Oreola Williams

1875 - 1953  (78 years)

• Name	Oreola Williams  [1]
  Birth	14 Apr 1875	Poultney, Rutland, Vermont   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Death	6 Sep 1953	Brooklyn, Kings, New York   [2, 5]
  Burial	Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York   [6]
  Person ID	I15531	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	2 Aug 2022

  
  

  Father	Theodore Williams
  Mother	Martha J. Rees
  Family ID	F9966	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Robert Hutchins Haskell,   b. 31 Oct 1874, Brooklyn, Kings, New York d. 20 Mar 1965, St. Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	8 Apr 1901	Brooklyn, Kings, New York   [1]
  Children	1. Grace Vivian Haskell,   b. 22 Nov 1907, New York City, New York, New York d. 2 Mar 1999, Saint Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida (Age 91 years)
  Family ID	F6331	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

• Notes

  New York Times September 7, 1953 Mrs. Oreola Williams Haskell of 336 East Sixteenth street, Brooklyn, poet and suffragist, who had been closely associated with Carrie Chapman Catt and •Mary Garret Hay in the fight to obtain votes for women, died yesterday in the Stillwell Convalescent Home on Bedford Avenue. Brooklyn. Her age was 78. She was the wife of Robert H. Haskell, attorney. The daughter of Theodore Williams, an editor for The Associated, Press and later of Leslie’s Weekly, Mrs. Haskell was graduated from Cornell University as a Bachelor of Philosophy and was the class poet of 1897. She was the author of many poems published in various magazines and newspapers. One of them, “The Subway,” appeared in The New York Times of June 14, 1929. Her volume "Banner Bearers" contained stories which were highly' praised by' suffrage leaders for their fictional presentation of the dramatic features of the long campaign. . " Besides her husband, Mrs. Haskell leaves a daughter, Grace V. Haskell.

  
  

• Sources

  [S27363] Genealogy of the descendants of William Haskell and Mary Tybott, (compiled by Marion S. Anderson for the Haskell Family Association). [S27468] Haskell Journal, Issue 61, 2002, Banner bearers by Marion Anderson (Oreola (Williams) Haskell suffragist, (Journal of the Haskell Family Association). [S32102] 1920 census, New York, Kings county. [S22728] Descendants of Robert Hutchins Haskell and Oreola Williams [Marion Anderson]. [S37627] Obituary, New York Times, Oreola Haskell, (September 7, 1953). [S48113] Cemetery index, Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, (Find-a-Grave).