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Eulice and Maude Jeffrey
- These were two of the eight children of Stephen Jeffrey (born
1826?-02-13 at Coxheath, Kent County, England - year may have been '27 or '30
rather than '26) and Susan Terry (born 1831-09-07 at Wateringbury, Kent County,
England ). The other six children were Lois, Martha, Mary Harriet, Lillian
May, Ollie and Stephen. Maude married Will L. Brown on 1893-12-18.
Maude and Will are my (Mardon Erbland's) maternal
grandparents. Maude was born 1872-10-21 in Versailles. They lived in
Versailles until 1905 when they moved to Lake-O-Springs, Ohio near what was then
New Berlin (now North Canton). The photograph is a tintype.
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Charles F. Freidell
- Age 7 months. This is Steven Jeffrey's Brother's son. The reverse
of the card says, "Charles F. Freidell Age 7 Months, Merry Christmas
from Charlie, to Terry" and "CHARLES
F. FREIDELL
Steven
Jeffrey's Brother's
Son".
There is no explanation as to why the surname is "Freidell" if he is
the son of Stephen Jeffrey's brother.
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The Jeffrey Porch
- This is the porch of the Stephen Jeffrey home in Versailles, NY as it
appeared in 1877. This postcard was
stored in an envelope given to Marsha
Smith by her mother, Marion Arline Brown. The ink writing on the card
is Marion's. The card was from Eulice Jeffrey to Mrs. W. L. Brown (nee
Maude Jeffrey). On the outside of the envelope, Marion Brown had written
the following:
"On the porch to the left Susan
Jeffrey holding Eulice, Stephen Jeffrey with daughter Maud Jeffrey.
On porch at right - Mary Jeffrey and George Shearer.
Sitting on steps - Lillian Jeffrey and Will Hawley
Girl in back of them and boy at far right I do not know. Probably their
children who passed away at very young age. I'm not sure of their
names."
Note that the message on the postcard confirms that
this card was mailed after the Will Brown family had moved to Ohio in 1905 but
the photograph was taken years before and reproduced on the card from a tintype
original. In fact this exact same image appears on page 6 of the
"Jeffery Family Tree" document written by Clarice Ames (nee
Jeffery). The caption for this image in that document reads as follows:
"1877 - Home of Stephen and Susana Jeffrey
- Versailles, New York. Mother Susana Terry Jeffrey, 46 years old, in
chair holding their last child, Eulice Ray Jeffrey 2 years old. Father
Stephen Jeffery, 47 years in chair, by his knee, Maude Belle Jeffrey 5
years old. Standing on the porch is Marry Harriet Jeffrey 18 years with
her boy friend and future husband, George Melvin Shearer. Sitting alone
on the porch is Ollie Jeffrey 15 years old, she died next year of
diphtheria. Sitting on the steps is Lillian May Jeffrey 17 years, with
her boy friend and future husband, Wilbur Burton Hawley. Standing by
porch is Stephen Jeffrey 14 years, he died 5 years later of
appendicitis."
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John Jeffrey was
Stephen Jeffry's brother and uncle of Maude Brown (nee Jeffrey). The
reverse of this photo says "John Jeffrey"
and "E.J. BETTS, Artistic Photographer,
Galleries AT 121 and 137 Main Street, DANSVILLE, N.Y."
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Mary Jeffrey - This is Mary Shearer (nee
Jeffrey). She was the daughter of Stephen Jeffrey and Susan Terry who had seven other children. Mary's sisters included Maude Belle, Lillian May, Lois, Martha, Mary Harriet. Her brothers were Ollie and Stephen.
Mary married George Shearer. Mary and George had a daughter Ruth who married Wesley
Weiser.
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Maude Belle Jeffrey's
school picture circa 1883 - Maude is third from the right in the middle
row. The reverse side
of this photo says, "SCHOOL PICTURE VERSAILLES N.Y. MAUDE BELLE JEFFREY THIRD FROM RIGHT = MIDDLE ROW APPROX.
1883".
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The reverse of this photo reads, "STEPHEN
JEFFREY, BORN FEB 13, 1827 MAIDSTONE ENGLAND, CAME TO U.S. IN 1852, MARRIED SUSANNE TERRY, IN NEW YORK CITY 1854, DIED APR. 24, 1904 SUNNYSIDE, WASHINGTON, FATHER OF MAUDE B. BROWN, GRAND FATHER OF MARION A.
BROWN"
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Susanne Terry was
the wife of Stephen Jeffrey and mother of Maude Belle Jeffrey. The reverse side of this photo reads: "
SUSANNE TERRY, BORN SEPT. 7, 1831 WATERINGBURY KENT ENGLAND, DIED DEC. 14, 1892 - VERSAILLES, N.Y. CATTARAUGUS COUNTY, MARRIED STEPHEN JEFFREY, 1854 IN NEW YORK CITY, MOTHER OF MAUDE BELLE BROWN, GRANDMOTHER OF MARION A
BROWN". In another handwriting it reads "Marion A. (Brown) Erbland said her mother told her Susanne, (Susannah), (Susan)
(?) became cross-eyed when she fell in a bucket of water head first as a child."
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Eulice
Ray Jeffery (b. 1-MAR-1875 at Versailles, NY and d. 11-AUG-1952
at San Diego, California) is the man on the right. He is the son of Stephen Jeffery and
Susan (nee Terry). Two notations can be seen on the image. They
read: "Jeff Photo" and
"-AT- Wiley, WASH. -1917-".
The Reverse side of the source photo reads, "These are some last years pictures. Will send some new ones soon --- Jeff".
"Wiley" refers to Wiley City, Washington state, which is about
40 KMs NW of Sunnyside Washington, where Eulice was living at the time of
this photo.
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