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Below are the front and back of the only picture that I know we have of Mabel, the first wife of Fred (the middle of the Five Stokey Siblings). She is standing between her parents. I don't know when it was taken. She went from the USA to Angola in the autumn of 1910, and I imagine this picture was taken sometime before that.
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Will, the oldest of the Five Stokey Siblings, took these pictures of his first wife (his fiancée at the time), Margaret, in California. On November 8, 1910, he wrote to his mother:
1910-11-08 LETTER FROM WILL TO MAMA MARGARET
This is to send some pictures of Margaret. The ones taken in the big black hat were taken Sunday morning at Westlake Park.
1910-11-08 LETTER FROM WILL TO MAMA MARGARET
This is to send some pictures of Margaret. The ones taken in the big black hat were taken Sunday morning at Westlake Park.
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And here are more photographs of Margaret from Will. In the same November 8 letter he wrote,
In the afternoon we took a trolley trip to Newport about 40 miles from here and those in the smaller hat were taken there.
But is this big white hat the smaller hat that Will was talking about? And was either of these sets of pictures were taken in Newport? The clothes and the shoes in the two sets are different, so I think it's probably two different days - but Margaret cared about clothes, so I can't say for sure.
In the afternoon we took a trolley trip to Newport about 40 miles from here and those in the smaller hat were taken there.
But is this big white hat the smaller hat that Will was talking about? And was either of these sets of pictures were taken in Newport? The clothes and the shoes in the two sets are different, so I think it's probably two different days - but Margaret cared about clothes, so I can't say for sure.
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California in 1910: Will. The photographer must have been Margaret. (With thanks to Barbara for noticing that the beach is the same as in the last two pictures above.)
Eva, the youngest of the 5 Stokey siblings, in 1911, age 26. She was still married to Frank Evans and living with him in New York at this time.
San Francisco, California, November 12, 1912: Margaret Clarke Stokey, later known as Maggie. In this picture she is 5 days old and weighs 3lb. 5.5oz. Her father is Will, the oldest of the 5 Stokey siblings. Her mother, Margaret, died four days before.
Mama Margaret - Will's mother - with her first grandchild, Margaret (a.k.a. Maggie), in early 1913. Mama Margaret took the train out from Massachusetts to California to take care of Maggie for Will.
Papa Charles: Mama Margaret's ex-husband, and the father of the Five Stokey Siblings. The picture was in his obituary in 1916. I have no idea when it was taken.
About 1915: Maggie with her grandmother, Mama Margaret.
Probably in Savannah.
Savannah, June 22,1916: Will's and Kathleen's wedding picture, at Kathleen's home from before her marriage.
Sunday, September 10, 1916: Kathleen Farmer Stokey & her new stepdaughter, Margaret Clarke Stokey. Probably taken by Will, probably in Cincinnati.
1917: Margaret, Kathleen, and Baby Billy. Probably taken by Will (but possibly Fred), probably in Cincinnati.
Christmastime 1917 in Cincinnati. Will and Kathleen hosted all of Will's siblings plus Mama Margaret. Will cleverly crowded all the people into the end of the porch so that they would fit into the picture. Kay (as yet unborn when this picture was taken) later identified all the people in it for her photo album for her brother Bill, who in this picture is the baby being held by Kathleen. (You can see the full photo album in the EXTRA! section.) I just wish that Will had handed the camera over to Kathleen after he took this picture so that we could have a photograph of all the Five Stokey Siblings together with their mother.
Two photographs of Will, Kathleen, Maggie, and Billy in Will's Buick.
I think these two pictures must have been taken during the same family Christmas gathering as the group picture above. Maybe Fred took these pictures. The black and white one was in Kay's birthday album for Bill:
lf you look at the album, you'll see that the picture there is considerably paler there than it is here. Both pictures were pale, but my brother-in-law Ron was able to improve them. I decided to leave the album as it was.
I think these two pictures must have been taken during the same family Christmas gathering as the group picture above. Maybe Fred took these pictures. The black and white one was in Kay's birthday album for Bill:
lf you look at the album, you'll see that the picture there is considerably paler there than it is here. Both pictures were pale, but my brother-in-law Ron was able to improve them. I decided to leave the album as it was.
Kathleen and Maggie, and Will holding Billy.
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Maggie, Kathleen, Billy, and Will.
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September 1918: Alma (sibling #2) and Eva (sibling #5) with Elizabeth Rodhouse, Oberlin Class of 1905. She's listed in Find-A-Grave as Mary Elizabeth Rodhouse Creglow, and she visited at Fernbank at least once. I don't know where this picture was taken, but I love the difference in style and demeanor between the two sisters.
Elizabeth Rodhouse and Alma
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Eva and Elizabeth Rodhouse
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Alma at a picnic in Pearl City, a state park in Massachusetts. November 27, 1918, the day before Thanksgiving.
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