Person ID: I5856888387
Frances Ropes
23 Jul 1883 – Oct 1969
Female
Events
- Born
- 23 Jul 1883 — Massachusetts, United States
- Died
- Oct 1969 — Winchester, MIddlesex, Massachusetts, United States
- Buried
- 25 Oct 1969
Parents
Family group sheet →- FatherWillis Henry Ropesb. 1855
- MotherLouisa King Farley1859 – Bet. 1921 and 1929
- ChildFrances Ropes23 Jul 1883 – Oct 1969
- ChildLucy Ropesb. July 1886
- ChildPhebe Ropesb. Oct 1890
Family
Family group sheet →Married: 22 Nov 1906 — Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
- FatherStillman Pierce WilliamsAbt. 1875 – Bet. 1921 and 1929
- MotherFrances Ropes23 Jul 1883 – Oct 1969
- ChildConstance Williams24 Aug 1907 – 5 Apr 1998
- ChildLivingLiving
- ChildStillman Pierce Williams, Jr.13 Jun 1912 – 20 Nov 1988
- ChildLouisa King Williams19 Jan 1917 – 9 Feb 1995
Notes
- 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.