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This
passenger manifest, dated 20-OCT-1862,
for the "Ship Adelaide" shows Ellen Linton (nee Brown) and some of her
children, including William, Henry (aka Harry) and Emely. The status of the
children's father, William Linton, at the time of Ellen's arrival in the U.S. is
not known. Notice that William's occupation is listed as
"grinder", so he was already experienced in the knife business before
leaving England. The ship sailed from Liverpool, England and had a burthen of
1,831.45 tons. The "Ship Adelaide" is the clipper ship built by the Abraham C. Bell shipyard in New York and
launched on 1854-11-22 for the owner Thomas Wardle. Its master for this voyage
was "R. C. Cutting" (Robert Charles Cutting). The ship's NY agents
were Williams & Guion and it flew the house
flag of the Williams & Guion Black Star Line. Most
American-built clippers were
constructed between 1845 and 1859 and most were ship rigged, i.e. fully square rigged on all three
masts. The 1856 Currier & Ives print (below) depicts the "Adelaide off Sandy
Hook, hove to for a pilot" and shows that the Adelaide was a ship-rigged
vessel. "Sandy Hook" refers to Cape Sandy Hook in New Jersey at
coordinates N40º26'35" W073º59'25". The pilot would
have been required in order to enter New York Harbor. This "Adelaide" is not to be
confused with the clipper ship, "City
of Adelaide", built in 1864, which sailed the South Australian
trade. Incidentally,
Captain R. C. Cutting is listed on page 8, column 2, of the New York Herald for
May 4, 1869 as the captain of the new (just launched) steamship Idaho, also of the Williams &
Guion Line. Other ships mastered by him included the "John Bright".
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"ROBERTS'
DIRECTORY of the City
of Canton 1883·84" lists the "Canton
Cutlery Co." on page 47. The address is given as "8-14 Libert"
(an abbreviation of "Liberty Street") and the principles are listed as: "Daniel F. Fast, pres.; Daniel J. Slanker,
Tre s.; Harry E. Linton supt." The Linton brothers are listed on page
126 as "Linton Edwin, vice pres. Canton Cutlery Co., res. 82 Rowland",
"Linton Harry E., supt. Canton Cutlery Co., bds. American Hotel" and
"Linton William, grinder, Canton Cutlery Co., res. 94 W. Third". Bear
in mind that the Canton Cutlery Company seems of had 4 locations. The
first (circa 1881) was on Liberty Street south of Mulberry Street, the second
(circa 1884) was on Virginia Ave at the Cleveland & Canton Railway, the
third (circa 1891) was on the north side of E. 2nd ST. (now 5th St. NE), east of
the P.F.W & C.R.R. railway crossing and the fourth (circa 1914) was on the
south side of 5th St., east of the railway tracks, between the addresses of
1212-1224 5th St.
S.W. "82 Rowland" was on the on the east side of Rowland, the second house
south of Pennsylvania Av. (now named 7th St. NE). Both the cutlery company's
3rd location and the address 82 Rowland appear on sheet 22 of the December
1891 Sanborn maps. The "American Hotel" occupied
the entire block bounded by: E. Tuscarawas, N. Cherry, E. 5TH
St. (now named 2nd St. NE) and N. Rex This location is at N40º
47.900 W81º 22.343 WGS84. "Daniel J Slanker" is listed in the 1880 census, Roll:
T9_1067, Pg 369C of ED#137, Canton Stark County, Ohio as age
"34" and occupation of "Bookkeeper". He is shown
living with his parents (Samuel and Sarah Slanker) at the house of his
brother-in-law, Thos W. Saxton. "Daniel Fast" is listed as age
49 in the 1880 census, Roll:
T9_1067, Page: 410A, Canton, ED#139 and living in his mother's house.
During the mid-1850s Daniel F. Fast was a bookseller in Canton, operating in
partnership with the famous Ohioian, "George W. Raff", under the name of "Fast &
Co."
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Canton
Cutlery Company was closed on aggregated judgments of $20,000 according
to this article that appeared in The Atchison Globe (Atchison, Kansas, newspaper)
on 21-OCT-1884. This occurred about a year prior to the fire at Linton Cutlery.
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The
Canton Daily Repository, Vol. VIII, No. 219 of
Thursday Evening, November 5, 1885, carried this Page One article describing the
fire that destroyed the Canton cutlery works of the Linton brothers on
04-NOV-1885. On
page 205, of Vol. 2, of the Directory of
the City of Canton for 1884-85, published by The
Canton News Co., Edward [born Edwin] Linton is listed as
"Vice Pres. Canton Cutlery Co.", Harry E. Linton is listed as
"Supt. Canton Cutlery Co." and William Linton is listed as
"grinder, Canton Cutlery Co." A transcription
is available in PDF format. This article mentions
several street names in connection with describing the fire department's
response to the fire. It must be remembered, however, that most of
Canton's east-west streets were converted from named streets to numbered streets
in the years since this 1885 account was written. Even some of the
numbered streets have been renumbered in order to make Tuscarawas the
north-south dividing line for numbering purposes. In 1885, the dividing
line was "North St." As applies to this newspaper account,
"Virginia Ave." is now "8th St. NE" and
"North St." is now "6th St. NE". The fire alarm
"box 26" mentioned in the article was located at the NE corner of what
is now N. Cherry St. and 7th St. NE. The works that burned was
located near where the railway intersects 8th St. NE but it is not known for
certain if
the works was on the north or south side of 8th St. NE (which was named Virginia
Ave. at the time of the 1885 fire) nor if it was on the east or west side of the
railway tracks. It is suspected, however, that the cutlery works were on
the north side of Virginia and east of the railway. The 1891 Sanborn
maps show that Out Lot No. 137 occupies the south side of Virginia Ave on
both sides of the railway tracks and that the Gillman Manufacturing works is on
the north side of Virginia Ave, west of the tracks. Out Lot No. 137 is probably
the "commons", referred to in the newspaper article. This site was the
second of four locations sequentially occupied by the Canton Cutlery Co. The present
day description for the location of the works that burned in 1885 would be, on 8th St. NE at the railway tracks, between Spring
Ave. NE and Savannah Ave. NE.
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The
Linton Cutlery works fire of Wednesday,
04-NOV-1885 was also reported on page 6, column 5, of
the Nov. 5, 1885 edition of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. A transcript
of that report is available in PDF
format. A news item also appeared in
the “Daily Northwestern” newspaper, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, as published on
Friday, November 6, 1885. This item about Linton Cutlery appeared on page 4,
column 3. The factory that burned was located on the first of what
eventually became three different locations for the company's works.
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Page
205, of Vol. 2, of the Directory of
the City of Canton for 1884-85, published by The
Canton News Co., lists the Linton brothers as working at Canton Cutlery. Edward
[born Edwin] Linton is listed as "res. 107 E. Second" (now named 5th
St. NE) & "Vice Pres. Canton Cutlery Co.", Harry E. Linton is listed as
"res. 13 E. South" (now named 6th St. SE) & "Supt. Canton Cutlery Co." and William Linton is listed as
"grinder, Canton Cutlery Co." The City Directory for 1899
shows the occupation of Harry E. Linton as "Manager" of "C.
Cutlery Co." The 1899 directory also shows him and Katie R. Linton
living at 203 E. South Street (now named 6th St. SE). Harry E. Linton and Sarah A. Meek were the
parents of Nora Emily Linton. Sarah died in 1881 and Harry married Kate Rex in
1883. Kate died in 1910. Harry Linton's home at "13 E.
South" would have been located at N40º 47.696' W81º 22.492' WGS84
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These
marketing materials are from the era when the Canton Cutlery Co.
was located between 1212 and 1224 5th
St., S.W. According to the 1914 Sanborn
Fire Insurance Maps, the factory was operating from this site by 1914,
perhaps earlier This is thought to have been the last of several sequential
locations for the Canton Cutlery Co.. According to Page 108 of a 1953 Ohio Sesquicentennial
Document, Dr. Stuart W. Carnes was appointed as the head of the Canton
Cutlery Company in 1908. In the 1913 Canton City Directory, Dr. W. Stuart Carnes is listed
as "pres The Canton Cutlery Co" and is shown living at "1210
Tenth" with his wife "Nellie". In the 1920 census for
Canton Twp., Dr. W. Stuart Carnes and Nellie are in ED#64, Sheet 3A, at
1210 Woodland Ave. NW and his occupation is listed as "manufacture
cutlery". Also in that household are 2 sons, "William Jr." and
"James McCabe" as well as Dr. Carnes's father-in-law, James E. McCabe.
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Order
Book from Canton Cutlery, 1915. Written on the front of this book
is the name "Chas S Erbland". Harry E. Linton was Manager of
Canton Cutlery and Charles Samuel Erbland was married to Harry's daughter, Nora
Emily Linton.
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Page
408 of the Canton City Directory for 1929 contains the entry for Canton
Cutlery. This would have been many years after Harry Linton had left the
company and Harry was living in Pensacola Florida by this time.
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This
Marriage record for August Erbland and
Anna
Gerber is from the Stark County, Ohio, Marriage Records, Vol. 8, Pg. 240.
It is dated the 16th day of April A.D. 1874. Note that August
spelled his name with an ending "e", that is "Auguste", when
he signed this form.
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The
Record of Death for August Erbland is in the
Record of Deaths, Probate Court, Stark County, Ohio, Vol. 2, Pg. 52. Date of Death: 1886 Dec 20.
Age: 48 years, 2 months and 8 days. Place of Death: Canton. Place of Birth:
Germany. Occupation: Laborer. Cause of Death: "Disease of Heart". His
death at the C. Aultman & Co. was also
described in a newspaper account.
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This
Marriage Record for Harry E. Linton and
Sarah A. Meek, was granted on 27-NOV-1878 and the marriage was performed on
28-NOV-1878 in Canton, Ohio. This is recorded in the Stark County, Ohio
Marriage Records, Vol 9, Page 22.
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Nora
Linton's birth on 24-DEC-1880, is recorded in the "Record of
Births, Probate Court, Stark County, Ohio", as entry number 63. Her
father is shown as "Harry Linton" and her mother as "Sadie A
Meek". The birth was reported by her father.
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The Death Certificate for
Harry Linton shows that he died while living at the Hotel Manhattan in Pensacola, Florida, where he had been living for 6 years prior to his
death. He died on 19-MAR-1930.
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This
Dinner Party Notice image was scanned from a newspaper clipping but the newspaper name and date are unknown. Mrs. W. J. Kerr, Jr., was Alice Irene Hawley, wife of William J. Kerr, Jr. and
daughter of Wilbur Burton Hawley and Lillian May Jeffrey. Lillian Jeffery was the sister of Mrs.
W. L. Brown (nee Maude Belle Jeffrey). Alice and her husband, William J. Kerr,
Jr., were the parents of William J. Kerr, III, ("Jimmy").
"Terry" was the son of Maude
and William Lincoln Brown.
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The
Roush School Class List for the school year
1907-1908, is shown here. Marion, Kingsley and Terry Brown are all shown
as attendees. Pauline Brown was not yet of school age. The photo
of the Roush school class of 1911-12 shows some of the same people whose
names are on this list.
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This
program from the Grove College School
lists the students and school officials for the school year 1909-10. The
Brown children listed as attending the school are "Terry Brown",
"Kingsley Brown" and "Marion Brown". "Harvey J.
Stockert" is listed as the school teacher and his photo appears on the front cover
of the brochure. A "Harvey J Stockert" is shown on the 1930
census as age 42, still living in Jackson Twp., but doing farm labour and living
in the same house with his father and sister. The name "Grove College School"
is somewhat puzzling. The students listed here appear to be virtually the same
people who are listed at "Roush School" for 1907-08
and the Roush School photo of 1911-12 shows that
the "Roush" name was still in use after this program was issued.
Is it possible that the name "Grove College School" was used to
replace the name "Roush School" but for only a single year?
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These post cards
were sent to Marion Brown from France. The one on the left is dated 28-9-1919.
The postcard on the right is dated December 1919 and depicts the Château
du Lude. It is thought that these post cards were sent from the family that Marion's brother, Terry Brown, knew while he was stationed in France,
with the U.S. army, during WWI.
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Death Notice
Certificate for Charles Samuel Erbland. This is a scan of a
certified copy of what is on file at the Canton City Health Department.
The copy was issued 4/4/85 by the Local Registrar. The date of birth on
this certificate is "7-30-1879" which does not match other family
records of 30-JUL-1880. The one year discrepancy is so far unexplained.
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Will
Brown's Journal for Monday, June 14, 1920, records the sale of 10 rods
of land from the east end of the Brown's property to Clay (Marshall Clay).
The price is shown as $100, despite the fact that the deed
was recorded with a nominal payment of just $1.00. A subsequent journal
entry on June 15, 1920, reads in part, "Clay gave me a ck of $50.00".
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Marion
Brown graduated from Roush School,
Jackson Township, Stark County, Ohio in 1914. This is her "Certificate of
Commencement".
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Charles
(Stewart) Erbland was born on 11-JAN-1901 as recorded in this record of
the Probate Court of Stark County, Ohio. His parents were Charles Samuel
Erbland and Nora Emily Linton. The "Residence of Parents" is recorded
as 1223 Cleveland Ave.. The birth was reported by Louise Heanery. He
subsequently died of scarlet fever at age 2 years.
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The
settlement of the estate of Mathew Elder Meek was
documented on this paper. Cyrus Bostick was married to Kate Meek, one of
Mathew Elder Meek's daughters. At the time of his death, Mathew was living
at 1225 Cleveland Ave. S.W., next door to Cyrus Bostick. Nora Erbland (nee
Linton) was Mathew's granddaughter.
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Alice
Marie Erbland married Jos. Sterling DeWalt on 25-NOV-1939 at St. Joseph's
Rectory, in Canton, Ohio. Alice was the daughter of Charles Samuel Erbland
and Nora Emily Erbland (nee Linton). Alice's siblings were Donald, John,
Linton and Hilda. Another brother, Stewart, died before Alice was
born. Alice was born 28-JUL-1911 and died 06-JAN-1981. Alice and
Sterling had no childern.
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This
Diploma from Actual Business College was issued to
Donald Erbland on 11-JUN-1923. He was 17 years old
at the time and, along with his classmates,
he had
just completed the Bookkeeping and Accounting Course at the college.
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This
is the passport and passport photo for Magdalena
Erbland, daughter of Fred A. Erbland and Margaret Phillippi and niece of
Charles S. Erbland. She was an opera singer.
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Travel
Itinerary for Will L. Brown during the years following the death of his
wife, Maude Brown (nee Jeffrey). Will wrote this in 1949, on the back of a
sheet of stationary from the McKinley Hotel
where he was living. "Courtland" was the name of another hotel
where he stayed before moving into the McKinley.
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The East Ohio
News, a magazine for employees of The East Ohio Gas Company, carried
an article about Kingsley Theodore Brown on pages 10 and 11 of the March/April 1956
issue. 'King' Brown was the son of Will L. Brown and Maude B. Jeffrey. He was also the brother of Terry, Marion and Pauline Brown.
Many Brown family members worked for the EOG, including Will, Terry, King,
Marion (until she was married) and Marion's husband Donald Erbland. The
house of Kingsley and Pearl Brown (nee Warburton) was located on the west side
of McKinley Ave. SE just south of Fairview St. SE, in North Canton, Ohio at
approximately N40º52.380' W81º23.980' (WGS84). The machine shop
discussed in this article was in the garage of Sloan I Renner, who was a next
door neighbour to the Brown's.
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Will
L. Brown was featured in The East Ohio News, November-December
1957, as that company's oldest annuitant. This article refers to him as
"William L. Brown." That is incorrect. His full name was
"Will Lincoln Brown."
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These
recipes were part of a cookbook that included Brown
family recipes. Susan Jeffrey (nee Terry) was the mother of Maude Brown (nee Jeffrey). Maude was the mother of Marion Erbland (nee Brown)
and Pauline Kolp (nee Brown). Ruth Brown was the wife of Terry Brown, son of Maude.
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Untitled
Poem by Marion Erbland (nee Brown). It was written about her son,
Mardon Erbland, and a walk that they took in the Christmas Run City Park at
Wooster, Ohio, circa 1950. The "tunnel under the street"
mentioned in the poem refers to "Bowman Street." The tunnel was
located at: N40º48.254' W81º56.794'
(WGS84).
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This
weight receipt from December 14, 1928, is printed on
cardboard and was dispensed from a weigh scale at the W.T. Grant Co., Canton Ohio. It is thought that this shows the weight of Marion Brown, later to become Marion Erbland.
Note the 'fortune' that was printed on the reverse side of these cards.
The 'customer' would step on the scale and deposit a coin ( a penny in 1928) to receive
their weight and fortune.
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