| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | Whitridge, Elizabeth Steele |
| Title: | Elizabeth Steele Whitridge Genealogy Research Papers |
| Dates: | 1802-1946 |
| Extent: | 0.24 linear feet (1 container and 4 oversize folders) |
| Abstract: | The Elizabeth Steele Whitridge family originated in England, Ireland, and Holland. Family members immigrated to the United States and settled in New York, Massachusetts, Indiana, and Ohio. The collection consists of American Civil War service records, a commencement program, correspondence between family members, family significant date charts, genealogical research notes, researched histories of family members, indenture contracts, memorial articles, newspaper clippings, pedigree charts, photographs (2), stock certificates, warranty contracts and wills. |
| MS Number | MS 5251 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
Elizabeth Steele Whitridge was born in Columbus, Ohio on March 16, 1911. She married Henry Long Baird from Columbus in 1934. Together they had a daughter, Nancy Hamilton Baird in 1937. Henry Long Baird died in 1939. Whitridge was married again in 1944 to Harry Otis Winsor, Jr. Winsor Jr. adopted Nancy and she elected to change her name to Nancy Baird Winsor. After moving to the northeast, Winsor Jr. and Whitridge had a child together, Eleanor Steele Winsor born October 9th, 1944, in New York, New York. Winsor Jr. worked at Canan Weed and Duryea in Connecticut.
Elizabeth Steele Whitridge's father, John Clifford Whitridge was born in Richmond, Indiana, in 1872. In 1904 he married Florence Eleanor Kelley in Columbus, Ohio. They moved to Ohio, and he worked as an Assignor for the Buckeye Steel Casting Company. The Whitridge side of the family immigrated to America in 1635 on "The Elizabeth" from Kent, England. William Whitridge was aged 36 at the time and came with his wife, Elizabeth and son Thomas, age 10.
Winsor Jr. was born on January 25 1906, and was the son of Harry Otis Winsor, Sr. from New York, New York. He married Mary Elizabeth Reed. Together they lived in New York where Winsor Sr. worked as the president of Henry Maurer and Son Manufacturing.The Winsor family came from Devonshire, England to Boston, Massachusetts.
The Elizabeth Steele Whitridge Genealogy Research Papers, 1802-1946 and undated, contain Civil War service records, a commencement program, correspondence between family members, family significant date charts, genealogical research notes, researched histories of family members, indenture contracts, memorial articles, newspaper clippings, pedigree charts, photographs (2), stock certificates, warranty contracts and wills.
This collection examines Elizabeth Steele Whitridge's genealogical history and would be useful to anyone researching the genealogy of her direct family or any family connected to her direct family. She has traced some lines of the family through nine generations. The pedigree charts and her notebook give the most detailed accounts of the genealogy for each family.
Those studying immigration patterns to the United States from England, Ireland, and Holland will find this collection particularly useful.
The collection includes lists of descendants, a few detailed official documents and notes on the following families (included is the location of the earliest family member researched):
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 5251 Elizabeth Steele Whitridge Genealogy Research Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Gift of Molly Matson.
Processed by Molly Clark in 2014.
Elizabeth Steele Whitridge Genealogy Research Papers 1802-1946 undated |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Cape May genealogical notes undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Commencement program for Florence Kelley 1895 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Correspondence between family members 1802 1834 1909 1937 1946 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Family date charts (oversize material removed to Oversize Folder 1) ca. 1800s | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Genealogical notebook for Elizabeth Steele Whitridge's research undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | History of William Winsor undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Indenture contract 1808 | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Memorial for Mary Skimmer Whitridge 1908 | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Newspaper clippings 1946 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | Notes taken during research undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 11 | Pedigree charts (oversize material removed to Oversize Folder 2 and Oversize Folder 4) undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 12 | Photograph, image of Richardson grave undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 13 | Photograph, portrait of Corner, Kelly and Huston 1886 | |||||||||
| 1 | 14 | Service records of Dennis Kelley (oversize material removed to Oversize Folder 3) 1861-1865 | |||||||||
| 1 | 15 | Stock purchase certificate for Mary Whitridge 1904 | |||||||||
| 1 | 16 | Warranty deeds for Straight and Morgen 1887, 1893 | |||||||||
| 1 | 17 | Will of Jesse Crume 1824 | |||||||||
| 1 | 18 | Will of Mary Whitridge 1906 | |||||||||