Revision as of 19:45, 29 June 2025

• Frost Avenue Gospel Hall, Rochester, Monroe Co., NY (OB) +1887-1950+
  • Rochester Gospel Hall +1887-1918+

Correspondents

• Alexander "Alex" S. McKenzie +1904-1906+
• George W. Lewis +1926-1936+
• Frank A. Perrott +1939-1950+

Notable Families

Ferris family

WiS 1958-12: Fallen Asleep: York, NY: "Our dear brother Joseph Ferris "went home" Oct. 23rd, in his 89th year. A faithful brother who knew the truth of God, formerly in Friendship Ave. Gospel Hall, Pittsburgh, then Frost Ave. Rochester, latterly here. Stedfast in the faith unto the end."

T&T 1958-12: With Christ: York, NY: "On Oct. 23rd, Joseph Ferris went home in his 89th year. He was in fellowship in the assemblies for over 60 years in Pittsburg, Rochester and later in York, and was steadfast to the end. The funeral was taken by L.E. McBain."

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle 1958-10-24: Ferris: "Wednesday, Oct. 22, 1958, Joseph Ferris of Conesus, N.Y. and Rochester, N.Y. Survived by one son, Samuel J. of Stafford, N.Y.; three daughters, Mrs. Arthur (Mary) Kiehammer, Rochester, Mrs. Stanton (Sarah Jane) Beckwith, Conesus, and Mrs. Arville (Ruth) Millet, Rochester; one sister, Mrs. Martha Crooks, Australia; four grandchildren, several [nieces] and nephews..."

Joseph's residences:

• 1900 @ 3746 Wakefield St., Pittsburgh, PA. Employed by fireman mill.
• 1905 @ Pavillion, Genessee Co., NY
• 1910 @ Mount Morris, Livingston Co., NY.
• 1920-1925 @ Pavillion Rd., York, Livingston Co., NY
• 1940 @ 547 Flint St., Roch., NY

• Joseph Ferris +1905-1950+? (b. 1870 Londonderry, N.I.; emigrated 1887; d. 1958 Conesus, Livingston, Roch. metro, NY). Self-employed farmer.
• 1st wife: Elizabeth "Eliza" Anne Hamilton Ferris +1905-1921 (b. 1871 Bellaghy, Londonderry, N.I. - d. 1921 NYC, NY)
  • Mary Ferris Klehammer (b. 1900 Pgh., PA - d. 1968 Brighton, Monroe, Roch. metro, NY). Husband (1924 @ Monroe Co., NY): Arthur J. Klehammer. In 1924, Arthur & Mary were both employed with the Rochester Telephone Co., Mary was an operator. Their wedding was officiated by Dr. Paul Stratton (b. 1876 Millville, Cumberland, NJ - d. 1942 Holley, Orleans, NY), pastor of Brighton Presby. and Westminster Presby., both in Rochester. Dr. Stratton died in 1942 of a heart attack while polishing his car, at the time (1935-1942) pastoring at First Presby. of Holley.
  • Samuel J. Ferris
  • Sarah Jane Ferris Ferris Beckwith. Husband: Stanton Beckwith.
  • Ruth Ferris Millet. Husband: Arville Millet.
• 2nd wife: Rose Ferris (b. 1874 N.I.)

Harper family

Wit 1912-4: With Christ: "Mrs. D.E. Harper, Rochester, N.Y. Saved 33 years ago. Bore a bright testimony."

• Mrs. D.E. Harper +1912 (d. 1912 Roch., NY)

Lewis family

George worked for Yates American Machine Co., which was claimed (at one time) to be the largest woodworking machinery maker in the world.   He resided at 961 Lyell Ave. & 441 Selye Terr. (1933+).

• George W. Lewis +1926-1936+

McCormick family

WiS 1955-4: Fallen Asleep: Roch., NY: "Our dear sister, Mrs. Mary McCormick “went home” Jan. 7th, aged 78. Saved a good number of years and in fellowship in the old Frost Ave. Assembly."

• Mary A. McCormick (b. 1877 - d. 1955 Roch., NY)

McKenzie family

1851 @ Puslinch, Wellington, ON; 1861 @ Kinloss, Bruce, ON. 1904 @ @ 235 Bronson St. 1906 @ 103 S. Ford St. Alex is the earliest known correspondent, from +1904-1906+.

• Alexander "Alex" S. McKenzie +1904-1906+ (b. 1847 P.E.I.), son of Donald McIntosh (b. 1816 Royston, Glasgow, Scot.), Ch. of Scot., tailor; & Isabella Milne McIntosh (b. 1817 Cawdor, Nairnshire). Alex was PB by 1891, possibly by 1881;
• Agnes Margaret McIntosh +1904-1906+ (b. 1860 Puslinch, Wellington, ON; m. 1887 Puslinch, ON). In 1861, Agnes' parents were with the Free Church in Puslinch, by 1881 Presby @ Guelph, and 1891 with the Free Church in Guelph.

Perrott family

Frank resided at 766 Frost Ave. +1930-1950+, and was the last known correspondent. He immigrated to Canada with his mother and siblings in 1903, working in 1911 at the age of 15 at a department store in Toronto as an electrician. He immigrated to the U.S. by himself via Buffalo in Jan. 1913 with intent to live in Rochester, and resided at 78 Orting Weis St., Roch., in 1920. Frank's mother Elizabeth, as well as he and his siblings were registered as Anglican in Toronto in 1911. By 1921, Elizabeth had moved in with her daughter Florence Lillian Perrott Martin (b. 1881) and family, and evidently joined their Baptist church.

John C. Moore Corp. aka "City Book Bindery" was his employer in 1941, at 69-71 Stone St. As per MyCompanies.fandom.com, the corporation was founded by John C. Moore in 1839, incorporated in 1904, folded in 1992, and dissolved as a corporate entity in 1998. Its primary industry was bookbinding, index systems and business forms, and was always based in Rochester. Frank's employment in a 1920 census was as a printer in a factory, perhaps the same company.

In 1890-1891, William was self-employed as a manufacturer of ginger beer, with an office at 16 Higher Union St., in Torquay, Devon, England.

In 1937, Frank donated the equivalent of four shillings ($23 in 2025) to the Gospel Literature Fund at Witness.

WiS 1956-2: Fallen Asleep: Roch., NY: "On Dec. 22nd, our beloved brother Frank A. Perrott passed into the presence of the Lord Whom He loved, and Whose Name he sought to honor. Well known in earlier days of the work here, he had a shepherd heart and a hospitable home. As one wrote... “A very honorable Christian man.” His widow wrote, "I hoped and prayed that he might be spared for the Winter, but it was His will to take him just at this season,” Loyal to the truth of God he had learned from the Scriptures through men of God, right to the last. Born in England in 1885 in Devonshire, saved at age of 16."

WiS 1966-5: Fallen Asleep: Roch., NY: "Our esteemed sister Mrs. Frank Perrott, widow of the late Frank, went home to be with the Lord March 19 aged 84. She was saved 71 years and, with her departed husband, lived for the Lord and had a keen interest in the work of the Lord — hospitable and kind, when able, they both served well during their tenure of life. We counted them amongst earliest supporters of the work of the Lord, to which not a few of His servants can testify. Formerly in fellowship here, latterly in York, N.Y. In failing health for some time. “Their works do follow them.”

T&T 1966-6: York, N.Y.: "Our dear sister, Mrs. Antelede Perrott, after a period of failing health, was called to be with Christ at the age of 84 years. She was saved 71 years ago and in fellowship in Rochester, N.Y. and in later years in the Assembly at York, N.Y. As health permitted, she was a faithful attender at Assembly gatherings and will be missed. She is survived by one daughter and two sons."

• Frank Arthur Perrott 1913?/+1930-1950+ (b. 1885 Torquay, Devon, England - d. 1955 Roch., NY), son of William Thomas Perrott (1853-1892 Newton Abbot, Torquay, Eng.) & Elizabeth Sarah Job Perrott (b. 1853 Ideford, Teignbridge, Devon, Eng. - d. 1928 Toronto, ON).
• Antelede Perrott 1895?-1950? (b. 1882 - d. 1966)

Pink family

The Witness 1918-9: With Christ: "June 12, Thos. Pink, Rochester, N.Y., aged 58. Converted in Alex. Marshall's meetings in Galt, Ont. In Rochester for 31 years. A valued helper." He could have joined with John W. Bramhall's new meeting (later Cornerstone Bible Chapel two years before his death in 1918, but this seems unlikely. No known relation to theologian Arthur Walkington Pink (1886-1952), incidentally.

• Thomas James Pink 1887-1918 (b. 1860 East Ilsley, Berkshire Downs, West Berkshire, southeast England - d. 1918 Roch., NY), son of James Pink (b. 1832 Colemore, Hampshire, Eng. - d. 1909 Roch., NY) & Emma Ball Pink (b. 1837 Marnhull, Dorset, Eng. - d. 1910 Roch., NY).
• Lavina Eliza Smith Pink 1887-1918+ (b. 1865 Glen Morris, Brant, ON; m. 1883 Galt, Waterloo, ON; d. 1945 Roch., NY), daughter of George Lee Smith (b. 1835 South Dumfries, Brant, ON) & Jane McFagan Smith (b. 1839 Galt, ON).
  • Bertha Jane Pink James 1887-1902+ (b. 1884 Waterloo, ON - d. before 1945). Husband (1903 @ Roch., NY): Henry James.
  • Ida Mae Pink Tyler-Braun 1887-1904+ (b. 1886 Waterloo, ON - d. 1953). Husband: Albert John Tyler, Sr. (b. 1882 Roch., NY - d. 1942), son of John Tyler (b. 1846 Alden, Erie, NY - d. 1915 Roch., NY) & Hannah M. King Tyler (b. 1851 Pembroke, Genesee, NY - d. 1940 Roch., NY)
    • Donald P. Tyler
    • Albert J. Tyler
  • George James Pink 1889-1907+ (b. 1889 Roch., NY - d. 1965 NY). Wife (1920 @ Roch., NY): Anna Barbara Seefried (b. 1893 Olean, Cattaraugus, NY - d. 1978 Roch., NY), daughter of Henry C. Seefried (b. 1858 Olean, NY - d. 1929 Roch., NY) & Mary Foss Seefried (b. 1861 Michlenberg, Germany - d. 1936 Roch., NY).
    • Lieut. Jack Thomas Pink (b. 1921 Roch., NY - d. 1998 Melbourne, Brevard, FL). Wife (1944 @ Carter, OK): Elaine Trimby Pink (b. 1922 Roch., NY - d. 1980 Annandale, Fairfax, VA), daughter of Milton Henry Trimby (1896-1972 Roch., NY) & Emily A. Otto Trimby (1897-1986 Roch., NY). Jack was a veteran of WWII, and a flight officer.
      • Richard Pink (b. 1947 Roch., NY - d. 2010 Vacaville, Solano, CA).
    • William George Pink (1923-1979 Roch., NY)
    • Beverly Anne Pink Reynolds (b. 1931 Roch., NY). Husband (1953): Calvin Frederick Reynolds (b. 1925 Los Angeles, CA), son of Sgt. Jerome Clark Reynolds (b. 1897 Friendship, NY - d. 1965 Roch., NY) & Cora Anna Brockmann Reynolds (b. 1898 Irondequoit, Monroe, NY - d. 1975 Roch., NY). In 1930, Calvin resided in Long Beach, L.A., CA. Jerome was an AAF veteran of both world wars.

Price family

T&T 1963-2: Hamilton: "Our brother, John Price, at the age of 60, went to be with the Lord on Dec. 8th. He was saved in 1916 and with the Kensington Ave. Assembly from its commencement till his homecall (except for ten years which were spent in Rochester). His son-in-law, John Adams preached the Word at the funeral service."

• John Price 1925-1934 (b. 1902 West Hartlepool, Durham, Eng. - d. 1962 Hamilton, Wentworth, ON), son of John Price (b. 1873 Hartlepool, Eng. - d. 1947 Hamilton, ON) & Lily Fox Price (b. 1874 Hartlepool, Eng. - d. 1935? Hamilton, ON).
• 1st wife (1920 @ Hamilton, ON): Isabella Hawthorne Price 1925-1934 (b. 1899 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland - d. 1934 Roch., NY), daughter of John William Hawthorne (b. 1864 Glasgow, Scot. - d. 1953 Hamilton, ON) & Margaret "Maggie" Munroe Broadfoot Hawthorne (1863-1907? Glasgow, Scot.)
  • Olive L. Price 1925-1934 (b. 1925 Hamilton, ON - d. 1934 Rochester, NY).
  • John Russell Price 1928-1934 (b. 1928 Roch., NY - d. 1977 North Bay, ON). Wife (1950): Evelyn Annie Alberta Courvoisier Price (b. 1931 Port Loring, Parry Sound, ON - d. 2008 Trout Creek, Parry Sound, ON), daughter of William Francis Courvoisier (b. 1908 Burksfall, Parry Sound, ON - d. 1984 Arnstein, ON) & Elva Adaline Brooks Courvoisier (b. 1907 Parry Sound, ON - d. 1982 Arnstein, ON).
• 2nd wife (1938 @ Hamilton, ON): Sarah Alice Faulkner Price (b. 1912 Farnsworth, Bolton, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Eng. - d. 1977 Hamilton, ON), daughter of Richard Edward Faulkner (b. 1885 Farnsworth, Eng. - d. 1945 Hamilton, ON) & Alice Ann Pickering Faulkner (b. 1886 Blackburn, Lancashire, Eng. - d. 1947 Hamilton, ON). Alice was a daughter of Josiah Holland Pickering (b. 1856 Blackburn, Lancashire, Eng. - d. 1937 Hamilton, ON) & Alice Ramsden Pickering (b. 1857 Hadfield, Derbyshire, Eng. - d. 1933 Hamilton, ON).
  • Robert Edward Price (b. 1941 - d. 2012). Wife: Marilyn Elaine Smith Price (b. 1942 Huntsville, Muskoka or Kirkland Lake, ON - d. 1997 St. Catherines, Niagara, ON), daughter of Charles Frederick Smith (b. 1905 Sault Ste. Marie, ON - d. 1995 St. Catherines, ON) & Ena Pearl Cox Smith (b. 1915 Huntsville, ON - d. 1992 St. Catherines, ON).
  • Ruth Price Adams (b. 1943 Hamilton, ON)

Sources

• AAB's 1897-1950
• Ancestry.com
• Truth & Tidings (T&T): 1958-12
• Words in Season (WiS): 1955-4; 1956-2; 1958-12
• Witness 1906-12; 1912-4; 1937-7