Frederic Wilder Metcalf is the son of Prescott Metcalf b. 25 Jan 1813 Putney, Vermont, United States d. 14 Oct 1891 who was one of thirteen children, who arrived in Erie in 1835. Frederic's father, Prescott was a prominent businessman, politician and the 8th mayor of Erie, Pennsylvania (1862-1864) and Abigail R Wilder Metcalf 1815–1891. Frederic was the grandson of Joseph Metcalf b. 24 August 1774 in Oakham, MA d. 27 January 1869 in Putney, VT MEMORIAL ID 143989811 and Sally Hutchins Metcalf (1780 - 1821) - MEMORIAL ID143989875 and his great grandfather was Sgt. Samuel Metcalf (26 April 1739 in Rutland, Massachusetts – 13 June 1785, Oakham, Massachusetts) a Continental soldier and DAR Patriot.
He attended St. Paul School Prep. School BET 1897 AND 1902
He attended Harvard (Agriculture) BET 1902 AND 1905
• Note:
FWM memorial stained glass window created by Tiffany Studios, within The Cathedral of St. Paul, 133 West Sixth Street, Erie, Erie, PA,
renovated 2002
PASSPORT APPLICATION Nov 11, 1886 I am about to travel abroad accompanied by my wife; Ruth M Metcalf, age 27 and Rebeca [Betty] Metcalf, age 6
Age 35 Stature, 5 feet 6 1/2 inches Forehead, round full Eyes, Grey Nose, Aquiline (wife and minor daughter) Mouth, Medium size Chin, ditto, not pronounced Hair, Dark brown Complexion, Fair Face, Oval
Frederic Wilder Metcalf's siblings:
Joseph P. Metcalf, (1847–1901);
Windham Wilder Metcalf, (1847–1851);
Frederick Wilder Metcalf, (d. 1890);
Nellie Metcalf, (d. 1856); and
George Ralph Metcalf, (1858–1931).
He married Ruth Moorhead Metcalf Bird b. 21 Aug 1859 d. 31 Mar 1930 New York (aged 70) MEMORIAL ID 170994906
Children Frederic Wilder Metcalf and Ruth Moorhead Metcalf Bird
1. Prescott M Metcalf b. Nov 1879 Erie City, Erie, Pennsylvania who remained single
2. Rebecca C. "Betty Metcalf, born at Erie, Pennsylvania, September 30, 1880 married Robert Dunbar Pruyn of Albany. She was married in Church of the Ascension, New York, December 15, 1903. Her death occurred 15 Oct 1943 (aged 63) Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York, USA Albany Rural Cemetery Menands, Albany County, New York, Plot: In The Robert C Pruyn Lot, Lot 1 Section 119 MEMORIAL ID 180022934 ·
Betty Metcalf Pruyn and Robert Dunbar Pruyn's children:
i. Robert Lansing Dunbar born New York City, November 5, 1904;
ii. Ruth Dunbar Pruyn born New York City, May 5, 1907 married Marshall Field 3rd
Historical Newspapers Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003 Marriage New York, New York 1903
WEDDINGS OF A DAY.
PRUYN-METCALF
The wedding of Robert Dunbar Pruyn of Albany and Miss Betty Metcalf, daughter of Mrs. George Bird, was celebrated at 3 o'clock yesterday in the Church of the Incarnation by the rector of the church, the Rev. D. William Grosvenor. Dr. Morgan Dix, who was to have taken part, was ill and not present.
The bride, who was given away by her stepfather, Mr. Bird, wore a white satin gown, embroidered in chenille and pearls and flounced with point lace. Her veil also was of lace. She wore a large diamond sunburst, the gift of the bridegroom. Her bouquet was made of valley lilies and white orchids.
The bridesmaids and the maid of honor were gowned alike in a deep cream-colored lace and pink chiffon, and wore white hats with pink plumes. All carried large clusters of shaded pink roses. Miss Minnie Metcalf of Erie, Penn., a cousin of the bride was the maid of honor, and the bridesmaids were Miss Florence Vanderbilt Twombly and Miss Frederica Vanderbilt Webb, who walked together; Miss Therese Iselin and Miss Wenionah Wetmore, who headed the bridesmaids and Miss Jessie Sloane and Miss Catharine Dix.
Mr. Pruyn's best man was his brother, Frederick Stanley Pruyn of Albany, and the users were Prescott Metcalf, Arthur S. Burden, Arthur Iselin, L. C. Clark., Jr. of New York; Barrett Wendell of Boston, Roger Kinnicutt and Richard Lawrence of Worcester, Mass., and Edwin Bowditch and Edward L. Pruyn of Albany.
A reception at the residence of the bride's parents, 202 Madison Avenue, followed the church ceremony. The house, like the church, was decorated with ferns, palms, and pink and white chrysanthemums. Mr. and Mrs. Pruyn are booked to sail for Europe after the holidays, and intend spending the Winter on the Riviera.
A number of the wedding guests came from Boston, Philadelphia, and Erie, Penn., and it was attended by nearly all of the younger members of the fashionable set of Newport and New York.
3. George Frederic Metcalf b. Erie, Pennsylvania Dec. 14, 1883-1946 married
Catherine Bell Metcalf Brinton Wills, b. 19 Oct 1880 Milwaukee WI, died Greenville, Greenville, SC Jun 1979, age 99. MEMORIAL ID 67017881 Catherine married 1) George Frederic Metcalf b. 14 DEC 1882 -1946 2) Bradford Brinton b. 26 Jun 1880 Tuscola Illinois- Feb 1936 Florida 3) Dr. Irving Wills, Surgeon, (Registered 5 June 1917, is 23, a medical student at Rush Medical, Univ of Chicago) b. 12 Feb 1894 d. 6 Sept 1967, Santa Barbara, California)
Son of George Frederic Metcalf and Catherine Bell Metcalf Brinton Wills
i. George Bird Metcalf, Sr. , Captain U.S.M.C.R. was born 29 Apr 1912 Erie, Pennsylvania and served many years in the US Navy & Marine Corps d. 24 Sept 1965, Sacramento, California. MEMORIAL ID 55613347 He married Virginia Ballinger Stoddart b. Jul 1913 Chicago d. 7 Oct 1989 married 1) Metcalf 2) Jones 24
St. Paul's Episcopal Church: Frederick Wilder Metcalf's Tiffany Memorial Window
The Cathedral of St. Paul at 133 West Sixth Street was built in 1866, and is a great example of Victorian Gothic architecture – a style of architecture to develop from the Gothic Revival movement. The congregation's first church building, a brick structure constructed by Erie masons William and James Hoskinson at a cost of $3,500, was replaced under the supervision of Reverend John Franklin Spalding. The building's architects used materials of contrasting color and texture, and emphasized vertical elements such as pointed arches, steep roofs and exceptionally tall spires (the pointed roof of a tower), all of which are characteristics of the Victorian Gothic style.
Restoration of the cathedral's stained glass windows was completed in 2002.
Among the windows preserved is the Frederick Wilder Metcalf memorial window, an authentic Tiffany stained glass window created by Tiffany Studios. Several other windows exemplify the craftsmanship of Lamb Studios of Clifton, New Jersey, the oldest continually operating stained glass studio in the United States (1857).
Contributor: Jane Riggs Curci (46846403)
BIO (Ruth Moorhead Metcalf Bird)
Ruth was the daughter of Isaac Moorhead b: 28 JAN 1828, the son of Thomas Moorhead b. 1 Sep 1803 and died 5 AUG 1859 (See Thomas' family at
https://tinyurl.com/2fj4uuhb) and Rebecca Barnett who was born 19 Feb 1806 in Hanover Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa., and died 22 FEB 1867 in Erie Co., Pa.. Rebecca was the daughter of Moses Barnett and Rebecca Green and Caroline Hoskinson Moorhead who was born 15 Jan 1832 in Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 10 Sep 1912 (aged 80) in Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA MEMORIAL ID 146653105, the daughter of William Hoskinson 1803–1891 MEMORIAL ID 70738027 Eleanor T. Palmer Hoskinson 1807–1891 MEMORIAL ID 70737933
Children of Thomas and Rebecca Barnett Moorhead
Effie Jane Moorhead
Mary Moorhead
Isaac Moorhead b: 28 JAN 1828 Ruth's father
Emily Moorhead b: 30 MAR 1830
Rebecca Jane Moorhead b: 1832
Timothy Green Allen Moorhead b: 1834
Clarissa Moorhead b: 10 MAR 1837
William Wilberforce Moorhead b: 6 AUG 1839
Anna Moorhead b: 1 DEC 1841
Elizabeth Moorhead b: 20 NOV 1844
Son, Isaac Moorhead, b. January 28, 1828 at Erie, Pennsylvania d. June 4, 1881 at Eaton Rapids, Mich. Mr. Moorhead received a good academic education. Entered mercantile pursuits for a few years, but relinquished the same owing to his delicate constitution, and accepted the appointment of conductor on the Lake Shore railway, a position he filled acceptably almost twenty-eight years, with the exception of several winters, when, obtaining leave of absence, he served as transcribing clerk of the House of Representatives at Harrisburg. In the early part of the year 1880 he was appointed postmaster at Erie. Accommodating, attentive and polite, the appointment was an exceedingly popular one. The relinquishment of an active railroad life for the humdrum cares of official position, no doubt, was the primary cause of the disease of which Mr. Moorhead died, at Eaton Rapids, Mich. , whither he had gone for the restoration of his health. In historic research he was deeply interested, and the citizens of Erie are indebted to him for many pleasant reminiscences of their city, over the signature of "John Ashbough." He wrote for the Centennial year a historical review of Erie county, and was the author of the Erie county sketch in Egle's History of Pennsylvania, which contains the best and most lucid account of Perry 's battle on Lake Erie extant. In the performance of a great duty, he prepared a genealogy of his own and allied families, and few, in our State, possessed as full knowledge as he of the French occupation in western Pennsylvania. He had made this subject one of study and research, and it was confidently expected that, in due time, the results of his investigation would have been given to us.
Mr. Isaac Moorhead, married September 6, 1853 , Caroline Hoskinson the daughter of William and Eleanor Hoskinson of Erie, Pennsylvania.
Children:
Ruth Moorhead married Fred Metcalf
Maxwell-Wood
The occasional writings of Isaac Moorhead : with a sketch of his life
Erie, Pa.: A.H. Caughey, 1882, 263 pgs.
Highlights: In September, 1853, Mr. Moorhead was united in marriage with Miss Caroline Hoskinson, eldest daughter of William and Eleanor Hoskinson. Three children were born to them, the eldest of whom died in infancy. Ruth, now Mrs. Fred Metcalf, and Maxwell Wood, three to four years younger, are children of such worth and talent and dutifulness that any parents might well be proud of them. The love between the father and daughter especially, and his found admiration of her as the bright star of his home, were beautiful to be behold.
Ruth Moorhead Metcalf Bird's bio:
The occasional writings of Isaac Moorhead : with a sketch of his life
Erie, Pa.: A.H. Caughey, 1882, 263 pgs.
Highlights: In September, 1853, Mr. Moorhead was united in marriage with Miss Caroline Hoskinson, eldest daughter of William and Eleanor Hoskinson. Three children were born to them, the eldest of whom died in infancy. Ruth, now Mrs. Fred Metcalf, and Maxwell Wood, three to four years younger, are children of such worth and talent and dutifulness that any parents might well be proud of them. The love between the father and daughter especially, and his found admiration of her as the bright star of his home, were beautiful to be behold.
Ruth was married to Frederic Wilder Metcalf
Historical Newspapers Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003 Obituary New York, New York 1930
DEATHS
Bird, Ruth M.
BIRD -- Suddenly, on March 31, at Palm Beach, Fla., Ruth Moorhead, widow of George Bird. Funeral services at St. Bartholomew's Church, Park Av. and 51st St. Saturday, 10 A. M.
He attended St. Paul School Prep. School BET 1897 AND 1902
He attended Harvard (Agriculture) BET 1902 AND 1905
• Note:
FWM memorial stained glass window created by Tiffany Studios, within The Cathedral of St. Paul, 133 West Sixth Street, Erie, Erie, PA,
renovated 2002
PASSPORT APPLICATION Nov 11, 1886 I am about to travel abroad accompanied by my wife; Ruth M Metcalf, age 27 and Rebeca [Betty] Metcalf, age 6
Age 35 Stature, 5 feet 6 1/2 inches Forehead, round full Eyes, Grey Nose, Aquiline (wife and minor daughter) Mouth, Medium size Chin, ditto, not pronounced Hair, Dark brown Complexion, Fair Face, Oval
Frederic Wilder Metcalf's siblings:
Joseph P. Metcalf, (1847–1901);
Windham Wilder Metcalf, (1847–1851);
Frederick Wilder Metcalf, (d. 1890);
Nellie Metcalf, (d. 1856); and
George Ralph Metcalf, (1858–1931).
He married Ruth Moorhead Metcalf Bird b. 21 Aug 1859 d. 31 Mar 1930 New York (aged 70) MEMORIAL ID 170994906
Children Frederic Wilder Metcalf and Ruth Moorhead Metcalf Bird
1. Prescott M Metcalf b. Nov 1879 Erie City, Erie, Pennsylvania who remained single
2. Rebecca C. "Betty Metcalf, born at Erie, Pennsylvania, September 30, 1880 married Robert Dunbar Pruyn of Albany. She was married in Church of the Ascension, New York, December 15, 1903. Her death occurred 15 Oct 1943 (aged 63) Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York, USA Albany Rural Cemetery Menands, Albany County, New York, Plot: In The Robert C Pruyn Lot, Lot 1 Section 119 MEMORIAL ID 180022934 ·
Betty Metcalf Pruyn and Robert Dunbar Pruyn's children:
i. Robert Lansing Dunbar born New York City, November 5, 1904;
ii. Ruth Dunbar Pruyn born New York City, May 5, 1907 married Marshall Field 3rd
Historical Newspapers Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003 Marriage New York, New York 1903
WEDDINGS OF A DAY.
PRUYN-METCALF
The wedding of Robert Dunbar Pruyn of Albany and Miss Betty Metcalf, daughter of Mrs. George Bird, was celebrated at 3 o'clock yesterday in the Church of the Incarnation by the rector of the church, the Rev. D. William Grosvenor. Dr. Morgan Dix, who was to have taken part, was ill and not present.
The bride, who was given away by her stepfather, Mr. Bird, wore a white satin gown, embroidered in chenille and pearls and flounced with point lace. Her veil also was of lace. She wore a large diamond sunburst, the gift of the bridegroom. Her bouquet was made of valley lilies and white orchids.
The bridesmaids and the maid of honor were gowned alike in a deep cream-colored lace and pink chiffon, and wore white hats with pink plumes. All carried large clusters of shaded pink roses. Miss Minnie Metcalf of Erie, Penn., a cousin of the bride was the maid of honor, and the bridesmaids were Miss Florence Vanderbilt Twombly and Miss Frederica Vanderbilt Webb, who walked together; Miss Therese Iselin and Miss Wenionah Wetmore, who headed the bridesmaids and Miss Jessie Sloane and Miss Catharine Dix.
Mr. Pruyn's best man was his brother, Frederick Stanley Pruyn of Albany, and the users were Prescott Metcalf, Arthur S. Burden, Arthur Iselin, L. C. Clark., Jr. of New York; Barrett Wendell of Boston, Roger Kinnicutt and Richard Lawrence of Worcester, Mass., and Edwin Bowditch and Edward L. Pruyn of Albany.
A reception at the residence of the bride's parents, 202 Madison Avenue, followed the church ceremony. The house, like the church, was decorated with ferns, palms, and pink and white chrysanthemums. Mr. and Mrs. Pruyn are booked to sail for Europe after the holidays, and intend spending the Winter on the Riviera.
A number of the wedding guests came from Boston, Philadelphia, and Erie, Penn., and it was attended by nearly all of the younger members of the fashionable set of Newport and New York.
3. George Frederic Metcalf b. Erie, Pennsylvania Dec. 14, 1883-1946 married
Catherine Bell Metcalf Brinton Wills, b. 19 Oct 1880 Milwaukee WI, died Greenville, Greenville, SC Jun 1979, age 99. MEMORIAL ID 67017881 Catherine married 1) George Frederic Metcalf b. 14 DEC 1882 -1946 2) Bradford Brinton b. 26 Jun 1880 Tuscola Illinois- Feb 1936 Florida 3) Dr. Irving Wills, Surgeon, (Registered 5 June 1917, is 23, a medical student at Rush Medical, Univ of Chicago) b. 12 Feb 1894 d. 6 Sept 1967, Santa Barbara, California)
Son of George Frederic Metcalf and Catherine Bell Metcalf Brinton Wills
i. George Bird Metcalf, Sr. , Captain U.S.M.C.R. was born 29 Apr 1912 Erie, Pennsylvania and served many years in the US Navy & Marine Corps d. 24 Sept 1965, Sacramento, California. MEMORIAL ID 55613347 He married Virginia Ballinger Stoddart b. Jul 1913 Chicago d. 7 Oct 1989 married 1) Metcalf 2) Jones 24
St. Paul's Episcopal Church: Frederick Wilder Metcalf's Tiffany Memorial Window
The Cathedral of St. Paul at 133 West Sixth Street was built in 1866, and is a great example of Victorian Gothic architecture – a style of architecture to develop from the Gothic Revival movement. The congregation's first church building, a brick structure constructed by Erie masons William and James Hoskinson at a cost of $3,500, was replaced under the supervision of Reverend John Franklin Spalding. The building's architects used materials of contrasting color and texture, and emphasized vertical elements such as pointed arches, steep roofs and exceptionally tall spires (the pointed roof of a tower), all of which are characteristics of the Victorian Gothic style.
Restoration of the cathedral's stained glass windows was completed in 2002.
Among the windows preserved is the Frederick Wilder Metcalf memorial window, an authentic Tiffany stained glass window created by Tiffany Studios. Several other windows exemplify the craftsmanship of Lamb Studios of Clifton, New Jersey, the oldest continually operating stained glass studio in the United States (1857).
Contributor: Jane Riggs Curci (46846403)
BIO (Ruth Moorhead Metcalf Bird)
Ruth was the daughter of Isaac Moorhead b: 28 JAN 1828, the son of Thomas Moorhead b. 1 Sep 1803 and died 5 AUG 1859 (See Thomas' family at
https://tinyurl.com/2fj4uuhb) and Rebecca Barnett who was born 19 Feb 1806 in Hanover Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa., and died 22 FEB 1867 in Erie Co., Pa.. Rebecca was the daughter of Moses Barnett and Rebecca Green and Caroline Hoskinson Moorhead who was born 15 Jan 1832 in Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 10 Sep 1912 (aged 80) in Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA MEMORIAL ID 146653105, the daughter of William Hoskinson 1803–1891 MEMORIAL ID 70738027 Eleanor T. Palmer Hoskinson 1807–1891 MEMORIAL ID 70737933
Children of Thomas and Rebecca Barnett Moorhead
Effie Jane Moorhead
Mary Moorhead
Isaac Moorhead b: 28 JAN 1828 Ruth's father
Emily Moorhead b: 30 MAR 1830
Rebecca Jane Moorhead b: 1832
Timothy Green Allen Moorhead b: 1834
Clarissa Moorhead b: 10 MAR 1837
William Wilberforce Moorhead b: 6 AUG 1839
Anna Moorhead b: 1 DEC 1841
Elizabeth Moorhead b: 20 NOV 1844
Son, Isaac Moorhead, b. January 28, 1828 at Erie, Pennsylvania d. June 4, 1881 at Eaton Rapids, Mich. Mr. Moorhead received a good academic education. Entered mercantile pursuits for a few years, but relinquished the same owing to his delicate constitution, and accepted the appointment of conductor on the Lake Shore railway, a position he filled acceptably almost twenty-eight years, with the exception of several winters, when, obtaining leave of absence, he served as transcribing clerk of the House of Representatives at Harrisburg. In the early part of the year 1880 he was appointed postmaster at Erie. Accommodating, attentive and polite, the appointment was an exceedingly popular one. The relinquishment of an active railroad life for the humdrum cares of official position, no doubt, was the primary cause of the disease of which Mr. Moorhead died, at Eaton Rapids, Mich. , whither he had gone for the restoration of his health. In historic research he was deeply interested, and the citizens of Erie are indebted to him for many pleasant reminiscences of their city, over the signature of "John Ashbough." He wrote for the Centennial year a historical review of Erie county, and was the author of the Erie county sketch in Egle's History of Pennsylvania, which contains the best and most lucid account of Perry 's battle on Lake Erie extant. In the performance of a great duty, he prepared a genealogy of his own and allied families, and few, in our State, possessed as full knowledge as he of the French occupation in western Pennsylvania. He had made this subject one of study and research, and it was confidently expected that, in due time, the results of his investigation would have been given to us.
Mr. Isaac Moorhead, married September 6, 1853 , Caroline Hoskinson the daughter of William and Eleanor Hoskinson of Erie, Pennsylvania.
Children:
Ruth Moorhead married Fred Metcalf
Maxwell-Wood
The occasional writings of Isaac Moorhead : with a sketch of his life
Erie, Pa.: A.H. Caughey, 1882, 263 pgs.
Highlights: In September, 1853, Mr. Moorhead was united in marriage with Miss Caroline Hoskinson, eldest daughter of William and Eleanor Hoskinson. Three children were born to them, the eldest of whom died in infancy. Ruth, now Mrs. Fred Metcalf, and Maxwell Wood, three to four years younger, are children of such worth and talent and dutifulness that any parents might well be proud of them. The love between the father and daughter especially, and his found admiration of her as the bright star of his home, were beautiful to be behold.
Ruth Moorhead Metcalf Bird's bio:
The occasional writings of Isaac Moorhead : with a sketch of his life
Erie, Pa.: A.H. Caughey, 1882, 263 pgs.
Highlights: In September, 1853, Mr. Moorhead was united in marriage with Miss Caroline Hoskinson, eldest daughter of William and Eleanor Hoskinson. Three children were born to them, the eldest of whom died in infancy. Ruth, now Mrs. Fred Metcalf, and Maxwell Wood, three to four years younger, are children of such worth and talent and dutifulness that any parents might well be proud of them. The love between the father and daughter especially, and his found admiration of her as the bright star of his home, were beautiful to be behold.
Ruth was married to Frederic Wilder Metcalf
Historical Newspapers Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003 Obituary New York, New York 1930
DEATHS
Bird, Ruth M.
BIRD -- Suddenly, on March 31, at Palm Beach, Fla., Ruth Moorhead, widow of George Bird. Funeral services at St. Bartholomew's Church, Park Av. and 51st St. Saturday, 10 A. M.
Frederic Wilder Metcalf is the son of Prescott Metcalf b. 25 Jan 1813 Putney, Vermont, United States d. 14 Oct 1891 who was one of thirteen children, who arrived in Erie in 1835. Frederic's father, Prescott was a prominent businessman, politician and the 8th mayor of Erie, Pennsylvania (1862-1864) and Abigail R Wilder Metcalf 1815–1891. Frederic was the grandson of Joseph Metcalf b. 24 August 1774 in Oakham, MA d. 27 January 1869 in Putney, VT MEMORIAL ID 143989811 and Sally Hutchins Metcalf (1780 - 1821) - MEMORIAL ID143989875 and his great grandfather was Sgt. Samuel Metcalf (26 April 1739 in Rutland, Massachusetts – 13 June 1785, Oakham, Massachusetts) a Continental soldier and DAR Patriot.
He attended St. Paul School Prep. School BET 1897 AND 1902
He attended Harvard (Agriculture) BET 1902 AND 1905
• Note:
FWM memorial stained glass window created by Tiffany Studios, within The Cathedral of St. Paul, 133 West Sixth Street, Erie, Erie, PA,
renovated 2002
PASSPORT APPLICATION Nov 11, 1886 I am about to travel abroad accompanied by my wife; Ruth M Metcalf, age 27 and Rebeca [Betty] Metcalf, age 6
Age 35 Stature, 5 feet 6 1/2 inches Forehead, round full Eyes, Grey Nose, Aquiline (wife and minor daughter) Mouth, Medium size Chin, ditto, not pronounced Hair, Dark brown Complexion, Fair Face, Oval
Frederic Wilder Metcalf's siblings:
Joseph P. Metcalf, (1847–1901);
Windham Wilder Metcalf, (1847–1851);
Frederick Wilder Metcalf, (d. 1890);
Nellie Metcalf, (d. 1856); and
George Ralph Metcalf, (1858–1931).
He married Ruth Moorhead Metcalf Bird b. 21 Aug 1859 d. 31 Mar 1930 New York (aged 70) MEMORIAL ID 170994906
Children Frederic Wilder Metcalf and Ruth Moorhead Metcalf Bird
1. Prescott M Metcalf b. Nov 1879 Erie City, Erie, Pennsylvania who remained single
2. Rebecca C. "Betty Metcalf, born at Erie, Pennsylvania, September 30, 1880 married Robert Dunbar Pruyn of Albany. She was married in Church of the Ascension, New York, December 15, 1903. Her death occurred 15 Oct 1943 (aged 63) Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York, USA Albany Rural Cemetery Menands, Albany County, New York, Plot: In The Robert C Pruyn Lot, Lot 1 Section 119 MEMORIAL ID 180022934 ·
Betty Metcalf Pruyn and Robert Dunbar Pruyn's children:
i. Robert Lansing Dunbar born New York City, November 5, 1904;
ii. Ruth Dunbar Pruyn born New York City, May 5, 1907 married Marshall Field 3rd
Historical Newspapers Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003 Marriage New York, New York 1903
WEDDINGS OF A DAY.
PRUYN-METCALF
The wedding of Robert Dunbar Pruyn of Albany and Miss Betty Metcalf, daughter of Mrs. George Bird, was celebrated at 3 o'clock yesterday in the Church of the Incarnation by the rector of the church, the Rev. D. William Grosvenor. Dr. Morgan Dix, who was to have taken part, was ill and not present.
The bride, who was given away by her stepfather, Mr. Bird, wore a white satin gown, embroidered in chenille and pearls and flounced with point lace. Her veil also was of lace. She wore a large diamond sunburst, the gift of the bridegroom. Her bouquet was made of valley lilies and white orchids.
The bridesmaids and the maid of honor were gowned alike in a deep cream-colored lace and pink chiffon, and wore white hats with pink plumes. All carried large clusters of shaded pink roses. Miss Minnie Metcalf of Erie, Penn., a cousin of the bride was the maid of honor, and the bridesmaids were Miss Florence Vanderbilt Twombly and Miss Frederica Vanderbilt Webb, who walked together; Miss Therese Iselin and Miss Wenionah Wetmore, who headed the bridesmaids and Miss Jessie Sloane and Miss Catharine Dix.
Mr. Pruyn's best man was his brother, Frederick Stanley Pruyn of Albany, and the users were Prescott Metcalf, Arthur S. Burden, Arthur Iselin, L. C. Clark., Jr. of New York; Barrett Wendell of Boston, Roger Kinnicutt and Richard Lawrence of Worcester, Mass., and Edwin Bowditch and Edward L. Pruyn of Albany.
A reception at the residence of the bride's parents, 202 Madison Avenue, followed the church ceremony. The house, like the church, was decorated with ferns, palms, and pink and white chrysanthemums. Mr. and Mrs. Pruyn are booked to sail for Europe after the holidays, and intend spending the Winter on the Riviera.
A number of the wedding guests came from Boston, Philadelphia, and Erie, Penn., and it was attended by nearly all of the younger members of the fashionable set of Newport and New York.
3. George Frederic Metcalf b. Erie, Pennsylvania Dec. 14, 1883-1946 married
Catherine Bell Metcalf Brinton Wills, b. 19 Oct 1880 Milwaukee WI, died Greenville, Greenville, SC Jun 1979, age 99. MEMORIAL ID 67017881 Catherine married 1) George Frederic Metcalf b. 14 DEC 1882 -1946 2) Bradford Brinton b. 26 Jun 1880 Tuscola Illinois- Feb 1936 Florida 3) Dr. Irving Wills, Surgeon, (Registered 5 June 1917, is 23, a medical student at Rush Medical, Univ of Chicago) b. 12 Feb 1894 d. 6 Sept 1967, Santa Barbara, California)
Son of George Frederic Metcalf and Catherine Bell Metcalf Brinton Wills
i. George Bird Metcalf, Sr. , Captain U.S.M.C.R. was born 29 Apr 1912 Erie, Pennsylvania and served many years in the US Navy & Marine Corps d. 24 Sept 1965, Sacramento, California. MEMORIAL ID 55613347 He married Virginia Ballinger Stoddart b. Jul 1913 Chicago d. 7 Oct 1989 married 1) Metcalf 2) Jones 24
St. Paul's Episcopal Church: Frederick Wilder Metcalf's Tiffany Memorial Window
The Cathedral of St. Paul at 133 West Sixth Street was built in 1866, and is a great example of Victorian Gothic architecture – a style of architecture to develop from the Gothic Revival movement. The congregation's first church building, a brick structure constructed by Erie masons William and James Hoskinson at a cost of $3,500, was replaced under the supervision of Reverend John Franklin Spalding. The building's architects used materials of contrasting color and texture, and emphasized vertical elements such as pointed arches, steep roofs and exceptionally tall spires (the pointed roof of a tower), all of which are characteristics of the Victorian Gothic style.
Restoration of the cathedral's stained glass windows was completed in 2002.
Among the windows preserved is the Frederick Wilder Metcalf memorial window, an authentic Tiffany stained glass window created by Tiffany Studios. Several other windows exemplify the craftsmanship of Lamb Studios of Clifton, New Jersey, the oldest continually operating stained glass studio in the United States (1857).
Contributor: Jane Riggs Curci (46846403)
BIO (Ruth Moorhead Metcalf Bird)
Ruth was the daughter of Isaac Moorhead b: 28 JAN 1828, the son of Thomas Moorhead b. 1 Sep 1803 and died 5 AUG 1859 (See Thomas' family at
https://tinyurl.com/2fj4uuhb) and Rebecca Barnett who was born 19 Feb 1806 in Hanover Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa., and died 22 FEB 1867 in Erie Co., Pa.. Rebecca was the daughter of Moses Barnett and Rebecca Green and Caroline Hoskinson Moorhead who was born 15 Jan 1832 in Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 10 Sep 1912 (aged 80) in Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA MEMORIAL ID 146653105, the daughter of William Hoskinson 1803–1891 MEMORIAL ID 70738027 Eleanor T. Palmer Hoskinson 1807–1891 MEMORIAL ID 70737933
Children of Thomas and Rebecca Barnett Moorhead
Effie Jane Moorhead
Mary Moorhead
Isaac Moorhead b: 28 JAN 1828 Ruth's father
Emily Moorhead b: 30 MAR 1830
Rebecca Jane Moorhead b: 1832
Timothy Green Allen Moorhead b: 1834
Clarissa Moorhead b: 10 MAR 1837
William Wilberforce Moorhead b: 6 AUG 1839
Anna Moorhead b: 1 DEC 1841
Elizabeth Moorhead b: 20 NOV 1844
Son, Isaac Moorhead, b. January 28, 1828 at Erie, Pennsylvania d. June 4, 1881 at Eaton Rapids, Mich. Mr. Moorhead received a good academic education. Entered mercantile pursuits for a few years, but relinquished the same owing to his delicate constitution, and accepted the appointment of conductor on the Lake Shore railway, a position he filled acceptably almost twenty-eight years, with the exception of several winters, when, obtaining leave of absence, he served as transcribing clerk of the House of Representatives at Harrisburg. In the early part of the year 1880 he was appointed postmaster at Erie. Accommodating, attentive and polite, the appointment was an exceedingly popular one. The relinquishment of an active railroad life for the humdrum cares of official position, no doubt, was the primary cause of the disease of which Mr. Moorhead died, at Eaton Rapids, Mich. , whither he had gone for the restoration of his health. In historic research he was deeply interested, and the citizens of Erie are indebted to him for many pleasant reminiscences of their city, over the signature of "John Ashbough." He wrote for the Centennial year a historical review of Erie county, and was the author of the Erie county sketch in Egle's History of Pennsylvania, which contains the best and most lucid account of Perry 's battle on Lake Erie extant. In the performance of a great duty, he prepared a genealogy of his own and allied families, and few, in our State, possessed as full knowledge as he of the French occupation in western Pennsylvania. He had made this subject one of study and research, and it was confidently expected that, in due time, the results of his investigation would have been given to us.
Mr. Isaac Moorhead, married September 6, 1853 , Caroline Hoskinson the daughter of William and Eleanor Hoskinson of Erie, Pennsylvania.
Children:
Ruth Moorhead married Fred Metcalf
Maxwell-Wood
The occasional writings of Isaac Moorhead : with a sketch of his life
Erie, Pa.: A.H. Caughey, 1882, 263 pgs.
Highlights: In September, 1853, Mr. Moorhead was united in marriage with Miss Caroline Hoskinson, eldest daughter of William and Eleanor Hoskinson. Three children were born to them, the eldest of whom died in infancy. Ruth, now Mrs. Fred Metcalf, and Maxwell Wood, three to four years younger, are children of such worth and talent and dutifulness that any parents might well be proud of them. The love between the father and daughter especially, and his found admiration of her as the bright star of his home, were beautiful to be behold.
Ruth Moorhead Metcalf Bird's bio:
The occasional writings of Isaac Moorhead : with a sketch of his life
Erie, Pa.: A.H. Caughey, 1882, 263 pgs.
Highlights: In September, 1853, Mr. Moorhead was united in marriage with Miss Caroline Hoskinson, eldest daughter of William and Eleanor Hoskinson. Three children were born to them, the eldest of whom died in infancy. Ruth, now Mrs. Fred Metcalf, and Maxwell Wood, three to four years younger, are children of such worth and talent and dutifulness that any parents might well be proud of them. The love between the father and daughter especially, and his found admiration of her as the bright star of his home, were beautiful to be behold.
Ruth was married to Frederic Wilder Metcalf
Historical Newspapers Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003 Obituary New York, New York 1930
DEATHS
Bird, Ruth M.
BIRD -- Suddenly, on March 31, at Palm Beach, Fla., Ruth Moorhead, widow of George Bird. Funeral services at St. Bartholomew's Church, Park Av. and 51st St. Saturday, 10 A. M.
He attended St. Paul School Prep. School BET 1897 AND 1902
He attended Harvard (Agriculture) BET 1902 AND 1905
• Note:
FWM memorial stained glass window created by Tiffany Studios, within The Cathedral of St. Paul, 133 West Sixth Street, Erie, Erie, PA,
renovated 2002
PASSPORT APPLICATION Nov 11, 1886 I am about to travel abroad accompanied by my wife; Ruth M Metcalf, age 27 and Rebeca [Betty] Metcalf, age 6
Age 35 Stature, 5 feet 6 1/2 inches Forehead, round full Eyes, Grey Nose, Aquiline (wife and minor daughter) Mouth, Medium size Chin, ditto, not pronounced Hair, Dark brown Complexion, Fair Face, Oval
Frederic Wilder Metcalf's siblings:
Joseph P. Metcalf, (1847–1901);
Windham Wilder Metcalf, (1847–1851);
Frederick Wilder Metcalf, (d. 1890);
Nellie Metcalf, (d. 1856); and
George Ralph Metcalf, (1858–1931).
He married Ruth Moorhead Metcalf Bird b. 21 Aug 1859 d. 31 Mar 1930 New York (aged 70) MEMORIAL ID 170994906
Children Frederic Wilder Metcalf and Ruth Moorhead Metcalf Bird
1. Prescott M Metcalf b. Nov 1879 Erie City, Erie, Pennsylvania who remained single
2. Rebecca C. "Betty Metcalf, born at Erie, Pennsylvania, September 30, 1880 married Robert Dunbar Pruyn of Albany. She was married in Church of the Ascension, New York, December 15, 1903. Her death occurred 15 Oct 1943 (aged 63) Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York, USA Albany Rural Cemetery Menands, Albany County, New York, Plot: In The Robert C Pruyn Lot, Lot 1 Section 119 MEMORIAL ID 180022934 ·
Betty Metcalf Pruyn and Robert Dunbar Pruyn's children:
i. Robert Lansing Dunbar born New York City, November 5, 1904;
ii. Ruth Dunbar Pruyn born New York City, May 5, 1907 married Marshall Field 3rd
Historical Newspapers Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003 Marriage New York, New York 1903
WEDDINGS OF A DAY.
PRUYN-METCALF
The wedding of Robert Dunbar Pruyn of Albany and Miss Betty Metcalf, daughter of Mrs. George Bird, was celebrated at 3 o'clock yesterday in the Church of the Incarnation by the rector of the church, the Rev. D. William Grosvenor. Dr. Morgan Dix, who was to have taken part, was ill and not present.
The bride, who was given away by her stepfather, Mr. Bird, wore a white satin gown, embroidered in chenille and pearls and flounced with point lace. Her veil also was of lace. She wore a large diamond sunburst, the gift of the bridegroom. Her bouquet was made of valley lilies and white orchids.
The bridesmaids and the maid of honor were gowned alike in a deep cream-colored lace and pink chiffon, and wore white hats with pink plumes. All carried large clusters of shaded pink roses. Miss Minnie Metcalf of Erie, Penn., a cousin of the bride was the maid of honor, and the bridesmaids were Miss Florence Vanderbilt Twombly and Miss Frederica Vanderbilt Webb, who walked together; Miss Therese Iselin and Miss Wenionah Wetmore, who headed the bridesmaids and Miss Jessie Sloane and Miss Catharine Dix.
Mr. Pruyn's best man was his brother, Frederick Stanley Pruyn of Albany, and the users were Prescott Metcalf, Arthur S. Burden, Arthur Iselin, L. C. Clark., Jr. of New York; Barrett Wendell of Boston, Roger Kinnicutt and Richard Lawrence of Worcester, Mass., and Edwin Bowditch and Edward L. Pruyn of Albany.
A reception at the residence of the bride's parents, 202 Madison Avenue, followed the church ceremony. The house, like the church, was decorated with ferns, palms, and pink and white chrysanthemums. Mr. and Mrs. Pruyn are booked to sail for Europe after the holidays, and intend spending the Winter on the Riviera.
A number of the wedding guests came from Boston, Philadelphia, and Erie, Penn., and it was attended by nearly all of the younger members of the fashionable set of Newport and New York.
3. George Frederic Metcalf b. Erie, Pennsylvania Dec. 14, 1883-1946 married
Catherine Bell Metcalf Brinton Wills, b. 19 Oct 1880 Milwaukee WI, died Greenville, Greenville, SC Jun 1979, age 99. MEMORIAL ID 67017881 Catherine married 1) George Frederic Metcalf b. 14 DEC 1882 -1946 2) Bradford Brinton b. 26 Jun 1880 Tuscola Illinois- Feb 1936 Florida 3) Dr. Irving Wills, Surgeon, (Registered 5 June 1917, is 23, a medical student at Rush Medical, Univ of Chicago) b. 12 Feb 1894 d. 6 Sept 1967, Santa Barbara, California)
Son of George Frederic Metcalf and Catherine Bell Metcalf Brinton Wills
i. George Bird Metcalf, Sr. , Captain U.S.M.C.R. was born 29 Apr 1912 Erie, Pennsylvania and served many years in the US Navy & Marine Corps d. 24 Sept 1965, Sacramento, California. MEMORIAL ID 55613347 He married Virginia Ballinger Stoddart b. Jul 1913 Chicago d. 7 Oct 1989 married 1) Metcalf 2) Jones 24
St. Paul's Episcopal Church: Frederick Wilder Metcalf's Tiffany Memorial Window
The Cathedral of St. Paul at 133 West Sixth Street was built in 1866, and is a great example of Victorian Gothic architecture – a style of architecture to develop from the Gothic Revival movement. The congregation's first church building, a brick structure constructed by Erie masons William and James Hoskinson at a cost of $3,500, was replaced under the supervision of Reverend John Franklin Spalding. The building's architects used materials of contrasting color and texture, and emphasized vertical elements such as pointed arches, steep roofs and exceptionally tall spires (the pointed roof of a tower), all of which are characteristics of the Victorian Gothic style.
Restoration of the cathedral's stained glass windows was completed in 2002.
Among the windows preserved is the Frederick Wilder Metcalf memorial window, an authentic Tiffany stained glass window created by Tiffany Studios. Several other windows exemplify the craftsmanship of Lamb Studios of Clifton, New Jersey, the oldest continually operating stained glass studio in the United States (1857).
Contributor: Jane Riggs Curci (46846403)
BIO (Ruth Moorhead Metcalf Bird)
Ruth was the daughter of Isaac Moorhead b: 28 JAN 1828, the son of Thomas Moorhead b. 1 Sep 1803 and died 5 AUG 1859 (See Thomas' family at
https://tinyurl.com/2fj4uuhb) and Rebecca Barnett who was born 19 Feb 1806 in Hanover Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa., and died 22 FEB 1867 in Erie Co., Pa.. Rebecca was the daughter of Moses Barnett and Rebecca Green and Caroline Hoskinson Moorhead who was born 15 Jan 1832 in Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 10 Sep 1912 (aged 80) in Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA MEMORIAL ID 146653105, the daughter of William Hoskinson 1803–1891 MEMORIAL ID 70738027 Eleanor T. Palmer Hoskinson 1807–1891 MEMORIAL ID 70737933
Children of Thomas and Rebecca Barnett Moorhead
Effie Jane Moorhead
Mary Moorhead
Isaac Moorhead b: 28 JAN 1828 Ruth's father
Emily Moorhead b: 30 MAR 1830
Rebecca Jane Moorhead b: 1832
Timothy Green Allen Moorhead b: 1834
Clarissa Moorhead b: 10 MAR 1837
William Wilberforce Moorhead b: 6 AUG 1839
Anna Moorhead b: 1 DEC 1841
Elizabeth Moorhead b: 20 NOV 1844
Son, Isaac Moorhead, b. January 28, 1828 at Erie, Pennsylvania d. June 4, 1881 at Eaton Rapids, Mich. Mr. Moorhead received a good academic education. Entered mercantile pursuits for a few years, but relinquished the same owing to his delicate constitution, and accepted the appointment of conductor on the Lake Shore railway, a position he filled acceptably almost twenty-eight years, with the exception of several winters, when, obtaining leave of absence, he served as transcribing clerk of the House of Representatives at Harrisburg. In the early part of the year 1880 he was appointed postmaster at Erie. Accommodating, attentive and polite, the appointment was an exceedingly popular one. The relinquishment of an active railroad life for the humdrum cares of official position, no doubt, was the primary cause of the disease of which Mr. Moorhead died, at Eaton Rapids, Mich. , whither he had gone for the restoration of his health. In historic research he was deeply interested, and the citizens of Erie are indebted to him for many pleasant reminiscences of their city, over the signature of "John Ashbough." He wrote for the Centennial year a historical review of Erie county, and was the author of the Erie county sketch in Egle's History of Pennsylvania, which contains the best and most lucid account of Perry 's battle on Lake Erie extant. In the performance of a great duty, he prepared a genealogy of his own and allied families, and few, in our State, possessed as full knowledge as he of the French occupation in western Pennsylvania. He had made this subject one of study and research, and it was confidently expected that, in due time, the results of his investigation would have been given to us.
Mr. Isaac Moorhead, married September 6, 1853 , Caroline Hoskinson the daughter of William and Eleanor Hoskinson of Erie, Pennsylvania.
Children:
Ruth Moorhead married Fred Metcalf
Maxwell-Wood
The occasional writings of Isaac Moorhead : with a sketch of his life
Erie, Pa.: A.H. Caughey, 1882, 263 pgs.
Highlights: In September, 1853, Mr. Moorhead was united in marriage with Miss Caroline Hoskinson, eldest daughter of William and Eleanor Hoskinson. Three children were born to them, the eldest of whom died in infancy. Ruth, now Mrs. Fred Metcalf, and Maxwell Wood, three to four years younger, are children of such worth and talent and dutifulness that any parents might well be proud of them. The love between the father and daughter especially, and his found admiration of her as the bright star of his home, were beautiful to be behold.
Ruth Moorhead Metcalf Bird's bio:
The occasional writings of Isaac Moorhead : with a sketch of his life
Erie, Pa.: A.H. Caughey, 1882, 263 pgs.
Highlights: In September, 1853, Mr. Moorhead was united in marriage with Miss Caroline Hoskinson, eldest daughter of William and Eleanor Hoskinson. Three children were born to them, the eldest of whom died in infancy. Ruth, now Mrs. Fred Metcalf, and Maxwell Wood, three to four years younger, are children of such worth and talent and dutifulness that any parents might well be proud of them. The love between the father and daughter especially, and his found admiration of her as the bright star of his home, were beautiful to be behold.
Ruth was married to Frederic Wilder Metcalf
Historical Newspapers Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003 Obituary New York, New York 1930
DEATHS
Bird, Ruth M.
BIRD -- Suddenly, on March 31, at Palm Beach, Fla., Ruth Moorhead, widow of George Bird. Funeral services at St. Bartholomew's Church, Park Av. and 51st St. Saturday, 10 A. M.
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