Eva Matilda Troup

(12 April 1881 - 1 April 1970)
Pedigree - three generations
Date this page was last edited=16 Jan 2017
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Ancestors of Frank Kenneth DeVoe (1908 - 1998)
Descendants of Nicolas de Vaux (b. about 1642)
Descendants of Frederick de Veaux (b. about 1645)
Descendants of Miles Oakley (1645 - 1682)
Descendants of John Troup (b. about 1772)
Eva Troup. Photo in possession of Linda Funk Shook. Another copy mounted on the same photographer's card was in the possession of Margaret Troupe in 2003, borrowed from the estate of Toby Harrison, a descendent of John Bruce Troup. The photo had been sent to England and has "Eva age 15 yrs" written on the reverse.
Eva Matilda Troup was born on 12 April 1881 in Brooklyn, New York.1,2 She was the daughter of Charles Robert Troup and Rachel Amelia Walpole.

Eva Matilda Troup appears in a family photograph taken about 1885. Her highest grade of school completed was first year of high school.3

She was the bridesmaid at the wedding of Harry Zalmon Mayne and Mary Harriette Cargon on 31 May 1898 in Old Katonah, Westchester County, New York.4

Eva Matilda Troup married Frank Quinlan DeVoe, son of Isaac DeVoe and Cordelia A. Oakley, on 6 December 1905 at 36 Fisher Avenue, White Plains, Westchester County, New York.5,6,7

Eva Matilda Troup appeared on the census of 22 April 1910 at 24 Bank Street, White Plains, Westchester County, New York, in the household of her husband.8

Frank Kenneth DeVoe recalled that his family lived for a number of years as caretakers in a large sixteen-room house, the Anderson estate, on Post Road in White Plains. The estate included a barn and orchards. Eventually the estate was settled and the property sold.9,10 Martha (Josselyn) DeVoe recalled the Anderson place as being at the top of a hill on the northwest side of the Post Road; she used to walk past it on her way to the Ridgeview Church. The old house was large and had been subdivided into two parts. She thought it was torn down later.11 A house and outbuilding labeled "Thos. Anderson" appeared in a 1907 atlas; the property was the area enclosed by the New York Post Road, Tibbits Avenue, Ridgeview Avenue, and Midland Avenue, excluding strips of property along the east side of Ridgeview and the north side of Midland.12

Eva Matilda Troup appears in a photograph of a fourth-of-July picnic at the Anderson estate on Post Road in White Plains, probably taken around 1918.9

The DeVoes were also caretakers at one time at a house at 55 Mamaroneck Road, Scarsdale, Westchester County, New York.13,14

Eva Matilda Troup appeared on the census of 19 January 1920 at 53 Rathbun Avenue, White Plains, Westchester County, New York, in the household of her husband.15

Eva Matilda Troup appeared on the census of June 1925 at 23 Bank Street, White Plains, Westchester County, New York, in the household of her husband.16

The Bank Street apartment house was the DeVoe residence before the family moved to Davis Avenue.17 Frank and Eva (Troup) DeVoe lived on one side and Rachel (Walpole) Troup on the other; they were there when Frank Kenneth DeVoe was in college.18 Frank Kenneth DeVoe recalled that Rachel Troup rented the third floor.9 A letter received by Frank Kenneth DeVoe in 1929 was addressed to 86 Bank Street, White Plains, New York, so either the family had moved from one Bank Street address to another or the street was renumbered.19

Eva Matilda Troup appears in a photograph of a family picnic taken possibly about 1930.

Eva Matilda Troup appeared on the census of 17 April 1930 at 36 Linda Avenue, White Plains, Westchester County, New York, in the household of her husband.20

Eva DeVoe, Frank Kenneth DeVoe, and Marion DeVoe appeared in a photo taken at Kingsland Point Park.

Eva Matilda Troup appears in a family photo taken 5 July 1936 at Harry and Mary Mayne's beach house in Morningside, Milford, Connecticut.

Eva Matilda Troup appeared on the census of 22 May 1940 at 36 Davis Avenue, White Plains, Westchester County, New York, in the household of her husband.3

Eva Matilda Troup appears in a family photograph taken probably in summer 1943.

Eva Matilda Troup appears in a photograph of a family picnic at 36 Davis Avenue, White Plains, New York, probably in summer (4 July?) 1944.

After Frank DeVoe's death in November 1955, Eva DeVoe lived at 43 Rockledge Avenue, White Plains, New York.21 Prior to her death, she lived with Rachel (Troup) Watkins at 39 Upland Avenue, White Plains, Westchester County, New York, according to her obituary.22

Eva Matilda Troup died on 1 April 1970 in St. Agnes Hospital, White Plains, Westchester County, New York, at age 88.22 She was buried on 4 April 1970 in lot 1350 (Walpole plot), Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, Westchester County, New York.23,24,25

Children of Eva Matilda Troup and Frank Quinlan DeVoe

Citations

  1. [S6] Family records from a very large bible belonging to Mrs. Charles Robert Troup.
  2. [S5] Bible presumably belonging to Walpole family.
  3. [S782] Frank DeVoe household, 1940 U.S. census, Westchester County, New York, Ward 3, White Plains.
  4. [S203] Katonah Times, 3 June 1898.
  5. [S308] Wedding invitation, Frank DeVoe and Eva Troup.
  6. [S309] Marriage certificate, Frank DeVoe and Eva Troup.
  7. [S331] Unknown newspaper.
  8. [S257] Frank Devoe household, 1910 U.S. census, Westchester County, New York, White Plains, 2nd ward, enumeration district 131.
  9. [S262] Taped interview, Frank Kenneth DeVoe, probably 26 December 1992.
  10. [S520] Taped interview, Frank Kenneth DeVoe, 26 July 1990.
  11. [S313] Telephone interview, Martha (Josselyn) DeVoe, 28 March 2004.
  12. [S376] G. W. and W. S. Bromley, Atlas of Westchester County, 1907, Vol. 1, Plate 22.
  13. [S384] Interview, Nancy (DeVoe) Webert, February 2004.
  14. [S385] Letter, Patsy Dutton to Nancy (DeVoe) Webert, received 3 May 2004.
  15. [S50] Frank Q. DeVoe household, 1920 U.S. census, Westchester County, New York, White Plains.
  16. [S574] 1925 New York state census, Westchester County, White Plains.
  17. [S374] Interview, Martha DeVoe, 12 July 2002.
  18. [S186] Interview, Gladys (Troup) Stickler, 1 July 2003.
  19. [S500] Letter, unknown author to Frank K. DeVoe, 6 April 1929.
  20. [S51] Frank Q. Devoe household, 1930 U.S. census, Westchester County, New York, White Plains.
  21. [S537] Address book of Howard DeVoe, 1957-1964.
  22. [S302] Reporter Dispatch?, 3 April 1970.
  23. [S231] Record of Interments, Lot 1350, Kensico Cemetery, Vahalla, New York.
  24. [S232] Gravestone inscriptions, lot 1350, Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, New York.
  25. [S842] Find A Grave memorial page for Eva Matilda Troup DeVoe (1881 - 1970).

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