Geraldine Thomasson Papers
Collection Organization
The Geraldine Thomasson Papers consists of research material compiled by Geraldine Thomasson related to the history of her family. Represented families include: Baker, Barr, Conry, Cox, Dawson, Deck, Foster, Fox, Gorrill, Hummon, Jones, Morey, Root, Ross, Scoville, Steinmetz, Upton, Ward, Warner, and Wickham families. Included in the collection are correspondences, family subject files, research notes, reminisces and diaries, legal documents, newspaper clippings, maps, certificates, booklets and other printed material, and photographs.
The family subject files, copies of legal documents and photographs make up a majority of the collection. The subject files contain a great deal of information about various members of the family and include detailed pedigree charts. The legal documents include a variety of information such as deeds, birth certificates, death records, and marriage certificates. Also included is the complete last will of Doris Steinmetz, Geraldine’s sister, and related information and documents. The photographs contain pictures of many generations of the family as well as family reunions and events.
Correspondence – Fox and Jones families, 1896
- Dates
- Creation: 1896
Correspondence – misc., 1911, 1985
- Dates
- Creation: 1911
- Creation: 1985
Baker family
Barr family
Conry family
Conry/Ward family – including maps
Cox family
Cox/Foster family
Cox/Root family
Cox/Scoville family
Foster family
Fox family
Gorrill family
Hummon/Deck family
Jones family
Morey/Dawson family
Root family
Root/Hummon/Deck family
Ross/Upton family
Scoville family
Scoville/Root family
Steinmetz family
Ward family
Warner family
Wickham family
Fox family genealogy – research notebook
Family reminisces – “My first memories”
“Schoolday Memories” notebook – Geraldine
Unknown notebook/journal
Unknown address book
Cox legal documents
Farm deed – John Foster
Deeds
Birth/death records
Birth/marriage/divorce records and will
Birth/marriage/death records/certificates
Marriage/death records/certificates
Marriage records/certificates
Death records
Marriage certificate
Newspaper clippings - misc.
Newspaper clippings – Will Carleton
Newspaper clippings – Doris Steinmetz
Newspaper clippings – obituaries
Maps – cemeteries
Excerpts from Foster-Fox book
Book – Etiquette for Little Folks
Grade cards and certificates
Certificates
Wedding material/invitations
Funeral cards
Booklets – DeVilbiss Company history, Lucy Wolcott Barnum Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Booklets – An Historical Sketch of Medina Baptist Church, History of the Methodist Church in Fostoria, Ohio, Consecration Service (Wesley Methodist Church, 12/7/1980, December 7, 1980, n.d.
- Dates
- Creation: December 7, 1980, n.d.
Photograph – Cox brothers
Photographs – Cox family
Photographs – Foster family
Photographs – Fox family
Photographs – Hummon funeral, October 24, 1985
- Dates
- Creation: October 24, 1985
Photographs – Steinmetz family
Photographs – headstones
Photographs – misc.
Photograph – Cox family reunion, 1927
- Dates
- Creation: 1927