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Zilpha Louise Atkinson

Female 1833 - 1868  (34 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Zilpha Louise Atkinson was born 7 Dec 1833; died 16 Jun 1868.

    Notes:

    Emily Sibley Watson's older sister

    Zilpha married Hobart Ford Atkinson 12 Oct 1854, Rochester, New York. Hobart (son of William Atkinson and Elizabeth Ford Atkinson Finney) was born 5 Oct 1825, Rochester, New York; died 4 Aug 1908. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. Elizabeth Storer Atkinson  Descendancy chart to this point was born 2 Jun 1857; died 1945.
    2. 3. Marie Louise Atkinson  Descendancy chart to this point was born 24 Feb 1864; died 29 Oct 1940.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Elizabeth Storer AtkinsonElizabeth Storer Atkinson Descendancy chart to this point (1.Zilpha1) was born 2 Jun 1857; died 1945.

    Notes:

    Emily Sibley Watson’s niece, older daughter of Hobart Ford Atkinson and Zilpha Louise Sibley Atkinson. Although her niece, "Libbie" was only 2 years younger than Emily Sibley Watson, and they were playmates and close friends. "Libbie" married Arthur Coslett Smith, and their house on 6 Sibley Place would later become the home of James Sibley Watson, Jr. and his wife Hildegarde Lasell Watson.

    "Heliotrope" was her nom-de-plume in the Garland, literary magazine published by Emily Sibley and her friends.

    Elizabeth married Arthur Cosslett Smith 19 Jun 1879. Arthur (son of Emily W. Smith) was born 19 Jan 1851; died 21 May 1926; was buried , Rochester, New York. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 4. Sibley Coslett Smith  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1880.
    2. 5. Louise Atkinson Smith  Descendancy chart to this point was born 2 Jun 1883; died 1976.
    3. 6. Gordon Arthur Smith  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1886.

  2. 3.  Marie Louise AtkinsonMarie Louise Atkinson Descendancy chart to this point (1.Zilpha1) was born 24 Feb 1864; died 29 Oct 1940.

    Notes:

    Emily Sibley Watson’s niece, younger daughter of Hobart Ford Atkinson and Zilpha Louise Sibley Atkinson. Her first husband was Gilman Henry Hubbell Perkins; after his death she married Ernest R. Willard. Her first husband’s mother, Caroline Perkins, was the founder of the Rochester Historical Society. After Marie Willard’s death she deeded her childhood home “Woodside” to the Historical Society, and it was the Society’s home for many years. Marie Willard was a charter member of the Children’s Auxiliary of Genesee Hospital and was a member of the hospital’s Board of Supervisors. She had been a member of the Memorial Art Gallery’s Board of Managers from its founding.

    Her obituary in the October 31, 1940 Democrat & Chronicle concluded: “Many things might be said of Mrs. Willard’s benefactions, which were numerous and were conducted with a rare shyness and modesty. Literally Mrs. Willard was one whose right hand was unaware of what her left hand did. In all her efforts to aid others, from early years until her death, she sought earnestly to make the lives of those she touched happier and more hopeful. The memory of her life is one that long will be cherished.”

    Marie married Gilman Henry Hubbell Perkins 1889. Gilman was born 2 Nov 1861, Rochester, NY; died 12 May 1894, Rochester, NY. [Group Sheet]

    Marie married Ernest Russell Willard. Ernest was born 11 Mar 1854, Jamestown, NY; died 6 May 1937. [Group Sheet]



Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Sibley Coslett Smith Descendancy chart to this point (2.Elizabeth2, 1.Zilpha1) was born 1880.

    Notes:

    Emily Sibley Watson's grand-nephew


  2. 5.  Louise Atkinson Smith Descendancy chart to this point (2.Elizabeth2, 1.Zilpha1) was born 2 Jun 1883; died 1976.

    Notes:

    Louise Atkinson Smith was Emily Sibley Watson's great-niece, daughter of Arthur Coslett Smith and Elizabeth Storer Atkinson Smith.


  3. 6.  Gordon Arthur Smith Descendancy chart to this point (2.Elizabeth2, 1.Zilpha1) was born 1886.

    Notes:

    Gordon Arthur Smith was the son of Arthur Coslett Smith and Emily Sibley Watson's niece Elizabeth Storrer Atkinson Smith.

    Emily Sibley Watson kept this baby photo of Arthur Smith at 6 months, from May 1887, in a photo album which is now in the Memorial Art Gallery Archives.

    Like his father, he was a writer, with many short stories and novels to his credit.