Quaker Meeting House History Recalled Pembroke MA 1929

Henry Canby Biddle link to Quaker lines

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

May 1937 Wedding

On the Steps of the Fleming House Hotel seated in the middle with white blouse is Margaret Fleming.

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

From Obituaries in The Inquirer: Mary Augusta "Dusty" Biddle daughter of Henry Canby Biddle and Margaret Seton Fleming. She married Philadelphia lawyer William Henry Snyder Jr who died in 1951 at age 41, leaving her a widow with three young children. In 1952, she married Gordon Stouffer, chairman of Stouffer Foods, who adopted her children. The family lived in Cleveland.
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

Quaker Teacher Esther Biddle Rhoads

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. 

Obit Esther Biddle Rhoads

Esther's Gr Grandparents Thomas Garrett (1809-1888) and Francis Biddle (1803-1873)

Garrett Family: Rebecca Garrett (1830-1905) daughter of Thomas Garrett (1809-1888) and Francis Biddle (1803-1873) wife of mother Jonathan Rhodes. 

Esther's great grandfather, Thomas Garrett (1809-1888) husband of Francis Biddle (1803-1873) He was the son of Philip Garrett 1780-1851 and Rebecca Cresson.  Thomas was "Station Master On The Underground Railroad "

Garrett Family Tree Historical Society and Pennsylvania Archives

  

Esther Biddle Passport 1920

 

Swarthmore, Quaker Meeting Records. Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.

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