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Isaac Seymour Averell

Male 1850 - 1909  (59 years)


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  1. 1.  Isaac Seymour Averell was born 21 Jun 1850, Ogdensburg, NY; died 25 Oct 1909, San Francisco, CA.

    Notes:

    Emily Sibley Watson's first husband

    Isaac married Emily Sibley 27 Apr 1876, Rochester, New York; divorced ca. 1891, California. Emily (daughter of Hiram Sibley and Elizabeth Maria Tinker) was born 10 May 1855; died 8 Feb 1945. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. Elizabeth Louise Averell  Descendancy chart to this point was born 25 Jan 1877, Nice, France; died 2 Apr 1886, Rochester, NY.
    2. 3. James George Averell  Descendancy chart to this point was born 23 Dec 1877, Rochester, NY; died 20 Nov 1904, Rochester, NY.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Elizabeth Louise Averell Descendancy chart to this point (1.Isaac1) was born 25 Jan 1877, Nice, France; died 2 Apr 1886, Rochester, NY.

  2. 3.  James George AverellJames George Averell Descendancy chart to this point (1.Isaac1) was born 23 Dec 1877, Rochester, NY; died 20 Nov 1904, Rochester, NY.

    Notes:

    Emily Sibley Watson’s son by her first marriage. J.G., as he was called, was a promising architect when he died from typhoid at age 26. From an early age, J.G. accompanied his mother on her travels in the United States and Europe and he participated in the 1893 Trip Along the Nile. He was educated at the Fort Hill School in Rochester, St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, and Harvard College. Throughout, he studied violin, including under the tutelage of Rochester orchestral leader Herman Dossenbach, and performed with various musical groups.

    Following graduation in 1899, he returned to Rochester and worked intermittently in the architectural firm of Bragdon and Hillman. A course of advanced study in architecture at Harvard was followed by a European tour and then a position with Herbert D. Hale's Boston-based architecture firm.

    After his death, J.G.'s architecture books were given by his mother, Emily Sibley Watson, to Claude Bragdon. In 1913, Emily Sibley Watson donated the Memorial Art Gallery to the University of Rochester in his memory. His newly-acquired collection of prints formed the beginnings of the print collection at the Memorial Art Gallery.

    May Bragdon, Claude's sister, writes about his death in her diary entry of November 21, 1904, page 138 of February 26, 1904-June 8, 1905: "Very much shocked to hear of the death of "J.G." Averell yesterday, of typhoid fever, at his Mother's, Mrs. Watson's. He was such a fine strong handsome, athletic such fellow and just boning down to his architecture after a year abroad - with everything before him - it does seem such a pity!"

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