~INTRODUCTION~---ohio---eastern massachusetts---western massachusetts---georgia---california---illinois---michigan---new york---texas---pennsylvania---washington d c---new jersey---kentucky---west virginia---oregon---hawaii---tennessee---florida---missouri---kansas---africa---united kingdom---india---sri lanka---canada---cuba---the philippines---the netherlands---portugal---italy---france---turkey---miscellaneous---site navigation
This is, as advertised, the page where the documents are sorted by where they were created. That can be a little iffy, especially with newspaper articles, but also with letters written while traveling. In such cases I do as I please and promise no rhyme or reason.
The order of the locations starts out sort of chronological. The Five Stokey Siblings started out in Ohio, so that comes first. Then they went all over the place. I've got eastern and western Massachusetts and Georgie next after Ohio, because those are the big ones. And then California, because Will spent several years there. And then...maybe some day I should put them in alphabetical order.
Incidentally, Massachusetts is separated into eastern and western because when you live in eastern Massachusetts, that's a big difference. If I lived in Ohio, there would probably be multiple sections for Ohio, but I don't, so there aren't. Meanwhile, the whole continent of Africa gets just one section.
Each location section has a heading with all the locations listed, and the particular section's location has tildes around it so that you can search within the page for the location that you want.
Here's the list of locations. I'll try to keep it updated.
Ohio
Eastern Massachusetts
Western Massachusetts
Georgia
California
Illinois
Michigan
New york
Texas
Pennsylvania
Washington D C
New Jersey
Kentucky
West Virginia
Oregon
Hawaii
Tennessee
Florida
Missouri
Kansas
Africa
United Kingdom
India
Sri Lanka
Canada
Cuba
The Philippines
The Netherlands
Portugal
Italy
France
Turkey
Miscellaneous
The order of the locations starts out sort of chronological. The Five Stokey Siblings started out in Ohio, so that comes first. Then they went all over the place. I've got eastern and western Massachusetts and Georgie next after Ohio, because those are the big ones. And then California, because Will spent several years there. And then...maybe some day I should put them in alphabetical order.
Incidentally, Massachusetts is separated into eastern and western because when you live in eastern Massachusetts, that's a big difference. If I lived in Ohio, there would probably be multiple sections for Ohio, but I don't, so there aren't. Meanwhile, the whole continent of Africa gets just one section.
Each location section has a heading with all the locations listed, and the particular section's location has tildes around it so that you can search within the page for the location that you want.
Here's the list of locations. I'll try to keep it updated.
Ohio
Eastern Massachusetts
Western Massachusetts
Georgia
California
Illinois
Michigan
New york
Texas
Pennsylvania
Washington D C
New Jersey
Kentucky
West Virginia
Oregon
Hawaii
Tennessee
Florida
Missouri
Kansas
Africa
United Kingdom
India
Sri Lanka
Canada
Cuba
The Philippines
The Netherlands
Portugal
Italy
France
Turkey
Miscellaneous
introduction---~OHIO~---eastern massachusetts---western massachusetts---georgia---california---illinois---michigan---new york---texas---pennsylvania---washington d c---new jersey---kentucky---west virginia---oregon---hawaii---tennessee---florida---missouri---kansas---africa---united kingdom---india---sri lanka---canada---cuba---the philippines---the netherlands---portugal---italy---france---turkey---miscellaneous---site navigation
- The family lived in Canton during the childhood years of the siblings. Then everybody left except for Papa Charles and Laura.
- Alma, Fred, and Eva, and also Fred's first wife Mabel all attended Oberlin College or Conservatory, and there were family and friends in other parts of Ohio.
- Will was assigned by the Army to Cincinnati twice - or maybe just once, with a temporary assignment to Texas in the middle of the Cincinnati assignment. Kathleen, his second wife, was in Cincinnati with him, as were whatever children had been born. Bill and Roger were born in Cincinnati.
Documents written in Ohio:
- 1872-06-26 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ABOUT PAPA CHARLES'S COLLEGE GRADUATION
- 1876-09-07 NEWSPAPER ITEM MENTIONING PAPA CHARLES
- 1877-08-23 NEWSPAPER ITEM MENTIONING PAPA CHARLES
- 1877-11-01 NEWSPAPER ITEM FEATURING PAPA CHARLES
- 1878-07-18 NEWSPAPER ITEM FEATURING PAPA CHARLES
- 1878-12-03 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE FEATURING PAPA CHARLES
- 1882-10 BOOK PAGE SHOWING PAPA CHARLES'S TENURE AS WEATHER OBSERVER
- 1887-12-22 NEWSPAPER ITEM MENTIONING PAPA CHARLES
- 1889-07-24 ARTICLE FEATURING PAPA CHARLES
- 1890-09-18 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE MENTIONING PAPA CHARLES
- 1891-08-13&20 ARTICLES ABOUT MARY EICHER STOKEY'S DEATH AND FUNERAL
- 1892-11-10 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE MENTIONING PAPA CHARLES
- 1892-12-15 NEWSPAPER ITEM FROM PAPA CHARLES
- 1893-11-30 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE MENTIONING PAPA CHARLES
- 1895-05-09 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE MENTIONING ALMA
- 1895-05-30 NEWSPAPER ITEM MENTIONING WILL
- 1895-06-20 NEWSPAPER ITEM FEATURING WILL
- 1896-04-03 NEWSPAPER ITEM MENTIONING WILL
- 1897-03-25 NEWSPAPER ITEM MENTIONING ALMA
- 1897-07-27 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ABOUT FRED'S BIKE TRIP
- 1898-06-05 LETTER FROM EVA TO WILL
- 1899 RECORD OF FRED'S SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR SERVICE
- 1899-01-17 APPLICATION FOR ARMY INVALID PENSION FOR PAPA CHARLES
- 1899-03-11 FAMILY INFO IN PAPA CHARLES'S PENSION APPLICATION
- 1899-03-22 MEDICAL EXAM FOR PAPA CHARLES'S PENSION APPLICATION
- 1899-04-19 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE EXCERPT FEATURING PAPA CHARLES
- 1899-04-21 NEWSPAPER ITEM MENTIONING FRED
- 1899-10-27 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ABOUT PAPA CHARLES
- 1899-10-31 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE WITH PAPA CHARLES'S SPEECH
- 1900-01-30 DIVORCE PETITION FOR MAMA MARGARET
- 1900-02-13 NEWSPAPER ITEM MENTIONING LAURA
- 1900-05-11 NEWSPAPER ITEM FEATURING PAPA CHARLES
- 1900-05-22 NEWSPAPER ITEM ABOUT THE STOKEY DIVORCE
- 1900-06-01 NEWSPAPER ITEM MENTIONING THE STOKEY DIVORCE
- 1900-06-19 NEWSPAPER ITEM FEATURING PAPA CHARLES
- 1900-06-19 NEWSPAPER ITEM ABOUT WILL
- 1900-06-23 FIRST APPLICATION FOR INCREASED PENSION FOR PAPA CHARLES
- 1900-07-27 NEWSPAPER ITEM ABOUT WILL
- 1900-09-11 NEWSPAPER ITEM MENTIONING THE STOKEY DIVORCE
- 1900-09-25 NEWSPAPER ITEM MENTIONING THE STOKEY DIVORCE
- 1900-10-09 NEWSPAPER ITEM FEATURING PAPA CHARLES
- 1900-10-17 MEDICAL EXAM FOR PAPA CHARLES'S FIRST PENSION INCREASE APPLICATION
- 1900-11-20 NEWSPAPER ITEM MENTIONING LAURA
- 1900-12-19 OBITUARY FOR GRANDMA PROVINES
- 1901-02-12: ARTICLE FEATURING PAPA CHARLES AND GRANDMA PROVINES
- 1901-04-15 SECOND APPLICATION FOR INCREASED PENSION FOR PAPA CHARLES
- 1901-04-23 NEWSPAPER ITEM FEATURING PAPA CHARLES
- 1901-08-16 LETTER FROM MAMA MARGARET TO ALMA
- 1901-08-25 LETTER FROM EVA TO ALMA
- 1901-09-10 NEWSPAPER ITEM ABOUT PAPA CHARLES
- 1902-04-29 NEWSPAPER ITEM MENTIONING PAPA CHARLES
- 1902-08-15 NEWSPAPER ITEM MENTIONING EVA
- 1903 CANTON CITY DIRECTORY: THE STOKEY ENTRIES
- 1903-04-08 LETTER FROM MAMA MARGARET TO WILL
- 1903-04-10 NEWSPAPER ITEM ABOUT PAPA CHARLES
- 1903-04-21 LETTER FROM ALMA TO WILL
- 1903-04-24 LETTER FROM MAMA MARGARET TO WILL
- 1903-06-26 LETTER FROM ALMA TO WILL
- 1903-06-28 LETTER FROM EVA TO ALMA
- 1903-07-08 LETTER FROM ALMA TO WILL
- 1903-07-24 OBITUARY FOR A SISTER OF PAPA CHARLES
- 1903-08-26 LETTER FROM MAMA MARGARET TO WILL
- 1903-09-13 LETTER FROM MAMA MARGARET TO WILL
- 1903-10-08 NEWSPAPER ITEM ABOUT WILL
- 1903-10-24 LETTER FROM ALMA TO WILL
- 1903-10-29 LETTER FROM EVA TO WILL
- 1903-12 POEM BY EVA
- 1903-12-27 LETTER FROM ALMA TO WILL
- 1904 STARK COUNTY BIOGRAPHICAL COMPENDIUM: PAPA CHARLES'S ENTRY
- 1904-02-07 LETTER FROM ALMA TO WILL
- 1904-03-22 LETTER FROM EVA TO WILL
- 1904-04-25 LETTER FROM MAMA MARGARET TO WILL
- 1904-06 ALMA'S COLLEGE YEARBOOK ENTRY
- 1904-06-15 LETTER FROM EVA TO MAMA MARGARET
- 1904-06-19 ALMA'S GRADUATION WEEK PROGRAM
- 1904-06-23 NEWSPAPER ITEM ABOUT PAPA CHARLES
- 1904-08-22 LETTER FROM ALMA TO WILL
- 1904-09-04 LETTER FROM ALMA TO WILL
- 1904-10-25 LETTER FROM ALMA TO WILL
- 1905-01-22 LETTER FROM ALMA TO WILL
- 1905-01-27 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE FEATURING PAPA CHARLES
- 1905-05-21 LETTER FROM ALMA TO WILL
- 1905-12-01 OBERLIN COLLEGE REPORT EXCERPT MENTIONING ALMA
- 1906-01-17 LETTER FROM ALMA TO WILL
- 1906-03-02 LETTER FROM ALMA TO WILL
- 1906-06-19 NEWSPAPER ITEM MENTIONING EVA
- 1906-10-12 NEWSPAPER ITEM MENTIONING PAPA CHARLES
- 1907-01-04 LETTER FROM EVA TO WILL
- 1907-08-02 NEWSPAPER ITEM ABOUT WILL, ALMA, FRED, AND EVA
- 1908-01-20 FAMILY RECORD BY PAPA CHARLES
- 1909-07-15 NEWSPAPER ITEM MENTIONING PAPA CHARLES
- 1910-01-06 NEWSPAPER ITEM ABOUT LAURA
- 1910-11-13 LETTER FROM MAMA MARGARET TO WILL
- 1912-11-27 LETTER FROM PAPA CHARLES TO WILL
- 1915-12-27 NEWSPAPER ITEM MENTIONING ALMA
- 1915-12-27 NEWSPAPER ITEM FEATURING PAPA CHARLES
- 1916-01-06 OBITUARY FOR PAPA CHARLES
- 1916-07-17 POSTCARD FROM KATHLEEN TO ANN FARMER
- 1916-08-21 LETTER FROM KATHLEEN TO ALMA
- 1916-08-21 LETTER FROM KATHLEEN TO EVA
- 1916-08-21 LETTER FROM KATHLEEN TO MAMA MARGARET
- 1916-11-05 LETTER FROM MAMA MARGARET TO EVA
- 1916-11-13 LETTER FROM KATHLEEN TO EVA
- 1916-12-02 LETTER FROM MAMA MARGARET TO EVA
- 1917-04-19 LETTER FROM MAMA MARGARET TO ALMA
- 1917-04-22 LETTER FROM LAURA TO KATHLEEN
- 1917-05-14 LETTER FROM KATHLEEN TO EVA
- 1917-06-04 LETTER FROM KATHLEEN TO WILL
- 1917-06-10 LETTER FROM MAMA MARGARET TO EVA
- 1917-11-09 LETTER FROM KATHLEEN TO EVA
- 1917-11-16 OBITUARY FOR MABEL
- 1917-11-26 LETTER FROM KATHLEEN TO HER FRIEND HOPE
- 1917-12-30 NEWSPAPER ITEM ABOUT LAURA
- 1918-01-20 LETTER FROM MAMA MARGARET TO EVA
- 1918-02-05 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE EXCERPT MENTIONING WILL
- 1918-03-07 LETTER FROM MAMA MARGARET TO EVA
- 1918-04-18 NEWSPAPER ITEM ABOUT WILL
- 1919-06-23&25&27 NEWSPAPER ITEMS MENTIONING WILL
- 1919-09-21 LETTER FROM WILL TO KATHLEEN
- 1919-10-02 LETTER FROM WILL TO KATHLEEN
- 1921-10-25 LETTER FROM KATHLEEN TO ALMA
- 1922-09-16 NEWSPAPER ITEM ABOUT WILL
- 1923-06-12 NEWSPAPER ITEM ABOUT WILL
- 1924-05-15 LETTER FROM LAURA TO WILL AND KATHLEEN
- 1924-06 ALUMNI MAGAZINE NOTE ABOUT ALMA
- 1929-08-27 POSTCARD FROM LAURA TO KAY
- 1949-01-20 LETTER FROM LAURA TO KAY & ERNIE
- 1975-01-10 DEATH NOTICES FOR LAURA
- 1975-01-10&26 NOTES ABOUT LAURA'S FUNERAL
- 1975-09-01 LETTER FROM IRENE STOKEY KANOUFF TO KAY
introduction---ohio---~EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS~---western massachusetts---georgia---california---illinois---michigan---new york---texas---pennsylvania---washington-d-c---new-jersey---kentucky---west virginia---oregon---hawaii---tennessee---florida---missouri---kansas---africa---united kingdom---india---sri lanka---canada---cuba---the philippines---the netherlands---portugal---italy---france---turkey---miscellaneous---site navigation
This will probably be mostly Woods Hole - i.e. Fernbank - but will also include the Boston area because Fred lived there for a while and Alma visited, and plus a couple of postcards from Ruth Farmer when she visited Gloucester. Additionally, the American mission bureau (for Fred) and the Christian Science Mother Church (for the Farmers) are in Boston.
Documents written in Eastern Massachusetts:
- 1903-10-10 NEWSPAPER ITEM ABOUT ALMA
- 1907-11-05 ADMISSION TO CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST MEMBERSHIP FOR WJ FARMER
- 1909-06-24 LETTER FROM MAMA MARGARET TO WILL
- 1912-09 MISSIONARY HERALD ITEM ABOUT FRED
- 1912-12-17 NEWSPAPER ITEM MENTIONING ALMA
- 1915-02-01 MAGAZINE NOTE ABOUT FRED'S WIFE MABEL
- 1916-03 MAGAZINE NOTE ABOUT FRED
- 1916-04-04 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE MENTIONING ALMA AND FRED
- 1916-05-01 ALUMNI MAGAZINE ITEM ABOUT ALMA'S AND FRED'S COLLEGE REUNION
- 1917-07-15 LETTER FROM ALMA TO EVA
- 1918-10-12 LETTER FROM FRED TO ALMA
- 1919-02-07 NEWSPAPER ITEM FEATURING FRED
- 1921-03-31 LETTER FROM ALMA TO EVA
- 1922-06-14 LETTER FROM THE AMERICAN MISSION BOARD TO FRED
- 1922-08-21 LETTER FROM WILL TO KATHLEEN
- 1923-05-25 LETTER FROM THE AMERICAN MISSION BOARD TO SIBYL
- 1923-07-29 POSTCARD TO RUTH FARMER FROM KAY
- 1923-07-30 LETTER FROM MAMA MARGARET TO EVA
- 1923-08-10 LETTER FROM KATHLEEN TO WILL
- 1923-09-12 POSTCARD FROM ALMA TO BILLY AND KAY
- 1933-06-24 LETTER FROM MAGGIE TO WILL
- 1925-08-10 POSTCARD FROM RUTH FARMER TO ROGER
- 1925-08-15 POSTCARD FROM RUTH FARMER TO KAY
- 1927-08-04 LETTER FROM BILLY TO KATHLEEN
- 1927-08-27 POSTCARD FROM KAY TO WJ & ANNIE FARMER
- 1928-08-11 PERIODICAL ITEM MENTIONING EVA
- 1929-08-11 LETTER FROM WILL TO KATHLEEN
- 1929-08-13 LETTER FROM MAGGIE TO ROGER
- 1930-07-15 LETTER FROM WALTER O. LUSCOMBE TO EVA
- 1934-07-29 LETTER FROM ALMA TO KATHLEEN
- 1935-06-29 FRED'S PATENT APPLICATION
- 1939-07-03 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE MENTIONING ALMA
- 1958-07 FERNBANK NEWS BY ALMA
- 1958-12-25 LETTER FROM ALMA TO EVA
- 1988 EDIE'S EULOGY FOR GLADY
- 1988-11-30 LETTER FROM EDIE TO AL, PETER, AND PEGGY
introduction---ohio---eastern massachusetts---~WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS~---georgia---california---illinois---michigan---new york---texas---pennsylvania---washington-d-c---new-jersey---kentucky---west virginia---oregon---hawaii---tennessee---florida---missouri---kansas---africa---united kingdom---india---sri lanka---canada---cuba---the philippines---the netherlands---portugal---italy---france---turkey---miscellaneous---site navigation
Alma moved to South Hadley in 1908 for her career at Mount Holyoke College. Mama Margaret lived with Alma when she wasn't visiting her other children. After Fred's first missionary outing, whenever Fred was in the US, he lived near Alma, with Mabel and then with Sibyl and then with AG.
A geographical note: I figure anything east of the Berkshires can't be western Massachusetts, so I originally had this section as central Massachusetts. But I've seen references to South Hadley being in western Massachusetts, so I've changed it. I hope I changed all the centrals to westerns, but I don't guarantee it.
A geographical note: I figure anything east of the Berkshires can't be western Massachusetts, so I originally had this section as central Massachusetts. But I've seen references to South Hadley being in western Massachusetts, so I've changed it. I hope I changed all the centrals to westerns, but I don't guarantee it.
Documents written in western Massachusetts:
- 1908-06-15 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE MENTIONING ALMA
- 1909-05-31 LETTER FROM MAMA MARGARET TO WILL
- 1909-09-23 LETTER FROM MAMA MARGARET TO WILL
- 1909-10-31 LETTER FROM MAMA MARGARET TO WILL
- 1911-04-27 LETTER FROM MAMA MARGARET TO WILL & MARGARET
- 1912-11-19 LETTER FROM MAMA MARGARET TO WILL
- 1914-04-07 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE MENTIONING ALMA
- 1915-05-01 MOUNT HOLYOKE STUDENT MAGAZINE NOTE ABOUT ALMA
- 1915-09-23 NEWSPAPER ITEM ABOUT ALMA
- 1917-01-10 LETTER FROM MABEL TO KATHLEEN
- 1917-04-22 LETTER FROM ALMA TO KATHLEEN
- 1917-04-22 LETTER FROM FRED & MABEL TO WILL & KATHLEEN
- 1918-10-17 LETTER FROM MAMA MARGARET TO EVA
- 1918-12-01 LETTER FROM ALMA TO EVA
- 1919-10-08 NEWSPAPER ITEM MENTIONING ALMA
- 1920-10-26 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE MENTIONING ALMA
- 1920-12-12 LETTER FROM MAMA MARGARET AND ALMA TO EVA
- 1922-08-10 POSTCARD FROM WILL TO BILLY
- 1922-08-27 LETTER FROM WILL TO KATHLEEN
- 1923-01-12 LETTER FROM ALMA TO EVA
- 1924-01-30 LETTER FROM ALMA TO EVA
- 1924-05-16 NEWSPAPER ITEM ABOUT ALMA & MAMA MARGARET
- 1925-09-04 NEWSPAPER ITEM MENTIONING ALMA
- 1926-06-14 NEWSPAPER ITEM MENTIONING ALMA AND EVA
- 1928-01-14 &19 DEATH NOTICES FOR ANNE STARR
- 1928-05-16 NEWSPAPER ITEM MENTIONING ALMA
- 1928-06-18 NEWSPAPER ITEM MENTIONING ALMA
- 1929-02-16 NEWSPAPER ITEM ABOUT FRED
- 1931-06-08 LETTER FROM SIBYL TO KAY
- 1931-09-22 NEWSPAPER ITEM ABOUT ALMA
- 1931-10 FRED'S NARRATIVE ABOUT HIS MUSHROOM POISONING
- 1931-10-06 NEWSPAPER ITEM FEATURING ALMA
- 1931-10-20 NEWSPAPER ITEM FEATURING ALMA
- 1931-11-19 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE FEATURING ALMA
- 1932-03-18 NEWSPAPER ITEM FEATURING ALMA
- 1932-11-14 NEWSPAPER ITEM MENTIONING ALMA
- 1932-12-24 NEWSPAPER ITEM ABOUT ALMA
- 1935-08-21 NEWSPAPER ITEM MENTIONING EVA
- 1936-03-16 NEWSPAPER ITEM ABOUT ALMA
- 1936-06-12 NEWSPAPER ITEM ABOUT ALMA
- 1936-06-26 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE MENTIONING ALMA
- 1936-08-14 NEWSPAPER ITEM ABOUT EVA
- 1937-10-13 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE MENTIONING ALMA
- 1938-01-11 NEWSPAPER ITEM FEATURING ALMA
- 1938-02-09 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ABOUT A TALK BY ALMA
- 1938-10-19 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ABOUT A TALK BY ALMA
- 1939-01-03 NEWSPAPER ITEM FEATURING ALMA
- 1939-01-15 NEWSPAPER ITEM FEATURING ALMA
- 1940-07-29 NEWSPAPER ITEM MENTIONING ALMA
- 1941-03-02 LETTER FROM ALMA TO KAY
- 1941-09-18 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE MENTIONING ALMA
- 1942-05-16 NEWSPAPER ITEM FEATURING ALMA
- 1947-01-23 NEWSPAPER ITEM ABOUT ALMA
- 1947-04-18 NEWSPAPER ITEM ABOUT A.G.
- 1948-08-11 NEWSPAPER ITEM ABOUT ALMA AND EVA
- 1949-09-12 NEWSPAPER ITEM MENTIONING ALMA, FRED, AND A.G.
- 1952-06-02 NEWSPAPER ITEM ABOUT ALMA, FRED, AND EVA
- 1955-05-11 ARTICLE ABOUT ALMA
- 1957-05-08 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ABOUT ALMA
- 1964-06-15 NEWSPAPER ITEM ABOUT ALMA AND EVA
- 1968-03-19 OBITUARY FOR ALMA
- 1988-03-18 OBITUARY FOR FREDDA REED
introduction---ohio---eastern massachusetts---western massachusetts---~GEORGIA~---california---illinois---michigan---new york---texas---pennsylvania---washington-d-c---new-jersey---kentucky---west virginia---oregon---hawaii---tennessee---florida---missouri---kansas---africa---united kingdom---india---sri lanka---canada---cuba---the philippines---the netherlands---portugal---italy---france---turkey---miscellaneous---site navigation
Timeline for Georgia:
- 1905 or so: WJ Farmer, Kathleen's father, comes to Savannah.
- 1909 (April) -1910 (January): Will is stationed in Savannah.
- 1910: Kathleen, her sister Ruth, and her mother Annie come to Savannah. The Farmer household is created.
- 1915: Will is re-assigned to Savannah, and comes with his mother, Mama Margaret, and with his toddler daughter, Margaret.
- 1916: Will is notified that he has been assigned to Cincinnati, whereupon he marries Kathleen and moves to Cincinnati with her and with little Margaret, while Mama Margaret goes back to Massachusetts to live with Alma when she's not travelling around. The Farmer household in Savannah continues.
- 1923: Will is assigned to Atlanta, and moves there with Kathleen, young Margaret, and the three additional children who have been born in the meantime: Billy, Kay, and Roger. The family stays in Atlanta after Will's retirement in 1928.
- 1933: WJ Farmer, Kathleen's father, dies.
- 1935: Ruth Farmer, Kathleen's older sister, dies. Annie, Kathleen's mother, age 85, moves to Atlanta to live with Will and Kathleen.There is no more Farmer household in Savannah.
- 1936: Annie Farmer dies.
- 1940: Kathleen dies. Will's children have grown up and are living outside of Georgia. Eva leaves Philadelphia and comes down to Atlanta to keep house for Will.
- 1950: Will dies. Eva stays in Atlanta.
- 1960s sometime: Eva moves from Atlanta down to Coral Gables, Florida. There are no more Stokeys or Farmers left in Georgia.
Documents written in Georgia:
- 1905-04-13 POSTCARD FROM WJ FARMER TO KATHLEEN
- 1909-05-25 NEWSPAPER ITEM MENTIONING WILL
- 1909-05-27 POSTCARD FROM WILL TO ALMA
- 1909-05-27 POSTCARD FROM WILL TO MAMA MARGARET
- 1911-06-09 LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION FOR KATHLEEN
- 1911-09-10 NEWSPAPER AD FOR KATHLEEN
- 1915-05-06 LETTER FROM MAMA MARGARET TO ALMA
- 1915-09-09 LETTER FROM MAMA MARGARET TO ALMA
- 1915-12-26 LETTER FRAGMENT FROM EVA TO ALMA
- 1916-03-06 LETTER FROM MAMA MARGARET TO EVA
- 1916-06-06 LETTER FROM MAMA MARGARET TO EVA
- 1916-06-18 NEWSPAPER ANNOUNCEMENT OF WILL & KATHLEEN'S ENGAGEMENT
- 1916-06-23 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ABOUT WILL & KATHLEEN'S WEDDING
- 1916-09-25 LETTER FROM WJ FARMER TO KATHLEEN
- 1917-04-19 TELEGRAM FROM WJ FARMER AND RUTH TO WILL
- 1917-04-19 LETTER FROM WJ FARMER TO KATHLEEN
- 1917-04-19 LETTER FROM RUTH FARMER TO KATHLEEN
- 1918-12-13 TELEGRAM FROM ANN FARMER TO WILL
- 1919-09-22 LETTER FROM KATHLEEN TO WILL
- 1919-09-26 LETTER FROM KATHLEEN TO WILL
- 1919-09-28 LETTER FROM KATHLEEN TO WILL
- 1919-10-01 LETTER FROM KATHLEEN TO WILL
- 1919-10-03 LETTER FROM KATHLEEN TO WILL
- 1921-01-27 TELEGRAM FROM ANN FARMER TO KATHLEEN
- 1923-01-06 LETTER FROM KATHLEEN TO MAMA MARGARET AND ALMA
- 1923-07-31 LETTER FROM WJ FARMER TO KATHLEEN
- 1924-01-14 LETTER FROM KATHLEEN TO MAMA MARGARET AND ALMA
- 1924-03-02 NEWSPAPER ITEM MENTIONING WILL'S FOUR CHILDREN
- 1924-04-16 LETTER FROM MAMA MARGARET TO ALMA
- 1924-04-22 LETTER FROM MAMA MARGARET TO ALMA
- 1924-04-27 LETTER FROM MAMA MARGARET TO ALMA
- 1924-05-07 ARMY LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR WILL
- 1924-05-09 LETTER FROM KATHLEEN TO WILL
- 1924-05-10 LETTER FROM KATHLEEN TO WILL
- 1924-05-10 LETTER FROM ANNIE FARMER TO KATHLEEN
- 1924-05-10 LETTER FROM KATHLEEN TO ALMA, LAURA, & EVA
- 1924-05-11 LETTER FROM KATHLEEN TO WILL
- 1924-05-11 LETTER FROM BILLY TO WILL
- 1924-05-12 LETTER FROM KATHLEEN TO WILL
- 1924-05-13 LETTER FROM WJ FARMER TO KATHLEEN
- 1924-05-31 LETTER FROM MAGGIE TO EVA
- 1926-11-04 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE FEATURING WILL
- 1927-01-06 LETTER FROM KATHLEEN TO ALMA
- 1927-05-08 LETTER FROM BILLY TO ALMA
- 1927-07-08 LETTER FROM WILL TO KATHLEEN
- 1927-07-16 LETTER FROM WILL TO KATHLEEN
- 1928-02-19 NEWSPAPER ITEM MENTIONING WILL
- 1928-04-17 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE FEATURING WILL'S RETIREMENT
- 1928-04-18 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ABOUT WILL'S RETIREMENT
- 1928-12-28 LETTER FROM MAGGIE TO ALMA
- 1929-08-13 LETTER FROM KATHLEEN TO KAY
- 1931-04-05 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE FEATURING KATHLEEN AND THE FOUR STOKEY CHILDREN
- 1931-10-15 LETTER FROM KATHLEEN TO EVA
- 1931-12-16 LETTER FROM WJ FARMER TO KATHLEEN
- 1931-12-30 LETTER FROM BILLY TO EVA
- 1932-08-08 LETTER FROM WILL TO ROGER
- 1932-08-25 LETTER FROM ROGER TO WILL
- 1932-08-26 LETTER FROM KATHLEEN TO WILL
- 1932-08-31 LETTER FROM WILL TO KAY
- 1933-01-08 LETTER FROM BILLY TO ALMA
- 1933-01-09 LETTER FROM BILLY TO EVA
- 1933-04-10 LETTER FROM WILL TO KATHLEEN
- 1933-09-02 OBITUARY FOR WJ FARMER
- 1933-09-16 LETTER FROM KATHLEEN TO WILL
- 1933-09-22 LETTER FROM ANNIE FARMER TO MAGGIE, BILLY, KAY, & ROGER
- 1934-01-14 LETTER FROM RUTH FARMER TO EVA
- 1934-07-30 LETTER FROM MAGGIE TO WILL
- 1934-07-30 LETTER FROM KAY TO WILL
- 1934-07-30 LETTER FROM ROGER TO WILL
- 1935-01-06 LETTER FROM RUTH FARMER TO MAGGIE & KAY
- 1935-05-07 POSTCARD FROM RUTH FARMER TO KAY
- 1935-05-18 INVITATION TO EVA TO MAGGIE'S COLLEGE GRADUATION
- 1935-06-06 LETTER FROM WILL TO KATHLEEN
- 1935-07-18 OBITUARY FOR RUTH FARMER
- 1935-07-19 CREMATION NOTICE FOR RUTH FARMER
- 1935-10-03 NEWSPAPER ITEM: A NEW HOME FOR THE ATLANTA STOKEYS
- 1935-12-31 NEWSPAPER ITEM ABOUT KAY
- 1936-04-23 OBITUARY FOR ANN GRAY FARMER
- 1936-06-04 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE MENTIONING KAY
- 1936-06-08 LETTER FROM ROGER TO ALMA
- 1936-12-23 NEWSPAPER ITEM ABOUT KAY
- 1937-08-29 TWO NEWSPAPER ITEMS ABOUT KATHLEEN AND MAGGIE
- 1937-12-24 NEWSPAPER ITEM MENTIONING KAY
- 1938-06-03 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE MENTIONING ROGER
- 1938-12-21 NEWSPAPER ITEM FEATURING KAY
- 1939-05-07 NEWSPAPER ITEM ABOUT KAY
- 1940-01-09 NEWSPAPER ITEM ABOUT MAGGIE, BILL, KAY, & ROGER
- 1940-06-17 NEWSPAPER ITEM ABOUT KAY
- 1940-08-27 NEWSPAPER PHOTO OF KATHLEEN AND ROGER
- 1940-12-15 DEATH NOTICE FOR KATHLEEN
- 1941-10-23 LETTER FROM WILL TO ALMA
- 1942-06-04 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE FEATURING WILL
- 1943-05-16 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ABOUT ROGER'S WEDDING
- 1945-05-18 NEWSPAPER ITEM ABOUT WILL AND EVA
- 1945-12-25 NEWSPAPER ITEM ABOUT WILL, EVA, BILL, AND ROGER
- 1946-01-06 NEWSPAPER ITEM ABOUT MAGGIE, BILL, KAY, & ROGER
- 1947-04-17 NEWSPAPER ITEM ABOUT MAGGIE
- 1948-03-12 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ABOUT KAY'S WEDDING
- 1950-12-18 DEATH NOTICE FOR WILL
- 1958-04-06 ARTICLE ABOUT ALMA
- 1958-11-18 ATLANTA CONSTITUTION ITEM ABOUT EVA AND ALMA
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Will was stationed in California around 1910-1913, and his marriage to his first wife, Margaret, took place there from start to finish. Mama Margaret went out to California to take care of Will's daughter Maggie after Will's wife Margaret died. (Too many Margarets. Why couldn't Will have fallen for somebody with a different name?)
Also, Alma and Mama Margaret visited California in the summer of 1915, and Alma passed through California on her way to Hawaii in 1959.
Also, Alma and Mama Margaret visited California in the summer of 1915, and Alma passed through California on her way to Hawaii in 1959.
Documents written in California:
- 1908-01-01 MARGARET'S NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS
- 1909-12-16 NEWSPAPER ITEM ABOUT WILL
- 1910-04-15 POSTCARD FROM WILL TO MAMA MARGARET
- 1910-07-30 NEWSPAPER ITEM ABOUT WILL
- 1910-08-10 LETTER FROM WILL TO MAMA MARGARET
- 1910-09-28 NEWSPAPER ITEM FEATURING WILL
- 1910-10-18 LETTER FROM WILL TO MAMA MARGARET
- 1910-11-08 LETTER FROM WILL TO MAMA MARGARET
- 1910-11-17 POSTCARD FROM WILL TO FRED
- 1910-12-18 LETTER FROM MARGARET TO EVA
- 1910-12-19 LETTER FROM MARGARET TO MAMA MARGARET
- 1911-04-03 LETTER FROM WILL & MARGARET TO EVA, MAMA MARGARET, & ALMA
- 1911-04-10 LETTER FROM MARGARET TO MAMA MARGARET
- 1911-04-15 WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT: WILL & MARGARET
- 1911-05-21 LETTER FROM WILL & MARGARET TO EVA
- 1911-05-21 LETTER FROM WILL & MARGARET TO ALMA
- 1911-05-21 LETTER FROM WILL & MARGARET TO MAMA MARGARET
- 1911-08-04 NEWSPAPER ITEM MENTIONING WILL
- 1911-09-01 POSTCARD FROM WILL TO MAMA MARGARET
- 1911-09-11 LETTER FROM MARGARET TO MAMA MARGARET
- 1911-10-18 LETTER FROM MARGARET TO MAMA MARGARET
- 1911-12-25 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE MENTIONING WILL
- 1912-03-12 LETTER FROM WILL AND MARGARET TO EVA
- 1912-03-23 LETTER FROM MARGARET TO EVA
- 1912-04-12 NEWSPAPER ITEM MENTIONING WILL
- 1912-08-19 LETTER FROM WILL TO MARGARET
- 1912-08-27 POSTCARD FROM MARGARET TO MAMA MARGARET
- 1912-10-03 NEWSPAPER ITEM ABOUT WILL
- 1912-11-06 LETTER FROM MARGARET TO EVA
- 1912-11-10 DEATH NOTICE FOR MARGARET
- 1912-12-06 LETTER FROM WILL TO EVA
- 1912-12-14 NEWSPAPER ITEM ABOUT WILL
- 1912-12-25 LETTER FROM WILL TO EVA
- 1913-01-24 LETTER FROM MISS B McKENZIE TO WILL
- 1913-01-25 LETTER FROM WILL TO MAMA MARGARET
- 1913-02-06 LETTER FROM MISS B McKENZIE TO WILL
- 1913-02-10 LETTER FROM MAMA MARGARET TO EVA
- 1913-02-17 LETTER FROM MAMA MARGARET TO EVA
- 1913-03-06 LETTER FROM MAMA MARGARET TO EVA
- 1913-04-05 LETTER FROM MAMA MARGARET TO WILL
- 1913-04-05 LETTER FROM MAMA MARGARET TO EVA
- 1915-08-11 LETTER FROM ALMA TO EVA
- 1956-07-16 DEATH NOTICE FOR FRED
- 1959-01-13 LETTER FROM ALMA TO FREDDA REED
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Alma got her PhD from the University of Chicago. Also, Fred and Mabel also studied some there.
Documents written in Illinois:
- 1905-08-07 LETTER FROM ALMA TO WILL
- 1905-08-29 LETTER FROM ALMA TO WILL
- 1906-10-07 LETTER FROM ALMA TO WILL
- 1909-12-26 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE MENTIONING FRED
- 1915-02-01 ALUMNI MAGAZINE NOTE ABOUT ALMA
- 1915-06-01 MAGAZINE NOTE ABOUT LAURA
- 1922 ENTRY ABOUT EVA IN A MUSICAL BLUE BOOK
- 1924-03-01 PAIR OF SUMMARIES OF AN ARTICLE BY ALMA
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Fred and Mabel went to medical school in Battle Creek, and Mama Margaret lived in Ionia, Michigan, before her marriage, and went back to visit because her nephew John Hicks and later her sister Mary Provines Hicks lived there.
Documents written in Michigan:
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- Will was occasionally stationed in New York. And, of course, he went to West Point.
- Eva lived in New York City before and during her brief marriage to Frank Evans, and Alma enjoyed visiting New York as well.
- Kay went to journalism school in New York - Columbia, I believe.
Documents written in New York:
- 1899-06-07 WEST POINT INVITATION FROM WILL TO ALMA
- 1900-06 WILL'S COLLEGE YEARBOOK ENTRY
- 1900-06-13 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE MENTIONING WILL
- 1901 WEST POINT BIOGRAPHICAL REGISTER: WILL'S ENTRY
- 1902-08-16 LETTER FROM WILL TO ALMA
- 1902-09-07 LETTER FROM WILL TO ALMA
- 1909-04-06 LETTER FROM MAMA MARGARET TO WILL
- 1909-04-18 LETTER FROM MAMA MARGARET TO WILL
- 1909-12-22 LETTER FROM MAMA MARGARET TO WILL
- 1910 WEST POINT BIOGRAPHICAL REGISTER: WILL'S ENTRY
- 1918-02-03 NEWSPAPER ITEM ABOUT FRANK EVANS
- 1920 WEST POINT BIOGRAPHICAL REGISTER: WILL'S ENTRY
- 1922-03-05 NEWSPAPER ITEM FEATURING ALMA
- 1930 WEST POINT BIOGRAPHICAL REGISTER: WILL'S ENTRY
- 1941-02-08 LETTER FROM KAY TO WILL AND EVA
- 1941-03-09 LETTER FROM KAY TO WILL AND EVA
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- Mama Margaret's younger brother Jim spent some time in Texas. He was there in 1916, but I don't know when he got there or when he left.
- Will was stationed in San Antonio from 1918 to 1919. Kathleen, Maggie, and Billy joined him there, and Kay was born there.
- Will bought some mineral rights in Texas at some point, and in 1934 he went to Texas to see to them.
- Alma and friends drove though Texas on their way from Massachusetts to San Francisco to board a ship to Hawaii.
Documents written in Texas:
- 1916-08-13 LETTER FROM JIM PROVINES TO MAMA MARGARET
- 1916-09-17 LETTER FROM JIM PROVINES TO MAMA MARGARET
- 1918-05-18 LETTER FROM WILL TO KATHLEEN
- 1918-05-21 LETTER FROM WILL TO KATHLEEN
- 1918-09-08 NEWSPAPER ITEM MENTIONING WILL
- 1918-11-26 LETTER FROM KATHLEEN TO EVA
- 1919-02-01 LETTER FROM MAGGIE TO EVA
- 1934-04-01 LETTER FROM WILL TO EVA
- 1959-01-05 LETTER FROM ALMA TO EVA
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- Mama Margaret came from western Pennsylvania, and her sister Rebecca Provines Taggart lived there.
- Ohio is next to Pennsylvania, so the western Pennsylvania newspapers occasionally took an interest in Ohio events.
- Will was one of the Army people assigned to the Gettysburg 1913 Reunion.
- Eva lived in Philadelphia for nearly 30 years.
- Kathleen's brother, Cecil Farmer, lived in western Pennsylvania for over 50 years.
- Will's son Bill became a professor at Carnegie-Mellon (I think it was Carnegie Tech when he was there), so that Bill and his family lived in Pittsburgh from around the 1950s until...I don't know when.
- And, of course, everybody knows that you have to go through Pennsylvania to get to Hawaii, so Alma wrote a postcard from Pennsylvania in 1958.
Documents written in Pennsylvania:
- 1875-02-22 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE MENTIONING PAPA CHARLES
- 1909-10-05 LETTER FROM CECIL FARMER TO KATHLEEN
- 1909-12-05 POSTCARD FROM CECIL FARMER TO KATHLEEN
- 1911-08-13 LETTER FROM CECIL FARMER TO KATHLEEN
- 1911-10-14 POSTCARD FROM WJ FARMER TO ANNIE FARMER
- 1912-09-02 POSTCARD FROM KATHLEEN & RUTH FARMER TO ANNIE FARMER
- 1912-09-23 LETTER FROM JESSIE MORRISON TO KATHLEEN
- 1913-07-06 LETTER FROM WILL TO MAMA MARGARET
- 1914-01-31 WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT FOR CECIL & JESSIE FARMER
- 1915-11-26 POSTCARD FROM EVA TO RUTH & KATHLEEN FARMER
- 1916-05-01 ALUMNI MAGAZINE ITEM ABOUT EVA'S COLLEGE REUNION
- 1916-06-15 LETTER FROM CECIL FARMER TO KATHLEEN
- 1917-04-22 LETTER FROM EVA TO WILL & KATHLEEN
- 1917-04-29 LETTER FROM CECIL FARMER TO KATHLEEN
- 1919-07-17 NEWSPAPER ITEM FEATURING WILL
- 1922-09-06 POSTCARD FROM RUTH FARMER TO KATHLEEN
- 1922-09-06 POSTCARD FROM RUTH FARMER TO MAGGIE
- 1922-09-06 POSTCARD FROM RUTH FARMER TO BILLY
- 1922-09-06 POSTCARD FROM RUTH FARMER TO KAY
- 1922-09-07 POSTCARD FROM RUTH FARMER TO BILLY
- 1924-12-12 LETTER FROM EVA TO KAY
- 1926-12-09 LETTER FROM EVA TO KAY
- 1927-11-15 LETTER FROM REBECCA PROVINES TAGGART TO ALMA
- 1929-05-29 LETTER FROM REBECCA PROVINES TAGGART TO ALMA
- 1934-08-10 LETTER FROM EVA TO KATHLEEN
- 1938-10-03 DEATH NOTICE FOR JESSIE MORRISON FARMER
- 1938-11 THANK YOU CARD FROM CECIL FARMER TO MAGGIE, BILLY, KAY, & ROGER
- 1946-01-21 NEWSPAPER ITEM ABOUT BILL & GRACE'S WEDDING
- 1958-12-28 POSTCARD FROM ALMA TO EVA
- 1966-01-10 LETTER FROM CECIL FARMER TO KAY
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Will lived in the Washington DC from 1913 until 1915 (I think), with his very young daughter Maggie and his mother, Mama Margaret.
Will's younger daughter Kay worked in DC for the Associated Press during World War II. I'm not sure of the exact dates.
And, of course, there were official letters from the government.
Will's younger daughter Kay worked in DC for the Associated Press during World War II. I'm not sure of the exact dates.
And, of course, there were official letters from the government.
Documents written in Washington DC
- 1896-03-28 LETTER OF APPOINTMENT OF WILL TO WEST POINT
- 1899-02-25&28 PAPA CHARLES'S CIVIL WAR ARMY RECORD
- 1899-05-17 APPROVAL OF PAPA CHARLES'S DISABILITY PENSION
- 1899-07-01 U.S. EMPLOYEE LIST INCLUDING WILL, ALMA, AND PAPA CHARLES
- 1901-03-18 REJECTION OF PAPA CHARLES'S FIRST PENSiON INCREASE APPLICATION
- 1902-03-08 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE MENTIONING WILL
- 1914-10-22 NEWSPAPER REPORT MENTIONING WILL
- 1914-12-10 LETTER FROM MAMA MARGARET TO ALMA
- 1916-03-27 STOPPAGE OF PAPA CHARLES'S PENSION AFTER HIS DEATH
- 1925-01-11 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE EXCERPT MENTIONING ALMA
- 1944-12-21 ASSOCIATED PRESS ARTICLE BY KAY
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Eva occasionally vacationed by the seashore New Jersey when she was living in Philadelphia, and there are a couple of random letters from New Jersey as well.
Documents written in New Jersey:
- 1903-08-22 LETTER FROM ALMA TO WILL
- 1919-09-23 LETTER FROM MRS. BRADEN TO KATHLEEN
- 1925-04-08 NEWSPAPER ITEM MENTIONING ALMA AND EVA
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When Will was assigned to Cincinnati in the late 19-teens and early 1920s, his work was with the Ohio River, which is the border between Ohio and Kentucky. So I have found several items from Kentucky newspapers with his name in them. I haven't found anything from that period in Ohio newspapers, but that may change as more is added to newspapers.com.
Documents written in Kentucky:
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Will's Ohio/Kentucky area in the 19-teens and early 1920s also included West Virginia, so there are a some newspaper items and letters from there.
Documents written in West Virginia:
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Will's daughter Kay ended up in Oregon, and stayed there for over 50 years...except for her travels.
Documents written in Oregon:
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Alma and Clara were in Hawaii for the winter in 1959.
Documents written in Hawaii:
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Will and Kathleen passed through Tennessee on their post-wedding road trip from Georgia to Ohio.
Documents written in Tennessee:
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The Woodsides, who were the parents of Fred's first wife, Mabel, retired to Florida after their missionary work was finished, and we have a few things related to them.
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There's a little bit of Missouri, though not much: Laura's osteopath school, a visit to a botanical garden by Alma, and a random newspaper article.
Documents written in Missouri:
- 1905-04-06 NEWSPAPER ITEM MENTIONING WILL ----- Missouri
- 1909-06-01 ARTICLE ABOUT LAURA'S OSTEOPATH SCHOOL GRADUATION ----- Missouri
- 1915-09-01 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN ITEM ABOUT ALMA ----- Missouri
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No, I know of no connection of the Five Stokey Siblings to Kansas, but there are a couple of items from Kansas newspapers, so I figured I'd split them out from the Miscellaneous category.
Documents written in Kansas:
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- Fred, Sibyl, and Mabel were all missionaries in Angola.
- Also, we have a bunch of letters from some people in what was then Rhodesia.
- And there's a postcard from Alma when she was passing through Egypt and the Suez Canal on her way to India.
Documents written in Africa:
- 1925-08-30 LETTER FROM SIBYL TO HER BROTHER FRED
- 1926-11-14 LETTER FROM MISSIONARY DR MARY CUSHMAN TO HOME FOLKS IN AMERICA
- 1926-12-19 LETTER FROM SIBYL TO FRED
- 1926-12-26 LETTER FROM SIBYL TO FRED
- 1927-01-25 LETTER FROM FRED TO SIBYL
- 1927-01-25 LETTER FROM SIBYL TO FRED
- 1927-01-28 LETTER FROM FRED TO SiBYL
- 1927-01-29 LETTER FROM SIBYL TO EFFIE A JAMIESON
- 1927-03-15 LETTER FROM SIBYL TO FRED
- 1927-03-15 LETTER FROM FRED TO SIBYL
- 1927-03-16 LETTER FROM SIBYL TO FRED
- 1927-03-21 LETTER FROM FRED TO SIBYL
- 1927-03-24 LETTER FROM SIBYL TO FRED
- 1927-03-26 LETTER FROM FRED TO SIBYL
- 1927-03-27 LETTER FROM SIBYL TO FRED
- 1927-04-03 LETTER FROM FRED TO SIBYL
- 1927-06-26 LETTER FROM FRED TO ALMA
- 1927-07-09 LETTER FROM FRED TO REVEREND CURTIS McDOWELL
- 1927-07-09 LETTER FROM FRED TO JESSE ARNUP OF THE CANADIAN MISSION BOARD
- 1927-07-09 LETTER FROM FRED TO EFFIE A JAMIESON
- 1927-07-16 LETTER FROM SIBYL TO EFFIE A JAMIESON
- 1927-07-29 LETTER FROM FRED TO ALMA
- 1927-08-10 LETTER FROM SIBYL TO FRED
- 1927-08-11 LETTER FROM FRED TO SIBYL
- 1927-08-23 LETTER FROM FRED TO SIBYL
- 1927-10-11 LETTER FROM CHRISTINE SIMANGO TO SIBYL
- 1928-01-19 LETTER FROM SIBYL TO ALMA
- 1928-02-29 LETTER FROM FRED TO SIBYL
- 1928-04-05 LETTER FROM FRED TO SIBYL
- 1928-04-20 LETTER FROM FRED TO ALMA
- 1928-05-21 LETTER FROM FRED TO SIBYL
- 1928-06-14 LETTER FROM FRED TO ALMA
- 1928-06-25 LETTER FROM SIBYL TO ALMA
- 1928-07-16 LETTER FROM HELEN MELVILLE TO SIBYL
- 1929-07-25 POSTCARD FROM ALMA TO ROGER
- 1930-01-07 LETTER FROM CHRISTINE SIMANGO TO SIBYL
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- Kathleen and her family came from England, and left behind many family members (Farmers and Grays) and friends who kept in touch with them.
- Additionally, there were visits of Kathleen's immediate family back to England.
- Sibyl had an uncle in England, though I haven't noticed any mail from him.
- Also, there were visits to England by Stokeys. Alma went in 1910 and in 1926 and also in 1936 on her way to India, and Fred & Sibyl went in 1928 on their way back to America. I can't think of any other visits at the moment.
Documents written in the United Kingdom:
- 1888-09-24 BIRTH CERTIFICATE FOR KATHLEEN
- 1903-12-22 POSTCARD TO RUTH FARMER FROM HER COUSIN LOTTIE FARMER
- 1904-02-01 POSTCARD FROM GLADYS IN THE U.K. TO KATHLEEN
- 1905-05-04 POSTCARD FROM COUSIN BERT GRAY TO CECIL FARMER
- 1905-08-10 POSTCARD TO RUTH FARMER FROM COUSIN BERT GRAY
- 1905-08-29 POSTCARD FROM MELISSA M TO KATHLEEN
- 1906-10-27 POSTCARD FROM JENNIE GRAY TO ANN FARMER
- 1908-01-02 POSTCARD FROM KATHLEEN TO WJ FARMER
- 1908-10-01 NEWSPAPER ITEM ABOUT CECIL FARMER
- 1908-12-23 CHRISTMAS CARD FROM THE GRAYS TO THE FARMERS
- 1910-01-08 LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION FOR KATHLEEN
- 1910-06-12 LETTER FROM MARGARET JACKSON TO KATHLEEN
- 1910-06-20 LETTER FROM ALMA TO MAMA MARGARET
- 1910-07-08 LETTER FROM ALMA TO MAMA MARGARET
- 1910-07-20 LETTER TO KATHLEEN FROM HER U.K. FRIEND EDITH CHIDGEY
- 1910-09-05 LETTER FROM ALMA TO MAMA MARGARET
- 1911-07-14 LETTER FROM MARGARET JACKSON TO KATHLEEN
- 1913-04-01 LETTER TO KATHLEEN FROM WILLIE, A FRIEND IN ENGLAND
- 1914-08-09 LETTER FROM MARGARET JACKSON TO KATHLEEN
- 1916-10-01 LETTER FROM JENNIE GRAY TO ANN FARMER
- 1922-10-03 LETTER FROM WJ FARMER TO WILL
- 1922-10-07 LETTER FROM ANN FARMER TO RUTH AND KATHLEEN
- 1924-06-12 POSTCARD FROM KATHLEEN SIMANGO TO SIBYL
- 1926-09-13 POSTCARD FROM ALMA TO KAY
- 1930-09-12 LETTER FROM COUSIN HELEN FARMER TO RUTH FARMER
- 1932-07-18 LETTER FROM WJ FARMER TO RUTH FARMER
- 1934-01-30 LETTER FROM MARGARET JACKSON TO KATHLEEN
- 1935-08-18 LETTER FROM ANDREW GRAY TO ANN FARMER
- 1936-06-24 POSTCARD FROM ALMA TO EVA
- 1936-12-25 CHRISTMAS CARD FROM PROFESSOR BOWER TO ALMA
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Alma was at the Women's Christian College in Madras (Chennai) in India for two long stretches: 1929-1931 and 1936-1937
Documents written in India:
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When Alma was in India, it would have been pretty easy for her to go and cross the strait between India and Sri Lanka.
Documents written in Sri Lanka:
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Sibyl was Canadian, and the Angola mission ended up being assigned to Canada, so Fred had some correspondence with the Canadian Mission Board.
And Alma travelled to Canada, of course.
And Alma travelled to Canada, of course.
Documents written in Canada:
- 1922-05-05 SIBYL'S NURSING SCHOOL GRADUATION PROGRAM
- 1922-12-11 LETTER FROM CANADIAN PRESBYTERIAN MISSION BOARD TO SIBYL
- 1924-08-18 NEWSPAPER ITEM FEATURING ALMA
- 1925-07-13 LETTER FROM EFFIE A JAMIESON TO SIBYL
- 1927-09-16 LETTER FROM CANADIAN MiSSION BOARD TO SIBYL
- 1927-09-19 LETTER FROM EFFIE A JAMIESON TO SIBYL
- 1927-10-ish ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR FRED AND SIBYL
- 1929-03-06 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ABOUT SIBYL
- 1937-11-04 DEATH NOTICE FOR SIBYL
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Will was assigned to Cuba a couple of times. His younger son Roger was in Cuba for a summer or two on Naval ROTC. Maybe his older son Bill went there too - I don't know.
Documents written in Cuba:
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Will was sent to the Philippines for two years, but we don't have much mail from him.
Documents written in the Philippines:
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When the Farmers travelled between England and Savannah in the 19-aughts, they took a ferry over to The Netherlands and then crossed the Atlantic from there. I don't know if it was cheaper, or if it was that this was the only way to go directly to the South, rather than to New York.
Documents written in the Netherlands:
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Missionaries to Portuguese East Africa were required by the Portuguese government to spend some time in Portugal first, learning the Portuguese language.
Documents written in Portugal:
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Ruth visited Italy on her trip to Europe in 1930. I don't know if we have any other letters from there, though I believe Alma and Eva were there in the summer of 1926.
Documents written in Italy:
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Alma passed through France on her way to India in 1936. I don't know if there are any other letters from France.
Documents written in France:
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Alma was in Turkey in 1956 on her round-the-world trip with Gladys Green.
Documents written in Turkey:
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This could be anyplace, when the writer was there briefly, or if we just don't have much from that place.
Documents written in miscellaneous other places:
- 1862-11-07 CIVIL WAR LETTER ABOUT LEANDER PROVINES ----- Virginia
- 1903-04-17 LETTER FROM WILL TO ALMA ----- Transcontinental train journey
- 1905-07-03 NEWSPAPER ITEM MENTIONING WILL ----- Maryland
- 1907-08-10 LETTER FROM WILL TO EVA ----- En route from New York to Cuba, by sea
- 1908-10-02 TO 19 LETTER FROM CECIL TO ANN, RUTH, AND KATHLEEN FARMER ----- At sea, and then Georgia
- 1909-03-06 NEWSPAPER ITEM MENTIONING WILL ----- Maryland
- 1916-07-03 KATHLEEN AND WILL WEDDING JOURNEY ITINERARY ----- From Georgia to Ohio
- 1920-09-01 POSTCARD FROM EVA TO ANNE STARR ----- Connecticut
- 1921-09-10 TELEPHONY ARTICLE FEATURING WILL
- 1924-09-17 POSTCARD FROM MABEL AND LIL TO EVA
- 1928-08-23&29 SHIP'S ACTIVITY PROGRAMS FOR FRED AND SIBYL ----- At sea, going from South Africa to England
- 1936-06-28 LETTER FROM ALMA TO EVA ----- At sea, going from France to India.
- 1939-07-17 NEWSPAPER ITEM ABOUT KAY ----- Alabama
- 1958-04-07 NOTE IN THE CHARLOTTE NEWS ABOUT ALMA ----- North Carolina
- 1974-11-22 OBITUARY FOR CLARA JONES ----- Arizona
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