and compiled the book, Wesley, The Man, His Teaching and His Work: Being Sermons and Addresses Delivered in City Road Chapel at the Centenary Commemoration of John Wesley’s Death, which was published in London in 1891. Charles died on 5 April 1911. He and Eleanor were living at Spanish Close, Wandsworth Common, Surrey, UK at the time of his death. His will was probated on 16 May 1911 and his effects were left to his wife, Eleanor Bell Kelly. The year before he died, Charles published his own memoirs entitled “Memories". It was published by Robert Culley in London, 1910. Sources: Baptismal Record for Charles H. Kelly. Lancashire Anglican Parish Records, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1911. Preston England: Lancashire Archives. Reference Number Drm/2/163. 1851 Census Returns of England and Wales. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1851. Class: HO107; Piece: 2162; Folio: 290; Page: 32; GSU roll: 87142-87143 1861 Census Returns of England and Wales. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1861. Class: RG 9; Piece: 430; Folio: 84; Page: 19; GSU roll: 542636 1891 Census Returns of England and Wales. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1891. Class: RG 12; Piece: 448; Folio: 67; Page: 13; GSU roll: 6095558 1901 Census Returns of England and Wales. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA), 1901. Class: RG 13; Piece: 484; Folio: 173; Page: 9 1911 Census Returns of England and Wales. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA), 1911. Class: RG 14; Piece: 2422 Death Index for Blanche Kelly. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England; General Register Office. Volume 1d; Page 319. Thompson, John Handby. “The Free Church Army Chaplain, 1830-1930." PhD Thesis, University of Sheffield, 1990., Eleanor Bell, 1. Blanche Kelly 2. Arthur Henry Kelly 3. Charles Ernest Kelly, John Kelly, Sarah [unknown]

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