Charles Augustus Ropes

Charles married Mary Ann Barker on 22 Oct 1843 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Mary was born in Abt. 1819 in Massachusetts, United States; died in Bef. 1860. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Lucinda Whipple in Bet. 1851 and 1855. Lucinda (daughter of Jonathan Whipple and Mary Cloutman) was born on 7 Nov 1831 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Reference in "A Bibliography of Bird Banding in America", Frederick C Lincoln, 1928:

Ropes, WILLIS H.
1925. Bird Banding by Club Members in 1924. Bul. Essex Co., Ornith. Club, vol. 6, pp. 23-26.
A general report of the banding done at several stations in Essex County, Massachusetts, operated by members of the club.
1926. Bird Banding Results for 1925. Bul. Essex Co. Ornith. Club, vol. 7, pp. 30-33.
Four Essex County stations banded during the year 974 birds, and obtained 77 return records.

Willis married Louisa King Farley in Abt. 1882. Louisa (daughter of Charles B Farley and Maria L) was born in 1859 in Massachusetts, United States; died in Bet. 1921 and 1929. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

http://www.paghat.com/hostafranceswilliams.html

'Frances Williams'
Siebold Plantain Lily

The species is named for the German physician & botanist Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796‚1866) who sparked general interest in hostals in the early 1800s after he returned to the Netherlands with several specimens he had collected over time during his long stint as a physician in Nagasaki for the Dutch East India Company.

The cultivar is named for Mrs. Frances Ropes Williams (1883-1969) of Winchester Massachusetts, who spotted & quickly obtained the first known specimen when it appeared in a field of H. sieboldiana at Bristol Nurseries in Connecticutt, in 1936.

Mrs. Williams was a devoted hosta enthusiast & founding member of the American Hosta Society; she bred & named many introductions developed in her private garden.


http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/1994/garden-1005.html

Garden nestled among buildings is hidden treasure

October 5, 1994

Renovations have recently been completed on the President's Court, a collection of hosta plants and other greenery nestled in the enclosure surrounded by Buildings 3, 10. 11 and 13.

Eighty percent of the concrete walkways surrounding the square garden have just been repaired. A dirt path that went through the garden from one corner to the other has also been replaced with a blue stone walkway.

The garden is home to at least 10 different types of hosta plants, identifiable by their large tropical-looking leaves. They were a gift from Frances Ropes Williams, a 1904 MIT graduate and avid gardener. According to Norman Magnuson, route supervisor in grounds services, she bred different types of the plants she enjoyed and named them in memory of her sister, Constance Williams Hosta.


Author LinkRopes, Frances.
Title LinkA Marine Park for Salem Neck / by Frances Ropes.
Availability All items
Location Institute Archives - Noncirculating Collection 3 | THESIS Thesis Arch 1904 B.S.

Published 1904.
Description 15 leaves ; 30 cm.
Format Book BK
Thesis Note Thesis (B.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1904.
Local Note Accompanying drawings held by MIT Museum.
Title Note Title in the MIT graduation program: Design for a Marine Park for Salem Neck.

Frances married Stillman Pierce Williams on 22 Nov 1906 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Stillman (son of Robert Breck Williams, Jr. and Mary E Pierce) was born in Abt. 1875 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died in Bet. 1921 and 1929. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Boston Passenger Lists, 1820-1943 Record

Name: Phebe R Coleman
Arrival Date: 11 Aug 1925
Age: 34 years
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1891
Gender: Female
Ethnic Background: English
Port of Departure: Marseille, France
Ship Name: President Adams
Port of Arrival: Boston, Massachusetts
Friend's Name: Willis H Ropes
Last Residence: India
Microfilm Roll Number: 301



Boston Passenger Lists, 1820-1943 Record

Name: Phebe Coleman
Arrival Date: 4 Jul 1932
Age: 41 years
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1891
Gender: Female
Ethnic Background: English
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Ship Name: Laconia
Port of Arrival: Boston, Massachusetts
Friend's Name: Frances Williams
Last Residence: United States of America
Microfilm Roll Number: 379



Name: Ropes, Phebe
Source Citation:
Who Was Who in American Art. Compiled from the original thirty-four volumes of American Art Annual: Who's Who in Art, Biographies of American Artists Active from 1898-1947. Edited by Peter Hastings Falk. Madison, CT: Sound View Press, 1985. (WhAmArt 1)
Who Was Who in American Art. 400 years of artists in America. Second edition. Three volumes. Edited by Peter Hastings Falk. Madison, CT: Sound View Press, 1999. (WhAmArt 2)

Family/Spouse: Leslie C Coleman. Leslie was born in Abt. 1878. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Louisa married George Edward Valley Jr on 19 Jul 1941. George (son of George Edward Valley, Sr. and Edith Ringgold Cummins) was born on 05 Sep 1913 in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States; died on 20 Oct 1999 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]