When Elise Marion Farrell was born on September 22, 1879, in Ansonia, Connecticut, her father, Franklin, was 51, and her mother, Lillian, was 26. She married George Augustus Goss on October 10, 1906, in Ansonia, Connecticut. She then married Earl Jackson E.J. McWhirter on May 14, 1919, in Seattle, Washington. She died on September 21, 1971, in King, Washington, at the age of 91.
1828 - Franklin Farrel, Elise's dad, was born.
FRANKLIN FARREL, manufacturer, achieved signal success in varied lines of industrial enterprise and was entitled to a prominent place in the ranks of successful men. He was born Feb. 17, 1828, in Waterbury, Conn. After earning the reputation of being one of the most expert founders and machinists in the country, and establishing several of the largest firms in Connecticut on a successful basis, Mr. Farrel turned his attention in other directions. He embarked in the sugar business in 1879, and from a small beginning has achieved notabls success. He selected capable and energetic associates, and wise co-operation and concerted effort have brought about fine results. The sugar estates are located in Cuba and Santo Domingo, and some idea of their proportions may be conveyed when it is said that three of these estates require in their operation over twenty-five miles of fixed railroad and furnish employment to over three thousand men. Another industry to which Mr. Farrel has directed his attention, and which has prospered under his direction, has been the manufacture of copper. He became identified with The Parrot Silver & Copper Co., of Butte City, Mont., and the first mine was worked in 1877. See Less
1848 - Farrel Foundry established in Ansonia, Connecticut by Almon Farrel. During the Civil War, they produced bayonets and cannon barrels.
Every fall, the senior girls hosted a dance to help the new girls "vanquish homesickness." Elise was on the dance committee, along with friends Rust, Woodbury, Bateman, Holloway, and Granger. The first week of school, while the new girls studied in ther parlor, the dance committee decorated the gymnasium with "college flags, bright colored pillows, divans constructed in the corners, and palms brought from Mr. Cooke's green-house." They also created two seats of honor for Miss Bennett and Miss Eastman, decorated in Ogontz colors.
Later in the week, after the school dance, Elise was named a Class Captain, along with Bateman and Granger.
Page 12 of her yearbook says, "Now great was the anxiety thereof as to whom should be given charge of the money-bags, and it was finally given to Elise Farrel, on account of her great persuasive powers."
Page 16 of her yearbook says, "But look! who is this creature coming? Turning handsprings, vaulting fences, leaping, dashing, jumping, and landing at last? 'Tis Elise. Your fate, oh child of nature, is to be happy, merry and gay."
Page 20 of her yearbook says, "Shall we ever forget the eloquent questions of Young, "pricking her foxy ears," or the eloquent voice of our Law echoing through the vast halls, the vain attempts of Farrel, a near relation of Sandow's, by the way, to conquer the piano, though Van Gelder said her diligent practice must surely show vast improvement in time.""
Page 27 of the yearbook features a poem written by Elise.
The Flag, by Elise Farrel
Patriotism is a virtue that neither Genung nor James nor any of the other highly cultivated men that we have been studying have given any definition or ethical effect of. But my intuition, with which I came into the world, seems to tell me that it is in some way connected with a flag. Now for Jevons and Hill:
Patriotism is connected with a flag,
War is connected with patriotism,
War is connected with the flag,
War is raging, so three cheers for the American Flag.
Her Classmates of Class of '98:
(fair haired) Laura Esther Barney to Mr. Henry Miller Watts. (Daughter of Laura Elmina Cooke (1849–1919) & Mr. CHarles D. Barney and granddaughter of benefactor Mr. Jay Cooke. Class VP. Charles Dennis Barney (July 9, 1844 – October 24, 1945) was an American stockbroker and founder of Charles D. Barney & Co., one of the predecessors of the brokerage and securities firm Smith Barney. Charles was a Director of the Union League of Pennsylvania and supported Lincoln. He was friends with John D. Rockafeller.)
Jessie Myrtle Buell to Mr. Seldon L. Cole
Margaret Culbertson
Edna Davidge (from Brooklyn. Got chicken pox and left for 2 months.Lean)
Florence R. Dwight (muscular)
Eliza "Lidie) L. Edwards (talkative & got chicken pox) Home in Hawaii? Lean.
Elise Marion Farrel (Class Treasurer, "near relation of Sandow's, played piano)
Edna Granger to Mr. William D. Schultz (class president)
Geraldine D. Harrison (sisters with Edith Peters, Madge Nice, and Katherine Thompson)
Zoë Harrison
Blanche P. Hay
Caroline G. Holladay
Louise E. Jenkinson
Maria "Virginia" Law to Mr. John. H. Hodge (very shy, eloquent)
Margaret McDougall (class Secretary)
Madge G. Nice
Edith Peters
Clara L. Rust (lean)
Katherine (Daisy) Thompson
Rachel F. Wheeler (lean)
Lucy J Wood (got measles, plump)
Matalea Woolfolk to Mr. William H. Mouricy (got 4 wisdom teeth, giggly)
Clara H. Young
Laurey Barney, Geraldine Harridon, Edith Peters, Madge Nice, and Katehrine Thompson - "Now these five did first behold great Ogontz, and thus did the Class of '98 first have its birth. And years moved on, until twenty-three were chosen and endowed with the name, "Seniors."
The Ogontz School was located in
In 1883 the school rented the Elkins Park estate of Civil War financier Jay Cooke, named “Ogontz” for Cooke’s boyhood mentor and role model—a Sandusky Indian chief. With the move, the school assumed the name of the estate and became The Ogontz School for Young Ladies. By then misses Bonney and Dillaye had selected two associate principals from the school’s faculty, Miss Frances Bennett and Miss Sylvia Eastman. At the new location the four principals shared responsibility for a brief time, with Bennett and Eastman gradually taking over entirely. Sylvia Eastman became sole principal after Bennett’s retirement in 1900. For thirty-four years the school thrived in the Jay Cooke mansion, with a student body of about a hundred privileged young girls.
The first Episcopal church to be established in the part of Derby that would become Ansonia was completed in 1746. Originally located at the site of the old graveyard on Elm Street, the parish moved to a new building on Derby Avenue around 1799. The name of the parish was changed at that time from the original Christ Church to St. James. The next move was across the river to Birmingham, another section of Derby, but several families were allowed, in 1843, to continue worship at the old Derby Avenue location under the name of Christ Church. A new parish, known as Trinity, was organized in the growing section of Derby called Ansonia 1849. Trinity Church was built the following year at the corner of Main and Tremont Streets. In 1851, Christ Church and Trinity Church merged, taking the name of Christ Parish, Ansonia. By the 1890s, the parish had grown too large for the church on Main Street. Franklin Farrel, a prominent Ansonia industrialist, made a gift of land on South Cliff Street for the construction of the current Christ Episcopal Church, which was designed by Henry M. Congdon & Sons of New York. The church was built of Ansonia granite, quarried at Potter’s Quarry, and New Jersey graystone. The cornerstone was laid in December, 1896 and the church was dedicated in January, 1900.
1898 - In December, 21 year-old Florence Adele Farrel married George Clarke Bryant of Ansonia. They were married at Christ Church, Ansonia by 44 year-old Reverend Charles E. Woodcock, a rector of the church.
A special car brought a large number of guests from New Haven and New York. Elise was maid of honor and the bridesmaids were Lillian Clark Farrel of Ansonia, the bride's cousin, and seven of her classmates: Miss Priscilla Taylor of Erie, PA, Miss FLorence Conant, Miss Alice Eaton, and Miss Florence Eaton of Boston, and Miss Emily Barney, Miss Laura Barney, and Miss Virgina SHoemaker of Ogontz, PA. In addition to the train of bridesmaids, the bride's little sister, Lilian Estelle, walked in process as floral girl, attended by a small page, Master Thomas Wallace, who was dressed in white satin and silver.
Francis Downing was the best man. The ushers were six clasmates, Yale men. '96 Benjamin Spock, Samuel Fayerweather Beardsley, Roger Sherman Baldwin, George Gurney, Harry Taylor, and Michel Gavin, and the brid's brother, Franklin Farrel Jr, and Almon Farrel Bowen.
The church was handsomely decorated and Leander of New York had charge of the music.
Miss Farrel's gown was of heavy white satin. The decollete, short sleeved bodice, as well as the skirt, was half veiled in rare valenciennes lace. The same lace edged the long tulle veil.
Following the ceremony was a brilliant reception at the bride's home. The wedding gifts comprised of a superb collection of rolled silver, jewels, pictures and the like. After a trip to last until Christmas the young people will return to Ansonia and will live at Tower Hall.
1899- Elise trained to take on a position at her father's company.
1900 - Elise joined her father's company. Elise Marion Farrell lived in Ansonia, Connecticut, in 1900.
1903 - Franklin Farrel Jr. graduated from Yale and was elected the best dressed man of 1903. In the summer of 1903, Franklin Farrel Jr. and Elise took an automobile trip.
On the night of Christmas Eve 1903, a fire broke out at the Farrel family estate when a candle ignited curtains in a servant's room. Instead of waiting for firemen to arrive, Elise climbed to a ladder as part of the fire brigade. Although she received burns and blisters, she went on to make a full recovery.
1904 - In June it was announced that Elise would leave her father's business because she was engaged to David Huyler Gaines. He graduated from Yale in 1896 and played on the football team. In the first week of June, shortly after their engagement, Elise and David went to Coney Island, New York. There, they rode the "Shoot the Chute" ride. While a boat was pulled up a large slope with a cable, the couple took an elevator to the top. There, they got into the boat along with other passengers and a crew member. Once the cable was released, the boat shot down the ramp and off of a slight curved jump at the bottom. The boat skipped along the water until it came to a stop. Unfortunately, their ride encountered a problem and both fell out of the boat and into the water.
The wedding was to be on June 22, 1904. After breaking off her engagement, she traveled to Palm Beach, Florida. She then traveled to Europe. She booked a steamer to Southampton, England and called off the wedding. Gaines followed her to Europe, and a reconciliation happend.
1905- Elise may have reconciled and become engaged for a second time to David Gaines in 1904 or 1905. Gaines broke off their 2nd engagement and eloped with her friend, steamship heiress Florence Steuber. Gaines and Steuber married in June 1905 in New York
1905 - On January 11, 1905, cousin Lilian Clark Farrel married Dr. Benjamin Austin Cheney of New Haven.
1906- In June 1906, the engagement of Elise & George was announced. Elise Marion Farrell married George Augustus Goss in Ansonia, Connecticut, on October 10, 1906, when she was 27 years old. Goss graduated from Yale in 1895, with her former fiancé Gaines. Goss also played on the Yale football team with Gaines.
At the time of the wedding, Elise's mother was ill, so the number of guests was limited to 50 relatives and intimate friends. The wedding happened at Tower Hall, the Farrel home and was performed by Bishop Woodcock, of Louisville, Kentucky, formerly of the Connecticut diocese.
The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a princess robe of Irish lace over a satin chiffon slip, and a large white lace hat ornamented with white plumes. She carried a white prayer book instead of the conventional bouquet. Her sister, Mrs. George C. Clarke Bryant (Adelle), who was her only attendant, wore a white lace picture hat. Franklin Farrel Jr. a brother of the bride, and classmate of Goss and Gaines in Yale, was the best man.
After their wedding, the couple travelled to Japan for their honeymoon
1907 - In January 0f 1907, Elise and George returned from their honeymoon and took up residence at 117 Pine Street, Waterbury, Connecticut at an attractive home.
1908 - 1909 - 2 years after she married George, she organized an "automobile" tour to Reno and stayed there until she obtained a divorce from him. 1910 - Elise Marion Farrell lived in Waterbury, Connecticut, in 1910.
1912 - Her father Franklin I passed away on January 10, 1912, in Ansonia, Connecticut, at the age of 83.
His estate was worth about $2,000,000. 1/3 left to widow, 2/3rd to his 4 children: Mrs. florence Adelle Bryant of Meriden or Ansonia CT, Mrs. Elise Goss of Waterbury CT, Franklin Farrel Jr of New Haven, CT, and Lilian Estelle Farrel who lived at home.
1917 - Brother Franklin Farrel Jr. enlisted with the United States Navy. He remained on the East Coast during the war. He worked with ordinance.
1919 -
Elise Marion Farrell married Earl Jackson E.J. McWhirter in Seattle, Washington, on May 14, 1919, when she was 39 years old. They were married by Edward W. Erickson, a Minister of the Gospel and Pastor of Haven M. E. Church (likely methodist episcopal.)
1930 - Elise Marion Farrell lived in Seattle, Washington
1931 - Elise lived in Seattle.
1932 - Her mother Lillian Corke passed away on May 5, 1932, in Ansonia, Connecticut, at the age of 79. Her nephew, Franklin Farrel III competed on the United States Ice Hockey Team at the 1932 Olympics in Germany. He played all 6 rounds as a goalkeeper and the team won a Silver Medal.
1966 - Her husband Earl Jackson E.J. passed away on February 23, 1966, in King, Washington, at the age of 74. They had been married 46 years.
1971 - Elise Marion Farrell died on September 21, 1971, in King, Washington, when she was 91 years old.
2009 - Estelle & George Goss's children sold the Goss land to Gilford, CT.
Miss Ruth Schuyler from Pana, Illinois, joined the Ogontz Mosaic in 1894/5. Her father was Henry N. Schuyler, born in February 1844 in New York and was a banker in 1900 census.
Obituary for Franklin Farrel
Obituary Franklin Farrel Following the illness which lasted hardly twelve hours , Franklin Farrel , Ansonia's pioneer manufacturer , and one of her oldest and most highly esteemed citizens , passed away on the evening of January 10 at his home , Tower Hall , on North Cliff street , Ansonia , Conn . Death came suddenly and wholly unexpectedly . Mr. Farrel until the day of his death seemed as vigorous as usual . Shortly after breakfast , however , he suffered what seemed like a slight attack of indigestion . During the day he seemed to re spond to treatment , and toward evening had apparently improved . While in the act of taking his pulse , however , the family physician Mr. Farrel was also actively engaged in mining operations and sugar plantations in Cuba , and at his death was president of the H. A. Mathews Manufacturing Company , of Seymour , a director of the Ansonia National Bank , the Colonial Trust Company , of Waterbury , and the Seymour Trust Company . Apart from his many business activities he was a member of the Engineers ' Club , the Union League Club and the American Institute of Mining Engineers of New York City ; the Quinnipiac and Country clubs of New Haven , and the Ansonia and Manufacturers Club , of Ansonia . He was by nature a philanthropist , and his church and charity Lenefactions will always be remembered . Mr. Farrel was twice married , his first wife being Miss Julia L. Smith , of Derby , whom he wed in 1850 , and who died in Sep tember , 1874 . On December 12 , 1876 , he married Miss Lillian Clarke , daughter of Wilson Clarke , of New Haven , who survives . He leaves by her four daughters and one son . For Protection ( FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT . ] Boston , Mass . , January 23 , 1912. — The Home Market Club , at a meeting at the Parker House last Friday , voted to start a vigorous educational campaign for the protection to paper manu facturers by means of the tariff . William B. H. Dowse , president of the club , in his review of the situation , said : " The tariff is a prominent topic of discussion , and around it much of our political activities revolve . Upon it the voters of the country have divided at our national elections , and they will continue to do so . " We heartily approve President Taft's refusal to grant to foreign nations the privilege of free admission to our market of wood pulp and paper , and the reference of the case to the Customis Court for adjudication . We believe that the best interests of the manufacturers of paper and the purchasers of paper demand such protection for the industry as will enable us to continue the manufacture of paper on the fair basis of profit to capital and a fair reward to labor . " It was a difficult task which was assigned to the Tariff Board , but it was undertaken in a spirit of eminent fairness . The in vestigations have been prosecuted with efficiency . The report has corrected many popular misunderstandings , removed unwar ranted prejudices and unfounded suspicions , and the conclusions THE LATE FRANKLIN FARREL . reached merit the careful consideration of the people . " A. A. T. detected that the heart action had suddenly stopped and almost immediately Mr. Farrel peacefully passed away . Short Measure Possibilities Franklin Farrel was born at Waterbury , Conn . , February 17 , 1828 . ( FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT . ) His father , Almon Farrel ( born October 12 , 1800 ) , was famous Boston , Mass . , January 23 , 1912. – Additional evidence of the throughout the Naugatuck Valley as a millwright , engineer and possibilities of the enforcenient of the present weights and meas builder , and was noted for the strength and permanency of his ures law of this State is to be found in the action of sealer of work . weights and measures , William E. Dunn , of Malden , Mass . , who Mr. Farrel spent the early years of his life on the farm where on last Wednesday caused a surprise when he took up the matter he was born , and was educated in the country school . When only of shortage in envelopes and other printing matter put up in that fourteen years of age he went to work for his father , learning city . He claims this work comes under his jurisdiction and he the trade of a millwright . One of the first mills he aided in intends to see that the purchaser of printed matter gets full value erecting was a paper mill at Westville , Conn . Such work as this for money paid . kept him industriously engaged for several years , and in December , He stated last evening that envelopes , for instance , when ordered 1844 , he went to Ansonia , then Derby . by the 100 , 500 , etc. , come in packages or boxes and are done up In 1849 Mr. Farrel became associated in the foundry and machine in bundles of twenty - five . He claims that when ordered in large business with the firm of Farrel & Johnson . Later the concern was lots perhaps between forty or sixty of them will be spoiled and reorganized under the name of the Farrel Foundry and Machine rather than break the packages and replace the spoiled ones , they Company , and Almon Farrel became its president , an office which he are allowed to go through and the purchaser loses these envelopes held until he died in 1857. Franklin Farrel then succeeded to the or whatever the printing matter may be . A. A. T. presidency of this company , an office which he held until his death . This company started with a capital of $ 15,000 . Today the The Louisville Paper Company , of Louisville , Ky . , has issued capital stock of the company is $ 1,200,000 . to the printing trade a wholesale net price list for 1912 .
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(fair haired) Laura Esther Barney to Mr. Henry Miller Watts. (Daughter of Laura Elmina Cooke (1849–1919) & Mr. CHarles D. Barney and granddaughter of benefactor Mr. Jay Cooke. Class VP. Charles Dennis Barney (July 9, 1844 – October 24, 1945) was an American stockbroker and founder of Charles D. Barney & Co., one of the predecessors of the brokerage and securities firm Smith Barney.)
Jessie Myrtle Buell to Mr. Seldon L. Cole
Margaret Culbertson
Edna Davidge (from Brooklyn. Got chicken pox and left for 2 months.Lean)
Florence R. Dwight (muscular)
Eliza "Lidie) L. Edwards (talkative & got chicken pox) Home in Hawaii? Lean.
Elise Marion Farrel (Class Treasurer, "near relation of Sandow's, played piano)
Edna Granger to Mr. William D. Schultz (class president)
Geraldine D. Harrison (sisters with Edith Peters, Madge Nice, and Katherine Thompson)
Zoë Harrison
Blanche P. Hay
Caroline G. Holladay
Louise E. Jenkinson
Maria "Virginia" Law to Mr. John. H. Hodge (very shy, eloquent)
Margaret McDougall (class Secretary)
Madge G. Nice
Edith Peters
Clara L. Rust (lean)
Katherine (Daisy) Thompson
Rachel F. Wheeler (lean)
Lucy J Wood (got measles, plump)
Matalea Woolfolk to Mr. William H. Mouricy (got 4 wisdom teeth, giggly)
Clara H. Young
Laurey Barney, Geraldine Harridon, Edith Peters, Madge Nice, and Katehrine Thompson - "Now these five did first behold great Ogontz, and thus did the Class of '98 first have its birth. And years moved on, until twenty-three were chosen and endowed with the name, "Seniors."
FRANKLIN FARREL, manufacturer, achieved signal success in varied lines of industrial enterprise and was entitled to a prominent place in the ranks of successful men. He was born Feb. 17, 1828, in Waterbury, Conn. After earning the reputation of being one of the most expert founders and machinists in the country, and establishing several of the largest firms in Connecticut on a successful basis, Mr. Farrel turned his attention in other directions. He embarked in the sugar business in 1879, and from a small beginning has achieved notabls success. He selected capable and energetic associates, and wise co-operation and concerted effort have brought about fine results. The sugar estates are located in Cuba and Santo Domingo, and some idea of their proportions may be conveyed when it is said that three of these estates require in their operation over twenty-five miles of fixed railroad and furnish employment to over three thousand men. Another industry to which Mr. Farrel has directed his attention, and which has prospered under his direction, has been the manufacture of copper. He became identified with The Parrot Silver & Copper Co., of Butte City, Mont., and the first mine was worked in 1877. See Less
