Tuesday, November 28, 2017

1869-1871 Autograph Album of Elizabeth E. Dickerman, "Lizzie", of New Haven, Connecticut; connection to Wooster City, Ohio


Autograph album that was given to Elizabeth E. Dickerman, "Lizzie", of New Haven, Connecticut, by her father Chauncey Alling Dickerman on December 25, 1869.  The inscriptions run through 1871 in Connecticut and Ohio.  Sadly, Lizzie died in 1872.



The landscape-format album measures approximately 8-1/2" by 6-3/4" and contains the sentiments of over 30 of Lizzie's relatives and friends in Connecticut and Wooster City, Ohio, where her family appears to have had a connection.


Surnames in the Album

AAlexander - OhioLLeyburn - Ohio [2]
BBahl - OhioMMethven - Ohio
Balmer - OhioMiller - Ohio [2]
Beecher - Connecticut [2]Myers - Ohio
Beers - Connecticut [2] NNorthrop/Northrup - Connecticut
Bishop - ConnecticutRRisley - Connecticut
Bronson - Connecticut - [2]SSherwood - Connecticut [2]
BushSiegenthaler - Ohio
DDenison - ConnecticutSmith - Connecticut
Dickerman - Connecticut & Ohio [6]
Smith - Ohio
FFerguson - OhioTThomas - Connecticut
Fogleson - Ohio
GGillette - Connecticut [2]
HHarry - Ohio
Hoyt - Ohio

From brief online research, hopefully correct - corrections and additions requested:

According to her Find a Grave memorial, which doesn't offer photographs or sources, Elizabeth Ella Dickerman was born May 27, 1848 at New Haven, Connecticut.  Other places show her middle name as Ella.  If a reader has a birth record, please leave a comment or contact me directly.

Lizzie's parents were Chauncey Alling Dickerman and Nancy Sarah (Bronson) Dickerman.  In addition to the presentation page above, Chauncey inscribed another page at New Haven, Connecticut, on March 12, 1870.


Lizzie's mother Nancy did not inscribe a page, but her parents, William A. Bronson and Frances Adeline (Howell) Bronson of Orange, Connecticut, did.



Lizzie's brother Robert Charles Dickerman inscribed a page on January 27, 1870 and may have been the R. C. Dickerman who inscribed a page on November 19, 1870 at New Haven, Connecticut.

Lizzie's paternal aunt, Mary Ann (Dickerman) Beecher inscribed a page that faced a page inscribed by her future husband Daniel Treat Beecher.   Daniel inscribed another page in the album as well



A piece of cardstock with the name C. A. Dickerman of Wooster City, Ohio, and the numerous inscribers from Wooster City, Ohio, makes me wonder if the Dickerman family visited Ohio or moved there briefly or perhaps had earlier been involved with the Connecticut Western Reserve.  Perhaps a reader will have more information.


If you have corrections and/or additions to the information above or information on any of the inscribers listed below, please leave a comment or contact me directly.

Inscribers in the Album
  • Lu. M. Alexander, or Su. M. Alexander, of Wooster, Ohio
  • Lizzie H. Bahl of Wooster, Ohio; inscribed on August 18, 1870
  • Miss Suesie M. Balmer of Wooster, Ohio
  • D. T. Beecher of Orange, Connecticut; inscribed on January 8, 1871.  Daniel Treat Beecher, whose second wife was Mary Ann (Dickerman), a sister to Lizzie's father.  Mary Ann inscribed the right facing page a few months before their marriage.  D. T. Beecher also inscriber another page
  • D. T. Beecher of Orange, Connecticut; inscribed on January 8, 1871.  Presumably Daniel Treat Beecher, husband of Mary Ann (Dickerman) who was a sister to Lizzie's father Chauncey Alling Dickerman.
  • Susie E. S. Beers of New Haven, Connecticut; inscribed on March 17, 1870
  • Susie E. S. Beers; shared the page with Miss Lou Miller and Lizzie F. Sherwood
  • M. Bertie Bishop of New Haven, Connecticut; inscribed on December 9, 1870
  • William A. Bronson, maternal grandfather of Lizzie E. Dickerman, and husband of inscriber Frances Adeline (Howell) Bronson
  • Frances Adeline Howell Bronson of Orange, Connecticut, inscribed on May 5, 1870.  She was Lizzie's maternal grandmother and wife of inscriber William Bronson
  • Sarah E. Bush of Milford, Connecticut; inscribed on March 14, 1870
  • Vinnie F. Denison of Mystic Bridge, Connecticut; inscribed on January 21, 1870.  Presumably Lovina F. Denison
  • Cardstock made into a calling card of C. A. Dickerman of Wooster, Ohio.  Possibly for Chauncey Alling Dickerman, though he appears to have been at New Haven, Connecticut, during the U.S. Census enumerations.
  • Chauncey Alling Dickerman, father of album owner Elizabeth Ellen Dickerman, "Lizzie", to whom he presented the album on December 25, 1869.  He inscribed the presentation page and an individual page at New Haven, Connecticut, on March 12, 1870; was the calling card enclosed in the album for C. A. Dickerman of Wooster, Ohio, his?
  • Lizzie E. Dickerman, album owner.  Elizabeth Ellen Dickerman, "Lizzie", was given the album by her father Chauncey Alling Dickerman on December 25, 1869.
  • Mary A. Dickerman of Orange, Connecticut; inscribed on January 27, 1870, a few months before her marriage to David Treat Beecher, who inscribed the left facing page.
  • R. C. Dickerman of New Haven, Connecticut; inscribed on November 19, 1870.  Presumably Lizzie's brother Robert Charles Dickerman
  • Robert Charles Dickerman; inscribed on January 27, 1870.  Lizzie's brother
  • J. W. Ferguson; inscribed at Wooster, Ohio, on September 8, 1870
  • I. W. Fogleson, or J. W. Fogleson, of Wooster, Ohio.  If I. W., perhaps Irving W. Fogelson.
  • George S. Gillette of Milford, Connecticut; inscribed on March 25, 1870
  • Libbie M. Gillette of Milford, Connecticut; inscribed on March 14, 1870
  • Will Harry of Wooster, Ohio; inscribed on September 7, 1870
  • Ella Hoyt of Wooster, Ohio; inscribed on August 10, 1870
  • Anna M. Leyburn of Wooster City, Ohio; presumably the Anna M. Leyburn of Wooster City, Ohio, who inscribed another page.
  • A. A. Methven of Wooster, Ohio.  Possibly Angus A. Methven
  • Miss Emma T. Miller of Wooster, Ohio
  • Miss Lou Miller of Wooster, Ohio; shared the page with Susie E. S. Beers and Lizzie F. Sherwood
  • George L. Myers of Wooster, Ohio; inscribed on September 7, 1870
  • Sarah L. Northrop, or Sarah L. Northrup, of Waterbury, Connecticut
  • Jessie M. Risley of New Haven, Connecticut; inscribed on March 24, 1870
  • Lizzie F. Sherwood of Southport, Connecticut; inscribed on March 17, 1870.  
  • Lizzie F. Sherwood; shared the page with Miss Lou Miller and Susie E. S. Beers
  • Mary A. Siegenthaler of Wooster, Ohio; inscribed on August 18, 1870
  • Fannie A. Smith of New Haven, Connecticut; inscribed on February 19, 1870
  • Lula H. Smith of Millersburg, Ohio; inscribed in 1870
  • G. E. Thomas of New Haven, Connecticut; inscribed on February 20, 1870


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