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Wistar-Canby family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1343

Scope and Contents

This collection consists mostly of diaries, photographs, and personal papers that belonged to members of the extended Wistar-Canby family. Many of the letters and personal papers have to do with family genaological research pursued by William Marriott Canby Jr. Also included in this collection is a baby shirt and cap worn by William Canby in 1748.

Dates

  • Creation: 1721 - 2005

Creator

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research use.

Use Restrictions

Standard Federal Copyright Law Applies (U.S. Title 17)

Biographical / Historical

The Wistar and Canby families were prominent families in Pennsylvania and Delaware. Listed below is the names, birth and death dates, and relationships of people listed prominently in this collection. As much of this collection consists of geneological materials, more information can be found within the collection.

William Marriott Canby Sr. (1831-1904) married Edith Dillon Mathews Canby (1835-1892), and the couple had two sons, William Marriott Canby Jr. (1871-1937) and Henry Mathews Canby (1874-1928). William M. Canby Jr. married Edith Wistar Canby (1874-1909) and had one daughter, Marjorie Wistar Canby Taylor (1899-1973), and one son William Marriott Canby. William M. Canby Sr. was the uncle of Elizabeth Canby Morris (1862-1947) and Marriott Canby Morris (1863-1948).

Marjorie Wistar Canby Taylor married Roger Whithall Taylor (1899-1973), the son of Frank Hendrickson Taylor (1855-1934) and Rebecca Nicholson Taylor (1857-1944). The couple had three daughters: Edith Wistar Taylor Figgins (1921-2014), Elizabeth Haddon Taylor Marvill (1927-2019), and Marjorie Canby Taylor (1925-2014).

The biographical information came from Find A Grave and material within this collection.

Extent

9.43 linear ft. (7 boxes and 19 volumes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

This collection contains materials that belonged to members of the Wistar and Canby families, prominent families in Pennsylvania and Delaware. It consists mostly of diaries, photographs, and personal papers that belonged to members of the extended Wistar-Canby family. Many of the letters and personal papers have to do with family genaological research pursued by William Marriott Canby Jr. Also included in this collection is a baby shirt and cap worn by William Canby in 1748.

Arrangement

As the collections was generally originally grouped like items, the arrangement was done in the same way. The collection is divided into 5 serieses: diaries and journals, books, photos, personal papers, and other materials. The materials were then arranged chronologically within the serieses.

Acquisition

Gift of Scott Marvill, 2019

Related Materials

Taylor and Nicholson Family Papers (HC.MC.1215), Taylor Family Papers Addition (HC.MC.1339), Morris Family Papers (HC.MC.905.131), Marriott Canby Morris autograph album and scrapbook (HCS.003.022), Marriott C. Morris scrapbooks (HC.MC.975.04.010), Wistar Family Papers (HC.MC.1262), Thomas Wistar and Family Papers (HC.MC.1188)

Processing Information

Maggie McCarthy, completed April 2023

Title
Wistar-Canby family papers
Author
Maggie McCarthy
Date
April, 2023
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

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