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Note for: Sarah Romelia Stevens, 10 OCT 1830 -
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Individual Note: THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: Sarah Romelia Stevens; Born: 10 Oct 1830, Delaware Co., New York
FOLKS WE KNEW WHILE IN THE K.U. by Marie McCready: Romelia Stevens--"Was very fond of green tea; often made it and brought cups to Mamma and Lovelle, who says it is still her favorite kind of tea."
1900 U. S. Federal Census; Calument Township; Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Film Roll No. 285; Page No. 285; SD No. 1; ED No. 986; Sheet No. 12; Ward of City: 31; Enumeration Date: 13 June 1900; Enumerator: Ernest E. Ellington; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff, 24 May 1999; Koreshan Unity:: Romelia Stevens; Residence: 99th Street; Dwelling 133; Relation to head of family; Boarder; Color, white; Sex, female; Month of birth: January; Year of birth: 1827; Age at last birthday: 72; Married: Number of years married: 1*; Mother of how many children: 0; Number of these children living: 0; Place of birth: New York; Place of birth of father: Ohio; Place of birth of mother: New Jersey; Occupation: Nothing listed; Can read, yes; Can write, yes; Can speak English, yes. (*Except for 5 married residents, all married residents living in this dwelling listed their number of years married as 1.)
U.S. Federal Census/Estero/Lee County/Florida--1910; Koreshan Unity; Enumeration Date: 25 Apr 1910; Enumerator: Walter S. Turner, Jr.; Microfilm No.: Fl 1910-H T624; ED: 80; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff, January 1995: Sarah R. Stephens; Sex: Female; Race: white; Age 79; Marital status: Widow; Mother of 2 children; Number of children living: 0; Place of birth: New York; Place of birth of father: New York; Place of birth of mother: Massachusetts; Language spoken: English; Occupation: None; No. of months not employed: 0; Can read and write: yes.
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Note for: Ward Stockham, -
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Individual Note: THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: Ward Stockham
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Note for: Edith Stiles, -
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Individual Note: THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: Edith Stiles
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Note for: Margaret McCready, ABT 1886 - ABT 1892
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Individual Note: MEMORIES, MEMORIES--DAYS OF LONG AGO chronicled by Marie McCready with participation by Lovelle McCready: "The only event in her (mother, Abigail McCready) life that ever seemed too much for her was the death of little Margaret when six and a half. I was just three months past four when she died but have several recollections of her, the most vivid being of her long golden hair. It was not curly but Mamma always braided it into two braids and then combed it out for dress up occasions such as going to Sunday School, and I still remember the way the sunlight glinted on it. We had both an inside and an outside entrance to the cellar, the outside one having a door which slanted upward. We youngsters loved to run across it and the Sunday before her death were engaged in this pastime when Margaret slipped and fell, and immediately complained that her back hurt. There was no doctor in our village so the next day, when it seemed worse, they brought a doctor from the next town, but she lived only a few days."
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Note for: Mary Esther Stotler, 23 OCT 1852 - 7 AUG 1932
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Occupation: Seamstress
Event: Estero, Lee, Florida
Type: Census/1900
Date: 27 JUN 1900
Event: Estero, Lee, Florida
Type: Census/1910
Date: 23 APR 1910
Event: Estero, Lee, Florida
Type: Census/1920
Date: 2 JAN 1920
Event: Played Piano
Type: Orchestra
Burial: Date: AUG 1932
Place: Estero, Lee, Florida
Individual Note: THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: Mary Esther Stotler; Born: 23 Oct 1852; Died: 7 Aug 1932
FOLKS WE KNEW WHILE IN THE K.U. by Marie McCready: Esther Stotler--"Came from Pittsburgh after the death of her husband; a first cousin of Andrew Mellon; taught dancing to the girls, and was pianist in the orchestra when first organized."
Burial: Koreshan Unity Cemetery--lot 6; Inscription: Esther Stotler/1852-Aug. 1932.
U.S. Federal Census/Estero/Lee County/Florida--1900; Koreshan Community; Enumeration date: 27 Jun 1900; Enumerator: A. A. Gardner; Precinct 6; Microfilm number: 1240172; SD: 2; ED: 77; Sheet number: 16; Page number: 26: Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff: Mary E. Stotlar; Relation to head of family: partner; Color: white; Sex: female; Birth: Oct 1852; Age 47; Widow; Mother of 0 children; Place of birth: Pennsylvania; Place of birth of father: Connecticut; Place of birth of mother: Pennsylvania; Occupation: assistant; Can read and write: yes; Can speak English: yes.
U.S. Federal Census/Estero/Lee County/Florida--1910; Enumeration date: 23 Apr 1910; Koreshan Unity; Enumerator: Walter S. Turner, Jr.; Microfilm number: Fl 1910-H T624; ED: 80; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff, 4 Jan 1995: Mary E. Stotler; Sex: Female; Race: white; Age 57; Marital status: Widow; Place of birth: Pennsylvania; Place of birth of father: Connecticut; Place of birth of mother: Pennsylvania; Language spoken: English; Occupation: Seamstress; Employer or worker: worker; No. of months not employed: 0; Can read and write: yes.
U.S. Federal Census/Estero/Lee County/Florida--1920; Enumeration date: Jan 2, 1920; Enumerator: Henry D. Silverfriend; ED: 109; SD: 1; Fourth Precinct; Microfilm roll number: 1820221; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff, December 1994: Mary Esther Stotler; Place of residence: Planetary Court; Relation to head of family: Boarder; Age 67; Widow; Place of birth: Pennsylvania; Place of birth of father: Connecticut; Place of birth of mother: Pennsylvania; Occupation: Seamstress/K.U. Home.
U.S. Federal 1930 Census; Estero, Lee County, Florida; Election Precinct 12; Koreshan Unity Home; Enumerated on May 5, 1930; Enumerator: William Howell; ED: 36-17; SD: 6; Page: 199; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff, January 2003: Mary B. (?) Stotler; Radio set: none listed; Sex: female; Color: white; Age at last birthday: 77; Marital condition: Widow; Age at first marriage: 22; Attended school since Sep 1, 1929: no; Whether able to read and write: yes; Place of birth: Pennsylvania: Place of birth of father: Connecticut; Place of birth of mother: Connecticut; Whether able to speak English: yes; Occupation: House Keeper; Industry: General work; Whether actually at work yesterday or the last working day: Yes.
MEMORIES, MEMORIES--DAYS OF LONG AGO chronicled by Marie McCready with participation by Lovelle McCready: Esther Stotler, a Pittsburgher and first cousin of Andrew Mellon, gave the girls dancing lessons.--page 76. Esther Stotler played the piano.--Page 78.
THE FLAMING SWORD: Community Current Events, Sep 1932: "It is with sorrow that we report the passing of Sister Esther Stotler early Sunday morning, August 7. Sister Esther became a member of the Unity in Chicago in 1893. The following year she came to Estero with the first large party to settle here, remaining here at the Unity up to the time of her death. As the result of a fall, Sister Esther had her hip broken some four and a half years ago and was an invalid since that accident, being confined to her room a greater part of the time. A few days before her passing, she took suddenly ill and grew steadily worse. Sister Esther is survived by her sister, Mrs. Henry Preston, of Los Angeles, California. She was a cousin of Andrew D. Mellon, late secretary of the United States Treasury. She was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in October 1852. She married Emanuel Stotler, going to Kansas City, where she lived until Mr. Stotler's death about eight years later. She returned to Pittsburgh and subsequently became interested in the teachings of KORESH. Sister Esther's services to the cause were invaluable and will be long remembered."