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Gratia Amanda Housler Fox
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| Saturday, August 20th Arrived at Depauville after 9 in the evening. Expecting us Friday afternoon. Big dinner ready. |
Gratia, her husband Frederick Carver Fox
and their children Edith and Bill traveled from their home in or near
Rockvale, Colorado to visit Fred's family in Depauville, New York.
Gratia and family took a train from Colorado to Chicago, Illinois and then a boat through Lake Michigan, Superior and Huron to New York. Depauville is a small village near Watertown, in Jefferson County, New York. Fred's family were among the first settlers of the area. |
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| Sun, August 21 A lovely day, took ride in Auto. Prescot Patch. Will Seiber of Adams and Amasy Dodge called to see Fred. Mrs. Sherm Holiday called in evening. Fred and children called to see relatives in village. |
Fred has many siblings, aunts
and uncles living in the area. Uncle Frank Fox Caption: Hart's, over Post Office, Watertown |
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| Mon., August 22 Washed. Mrs. Holiday and Flossy called. James and Fred at Mrs. Byran Hart's funeral. Called at Mrs. Sternburg's in evening. Trunk arrived while away. |
The funeral is likely for a
relation of the above photographer.
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| Tues. August 23 Ironed. Drove up to old home in afternoon. Measured big tree, over 16 feet. Fred wrote to Florence and got a letter from her. |
Much of Gratia's time is spent ironing. Using a stove-warmed iron in the late summer to iron a trunk's worth of clothes must have been a bit miserable. | |
| Wed. August 24 Ironed all forenoon. Mrs. Gould called. Mrs. Louis here in evening. Took walk under bluff. James and Sarah called on Mrs. Hatch who is very sick. |
James and Sarah are Fred's father and mother. Sarah Carver Fox is the third wife of James. His first two wives were sisters. It was a common custom, from Biblical times on, for a widower to marry his late wife's sister. The first wife died in childbirth, the second wife within a year of her last child's birth. | |
| Thur., August 25 Father at Watertown. Mrs. Fred Haws and Mrs. Howard called in afternoon. |
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| Fri., August 26 Nellie Schriver and Charles and Alan and Elsie Fox and Norine called in afternoon. Took tea with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sternburg and family. Mrs. Sternburg was their phonograph, speaking and singing. |
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| Sat., August 27 Lydia Fox, Nellie Lee and Josephine here to tea. Stayed all night. Uncle Byron went to Watertown for them. |
Lydia Mantle Fox, Fred's oldest sister eventually moved to Washington, D.C. and became D.C.'s first public stenographer. She lived D.C., the Philippines, and traveled to China and Europe at the beginning of World War I. Lydia lived to a ripe age and wrote a book, Eighty Plus, about her experiences on the 'Hill'. |
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| Sun., August 28 Very pleasant day. Fred and kids at Sunday School and at Church with Mother. Fred and kids, Josephine and I rowed up the creek in the afternoon. Got 4 water lilies. Went to Charles Fox's and Dr. Dale's in evening. |
 Baptist Church Fred and Gratia attended that Sunday. |
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| Mon., August 29 Washed in morning, took trip down river in launche [sic] in afternoon, 16 people went. Father and Mother, Charlie, Lydia, Pauline Fox, Nellie Schriver and Alan and Charlie P., Nellie and Josephine Lee of Syracuce [sic], Mrs. and Dr. Dale, Fred, I and the kids. Mr. Easton run the launche. Took Lydia & Nellie & Josephine Lee and Charlie Fox to Chaumont to the train and back in evening. |
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| Tue., August 30 Father at Watertown. Fred at Jim's. Ironed in forenoon, helped Mother wash in afternoon. |
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