Frances Ropes

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http://www.paghat.com/hostafranceswilliams.html

'Frances Williams'
Siebold Plantain Lily

The species is named for the German physician & botanist Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796‚1866) who sparked general interest in hostals in the early 1800s after he returned to the Netherlands with several specimens he had collected over time during his long stint as a physician in Nagasaki for the Dutch East India Company.

The cultivar is named for Mrs. Frances Ropes Williams (1883-1969) of Winchester Massachusetts, who spotted & quickly obtained the first known specimen when it appeared in a field of H. sieboldiana at Bristol Nurseries in Connecticutt, in 1936.

Mrs. Williams was a devoted hosta enthusiast & founding member of the American Hosta Society; she bred & named many introductions developed in her private garden.


http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/1994/garden-1005.html

Garden nestled among buildings is hidden treasure

October 5, 1994

Renovations have recently been completed on the President's Court, a collection of hosta plants and other greenery nestled in the enclosure surrounded by Buildings 3, 10. 11 and 13.

Eighty percent of the concrete walkways surrounding the square garden have just been repaired. A dirt path that went through the garden from one corner to the other has also been replaced with a blue stone walkway.

The garden is home to at least 10 different types of hosta plants, identifiable by their large tropical-looking leaves. They were a gift from Frances Ropes Williams, a 1904 MIT graduate and avid gardener. According to Norman Magnuson, route supervisor in grounds services, she bred different types of the plants she enjoyed and named them in memory of her sister, Constance Williams Hosta.


Author LinkRopes, Frances.
Title LinkA Marine Park for Salem Neck / by Frances Ropes.
Availability All items
Location Institute Archives - Noncirculating Collection 3 | THESIS Thesis Arch 1904 B.S.

Published 1904.
Description 15 leaves ; 30 cm.
Format Book BK
Thesis Note Thesis (B.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1904.
Local Note Accompanying drawings held by MIT Museum.
Title Note Title in the MIT graduation program: Design for a Marine Park for Salem Neck.

Frances married Stillman Pierce Williams on 22 Nov 1906 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Stillman (son of Robert Breck Williams, Jr. and Mary E Pierce) was born in Abt. 1875 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died in Bet. 1921 and 1929. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1910 US Census residence is Winchester, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts

1920 US Census residence is Winchester, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts

1930 US Census residence is Winchester, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. Frances noted as Head of household.

1. Constance Williams was born on 24 Aug 1907 in Massachusetts, United States; died on 5 Apr 1998 in Bedford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
2. Robert B Williams
3. Stillman Pierce Williams, Jr. was born on 13 Jun 1912 in Massachusetts, United States; died on 20 Nov 1988 in Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
4. Louisa King Williams was born on 19 Jan 1917 in Winchester, MIddlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died on 9 Feb 1995 in Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

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Reference in "A Bibliography of Bird Banding in America", Frederick C Lincoln, 1928:

Ropes, WILLIS H.
1925. Bird Banding by Club Members in 1924. Bul. Essex Co., Ornith. Club, vol. 6, pp. 23-26.
A general report of the banding done at several stations in Essex County, Massachusetts, operated by members of the club.
1926. Bird Banding Results for 1925. Bul. Essex Co. Ornith. Club, vol. 7, pp. 30-33.
Four Essex County stations banded during the year 974 birds, and obtained 77 return records.

Willis married Louisa King Farley in Abt. 1882. Louisa (daughter of Charles B Farley and Maria L) was born in 1859 in Massachusetts, United States; died in Bet. 1921 and 1929. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1900 US Census residence is Salem Ward 4, Essex Co., Massachusetts. Listed as last name "Rofes".

1910 US Census residence is Salem Ward 4, Essex Co., Massachusetts. Listed as Welles H and Louisa R.

1920 US Census residence is Danvers, Essex Co., Massachusetts. Listed as Willis H and Louisa K Ropa. No children living with them.

1930 US Census residence is Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts. Listed as Willis H, a single Roomer.

Charles married Lucinda Whipple in Bet. 1851 and 1855. Lucinda (daughter of Jonathan Whipple and Mary Cloutman) was born on 7 Nov 1831 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1880 US Census residence is Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts

1870 US Census residence is Salem Ward 6, Essex Co., Massachusetts. Listed as Chas A. and Lucy W. Roper. Mary G Wipple (age 52) living with them with "no occupation". May be mother-in-law.

1860 US Census residence is Salem Ward 6, Essex Co., Massachusetts

Charles married Maria L. Maria was born in Abt. 1833 in Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1860 US Census residence is Boston Ward 10, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts

1870 US Census residence is Peabody, Essex Co., Massachusetts

1880 US Census residences is Peabody, Essex Co., Massachusetts

Benjamin married Francis Wilkins on 13 May 1804 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Francis (daughter of Reuben Wilkins) was born on 31 Dec 1785; died on 14 Apr 1870. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jonathan married Mary Cloutman on 21 Sep 1817 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Mary (daughter of Stephen Cloutman and Hannah Smith) was born on 14 Jan 1795 in Massachusetts, United States; died on 19 Apr 1858 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]