Margaret Ann Anstett
1856 - 1931
Artist – Easton - Margaret was born in Philadelphia, PA,
August 26, 1856 and died in Easton, PA., April 12, 1931. Buried in Easton
Cemetery. Her husband was Cassius Anstett (1850-1892). She was adopted by
Oliver and Margaret (Sassaman) Meyers. (Margaret’s sister Elizabeth, was her
biological mother)
In the 1910 Census, she is
listed as Decorator of China. In the Easton 1920 Census, as a painter/artist
and a sister-in-law to Isabel Meyers. In the 1906, 1910, 1912 Easton City
Directory, she is listed as an artist. Her obituary does not mention she was an
artist.
Gizella Biro and Gizella Biro
1877 – 1957 1911 –
1994
Photographer - Bethlehem – Gizella was born in
Hungary on August 30, 1877 and died in Bethlehem on September 25, 1957. She is
buried at Fountain Hill Cemetery, Bethlehem, PA. Gizella married Frank Biro Sr.
(1879 – 1928). He is buried in the Fountain Hill Cemetery also. Gizella arrived in the United States in 1904,
and by 1910 was married to Frank, a photographer & sculptor, also from
Hungary. Her parents were Michael Gulyassy and Apolonia Krisco, both in
Hungary. It appears after Frank’s death, Gizella took over the photography
studio, as she appears in the South Bethlehem 1930 Census as a photographer. She
appears in the 1937, 1939, 1941, 1943, 1945, 1947, 1949 Bethlehem City
Directories as a Photographer with studio. The Bethlehem 1950 Census has her
daughter, Gizella Biro, as the photographer. Gizella was born in
Bethlehem February 12, 1911 and died on February 17, 1994 in Studio City, Los
Angeles, CA. She is buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Los Angeles, CA.
Listed in the 1940 Bethlehem Census as photographer. Gizella was also a
talented violinist. Believed to be single until her death.
Rose and Bessie Brady
Artists – Easton - Bessie was born in Easton, PA @1871 and
died January 12, 1934 in Smithfield Township, Bradford County, PA. She is
buried in the Catholic Cemetery in Ulster, PA.
Rose was born @1874 and
death unknown. Their parents were Peter
(1823 – 1913) and Mary Frances (1835 – 1913) Brady. They are both buried in St.
Bernard’s Cemetery, Easton, PA.
Rose is in the 1900 &
1901 Easton City Directory listed as an artist. Bessie Brady is listed as an
artist in the 1903 & 1912 Easton City Directory.
Bessie remained single up
to her death. An obituary for her did not mention she was an artist.
Carrie Branwhite
1872 - 1955
Photographer – Easton – Carrie was born in
Pottstown, PA in 1872 and died in Allentown, PA on April 25, 1955. She is
buried in Forks Cemetery, Forks Twp., PA. She was married to Edward F.
Branwhite (1863 – 1916) who is also buried in Forks Cemetery. Her parents were
Israel Jones (1835-1891) and Wilhelmina Jones (1828 – 1900). Both are buried at
Pottstown Cemetery, Pottstown, PA. Carrie is listed in both the 1920 and 1930
Easton Census as a photographer in a studio. Her obituary does not mention she
was a photographer.
Elizabeth Davis Burrows
1862 - 1943
Artist - Bethlehem – Elizabeth was born August 12, 1862 in Mount
Airy, NJ. She died June 9, 1943 and is buried in Easton Cemetery. Her parents
were John (1831 – 1894) and Clara D. Burrows (1835 – 1915), both buried in
Easton Cemetery. She is listed in the Bethlehem 1900 as an artist. All following
censuses, she is a librarian in Bethlehem, PA. Elizabeth remained single until
her death.
Louise B. Butler
1927 -
Artist - Easton- Louise B. Butler was born November 5, 1927.
Her parents were John M. Butler (1886 -1972) and Elizabeth McBean (1897 –
1988), both are buried in Old Saint David’s Cemetery, Wayne, Delaware County,
PA. Louise’s father was Credit manager for Dixie Cup in Easton, PA. Louise is
listed in the Easton 1950 Census as sketch artist at paper cups. (Probably
Dixie Cup) She may have moved to NYC. No other information. 1945 Easton Yearbook
Grace Harriet Boyd
1911 - 1963
Artist - Bethlehem – Grace was born in
Wisconsin on March 12, 1911 and died in Bethlehem, PA on July 13, 1963. She is
buried at Nisky Hill Cemetery, Bethlehem, PA. She married Frederick Schwartz.
Her parents were William (1872 – 1933) and Gertrude (1876 – 1954) Boyd. Both
are buried at Nisky Hill Cemetery. In the 1937, 1939, 1941 Bethlehem City
Directories, she is listed as a commercial artist. In the 1940 Bethlehem Census she
is listed as a portrait artist. In Grace’s obituary, it mentions she was a well-known
area artist for her work in portrait paintings and illustrations. She had been
an instructor at the Baum Art School, Allentown.
Mollie Rathburn Cawthra
1902 – 1978
Artist – Easton
- Mollie was born in 1902 at Ohio and died in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1978.
Her parents were George Rathburn (1871 – 1950) and
Mollie St. John Taylor Rathburn (1872 -1929) The family moved back to Ohio at
some point.
Mollie married Henry Cawthra in 1927.
Mollie appears in the 1923 & 1925 Easton City
Directory as Rathburn.
Norma McFall Collmar
1863 - 1925
Photographer
– Easton - Norma was born in Martins Creek, PA on July 23, 1863 and died
February 27, 1925 in Easton, PA. She is buried in Easton Cemetery. Her husband
was Dr. Charles Collmar (1860 – 1942), marrying in 1894. She was the daughter of Isaac McFall (1838 –
1930) and Louisa (Young) McFall (1838 – 1932). All are buried in Easton
Cemetery.
In a newspaper article of her marriage in 1894, it
mentions she is a musical instructor.
Norma was not mentioned professionally as a photographer in any Census
or City Directories, leading one to believe it was a hobby for her. Her
obituary mentions her musical talents but not her photography. The Sigal Museum
in Easton, PA has a collection of her glass plates. Photograph courtesy of Sigal Museum
Mary J. Crivellaro
1922 - 1992
Artist - Easton - Mary was born in Rochester, NY on April 5,
1922 and died in Easton, PA on August 20, 1992. She is buried in Gethsemane
Cemetery, Easton, PA. Mary married Charles J. Crivellaro on August 6, 1949 in
Easton. They divorced as her tombstone and obituary has her last name as Leone.
Her parents were Emidio Leone (1896 – 1971) and Maria Luigia Ferretti (1892 –
1988) In the Easton 1950 Census, it has her listed as an artist at a publishing
co. (She is with Charles in this census.) Her yearbook senior picture mentions
her loving drawing and art. Her obituary states she was a staff artist for the
Express-Times in the 1950’s.
1942 Easton Yearbook
Annie Feit Davis
1851 - 1920
Artist – Easton
- Annie was born in Easton, PA. October 3, 1851 and died March 13, 1920 in
Bethlehem, PA. She is buried in Easton Cemetery.
Her parents were Josiah 1798 – 1879 and Lucretia Anna
Feit 1806 – 1893, both are buried in Easton Cemetery.
Annie remained single up to her death.
In the Easton 1900 and 1910 Census Annie is listed an
artist. In the 1901, 1903, 1908, 1910, 1912, 1914 and 1916 Easton City
Directory she is listed as artist, also the 1908 Northampton County Directory
and Shrope’s 1910 City Directory.
Her obituary does not mention she was an artist.
Mary Frances Dawes
1840 - 1917
Artist - Easton
- Mary was born in Easton, PA February 10, 1840 and died October 28, 1917 and
is buried in Easton Cemetery.
Her parents were Francis Yohe Dawes 1804 – 1870 and
Nancy Jane Kerr 1811 – 1891. Both are buried in Easton Cemetery.
Mary remained single up to her death.
In the Easton 1900 and 1910 Census, Mary is listed as
an artist. In the 1910 Easton City Directory it has her listed as teacher
painting. Her obituary mentions “she was an artist of rare ability, and her work
found ready sale. Many homes tell of her labor and artistic taste.”
Elise deSchweinitz
1866 - 1944
Artist - Bethlehem – Elise was born in
Boston, MA on July 29, 1866 and died in Bethlehem, PA on December 23, 1944. She
is buried in Nisky Hill Cemetery, Bethlehem, PA. On June 5, 1900, she married Robert E.
deSchweinitz (1866 – 1954). Her parents were Henri L. Jacot (1829 -1901) and
Rose Delima (1843 – 1917), all buried in Nisky Hill Cemetery. In the Bethlehem
1910 Census Elise is listed as a teacher of painting & drawing. In the
Bethlehem 1920 Census it has private studio, artist. Elise’s obituary says she
was an artist and taught at the Moravian seminary years ago. In the 1940
Bethlehem Census she and her husband are living next to artist Minnie M.
Erdman.
Frances M. Eberman
1901 - 1982
Photographer - Bethlehem – Frances was born in
Bethlehem on July 1, 1901 and died August 4, 1982 in Bethlehem. She is buried
at Nisky Hill Cemetery, Bethlehem, PA. She married Edward Eugene McColm (1899
-1998) on March 12, 1925 in Bethlehem, PA. Her parents, Edward A. Eberman (15
-1961) and Gertrude Weaver (1876 -1958) were all buried in Nisky Hill Cemetery.
In the Bethlehem 1920 Census, she is listed as a photographer. Her obituary
does not mention she was a photographer.
Edna Ethel Eckert
1924 - 2005
Photographer - Upper Nazareth – Edna was born in Nazareth, PA. on
April 5, 1924 and died at Easton Hospital on February 20, 2005. She is buried
in Fairview Cemetery, Moorestown, PA. Her parents were Peter Eckert (1894
-1964) and Katherine Koller (1893 – 1986). Both were born in Hungary and buried
at Fairview Cemetery. In the Upper Nazareth 1950 Census, Edna is listed as a
photographer. Her obituary says she worked as a color artist for Rembrandt
Studio and later for Jack & Jill. She remained single until her death.
Mary Edwards
@1859 -
Artist – Easton
- Mary was born @1859 in New York.
Mary is listed in the Easton 1880 Census as an artist
where she is a boarder at a home on N. 2nd Street in Easton, PA. No
other information.
Minnie Mae Erdman
1868 - 1951
Artist - Bethlehem - Minnie was born May
29, 1870 in Philadelphia, died February 21, 1951 on Fountain Hill. She is
buried in Fairview Cemetery, Allentown, PA. Her father was Herman (1843 – 1923)
and is also buried in Fairview Cemetery. In the Bethlehem City Directory for
1923, 1927, 1929 she is listed as an artist. She is listed in the Bethlehem
1900 census as an art teacher, Bethlehem 1910 Census as an artist, Bethlehem
Census 1920 as an artist with a studio, Bethlehem 1930 Census as a teacher of
painting, Bethlehem 1940 Census as general artist. Her death certificate lists
her as an artist. Minnie remained single until her death.
Elizabeth (Betty) Fella
1892 - 1974
Photographer - Bethlehem – Betty was born in
Romania in 1892 and died August 14, 1974 in Bethlehem, PA. She is buried at
Holy Ghost Cemetery, Bethlehem, PA. She married Oscar Fella (1868 – 1931) and
he too, is buried at Holy Ghost Cemetery. Oscar was a photographer and had a
studio in Bethlehem, PA. After his death, Betty has taken over the studio. She
is listed as a photographer in the 1937-38, 1939, 1943 Bethlehem City
Directories. She is listed as a photographer in the Bethlehem 1950 Census. Four
of their sons, Edward, Martin, Bernard, and Rudolph, all become photographers.
Her obituary says she co-founded Fella Studio Inc along with her husband. Photo is in Northampton, PA
Helen Kromer Fulmer
1893 - 1918
Photographer
– Easton - Helen was born April 15, 1893 in Easton, PA. and died October 7,
1918 in Easton, PA. She is buried in Easton Cemetery. Her parents were Harry E.
Kromer (1868 – 1936) and Mary A. (1873 – 1961), also buried in Easton Cemetery.
She married Edward Roy Fulmer (1888- 1962) on October
12, 1915.
Helen is listed in the 1910 Easton City Directory as a
photographer. In the Easton 1910 Census, she is listed as a photographer. Her
obituary does not mention she was a photographer.
Marjorie Wesley Furry
1920 - 1969
Artist - Easton – Marjorie was born in
Easton March 15, 1920 and died October 21, 1969. She is buried at Buckingham
Friends Cemetery, Lahaska, PA. On June 6, 1942, she married Cato Christiansen.
Divorced and married Francis O’Connell on May 12, 1951 in Fairfax, Virginia.
Her parents were Edgar (1889 -1975) and Marjorie (1889 – 1971) Furry. Both are
buried in the Easton Cemetery, Easton, PA. In the Easton 1940 Census, Marjorie
is listed as an artist (possibly at Woolworth’s). No other information
Jeanette Gipson
1885 - 1967
Artist -Bethlehem – Jeanette was born in
Nebraska April 23, 1885 and died February 19, 1967 in Bethlehem, PA. It is
assumed she was cremated and buried at Canyon Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, Idaho.
She married Lawrence Gipson (1880 – 1971) October 8, 1909 in Idaho. Lawrence
was a professor at Lehigh University. Also buried at Canyon Hill Cemetery.
Jeanette’s parents were David A. Reed (1853- 1903) and Lucy (Nellie) Ellen
Dungan. Jeanette is in the Bethlehem City Directory as a commercial artist. In
the Bethlehem 1940 Census, she is listed as portrait artist. In the 1925
Allentown Morning Call, Jeanette is mentioned as having paintings at an Art
Exhibit for the Bach Festival. Her obituary says she went to the Art Institute
of Chicago. Also, she was a landscape painter and had art studios in New York
and in the Dodson Building in Bethlehem.
Eva Gitschier
1910 - 1955
Photographer -Bethlehem – Eva was born September 3, 1910 and died
April 2, 1955 in Bethlehem, PA. She is buried in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Bath,
PA. On July 6, 1940, she married Joseph Shunk (1910 – 1971), buried at Sacred
Heart Cemetery. Eva’s parents were Herman Gitschier (1888 -1950) and Mabel
Wenner (1890 – 1960), both buried in Holy Ghost Cemetery, Bethlehem, PA. In the
1930 Bethlehem Census, Eva is listed as a photographer, and the same for the
Bethlehem 1940 Census. On her marriage license it states she was a photographer.
Anne Goodman
1904 - 2004
Artist -Bethlehem – Anne was born May 8, 1904 in Newark, NJ
and died January 20, 2004 in Palm Beach, Fla. Her husband was David Goodman
(1889 – 1964), buried in the Keneseth Israel Cemetery, Allentown, PA. She
is in the Allentown Morning Call, July 1, 1941, as being selected to have her painting, “The
Model” in the Art Institute of Chicago, among other institutes. Anne is
listed in the Bethlehem City Directories in 1941, 1943, 1945, 1947, 1949 as an
artist.
Anna Elizabeth Ruppert
Gross
1847 - 1926
Artist – Easton
- Anna was born in Germany in February 17, 1847 and died in Easton on December
29, 1926. She is buried in Easton Cemetery.
Her parents were Carl Ruppert and Elizabeth Heppe.
Unknown.
Anna was married to Frank Gross, born @1846 in
Germany.
In the Easton 1910 Census, it has Anna listed as
artist (fancy work) and the 1910 Shrope’s City Directory. Her obituary did not
mention she was an artist.
Anna Haffeli
1893 - 1994
Photographer -Easton – Anna was born in Bucks County, PA on
October 11, 1893 and died in Westfield, NJ, on February 23, 1994. She is buried
at the Saint John the Baptist Roman Catholic Cemetery in Haytock Township,
Bucks County. On November 3, 1923, she married Edward Haffeli at St. John the
Baptist Church. Anna’s parents were Charles Kresch (1860 -1923) and Theresa
Schwar (1866 – 1939). Both are buried at the Saint John the Baptist Roman
Catholic Cemetery. In the Easton 1940 Census, Anna is listed as a photographer.
Her obituary says she was a photographer, last employed by Rembrandt Studio in
Easton, PA. Anna lived to be 100 years old.
Lydia Marion Heisler
1869- 1945
Photographer - Bangor - Lydia was born August 13,
1869 and died in Philadelphia on June 14, 1945. She is buried in the Odd Fellow
Cemetery in Tamaqua, PA. Her first husband was James A. Heisler, married
October 13, 1892 in Tamaqua, PA. Her second husband was Maurice Rasener (1871
-1947). Her parents were David Burkey (1838 – 1924) and Sarah Eisenhuth (1838 –
1920), both buried in the Odd Fellow Cemetery, Tamaqua, PA. Lydia was in the Bangor 1900 Census and 1910
Census as owning a photography studio. In no other census is she listed as a
photographer.
Sarah Hertzog
1852 - 1934
Photographer -Nazareth - Sarah was born July 6,
1852 and died June 6, 1934. Sarah is buried at the Greenwood Cemetery in
Nazareth, PA. Her husband was Isaac Hertzog (1857 – 1940), well known photographer
in Nazareth, PA. Her parents were Peter Young (1827 – 1909) and Eliza Hermer
(1824 – 1917). All buried in Greenwood Cemetery. Sarah is listed in the
Nazareth 1900 Census as a photographer.
Kate B. Higgins
1858 - 1935
Artist/ Photographer – Easton - Kate was born in Easton, PA. 1858 and died February 2, 1935
in Phillipsburg, NJ. She is buried in Easton Cemetery. Her parents were Samuel
(1826 – 1908) and Gertrude Higgins (1827 – 1909). Both are buried in Easton
Cemetery.
Kate remained single up to her death.
Listed in 1887 (classifies), 1894, 1896 (portrait
studio in the Field bldg., 4th floor), 1898, 1900, 1901, 1903, 1906,
1912, 1918 Easton City Directories as an artist. In the 1920, 1925 Easton City
Directory she is listed as photographer. In her obituary, it mentions, “an
artist, conducted studios in Easton and in Phillipsburg for many years.”
Annie Hively
1873 - 1957
Artist – Easton
- Annie was born in Easton, PA December 28, 1873 and died July 14, 1957. She is
buried in Hay Cemetery, Easton, PA.
Her parents were John Hively 1852 – 1927 and Mary
Catherine Riehl 1846 – 1914. Both are buried in Hay Cemetery, Easton, PA.
Annie remained single up to her death.
The 1908, 1910, 1916, 1920, 1923, 1927 Easton City
Directory, the 1908 County Directory and Shrope’s 1910 City Directory, she is
listed as an artist. The Easton 1910 Census lists her as an artist, the Easton 1920
Census lists Annie as an artist and painter of china, the Easton 1930 Census
has her as a commercial artist, the Easton 1940 Census has her as a painting
teacher, the Easton 1950 Census has Annie as a Proprietor artist, and her Death
Certificate has her as retired art teacher. Her obituary mentions she was a
retired art teacher.
Irene Hughes
1904 – 1997
Photographer - Bethlehem – Irene was born in Wales on December 19,
1904 and died September 16, 1997 in Bethlehem, PA. Her parents were William
(1873 – 1967) & Charlotte (1874 – 1950) Hughes, both buried at the Memorial
Park Cemetery, Bethlehem, PA. In the Bethlehem 1930 Census, she is listed as a
photographer, the Bethlehem 1950 Census she is a freelance photographer. Her
obituary says she was a photographer at the former Anthony’s Photo in
Bethlehem, and then in 1958, became owner until her retirement in 1973. Irene
remained single up to her death.
Marilyn O. Hunt
1930 – 2018
Photographer - Bangor – Marilyn was born in
Bangor, PA on February 17, 1930 and died in Easton, PA on January 6, 2018. She
is buried in Riverview Cemetery, Portland, PA. Her parents were Albert Hunt
(1903 – 1976) and Amelia Owens (1908- 1993). Both are buried in Riverview
Cemetery. She is a photographer’s assistant in the Bangor 1950 Census. In the
Bangor 1948 Yearbook, it mentions she would like to be in the photography
field, also her obituary states she was an artist for Apollo Photography
Studio. 1948 Bangor PA
High school Yearbook
Catherine Janvier
1841 - 1922
Artist
& Writer -Bethlehem
– Catharine was born in Philadelphia, PA on May 1, 1841 and died in Moorestown,
NJ on July 19, 1922. Burial unknown. She was married to Thomas Janvier (1849 –
1913) on September 26, 1877 in Philadelphia, PA. Her parents were Henry Drinker
(1808 – 1857) and Susannah Shober (1823 – 1858). In 1875, Catherine painted
James Madison (below) and the city of Philadelphia purchased it for
Independence Hall. In the 1910 Manhattan NY Census she and her husband are
listed as literary authors. In the Bethlehem 1920 Census, she is widowed and
living with her brother and listed as artist and writer. Thomas Allibone and
Catherine Ann Drinker Janvier papers are in the New York Public Library
Archives.
Kathryn Oxford Lachner
1912 – 1994
Artist – Bangor – Kathryn was born in Bangor on January 29,
1912 and died September 18, 1994 in Doylestown, PA. She is buried in St. John’s
Cemetery, Bangor, PA. Kathryn married Egon Lachner (1908 – 1978) on July 5,
1951 in Bangor, PA. Her parents were Max Oxford (1876 – 1954) and Lottie
Scheler (1886 – 1973). All are buried in St. John’s Cemetery. Kathryn received
a bachelor's degree in art from Kutztown University in 1933 and earned a
master's degree in art education from Penn State University. She then studied
under Hobson Pittman, John J. Soble and John Chetcut in New York City and
Rockport, Mass. She last taught adult painting classes in Madison, N.J. Before
that, she was a teacher and the supervisor of the art department at Bangor High
School for 12 years. Kathryn is in the Bangor 1940 and 1950 Census as an art
teacher in a High School.
Kate Elizabeth Laepple
1925 - 2005
Photographer and Writer - Bethlehem –
Kate Elizabeth was born April 5, 1925 and died May 13, 2005. She may be buried
at the Memorial Park Cemetery in Bethlehem, as her husband Edward Laepple (1921 -1991) is buried there. Her parents were
Allen (1884 -1954) and Mary (1890 -1967) Zoll are buried at Memorial Park
Cemetery. In the Bethlehem 1950 Census, Kate is listed as a photographer at a
newspaper. She was a graduate of Liberty
High School and Beaver College where she earned a degree in Journalism. She
worked as the editor of the Morning Call and retired after 40 years of service.
Kate was an award-winning reporter for the Allentown Morning Call.
Lena Lenhart
1874 - 1952
Photographer - Northampton - Lena was born
September 23, 1874 in Allentown, PA and died in the same city on February 15,
1952. She is buried in Fairview Cemetery, Allentown, PA. She married Thomas
Lenhart (1862 – 1930), also a photographer. Her parents were Franklin (1835 –
1918) and Anna Martha (1841 – 1898) Schwentzer. All are buried at Fairview
Cemetery in Allentown, PA. Lena is listed as a photographer in the Northampton
Boro 1910 and 1940 Census. In the Allentown 1900 census, she is a bookkeeper
for a photographer.
Rosemary MaCaa
1907 - 1993
Photographer
- Bethlehem – Rose
was born June 22, 1907 and died March 8, 1993. She is buried in Holy Savior
Cemetery, Bethlehem, PA. Her parents were William McCaa (1875 -1935) and Mary
Boyle (1874 – 1945), both buried at Holy Savior Cemetery. Her father was a
well-known photographer in Bethlehem, PA. Rosemary is listed as a photographer
in the Bethlehem 1950 Census. Her obituary does not mention she was a
photographer.
Valeria Markle
1881 - 1937
Photographer
- Valeria was born January 17, 1881 and died in Pittsburgh, PA on July 31,
1937.
She is buried in Hay’s Cemetery, Easton, PA. Her
husband was unknown Mossman. Her parents were Oliver Markle (1850 -1921) and
Emma Mary (1850 -1931). Both are buried in Hay Cemetery, Easton, PA.
Valeria is listed in the 1908 & 1910 Easton City
Directory and the 1908 Northampton County Directory as a photographer.
Her obituary does not mention being a photographer.
Helen McCartney
1851 - 1928
Artist - Helen
was born September 18, 1851 and died at the Karlton Hotel in Easton, PA. on
November 17, 1928. She was taken to Cheltan Hills Crematory in Philadelphia;
PA. and her ashes were buried in Easton Cemetery.
Her parents were Washington McCartney 1812 – 1856 and
Mary Maxwell 1813 – 1893, both buried in Easton Cemetery.
Her mother was local artist, Mary Maxwell McCartney. (See
next)
She is listed as an artist on her Death Certificate.
In her obituary, it is mentioned she was an artist, teacher, traveler, and
lecturer. Before her death, she had given an exhibition of her paintings at
Kahn’s. (Art store)
Mary Elizabeth Maxwell
McCartney
1813 - 1893
Artist – Easton
- Mary born in Flemington, New Jersey– April 24, 1813 and died in Easton, PA December
25, 1893, buried in Easton Cemetery.
Daughter of William Maxwell 1785 – 1828, buried
Flemington Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Flemington. NJ and Sarah Dusenbery
unknown, buried in same.
Mary Elizabeth married Washington McCartney in April
18, 1839 at the Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, PA.
Washington was born 1812 in Westmoreland County, PA.
He was a math Professor at Lafayette College and Judge. He died in 1856.
Mary and Washington had four children. Isabel died
young, Anna, Henry and Helen. In no Census is Mary listed as an artist.
However, her daughter Helen McCartney is listed as an artist on her Death
Certificate in 1928.
The Sigal Museum has many of her watercolors. Water
color courtesy of Sigal Museum
Ella McLellen
1843 - 1928
Artist – Easton
- Ella was born March 23, 1843 in Hohokus, New Jersey and died in Easton, PA on
April 21, 1928. She is buried in Easton Cemetery.
Charles McLellen(1840 – 1915) was her husband and also
buried at Easton Cemetery. Her parents
were James (@1811- 1865) and Julia Martin (1821- 1906). Julia died in Easton,
PA and was buried in Easton Cemetery.
Ella is listed in the 1894, 1896, 1898, 1900, 1901
Easton City Directory as an artist. Also, the 1897 County Directory.
Her obituary does not mention she was an artist.
Isabel Meyers
1861 - 1943
Artist – Easton
- Isabel was born in Easton, PA on October 7, 1861 and died in Easton, PA. on
December 19, 1943. She is buried in Easton Cemetery. She was Judge Oliver H.
Meyers (1827 – 1907) second wife. Her parents were Edmund Heckman (1836 – 1925)
and Sarah (1840 -1918) All are buried in the Easton Cemetery.
In the 1920 Census she is listed as a painter/artist
and a sister-in-law to Margaret Anstett. (She is Margaret’s stepmother) She
listed as an artist in the Easton 1910 Directory.
Her obituary does not mention she was an artist.
Margaret Mitchell
Artist –
Easton - Margaret is listed in the 1920 & 1923 Easton City Directory. Her
mother was Margaret Mitchell living at 41 South 2nd St. in 1920 and
119 N.2nd. St. in 1923.
No other information.
Margaret Monahan
1884 - 1914
Artist –
Easton - Margaret was born in Easton, PA. July 1884 and died July 19, 1914. She
is buried in St. Bernard’s Churchyard in Easton, PA.
Her parents were Peter Bernard Monahan 1838 – 1910 and
Marcella @1846 – 1927, both are buried in St. Bernard’s Churchyard in Easton,
PA
Margaret remained single up to her death.
The 1910 Census, 1910, 1912 Easton City Directory,
1909 County Directory, and her Death Certificate has Margaret listed as an
artist. Margaret drowned tragically, by car, in the Delaware Canal. Her
obituary mentioned, “an artist of considerable ability.”
Hazel V. Oliver
1884- 1964
Artist – Easton
- Hazel was born @1884 and died in Manhattan, NY in 1964. She is buried at
Easton Cemetery. Her parents were Samuel (1859 – 1937) and Frances (1862 –
1929). Both are buried at Easton Cemetery.
Hazel married John William Stevens (1881- 1929),
buried at Easton Cemetery.
Hazel is listed in 1903 and 1906 Easton City Directory
as an artist.
Miss Corda Price
Artist – Easton
- Corda is listed in the 1920 Easton City Directory as an artist. She was
living at 1002 Wilkes Barre St. in South Easton. There is no other information.
Alice Purcel
Artist - Bethlehem – Alice was born between
1883 – 1891 in Pennsylvania. She is listed in the Bethlehem 1920 Census as an
artist. No other information.
Geraldine (Jerry) Quier
1909 - 1997
Artist - Bethlehem – Geraldine was born on
May 4, 1909 in Bethlehem, PA and died March 29, 1997 in Bethlehem, PA. She is
buried at Memorial Park Cemetery, Bethlehem, PA. Her parents were Allen (1866 –
1942) and Sarah (1870 – 1951) Quier. They are buried in Fairview Cemetery,
Bethlehem, PA. Geraldine is listed in the Bethlehem 1929, 1937-38, 1941 Bethlehem
City Directory City as an artist. In the Bethlehem 1939 City Directory, she is
listed as a portrait artist. In the Bethlehem 1940 Census she is an instructor
of government art project. In the 1950 Bethlehem Census, she is teaching art in
her home. Her obituary says she was an artist. She was a member of the World’s
Who’s Who of American Women.
"Jerry Quier attended the
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and specialized in landscapes and still
lives, both of which garnered awards and commanded handsome prices." She
also learned to paint at The Baum School and started Bethlehem Palette Club
with 8 other women. Geraldine "Jerry" Quier was a true art citizen.
The Bethlehem native died at 88 in 1997, and students and colleagues still
remember her as a beloved teacher, a passionate founder of the Bethlehem
Palette Club, a steward of Lehigh Valley landscapes. Her generous, curious
spirit animates a fine solo exhibit of 104 works she bequeathed to the Baum
School of Art. She started painting at age 11. After attending the Walter
Emerson Baum Art School (now Baum Art School at the Allentown Art Museum), and
studying with such artists as Emil Gehaar, Alexander Finta and Robert Joy, as
well as attending the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Chester Springs,
Chester County, she established her Gallery Studio. It's located to the rear of
her home, where she has lived all her life. "Numerous awards both locally
and in New York, Philadelphia and Florida;
paintings in private collections at Woodmere Museum in Philadelphia, Vanity
Fair Industries in Reading, Pennsylvania Petroleum Industries at Titusville in
Crawford County and Lehigh University. "She also holds membership in
several art groups including the National Association of Women Artists and The
Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, both in New York; charter memberships in
the Lehigh Art Alliance, the Bethlehem Palette Club and the Bethlehem Fine Arts
Commission, and listings in the 1970 "Who's Who of Women" and in the
1974 "World Who's Who of Women."
Elizabeth E. Roebuck
1875 - 1937
Artist - Bethlehem – Elizabeth was born in
Lebanon, PA on March 28, 1875 and died in Bethlehem, PA on November 2, 1937.
She was buried in Nisky Hill Cemetery, Bethlehem, PA. Her husband was Wilbur L.
King (1871 – 1963). Her parents were Dr. John Roebuck (1840 – 1916) and Clara
Detweiler (1847 – 1910), all buried in Nisky Hill Cemetery. In the Bethlehem
1900 Census she is listed as a botanist painter. In the 1910 Bethlehem Census
she is an artist of China Painting. Elizabeth’s marriage license to Wilbur on
October 18, 1916, has her as China painting and teacher of painting, for her
occupation.
Laura Schneider
1859 - 1932
Artist – Easton
- Laura was born in Pottsville, PA January 22, 1859 and died in Easton, PA
June 19, 1932, buried in Easton Heights Cemetery.
Daughter of Elias Schneider @ 1821 and Eliza Wise @
1821.
Laura remained single up to her death.
Laura is listed as an artist in the following
census’s: 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930. Also, she is listed as an artist in
the 1892, 1894, 1901, 1903, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1910, 1916, 1920, 1927 Easton
City Directory, the 1908 Northampton County Directory and the 1910 Shrope’s
City Directory.
When it was discovered that Independence Hall in
Philadelphia did not have a portrait of George Taylor, signer of the
Declaration of Independence, the city of Easton had one painted and then donated
it to Independence Hall. Laura was hired
to do the portrait. Years later, the Easton Rotary Club commissioned her to do
the same portrait and it was donated to the Easton Area Public Library. Today,
it is in the Marx Historical Room. Laura also painted a portrait of Abraham
Shirmer Knecht, a lawyer in Easton, PA. Her obituary mentions she is an artist.
Elizabeth Seidel
1913 - 2001
Artist – Easton
- Elizabeth or Betty was born June 1, 1913 and died July 18, 2001. She is
buried at Cedar Hill Memorial Park in Allentown, PA. Her companion at one time
was William L. Way (1900 – 1992), buried with her. Elizabeth’s parents were
Harry Seidel (1877 – 1958) and Helen Trankley (1889 – 1973). Both are buried at
Cedar Hill Memorial Park. Betty is listed in the Northampton, PA 1950 Census asan artist with a studio.
Her obituary says she had a gift shop and museum in Cherryville, PA.
Mary Elizabeth Sharpless
1856 - 1945
Artist – Easton
- Mary Elizabeth (Bishop) was born 1856 in Ohio and died April 22, 1945 in
Metuchen, NJ. She is buried in Stewartsville Lutheran Cemetery, Stewartsville,
NJ. Mary E. was married to Sharpless and on November 5, 1912, she later married
Charles T. Scott. Mary is listed as an artist in the 1912 Easton City
Directory, the 1910 Shrope’s City Directory and the Easton 1910 Census. Her obituary does not mention she was an artist.
Mrs. Kate Sherry
@1865 -
Artist -Easton
- Mrs. Kate Sherry was born @1865. In the 1920 Census she is listed as an
artist and widowed, living on Sitgreaves St. She is listed in the 1887 Easton City Directory. No more information on
her.
Anna Emily Tilton
1908 - 1989
Photographer - Easton – Anna was born in Easton, PA
on December 18, 1908 and died August 13, 1989. She is buried in Hay Cemetery,
Easton, PA. Anna married Stewart Seifert (1894 – 1964), who is buried in Durham
Cemetery, Bucks County, PA. Anna’s parents were James Paul Tilton (1874 – 1917)
and Edith Apgar (1876 – 1957), both are buried in Hay Cemetery. In the Easton
1930 Census, she is listed as assistant photographer. Her soon to be husband,
Stewart is listed as a photographer in the 1930 Easton City Directory.
Mary Louise Weiss
1857 -
Artist -Bethlehem - Mary was born @1857 to Louisa Lentz (@1835
– 1901) Mary married William Henry Weiss in Bethlehem on April 17, 1879. She is
listed in the 1910 Bethlehem Census as a Landscape artist, along with her son,
William. By 1920, the family is living in Essex, MA, and only her son is listed
as Landscape artist.
Bernice Delmar West
1906 - 1987Artist
– Easton – Bernice was born in New York on April 26, 1906 and died in New York
on October 14, 1987. She is buried at Ferncliff Cemetery & Mausoleum in
Chester County, NY. Bernice first married Charles Gratz MD in 1930, later
divorced. She then married Robert A. Beyers (1904 – 1962) in 1940. He is buried
at Ferncliff Cemetery. Bernice’s parents were Erastus West (1875 – 1944) and
Bessie Palmer (1880 – 1962), both buried at same cemetery. In the Easton 1930
Census, she is living with her parents and is listed as artist/sculptor.
Bernice is listed in Central to Their
Lives: Southern Women Artists in the Johnson Collection,
of The Johnson Collection. She is listed as “Beyers, Bernice Delmar West”.
Also, she is in the Smithsonian Archives of American Art; Bernice West
Beyers papers, 1912-1987. Photo from Smithsonian Archives
Caroline (Carrie) Louisa
Bixler Wilson
1841 - 1924
Artist - Carrie
was born in Easton, PA. October 3, 1841 and died in Easton, PA July 7, 1924,
buried in Easton Cemetery.
Daughter of Daniel Lewis Bixler 1810 – 1892, buried in
Easton Cemetery and Eloise Amelia Douglas 1813-1890, buried in same.
Carrie married Lorenzo Wilson in June 27, 1877 at the
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Easton, PA.
Lorenzo was born 1846 and died 1899, buried in Easton
Cemetery.
In the 1880 Census she is married to Lorenzo and
Carrie is listed as an artist.
The Easton Area Public Library has a painting done by
Caroline. It is a grand painting of the Paxinosa Inn, overlooking Easton, PA.