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Showing posts with label Quaker ancestor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Quaker ancestor. Show all posts
Monday, January 6, 2020
Friday, January 25, 2019
Henry Canby Biddle link to Quaker lines
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Henry Canby Biddle (1911-1986) son of Henry Canby Biddle (1880-1937) and Margret Seton Fleming (1887-1980) married Anna Lodge Minot (1917-1997) daughter of Grafton Winthrop Minot (1892-1983) and Constance Lodge Gardner (1894-1941). Henry descended from Quaker Owen Biddle and English immigrants William Biddle (1630–1712) and Sarah Kempe (1634–1709), who arrived in the Province of New Jersey in 1681. see Biddle Quaker lines |
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May 1937 Wedding |
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On the Steps of the Fleming House Hotel seated in the middle with white blouse is Margaret Fleming. |
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Mary Augusta "Dusty" Biddle (1918-2016) daughter of Henry Canby Biddle and Margaret Seton Fleming. Photo of Mary in a 1937 Pond’s Cold Cream |
Stouffer died in 1956, soon after the couple returned home from an African animal-capture safari for the Cleveland Zoo. In 1960, she returned to the Philadelphia area, where she married architect William Cramp Scheetz Jr. He died in 1996.
Mary Scheetz, 98, socialite, volunteer by By Bonnie L. Cook, Staff Writer, Posted: January 26, 2016
Wednesday, January 2, 2019
Quaker Teacher Esther Biddle Rhoads
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1978 Detroit Free Press A year before her death. |
A follow up post from The Early Quaker Lines
From the Wardwell and Biddle line Esther Biddle Rhoads (1896-1979) daughter of Edward Garrett Rhoads (1863-1926) and Margaret Ely Paxon (1871-1949) granddaughter of Jonathan Rhoads (1830-1914) and Rebecca Garrett (1830-1905) daughter of Thomas Garrett (1809-1888) and Francis Biddle (1803-1873) (BIDDLE Lineage: John, Owen, John, John, William and Lydia) NOTE: William Biddle (1806-1887) married Elizabeth Cresson Garrett (1806-1881), brother of Thomas Garrett--which I will cover in another post
The Society of Friends records and research show that the RHOADS and GARRETT families were prominent members of the Quaker community as well. The GARRETT family famed Abolitionists, I posted some photos and newspaper clips below.
Esther's Education: Bachelor of Science, Earlham College, 1921. Doctor of Humane Letters, Earlham College, 1960. Doctor of Laws, Drexel Institute of Technology, 1962.
Esther was a teacher and the head of the Friends Girls' School in Tokyo for over 50 years. She was also of great importance in work with Licensed Agencies for Relief in Asia and with the American Friends Service, to assist Japanese-Americans affected by the War Relocation Act.
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Obit Esther Biddle Rhoads |
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Esther's Gr Grandparents Thomas Garrett (1809-1888) and Francis Biddle (1803-1873) |
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Garrett Family: Rebecca Garrett (1830-1905) daughter of Thomas Garrett (1809-1888) and Francis Biddle (1803-1873) wife of mother Jonathan Rhodes. |
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Garrett Family Tree Historical Society and Pennsylvania Archives |
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Esther Biddle Passport 1920 |
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Swarthmore, Quaker Meeting Records. Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. |
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1914 Jonathan Rhoads Obit, grandfather to Esther Biddle Rhoads |
- Pennsylvania USGenWeb Archives
- Sketch of Owen Biddle, to which is Added A Short Account of the Parke Family, Together with a List of His Descendants
- Esther B. Rhoads papers, ca. 1895-ca. 1979 - Ms, Coll. 1153 - Haverford College Special Collections and her Papers https://library.haverford.edu/finding-aids/files/950-156.pdf and
- http://library.haverford.edu/file-id-890
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