Rhondalee Cotter
Susan Parker Choate Stebbins
Susan Parker Choate Stebbins [1865 - 1943]
Susan was the second wife of noted American Maritime Photographer, Nathaniel Livermore Stebbins (1847 -1922), whose surviving photographs document an important era in the development of American maritime activities. A few plates are at the Essex Peabody Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, and another small group are at the Mariners' Museum, but the bulk of the remaining collection - about 5,000 images total, a little more than half are original glass negatives - were acquired by the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities by its founder, William Appleton.
The DAUGHTERS of
George Washington Choate
[1824 - 1884]
Mary Elizabeth Cranston Choate
[1833 - 1909]
Mary Elizabeth Cranston was the sister of my 3rd Great Grandfather, Orville Walter Cranston [1836 - 1901].
I knew my own great grandmother, Doris Cranston Eddy Parker [1898 - 1983] very well.
As Orville was her grandfather, I have her first-hand accounts of him - stories to bring the man to life.
These are the daughters of Mary Elizabeth Cranston Choate, in photos sent to Orville and his daughter, Ella Linwood Cranston Eddy [1863 - 1931] over many years.
These photos, in turn, given to Ella's daughter Doris - who then skipped two generations to give them to me...and finally 33 years later...
Susan Parker Choate Stebbins
[1865 - 1943]
"Susie" was probably not yet 7 years of age when her elder sister, Marian, died although she probably remembered Marian most of all her sisters.
Susie is the only one of the sisters who married. Susie was very close to her youngest sister, Jessie. While Susie "disappears" from this photo record for awhile (presumably attending her aging husband), she does reappear in later years in several photos with her sister, Jessie.
Susan was the second wife of noted American Maritime Photographer, Nathaniel Livermore Stebbins (1847 -1922), whose surviving photographs document an important era in the development of American maritime activities. A few plates are at the Essex Peabody Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, and another small group are at the Mariners' Museum, but the bulk of the remaining collection - about 5,000 images total, a little more than half are original glass negatives - were acquired by the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities by its founder, William Appleton.
The DAUGHTERS of
George Washington Choate
[1824 - 1884]
Mary Elizabeth Cranston Choate
[1833 - 1909]
Mary Elizabeth Cranston was the sister of my 3rd Great Grandfather, Orville Walter Cranston [1836 - 1901].
I knew my own great grandmother, Doris Cranston Eddy Parker [1898 - 1983] very well.
As Orville was her grandfather, I have her first-hand accounts of him - stories to bring the man to life.
These are the daughters of Mary Elizabeth Cranston Choate, in photos sent to Orville and his daughter, Ella Linwood Cranston Eddy [1863 - 1931] over many years.
These photos, in turn, given to Ella's daughter Doris - who then skipped two generations to give them to me...and finally 33 years later...
Susan Parker Choate Stebbins
[1865 - 1943]
"Susie" was probably not yet 7 years of age when her elder sister, Marian, died although she probably remembered Marian most of all her sisters.
Susie is the only one of the sisters who married. Susie was very close to her youngest sister, Jessie. While Susie "disappears" from this photo record for awhile (presumably attending her aging husband), she does reappear in later years in several photos with her sister, Jessie.
Date & Place:
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