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Tiffany Census

First Congregational Church, Toledo, Ohio

Note: the text in the square brackets ([...]) are a short form of references which have been used to deduce the corresponding information.
The meaning of the site and item attributes is explained in the glossary.

Site Id: 32.20.1
Rating: Nothing
Address: St. Clair Street
Location: Toledo, Ohio 43604, USA
Lat/Lng: 41.65099, -83.53545 (approx)
Tiffany 1910: Page 93
Duncan 1980: Page 219
Tiffany 1897: Page 55
Tiffany 1893: Listed
Tiffany 1886: Not listed
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1910 also lists the Bowman (possibly that should be Bodman) Memorial Tablet [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED]
Completeness: High
Building status: No more
Building date: 1878 [WEB]
Architect:
Also of interest:

Site Items

32.20.1.1: Emerson Memorial Window: Moses (1888) (Removed)
32.20.1.2: Eaton Memorial Window: ornamental (1888) (Removed)
32.20.1.3: Carrington Memorial Window: Angel (1888) (Removed)
32.20.1.4: Casey Memorial Window: Angel (1888) (Removed)
32.20.1.5: Wood Memorial Window: ornamental (Removed)
32.20.1.6: Berdan Memorial Window: ornamental (1898) (Removed)
32.20.1.7.a: Williams Memorial Window: Christ Blessing Little Child (1904) (Removed)
32.20.1.7.b: Williams Memorial Tablet: mosaic glass with a handsome frame in relief and bronze lettering (1904) (Removed)
32.20.1.8: Ketcham Memorial Window: landscape (1904) (Removed)

Item 32.20.1.1

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Removed [HIST1987]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Emerson Memorial Window
Theme: Moses [DUNC1980, TDB1888]
Tiffany 1910: Page 93
Duncan 1980: Page 219
Tiffany 1897: Page 55
Signature:
Other documentation: [TDB1888]
Designer:
Memorial details: George Emerson (9 Feb 1820 - 28 Jul 1887) [INSCRIPTION, TDB1888, HIST1987]
Donor: Mr. Newman [TDB1888]
Date: Installed Jun 1888 [TDB1888]
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO]
Inscription: IN MEMORY OF / GEORGE EMERSON / BORN FEBY 9 1820 / DIED JULY 28 1887 [PHOTO]
Category: Moses
Location: west side, right of organ [TDB1888]
History: Moved with congregation to new building (SITE:32.20.4) in 1916 [ORG]
Same as item: 32.20.4.1

Item 32.20.1.2

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Removed [HIST1987]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Eaton Memorial Window
Description: ornamental [ORG]
Tiffany 1910: Page 93
Duncan 1980: Page 219
Tiffany 1897: Page 55
Signature:
Other documentation: [TDB1888]
Designer:
Memorial details: Mary Helen Shirley Eaton (23 May 1839 - 2 Jan 1887) [INSCRIPTION, TDB1888, HIST1987, EATON1911]
and also Frederick Eaton (10 Feb 1835 - 4 Feb 1890) and [INSCRIPTION, HIST1987, EATON1911]
Donor: Frederick Eaton [TDB1888]
Date: Installed Jun 1888 [TDB1888]
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO]
Inscription: IN MEMORY OF FREDERICK AND MARY EATON [PHOTO, HIST1987]
Category: Ornamental
Location: west side, left of organ [TDB1888]
History: Moved with congregation to new building (SITE:32.20.4) in 1916 [ORG]
Same as item: 32.20.4.2

Item 32.20.1.3

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Removed [HIST1987]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Carrington Memorial Window
Theme: Angel [TDB1888, ORG]
Tiffany 1910: Page 93
Duncan 1980: Page 219
Tiffany 1897: Page 55
Signature:
Other documentation: [TDB1888]
Designer:
Memorial details: Miles Delevan Carrington (1 Jan 1823 - 27 Mar 1887) and Elizabeth Maria Casey Carrington (16 Feb 1827 - 17 Aug 1886) [INSCRIPTION, TDB1888, HIST1987, WEB]
Donor: the Carringtons [TDB1888]
Date: Installed Jun 1888 [TDB1888]
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO]
Inscription: TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND THE MEMORY OF / MILES D CARRINGTON / AND ELIZABETH M CARRINGTON [PHOTO, HIST1987]
Category: Angel
Location: west side, left of organ [TDB1888]
History: Moved with congregation to new building (SITE:32.20.4) in 1916 [ORG]
Same as item: 32.20.4.3

Item 32.20.1.4

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Removed [HIST1987]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Casey Memorial Window
Theme: Angel [TDB1888]
The Recording Angel [HIST1987]
Tiffany 1910: Page 93
Duncan 1980: Page 219
Tiffany 1897: Page 55
Signature:
Other documentation: [TDB1888]
Designer:
Memorial details: Elizabeth Maria Casey (1 Jul 1855 - 26 Feb 1859), Delavan Carrington Casey (3 Apr 1866 - 23 Mar 1871), Helen Fidelia Casey (26 Sep 1859 - 16 Dec 1872) and Irving Ely Casey (8 Jun 1853 - 4 Jan 1874) [INSCRIPTION, HIST1987, WEB]
Donor: their parents, Theodore Buel Casey and Sarah Diantha Woods Casey [HIST1987, TDB1888, WEB]
Date: Installed Jun 1888 [TDB1888]
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO]
Inscription: IN MEMORY / OF THE CHILDREN OF / THEODORE B AND SARAH D CASEY / ELIZABETH MARIA 1855 1859 / DELAVAN CARRINGTON 1866 1871 / HELEN FIDELIA 1859 1872 / IRVING ELY 1853 1874 [PHOTO, DEDUCED]
Category: Recording Angel
Location: west side, left of organ [TDB1888]
History: Moved with congregation to new building (SITE:32.20.4) in 1916 [ORG]
Same as item: 32.20.4.4

Item 32.20.1.5

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Removed [HIST1987]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Wood Memorial Window
Description: ornamental [ORG]
Tiffany 1910: Page 93
Duncan 1980: Page 219
Tiffany 1897: Page 55
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details: Samuel Bryant Wood (d. 8 Mar 1890, aged 61) [INSCRIPTION, HIST1987, TDB1890]
Donor:
Date:
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO]
Inscription: IN MEMORY OF / S B WOOD [PHOTO]
Category: Ornamental
History: Moved with congregation to new building (SITE:32.20.4) in 1916 [ORG]
Same as item: 32.20.4.5

Item 32.20.1.6

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Removed [HIST1987]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Berdan Memorial Window (Bodman Memorial Window)
Description: ornamental [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 93
Duncan 1980: Page 219
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation: [TDB1898]
Designer:
Memorial details: Peter Frederick Berdan (23 Oct 1824 - 13 Nov 1887) [INSCRIPTION, TDB1898, HIST1987, YALE1907]
and also his mother, Pamela Freese Berdan (1802 - 9 Oct 1896) [INSCRIPTION, TDB1898, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor: their family [TDB1898]
Date: Unveiled 2 Oct 1898 [TDB1898]
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO]
Inscription: In memoriam / Born 1802 Pamela Berdan Died 1896 / Born 1824 Peter F Berdan Died 1887 [PHOTO]
Category: Ornamental
History: Moved with congregation to new building (SITE:32.20.4) in 1916 [ORG]
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1910 calls this the Bodman Memorial Window (spelled as Bowman) so likely Mr. Berdan's daughter, Ida Maria Berdan Bodman, was at least one of the donors and was the person who organised the window with the Tiffany company [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED]
Same as item: 32.20.4.6

Item 32.20.1.7.a

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Removed [HIST1987]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Williams Memorial Window
Theme: Christ Blessing Little Child [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 93
Duncan 1980: Page 219
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation: [TDB1904]
Designer:
Memorial details: Rev. William Wallace Williams D.D. (25 Oct 1821 - 7 Jul 1898) [INSCRIPTION, TDB1904, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor: his friends [TDB1904]
Date: Presented 25 Dec 1904 [TDB1904, HIST1987]
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO]
Inscription: Revd William W Williams DD / 1821 - 1898 [PHOTO]
Category: Christ Blessing Children
Cost: $1300 for the window and tablet [TDB1904]
History: Moved with congregation to new building (SITE:32.20.4) in 1916 [ORG]
Same as item: 32.20.4.7.a

Item 32.20.1.7.b

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Removed [HIST1987]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Williams Memorial Tablet
Description: mosaic glass with a handsome frame in relief and bronze lettering [TDB1904]
Tiffany 1910: Not listed
Duncan 1980: Not listed
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation: [TDB1904]
Designer:
Memorial details: Rev. William Wallace Williams D.D. (25 Oct 1821 - 7 Jul 1898) [INSCRIPTION, TDB1904, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor: his friends [TDB1904]
Date: Presented 25 Dec 1904 [TDB1904, HIST1987]
Inscription: In memory of Rev. Wm. W Williams, D.D., for forty years the faithful and beloved pastor of the church, a trusted leader and wise counselor // Born 1821 - Died 1898 [TDB1904]
History: Moved with congregation to new building (SITE:32.20.4) in 1916 [HIST1987, ORG]
Same as item: 32.20.4.7.b

Item 32.20.1.8

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Removed [HIST1987]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Ketcham Memorial Window (Nearing Memorial Window)
Description: landscape [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 93
Duncan 1980: Page 219
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details: Rachel Ann Berdan Ketcham (27 Sep 1821 - 27 Sep 1907) [INSCRIPTION, TDB1904, HIST1987, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor: her daughter, Mary Elizabeth Ketcham (Mrs. Mars) Nearing [TDB1904, HIST1987]
Date: Presented 25 Dec 1904 [HIST1987]
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO]
Inscription: Rachel A Ketcham / Born September 27th 1821 [PHOTO, HIST1987]
Category: Landscape
History: Moved with congregation to new building (SITE:32.20.4) in 1916 [ORG]
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1910 calls this the Nearing Memorial Window because Mrs. Nearing was the donor [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED]
Same as item: 32.20.4.8

References

DEDUCED: Deduced from other information
DUNC1980: Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
EATON1911: History, Genealogical and Biographical, of the Eaton Families, Nellie Zada Rice Molyneux (1911, p. 528)
FINDAGRAVE: Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
HIST1987: First Congregational Church: St. Clair Street to Collingwood Boulevard, Edward Parker Johnson (1987)
INSCRIPTION: Inscription on item
ORG: Organization
PHOTO: Photo of item
TDB1888: Toledo Daily Blade (22 Jun 1888, p. 6)
TDB1890: Toledo Daily Blade (8 Mar 1890, p. 2)
TDB1898: Toledo Daily Blade (1 Oct 1898, p. 7)
TDB1904: Toledo Daily Blade (24 Dec 1904, p. 14)
TIFF1886: Announcement in American Architect and Building News, Tiffany Glass Company (6 Feb 1886)
TIFF1893: Chicago Exposition booklet, Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (1893)
TIFF1897: A List of Windows: And Extracts from Letters & Newspapers, Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (1897)
TIFF1910: A Partial List of Tiffany Windows, Tiffany Studios (1910)
WEB: Some general webpage, e.g. for deducing biographical or genealogical information
YALE1907: Decennial record of the class of 1896, Yale College, Clarence S. Day, Jr. (1907, p. 217)

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