Visitors to Olmstead Hall

There may have been many visitors to Olmstead Hall prior to the establishment of the guest book below but no records have survived, other than a mention here or there in individual's records.

Frederick Law Olmsted did visit the Hall in the early 1850s as he indicted in his journal; he may well have visited again in later years.

Grace Olmsted of Sardinia, NY visited the Hall in 1910.

 

Olmstead Hall Guest Book
1932-1982

The Kiddies welcomed visitors to their home for over fifty years and asked each to sign the guest book.

Thanks go to Roger and Margaret Ruth of Rochester, NY for their efforts to preserve this record. Roger, a descendant of Millicent Olmsted (4114*), and his wife and Margaret have been active members and supporters of the Olmste(a)d Family Association.
     On one of their later visits to Olmstead Hall they arranged to photo copy the original guest book which was then shown at the 1982 Olmste(a)d Family Association Reunion at Tufts University in Boston. The Ruth's annotated the record of the visitors to Olmstead Hall with additional information that often include their genealogical number from the 1912 Olmsted Genealogy or other ancestral reference.
     I believe that often only Olmste(a)ds were listed and that the spouse, who most likely with them, was not listed.

Date Guest Hometown
21 Oct 1932  Mabel Olmsted Holdridge (Mrs. Edgar P.) (3165*)
 Maude Louise Olmsted (3166*)
   daughters of Parmelee C. Olmsted (2064*)
 Grace Harriet Olmsted
 Brooklyn, NY
 Brooklyn, NY

 Cleveland, OH
15 Jul 1933  Katherine (Miller) Anderson and her husband, Ross P. Anderson
   daughter of Emma Jane (Olmsted) Miller (5506*)
 Pelham Manor,
 NY
25 Jul 1934  Ashley W. Olmsted (10511*) (OFA #148)
   return visits 31 Jul 1938 and 11 Jul 1974
 Buffalo, NY
 later Simsbury,
 CT
10 Jul 1936  Carrie (Olmstead) Lilly (6716*) who was 75 years old
 Marie (Lilly) Campbell and her husband Harry Eugene Campbell
 Madison, WI
3 Aug 1936  Mary Elizabeth Olmsted  The Bronx, NY
17 Aug 1936  George Olmsted and his wife, Jennie M. Olmsted, and
 Frances V. Olmsted
 Evanston, IL
18 Jul 1937  Herbert W. Olmsted, grandson of Phillip L. Olmsted (9790*)  Omaha, NE
16 Jul 1938  Col. Ernest Sargent Olmsted (3238*) and his wife
 Alice (Lockwood) Olmsted
 Des Moines, IA
21 Jul 1938  Florence (Grady) Foster (8667*) and her son,
 Harry Schuyler Foster, Jr. (9041*)
 Delaware, OH
31 Jul 1938  Ashley W. Olmsted (10511*) (OFA #148)  Buffalo, NY
12 Mar 1944  Herman Nelson Shultz, S/Sgt, US Army and his brother,
 Charles Melville Shults, 1st Lt, US Army Air Crop (see Aug 1982)
  sons of Elizabeth Shellman Olmsted (8470*)
 Evansville, IN
22 Sep 1945  Cleveland B. G. Rettig, US Army
   [his wife Lucretia visited 5 May 1950]
 Olmsted Manor,
 Somers, CT
18 Oct 1947  Remington Olmsted, Jr., son of Remington Olmsted (8616*), and
   "currently with road show of Oklahoma playing in London."
 Pasadena, CA
1 Sep 1949  Elsie A. Perry  Aberdeen, SD
5 May 1950  Lucretia Humphrey (Olmsted) Rettig (Mrs. Cleveland) (OFA
   #630) daughter of Arthur Herbert Olmsted (3423*)
   she also made return visits in ? and 2006
 Olmsted Manor,
 Somers, CT
7 Sep 1952  Margaret E. Olmsted (later Mrs. Richard Ford) (OFA #3)
  daughter of Charles Henry Olmsted (2468*)
 East Hartford,
 CT
6 Aug 1953  Faith Mary Olmstead
 Beatrice Olmstead Nichols
  daughters of Normand Olmstead (2576*)
 Norwalk, CT
 Haskell, NJ
28 Jul 1954  Charles H. Olmsted, Jr.
  son of Charles Henry Olmsted (2468*)
 East Hartford,
 CT
7 Dec 1954
15 Mar 1955
 Ray Daniel Olmstead, son of Daniel Louis Olmstead (7351*)
   two visits on one European trip
 Los Angeles, CA
13 Mar 1955  Ardiane (Olmsted) Fowler (9027*) with her daughters
 Mary Emily and Martha Summers; they returned on 14 Jul 1967.
   William Fowler was spending a year at Cavandish Labs, Cambridge
   Univ.
 Pasadena, CA
10 Jun 1955  John Malcolm Olmsted (10121*) and his wife Elizabeth (Hed)
   Olmsted, his mother Susie (Mills) Olmsted, and his brother,
   Guilford Eldon Olmsted (10122*) and his wife Denise (Dennis)
   and son John Eldon Olmsted
 American
 Embassy,
   Stockholm
 Des Moines, IA
16 Jun 1957  Harry H. Olmsted, Jr., son of Harry Huston Olmsted (OFA #44)  Arlington, VA
13 Jul 1957  Dorothy Olmsted Cate  Minneapolis,
 MN
14 Jun1958  Mr. & Mrs. Ernest W. Ogram
  return visits 23 Jun 1962 and 14 Sep 1965
 Washington, DC
9 Jul 1958  Mrs. Paul W. Kiese
   (believed to be a granddaughter of Sarah (Olmsted) VanBuren)
 Toledo,OH
1 Sept 1958  Charlotte (Olmsted) Gill with her son Stephen (who returned 7 Oct
   1973) daughter of Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr.
 Palo Alto, CA
6 Apr 1960  Martin Olmsted Wallace, MD, son of Ella (Olmsted) Wallace
   (3033*) return visit 31 May 1975
 Duluth, MN
1 Oct 1960  Lucy Lee Wren, daughter of Cornelia (Olmsted) Lee (8591*)  Mexico
25 Oct 1960  Joseph Kissick and his wife and her mother,
 Nellie (Olmsted) Cochran (who is a sister of a George W.
 Olmsted who visited the Hall in1926)
 Armonk, NY
18 Dec 1960  Glenn Dunlap Olmsted (3691*) and his wife Thelma (McMurray)
   Olmsted
 Minneapolis,
 MN
21 Mar 1961  Calvin Philips, Jr., grandson of Martha Bennitt Olmsted (4689*)  Seattle, WA
30 Jun 1961  Anne Wakefield, daughter of Elizabeth (Olmsted) Wakefield (3155*)  Wayzata, MN
14 Oct 1961  Mrs. Stuart M. Hill and Mrs. H. H. Lounsberry, daughters of
   Ellen (Olmsted) Strong and granddaughters of Henry King
   Olmsted (1492*), compiler of the 1912 Olmsted Genealogy
 Exeter, NH
 Newtonville, MA

 
23 Jun 1962  Mr. & Mrs. Ernest W. Ogram, who had previously visited on
   14 Jun 1958 and returned again 14 Sep 1965
 Washington, DC
19 Jun 1963  Betsy (Bissell) Olmsted (Mrs. Theodore Dwight, Jr.) and
  daughter-in-law of Theodore Dwight Olmsted (7601*).
  Her husband visited 1 Apr 1978.
 South
 Glastonbury, CT
8 Jul 1963  Elizabeth (Olmsted) Neal, daughter of Charles Edwin Olmsted
   (3318*)
 West Palm
 Beach, FL
25 Jul 1963  Katherine Pfeifer, daughter of Katherine and Ross Anderson
   who visited 15 Jul 1933; granddaughter of Emma (Olmsted)
   Miller (5506*)
 Kennett Square,
 PA
25 Jul 1963  Rev. and Mrs. Jan J. Toff, grandson of Frank P. Toof (3097*)  Oak Park, IL
28 Jul 1965  Sarah Olmsted Reid, daughter of Amelia (Olmsted) Reid (7600*)  New London,
 NH
15 Aug 1965  Frances E. Sage  Ithaca, NY
14 Sep 1965  Mrs. Ernest W. Ogram, with grandchildren
 Bill, Toni, and Robbin
 Washington, DC
 Atlanta, GA
26 Jun 1966  Frances L. Higgins, granddaughter of Cornelia Olmsted (8591*)
 P. B. C. Wren and his wife Lucy (Lee) Wren, daughter of Cornelia
 Corey Olmsted Lee and Loring Olmsted Lee (? brothers of Lucy ?)
 Hazlemere, Eng
 Putney Heath, Eng
 Croydon, Surrey
9 Sep 1966  Mary (Goodwin) Olmsted, wife of Charles Henry Olmsted (2468*)
 Margaret E. Olmsted, daughter of Charles & Mary above
 Charles H. Olmsted, son of Charles & Mary above
 East Hartford, CT
 East Hartford, CT
 Mt. Holoyke
   College
9 Oct 1966  Mark Bradbury Hunter and his wife Sally (Wallace) Hunter, daughter
   of Martin Olmsted Wallace who visited the Hall 6 Apr 1960
 Duluth, MN
12 Apr 1966  Mrs. J. S. Johnson  Altadena, CA
30 May 1967
3 Jun 1967
 Roger Allan Ruth and his wife Margaret (Stallman) Ruth  Rochester, NY
14 Jul 1967  Ardiane Olmsted Fowler (#9027) and her daughter, Martha S.
   Fowler Cabray Wortley, Jr., son of Janet (Olmsted) Wortley
   (9020*)
 Pasadena, CA
26 Sep 1967  Marguerite (Olmsted) Garner (Mrs. Paul L.), daughter of
   George H. Olmsted (3252*)
 North Hollywood,
 CA
14 Jun 1968  Mrs. Howard A. Brink and her son Robert N. Brink
   granddaughter of Sarah Jane Olmstead
 East Hartford,
 CT
8 Aug 1968  Ardiane Olmsted Fowler (9027*); this was her third visit
 Elizabeth Olmsted Smith (Mrs. Preston R.) (9025*)
 Cambridge,
 Essex
 Buffalo, NY
Aug 1969  Olive (Olmstead) Foster (Mrs. Newton) (OFA #137)
   great-granddaughter of James Olmstead (5087*)
 Rutherford, NJ
25 May 1969  Helen Smith Wright, granddaughter of Helen Annette Olmsted  Waukesha, WI
5 Feb 1970  James Warren Olmsted, son of John Olmsted (3154*)  Boston, MA and
 Deering, NH
11 May 1970  Garrett Scott Olmsted, son of John Bartow Olmsted, II (9024*)  New Hartford,
 CT
12 Jul 1970  Gordon Mercer Olmsted, son of John Meigs Hubbell Olmsted
   (8089*)
 Carbondale, IL
13 Aug 1970  Eileen (Bickford) Hodgson, daughter of Louisa (Olmsted)
  Bickford (6657*)
 Niagara Falls,
 Ont.
Sep 1970  Mary (Olmsted) Beneduci, daughter of Prescott S. Olmsted
   (9021*)
 Florence, Italy
10 Jan 1971  Charles R. Olmsted, grandson of Frederick Olmsted (1940*),
   his daughter Marion P. Olmsted and son Rick R. Olmsted
 Portland, OR
Jan 1971  Catherine Bedlow VanAlstyne Weller  Kansas City, MO
20 May 1971  Marjorie Elaine (Beelby) Smallman (Mrs. Robert L), daughter of
   Mary Gertrude (Olmsted) (10266*) Beelby
 Poway, CA
23 May 1971  Dr. David L. Herrick, son of Wilma (Shoemaker) Hetrick
   (10377*) and his daughters Carol, Nancy, and Amy
 Tucson, AZ
1 Aug 1971  Robert L. Lee, son of Cornelia Bryan Olmsted (8591*), and his
   son Patrick C. Lee
 Monterrey,
 Mexico
27 Aug 1971  Frederick S. Olmsted  Longmeadow,
 MA
23 Oct 1971  Jonathan Olmsted, son of J. Warren Olmsted who visits the Hall
   in 1977 and grandson of John Olmsted (3154*)
 New York, NY
3 May 1972  Roger Allan and Margaret (Stallman) Ruth (OFA #131); they
   previously visited May-June 1967 and would return again in
   July 1980
 Rochester, NY
1 Jun 1972  Kenneth Dean Olmstead (10545*) and his daughter Rose Ann
   Olmstead
 Syracuse, NE
Jun 1972  Charles R. Olmsted, grandson of Frederick Olmsted (1940*). He
   visited in January 1971 and returned to take pictures
 Portland, OR
8 Jun 1972  Gordon Mercer Olmsted, son of John Meigs Hubbell Olmsted
   (8089*), he previously visited in July 1970
 Carbondale, IL
24 Jun 1972  James William Olmstead [most likely the son of William James
  "Big Bill" Olmstead who founded the modern Olmstead Family
   Association and is a son of Frederick William Olmstead
   (6446*)]
 Halifax, NS
9 Aug 1972  Emily Mercer Olmsted, daughter of John Meigs Hubbel Olmsted
    (8089*)
 Palo Alto, CA
17 Sep 1972  Prescott Seymour Olmsted (9021*). He had first visited in July
   1926 by bicycle from Cambridge
 Houston, TX
22 Sep 1972  Eleanor Louise (Olmsted) MacAyeal (Mrs. Robert A.) (10528*)  Vero Beach, FL
10 Apr. 1973  Elizabeth (Olmsted) Neal, daughter of Charles Edwin Olmsted
   (3318*); previously visited 8 Jul 1963
 West Palm
 Beach, FL
31 Jul 1973  William Edward Olmstead, (OFA #28) a 4th great-son of
   Jedediah Olmsted (9090*), with his sons William Harold
   and Randall Edward
 Chicago. IL
7 Oct 1973  Stephen Paschall Gill, grandson of Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr.
   (2356*) accompanied by Miles David Powell of Fresno, CA; he
   previously visited 1 Sep 1958 with his mother, Charlotte
   (Olmsted) Gill
 Atherton, CA
18 Jan 1974  Garrett Scott Olmsted, son of John Bartow Olmsted, II (9024*);
   he previously visited 11 May 1970
 Cambridge, MA
6 Jun 1974  David Allen Crowell, son of Julia Susannah Olmsted (10268*)  Long Beach, CA
11 Jul 1974  Ashley Williams Olmsted (10511*) (OFA #148) and his nephew
 Donald Williams Olmsted, son of Clarence Bushnell Olmsted
   (10512*)
 Simsbury, CT
 Cleveland, OH
19 Jul 1974  Allen Seymour Olmsted (8618*) and his grandsons
 Eric & Kenneth Olmsted, sons of Peter Scott Olmsted
 Moylan, PA
24 Jul 1974  Sterling Pitkin Olmsted, son of Harry Dwight Olmsted (2430*)  Wilmington, OH
23 Feb 1975  Allen Olmsted Vejar, son of Helen (Olmsted) Vejar (3828*)  San Francisco,
 CA
31 May 1975  Martin Olmsted Wallace, MD, son of Ella (Olmsted) Wallace
   (3033*) previously visited on 6 Apr 1960
 Duluth, MN
Jul 1975  John VanBuren Perry  Riverton, WY
25 Jul 1975  Carolyn Negley Grohe (Mrs. William), granddaughter of
   William Henry Olmsted (1312*)
 San Francisco,
 CA
3 Sep 1975  Byron Lance Olmstead (OFA #45) and his children,
 Donald Bradley, Sherry Lynne, and G. William Craig
 Vancouver, BC
20 Sep 1975  Dorothy Olmsted Calahan  Laguna Hills,
 CA
19 Apr 1976  Christine Towner, great-granddaughter of Edmond B. Edwards
   (7014*)
 Fairport, NY
14 May 1976  Phoebe Olmstead Phillips  New Vernon,
 NJ
2 Nov 1976  Arlene (Truax) Bock (Mrs. Edward C.), daughter of Ruth
   Elizabeth Olmsted (2945*)
 Fulton, NY
22 Nov 1976  Kimberly Hunt Olmsted, granddaughter of Harold Leroy
   Olmsted (8617*)
 Cape Elizabeth,
 ME
14 Jan 1977  Susan (Olmstead) Douffas (Mrs. Philip), daughter of
   Normand Olmstead (2576*)
 Manassas, VA
29 Apr 1977  John Meigs Hubbel Olmsted (8089*)  Carbondale, IL
1 May 1977  Peter Clarke Olmstead, grandson of Daniel Louis Olmstead
   (7351*); his father, Ray Daniel Olmstead, visited the Hall in
   Dec 1954 and again in Mar 1955
 Los Angeles, CA
31 May 1977  Jean Christensen Kehn, granddaughter of Daniel Louis Olmstead
   (7351*) and niece of Ray Daniel Olmstead who visited the Hall
   in 1954 and 1955
 San Mateo, CA
17 Jul 1977  James Warren Olmsted, and his wife Harriet, son of John
   Olmsted (3154*) and first cousin to Ashley W. Olmsted
   who visited the Hall three times
 Deering, NH
31 Jul 1977  Robert K. Stilwell, grandson of Julia Susannah Olmsted (10268*)  Yorba Linda, CA
8 Aug 1977  Harriet (Olmsted) Bottje (Mrs. Eugene P.) (OFA #76), daughter
   of Harold Clarence Olmsted (6767*)
 Mount Prospect,
 IL
1 Sep 1977  Margaret Stanley (Olmsted) Negley (Mrs. Noel A.), daughter
   of William Henry Olmsted (1312*), with her daughter (who
   previously visited Carolyn (Negley) Grohe (Mrs. William),
   and her grand-daughter Margaret Grohe
 Manteca, CA
 San Francisco,
 CA
9 Sep 1977  Donna Buckenmaier, great-granddaughter of Hannah L. Olmsted
   (1834-1894) and Laura Hayes Buckenmaier, Casey, and Bruce
   Buckenmaier.
 Westport, CT
19 Sep 1977  Alice Olmstead (OFA #160), daughter of
   Harmon Camp Olmstead (6123*)
 Eugene, OR
29 Dec 1977  Fay (Olmstead) Marchino, daughter of William Green Olmstead
   (8274) and her husband Elmer F. Marchino. Her story of their
   visit to the Hall was published by Ralph Olmsted in the 1978
   reprint of the 1912 Genealogy
 Indianapolis, IN
1 Apr 1978  Theodore Dwight Olmsted III (OFA #116), grandson of
   Theodore Dwight Olmsted (7601*)
 Glastonbury, CT
22 Apr 1978  Paul & Marion Bulger and Jack & Ruth King, friends of Richard
   Olmsted of Indiana University
 Orchard Park,
 NY
22 May 1978  Ruth Olmsted, daughter of Sterling Pitkin Olmsted who visited
   the Hall 24 Jul 1974 and granddaughter of Harry Dwight
   Olmsted (2430*)
 Oskaloosa, IA
25 May 1978  Helen Elizabeth Evans, granddaughter of Helen Olmsted  Tolland, CT
3 Aug 1978  Clayton Wallace Kohlhaas, great-grandson of Ella E. Olmsted
   (3033*) and son of  Martin Olmsted Wallace who visited the
   Hall 31 May 1975
 Duluth, MN
25 Sep 1978  Timothy Merwin, Jr. (OFA #194), grandson of
   Jane Hyde Olmsted (7887*)
 Wilton, CT
18 Mar 1979  Rev Richard W. Daniels, son of Ruth (Olmsted) Daniels
   (10533*), and his children Jan, Dinah, Jodi, and Tex.
   See next entry for his mother.
 Tulsa, OK
22 May 1979  Ruth Constance (Olmsted) Daniels (Mrs. C. W.) (10533*) (OFA
  #83) and her daughter Barbara Lee (Daniels) Laundergan (10538*)
 Connersville, IN
 New Fairfield,
 CT
25 Jun 1979  Linda (Olmstead) Wagner, granddaughter of
   Edwin Karl Olmstead (3513a*)
 Littleton, CO
7 Jul 1979  Betty Jean (Olmstead) MacLachlan (OFA #572), granddaughter
   of William VanShack Olmsted (5487*) and her husband Ralph
   W. MacLachlan
 Galway, NY
24 Jul 1979  Beatrice Olmstead  Sherburne, NY
9 Aug 1979  John Radojits, representing Ruth Wolcott (Olmstead) Weedem
    (10544*)
 Albuquerque,
 NM
9 Aug 1979  Ralph Patterson Olmstead (3861*) and his daughter
 Kathryn (Olmstead) Swanson
 Battle Creek, MI
 Stockholm, ME
12 Sep 1979  Gene Olmstead Mores and Garth Olmstead, 4th-great-grand-
   children of Jedediah Olmstead (9090*)
 Calgary, AB
 Vancouver, BC
19 Sep 1979  George Rhodes Olmsted (OFA #253), son of
   Glenn Dunlap Olmsted (3691*)
 Minneapolis,
 MN
7 May 1980  Linda (Olmstead) Wagner and her grandmother Marjorie
  (Garrett) Olmstead (Mrs. Edwin Karl Olmstead (3513a*))
 Littleton, CO
28 May 1980  Robert S. Miller, great-grandson of Allison Read Olmstead
  (6465*)
 Chicago, IL
12 Jul 1980  William George Olmsted and Patricia (Olmsted) Newman  Calgary, AB
21 Jul 1980  Rev. Robert Warren Olmsted, son of Warren Haskins Olmsted
   (8629*) and his daughter Carol Anne Olmsted
 Calgary, AB
 San Diego, CA
30 Jul 1980  Roger Allan and Margaret (Stallman) Ruth (OFA #131)  Rochester, NY
30 Aug 1980  Marion (Kirby) Benz (OFA #95 and her sister Ruth E. Kirby
   (OFA #94) daughters of
 Oceanport, NJ
 Red Bank, NJ
2 Nov 1980  General George Hamden Olmstead, US Army (Ret.), son of
   Ernest Sargent Olmsted (3238*)
 Washington, DC
21 Feb 1981  Clark Lee Olmstead, grandson of George Edward Olmstead
   (7436*) his father visited later in the year
 Lighthouse
 Point, FL
14 Apr 1981  Edwin Douglas Olmstead, II, grandson of Esley Cecil Olmstead
   (8581*)
 Anchorage, AK
18 Jun 1981  Earl William Olmstead, grandson of Ernest Dempsey Olmstead
   of Saint Lawrence Co., NY
 Amesbury, MA
22 Jun 1981  Larry Olmstead, David B. Olmstead, and John Curtis Olmstead  Webster City, IA
25 Jul 1981  Gail Hunt Ferguson, daughter of
   Elizabeth Bartlett (Olmsted) Carter (10355*)
 London, England
 and California
14 Aug 1981  Howard Lee Olmstead (OFA #99), son of George E. Olmstead
   (7436*)
 Lighthouse
 Point, FL
28 Feb 1982  John C. Olmstead  New York, NY
12 Mar 1982  Marie Bishop (OFA #97),
   daughter of Ruth Elizabeth (Olmsted) Bishop (3662*)
 Ames, IA
13 Apr 1982  Richard W. Olmsted, MD, and his wife Barbara, their daughter
 Gail (Olmstead) Snyder, and her children
 Abigail Olmstead Snyder and Giles Snyder
 Denver, CO
 Seattle, WA

1982 to Present

Our thanks to Brian Kiddy for providing images from the guest book since Roger & Margaret Ruth photo copied the book in 1982. Additional entries for visitors, who may not have signed the guest book, are included below; such visits have been reported directly to me by the individual or one of their family members.

15 Jul 1982  Henry L. Olmstead and his wife Dorothy (Lucas) Olmstead
 accompanied by friends Ken & Betty Finn
 Northampton
27 Aug 1982  Charles M. Schultz, and his wife Evelyn
 He noted that he previously visited in March 1944
 Evansville, IN
4 Oct 1982  Ruth L. (Olmstead) Ott  
     
   Audrey and Ken Miller (OFA #55)  Asheville, NC
Jul 1993  Emily Lara Olmstead, and her brother
 Benjamin Edwin Olmstead
     grandchildren of Earl William Olmstead who visited June 1981
 Amesbury, MA
 Tucson, AZ
Jun 1994  James F. and Grace Olmstead  Calgary, MB
1994  Richard Don Olmstead  Grand Rapids,
 MI
1996  Harry and Andrea Faulknor  Oswego, NY
15 Sep 2006  Carol (Olmsted) Warren (OFA #525) and her son
 Lyle & wife Nina Warren
 Waterloo, NY
 Churchville, NY
May 2007  Lorne J. and Ruby Olmstead (OFA #465)  Pine Lake, AB

Please report any other visits by family to Olmstead Hall.

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