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'''Edwin S. Ralphs''' (1819-1883) was one of the [[Founders]] of the [[Theosophical Society]]. | '''Edwin S. Ralphs''' (1819-1883) was one of the [[Founders]] of the [[Theosophical Society]]. He was not present for the first meetings forming the organization, but was attended meetings before October 30, when the officers were elected. | ||
Ralphs was born in Wales in 1819. He | Ralphs was born in Wales in 1819. He emigrated to the United States as a young man and married New Yorker Jane Francis Williams. They had Three children - Carine, Clarence, and Lucy - and lived in Brooklyn, where Ralphs died on [[August 3]], 1883. Clarence evidently met with foul play while traveling to Colorado in 1880. | ||
Ralphs worked initially as a clerk and bookkeeper, and as a district canvasser in the 1858 Brooklyn election.<ref>''The Brooklyn Daily Times'' | |||
(Mon, Mar 29, 1858): 2.</ref> Jane worked as a dressmaker.<ref>New York, U.S., State Census, 1855</ref><ref>United States Federal Census for 1870, 1880.</ref> By 1875 when the [[Theosophical Society]] was formed, he held positions in businesses as a vice president of a company at 142 Fulton St. and as a cashier at 126 Fulton, according to business directories of the time.<ref>U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 for 1872, 1875, 1876.</ref><ref>''Goulding´s Manual of New York and General Statistical Guide, 1875''.</ref> | |||
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[[Category:Founders|Ralphs, Edwin S.]] | [[Category:Founders|Ralphs, Edwin S.]] | ||
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[[Category:Nationality Welsh|Ralphs, Edwin S.]] | [[Category:Nationality Welsh|Ralphs, Edwin S.]] | ||
[[Category:Nationality | [[Category:Nationality Naturalized American|Ralphs, Edwin S.]] | ||
[[Category:Associates of HPB||Ralphs, Edwin S.]] | [[Category:Associates of HPB||Ralphs, Edwin S.]] | ||
[[Category:People||Ralphs, Edwin S.]] | [[Category:People||Ralphs, Edwin S.]] | ||
Latest revision as of 17:26, 22 April 2025
Edwin S. Ralphs (1819-1883) was one of the Founders of the Theosophical Society. He was not present for the first meetings forming the organization, but was attended meetings before October 30, when the officers were elected.
Ralphs was born in Wales in 1819. He emigrated to the United States as a young man and married New Yorker Jane Francis Williams. They had Three children - Carine, Clarence, and Lucy - and lived in Brooklyn, where Ralphs died on August 3, 1883. Clarence evidently met with foul play while traveling to Colorado in 1880.
Ralphs worked initially as a clerk and bookkeeper, and as a district canvasser in the 1858 Brooklyn election.[1] Jane worked as a dressmaker.[2][3] By 1875 when the Theosophical Society was formed, he held positions in businesses as a vice president of a company at 142 Fulton St. and as a cashier at 126 Fulton, according to business directories of the time.[4][5]