Martha (Van Wey) Call [1833-1923]

Photograph

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Greene Connections

Name/Title

Martha (Van Wey) Call [1833-1923]

Entry/Object ID

2021.15.5

Description

Martha (Van Wey) Call [1833-1923]. Martha Van Wey was a daughter of John C. Van Wey and Anna Mains of Perry County, Ohio. She was the wife of James Call Jr. and they met when he worked in Ohio for one year in his early twenties. James and Martha were married in Ohio and returned to Greene County, Pennsylvania, where they lived out their lives. They were the parents of six children: Harvey L., Robert H., Zadok G., Mary E. (Morris), Ida M. (Knight), Martha A. (Ross). The Van Wey Family dates back to the early settlement of New Amsterdam. Original, no photographer listed. Photo courtesy of Marilyn Morris Fields, Woodland, California. Photo was used in the research for the children’s book Asa and the Holstein Queen, by Lynne Gough.

Photograph Details

Subject Person or Organization

Van Wey, Martha [1833-1923]

Collection

Lynne Gough Collection

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1900 - circa 1910

Lexicon

Search Terms

Call family, Van Wey family

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

MORR-AN001-0004

Web Links and URLs

Asa and the Holstein Queen

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Morris-Call Series - Lynne Gough Collection

Owner/Agent

Gough, Lynne

Acquisition Method

Digital

Acquisition Date

2016

Notes

The Morris-Call Series photographs and research notes were compiled by Lynne Gough (descendant of the Morris and Call families of Greene County) while doing research for her children’s book, Asa and the Holstein Queen. Each photograph includes an explanation of its provenance. The images and related history were shared by Lynne with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2016. Source Citation: Martha (Van Wey) Call [1833-1923]; circa 1900-1910; item no. MORR-AN001-0004, Lynne Gough Collection, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).