Aurelia Edwards “Rilla” <I>Ferris</I> Chace

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Aurelia Edwards “Rilla” Ferris Chace

Birth
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA
Death
12 Jan 1944 (aged 81)
Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington, USA
Burial
Cremated, Location of ashes is unknown Add to Map
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Birth year typically seen as 1868; according to family letter (in possession of her great-nephew, my father) she lied about her age to her husband & said her birth year was 1868 but was actually 1862. As her age is listed as 8y in 1870 census, this would confirm the letter.

Husbands:
~ Frank M Jolly (married 26 May 1886, Madison Co., AL; b. Jul 1852, FL)
~ Reuben (married 21 Aug 1894, Baltimore, MD)
~ Frank Chace (married about 1904)

No children

~ Living in Washington, Jackson Co., IN in 1870 under incorrect name "Amelia Holiday"
~ Unable to locate in 1900. Husband Reuben Cohen is listed living in Savannah, GA with mother in 1900. Aurelia is not listed with them.
~ Living in Albion, MI, 1904-1907
~ Living in Seattle, WA, 1908-1914
~ Living in Salem, OR in 1915-1917
~ Living in Boulder, CO in 1919-1926
~ Living in Mobile, AL in 1927
~ Husband listed living in Bellingham, WA in 1930; Aurelia not listed with him; cannot locate her in 1930
~ Living in Henry Hotel in Bellingham, WA in 1940

Teacher of elementary harmony & sight reading for Albion College, Albion, MI
(source: "Yearbook of Albion College for 1906-1907", Albion, MI, 1907, p. 8)

Assistant in Voice, University of Colorado, Boulder Colorado; 1922-1923

"The director of the School of Music (Willamette University) for the ensuing year will be Professor Frank Wilbur Chace, Mus. Doc. and associate of the American Guild of Organists. Dr. Chace is a sound musician and comes to us with endorsements of the highest character. For six years he was organist and choir master of the First Presbyterian church of Seattle, the largest Presbyterian church in the world. For some time he was director of the Conservatory of Music of Albion College. He is an organist of high rank and a specialist in piano, voice and chorus work. He is considered thoroughly efficient as a teacher and a director. He will have able assistants, including his wife, Mrs. Aurelia E. Chace, who has been particularly successful in building up the voice."
(source: "Oregon Teachers' Monthly, Volume 20", Salem, OR, Sept 1915, page 45)

Cause of death: cerebral hemorrhage due to arteriosclerosis

(source: "Washington, Death Certificates, 1907-1960" with surname misspelled as "Chase"; United States Census, 1870, Indiana, Jackson, Washington; "Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950" under name "Rilla Ferris"; "Andrew Newcomb, 1618-1686, and His Descendants, Volume 1", compiled by Bethuel M. Newcomb, 1923, page 562; United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925; Catalogue of the University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, 1922, pages 24-25; 297; 335)
Birth year typically seen as 1868; according to family letter (in possession of her great-nephew, my father) she lied about her age to her husband & said her birth year was 1868 but was actually 1862. As her age is listed as 8y in 1870 census, this would confirm the letter.

Husbands:
~ Frank M Jolly (married 26 May 1886, Madison Co., AL; b. Jul 1852, FL)
~ Reuben (married 21 Aug 1894, Baltimore, MD)
~ Frank Chace (married about 1904)

No children

~ Living in Washington, Jackson Co., IN in 1870 under incorrect name "Amelia Holiday"
~ Unable to locate in 1900. Husband Reuben Cohen is listed living in Savannah, GA with mother in 1900. Aurelia is not listed with them.
~ Living in Albion, MI, 1904-1907
~ Living in Seattle, WA, 1908-1914
~ Living in Salem, OR in 1915-1917
~ Living in Boulder, CO in 1919-1926
~ Living in Mobile, AL in 1927
~ Husband listed living in Bellingham, WA in 1930; Aurelia not listed with him; cannot locate her in 1930
~ Living in Henry Hotel in Bellingham, WA in 1940

Teacher of elementary harmony & sight reading for Albion College, Albion, MI
(source: "Yearbook of Albion College for 1906-1907", Albion, MI, 1907, p. 8)

Assistant in Voice, University of Colorado, Boulder Colorado; 1922-1923

"The director of the School of Music (Willamette University) for the ensuing year will be Professor Frank Wilbur Chace, Mus. Doc. and associate of the American Guild of Organists. Dr. Chace is a sound musician and comes to us with endorsements of the highest character. For six years he was organist and choir master of the First Presbyterian church of Seattle, the largest Presbyterian church in the world. For some time he was director of the Conservatory of Music of Albion College. He is an organist of high rank and a specialist in piano, voice and chorus work. He is considered thoroughly efficient as a teacher and a director. He will have able assistants, including his wife, Mrs. Aurelia E. Chace, who has been particularly successful in building up the voice."
(source: "Oregon Teachers' Monthly, Volume 20", Salem, OR, Sept 1915, page 45)

Cause of death: cerebral hemorrhage due to arteriosclerosis

(source: "Washington, Death Certificates, 1907-1960" with surname misspelled as "Chase"; United States Census, 1870, Indiana, Jackson, Washington; "Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950" under name "Rilla Ferris"; "Andrew Newcomb, 1618-1686, and His Descendants, Volume 1", compiled by Bethuel M. Newcomb, 1923, page 562; United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925; Catalogue of the University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, 1922, pages 24-25; 297; 335)


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