Blackburne, Woodward, and Ottaway family papers Bulk, 1870-1930 1807-2011

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Blackburne, Woodward, and Ottaway family papers Bulk, 1870-1930 1807-2011

http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/bhs/arms_2013_006_blackburne_woodward_ottaway/arms_2013_006_blackburne_woodward_ottaway.html

This collection consists of correspondence, wills, land indentures, travel journals and diaries, photographs (cabinet cards, cartes-des-visite, daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, tintypes, photo postcards, loose prints), holiday cards, scrapbooks, school programs, report cards, inventories of assets, hymnals and other books, genealogies, and artifacts including a parasol and pairs of spectacles relating to individuals in the Woodward, Blackburne, Cook, Ward, Littlejohn, Condit, Haynes, Hart, Ottaway, and Prosser families; all descendants of John Blackburne (1775-1845) and Elizabeth Cook (1781-1812). John Blackburne emigrated from England to the United States in 1821, settling in Brooklyn Heights; his grandson John Blackburne Woodward (1835-1895) was a Civil War general and prominent business, political, and civil leader. This collection is focused on family matters, including European travels and daily life at the family members’ homes in Brooklyn, including nos. 70 Sands Street and 86 Sands Street (within a parcel of properties owned by the family), 259 Henry Street, and 54 Remsen Street, and is a reflection of memorabilia preserved by women of the family, particularly Mary Woodward and Ruth Hart Ottaway, from one generation to the next, along with materials and information gathered in the course of genealogical research by various family members.

5.0 linear feet; in 3 manuscript boxes, 1 records carton, 1 oversize flat box, 2 photograph boxes, and 1 object box

Center for Brooklyn History (2020-)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6330110

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Littlejohn, Sophia, (Sophia Ward Blackburne Littlejohn), 1812-1893

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Ward, Susannah, 1784-1869

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Parkes, Phebe

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Ottaway, Ruth B., 1910-2011

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The Blackburne and Woodward and Blackburne family’s Brooklyn origins date to the arrival in the United States of John Blackburne in 1819 [or 1821?]. Several of his eight children (not all of whom survived to adulthood) remained in England; the Brooklyn family lines stem from his daughter Mary Barrow Blackburne (1807-1850), who married Thomas Woodward in 1828; and his son Robins Cook Blackburne (1812-1850), who married Sophia Ward in 1836. After she became a widow, Sophia married Jam...

Best, Mary W.

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Blackburne, John, 1775-1845

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Haviland, Mattie

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Weber, Martha Woodward, b. 1830

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Procteroe, Robina Woodward, b. 1856

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Ottaway, James H.

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Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences

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Founded 1843, the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences was the umbrella organization for four major Brooklyn institutions: Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn Children's Museum, and Brooklyn Academy of Music. Several smaller organizations were also under its jurisdiction. From the description of Records, 1843-1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122529756 The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences (BIAS) evolved from the Brooklyn Apprentices' Library Assoc...

Condit, William Henry, 1839-1873

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Woodward, Robert B., 1840-1915

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Hart, Elizabeth Condit, 1868-1915

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Littlejohn, Thomas, b. 1859

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Prosser, Fred

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Woodward, Elizabeth, 1849-1923

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The Blackburne and Woodward and Blackburne family’s Brooklyn origins date to the arrival in the United States of John Blackburne in 1819 [or 1821?]. Several of his eight children (not all of whom survived to adulthood) remained in England; the Brooklyn family lines stem from his daughter Mary Barrow Blackburne (1807-1850), who married Thomas Woodward in 1828; and his son Robins Cook Blackburne (1812-1850), who married Sophia Ward in 1836. After she became a widow, Sophia married Jam...

Blackburne family

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The Blackburne and Woodward and Blackburne family’s Brooklyn origins date to the arrival in the United States of John Blackburne in 1819 [or 1821?]. Several of his eight children (not all of whom survived to adulthood) remained in England; the Brooklyn family lines stem from his daughter Mary Barrow Blackburne (1807-1850), who married Thomas Woodward in 1828; and his son Robins Cook Blackburne (1812-1850), who married Sophia Ward in 1836. After she became a widow, Sophia married Jam...

Littlejohn, Robina Woodward, 1827-1895

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The idea of Forsythia Day was spurred by Mrs. Edward C. Blum to plant forsythias to enhance the beauty of Brooklyn. Brooklyn Borough president Cashmore proclaimed forsythia the official flower of Brooklyn in 1940. Forsythia Day is celebrated in April when the flowers blossom. From the description of Forsythia Day collection, 1940-1980, 1940-1957 (bulk) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155451985 Teatown Lake Reservation and Kitchawan Field Station were outreach stations of Broo...

Woodward family

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The Blackburne and Woodward and Blackburne family’s Brooklyn origins date to the arrival in the United States of John Blackburne in 1819 [or 1821?]. Several of his eight children (not all of whom survived to adulthood) remained in England; the Brooklyn family lines stem from his daughter Mary Barrow Blackburne (1807-1850), who married Thomas Woodward in 1828; and his son Robins Cook Blackburne (1812-1850), who married Sophia Ward in 1836. After she became a widow, Sophia married Jam...

Prosser, Robert Woodward, 1862-1958

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Haynes, Sophia Condit, 1865-1952

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Littlejohn, Arthur, 1856-1895

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Blackburne, Robins Cook, 1812-1850

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Ottaway family

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The Blackburne and Woodward and Blackburne family’s Brooklyn origins date to the arrival in the United States of John Blackburne in 1819 [or 1821?]. Several of his eight children (not all of whom survived to adulthood) remained in England; the Brooklyn family lines stem from his daughter Mary Barrow Blackburne (1807-1850), who married Thomas Woodward in 1828; and his son Robins Cook Blackburne (1812-1850), who married Sophia Ward in 1836. After she became a widow, Sophia married Jam...

Prosser, Thomas C.

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Woodward, Mary Barrow Blackburne, 1807-1850

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Tousey, Elizabeth

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Littlejohn, Duncan

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Woodward, Maria, 1833-1904

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Woodward, John B., (John Blackburne), 1835-1896

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John Blackburne Woodward was born at 84 Sands Street in Brooklyn, N.Y. on May 31, 1835 to Thomas Woodward, who emigrated with his father and brothers from England in 1819, and Mary Barrow Woodward (nee Blackburne). The family had four daughters and four sons, of whom John was the eldest son. Woodward was at school from the ages of 8 to 15, when he entered the importing business of his uncle George Woodward. In 1859 he moved to the exporting business of Edward Haynes, whi...

Prosser, Bertha

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Blackburne, Elizabeth Cook, 1781-1812

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Woodward, Thomas, 1793-1873

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Woodward, Robina Blackburne, 1802-1893

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