Mary Moore1

F, #164, b. 11 August 1830, d. 12 April 1918
Last Edited: 4 Aug 2017

Parents:

Father: James Moore1 b. 12 Jun 1803, d. 12 Jun 1864
Mother: Mary Knowles1 b. 2 Jan 1806, d. 5 Apr 1878

Family 1:

John F. Hansell b. c 1825, d. 11 Feb 1856

Children:

James M Hansell b. 12 Jun 1853, d. 19 Mar 1917
Mary May Hansell+1 b. 1 May 1855, d. 9 Mar 1952

Family 2:

David Vanderveer b. c 1819, d. 21 Jan 1888

Notes

  • Name Variation: Mary Ann8
  • Note*: In the 1850 census Mary appears in her father's household in West Nantmeal, Chester, as age 17, so born about 1833.
    In the 1860 census she is with them in Wallace, Chester county, as Mary Hansell, with two children.

    In her father's 1865 probate she is named as Mary Ann Hansell.

    Mary appears in her mother's 1877 will as Mary Vanderveer.

    In her aunt's 1878 will she is named as Mary Vanderveer (nee Hansell).9,8,1,10
  • Note: 1850 US Census - West Nantmeal, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
    Among others in the household of her father James Moore:
    Mary Moore 17

    1860 US Census - Wallace, Chester, Pennsylvania
    Among others in the household of her father James Moore:
    Mary Hansell 25
    James M Hansell 7
    Mary M Hansell 5

    1870 US Census Philadelphia
    David Vandeveir     48
    Mary Vandevier     37
    James Hansell     17
    Mary M Hansell     14

    1880 US Census Philadelphia
    David Vanderveer      Self      M      61      NJ
    Mary M Vanderveer      Wife      F      49      PA     so b. 1831
    James M Hansell      Stepson M      26      PA

    1900 US Census Philadelphia
    Vanderveer Mary     head b. Aug 1830, age 69, widow, b. Penna
    Hansell James     son     Jun 1856, 43

    1910 US Census Philadelphia
    Vanderveer, Mary     head     70, widow, mother of 2 children, 2 living
    Hensell, James M     son     56, single
    Custis, Mary          dau     54, widow, mother of 4, 4 living
    Custer, Marie          grand dau, 25, single9
  • Note: On 13 Mar 1856 in Chester County, Pa., upon petiton by their mother Mary Ann R.? Hansell, James W. Moore was appointed guardian of James M. Hansell and Mary Ann Hansell, minors under fourteen, children of John F. Hansell late of the City of Philadelphia, deceased.4
  • Note: Certificate of Death:
    Name: Mary Moore Vander Veer
    Date of Death: 12 April 1918
    Date of Birth: 11 Aug 1830
    widow, age 87, born Pa.
    Father: James Moore, born Pa.
    Maiden name of mother: Mary A. Knowles, born Pa.
    Informant: Mrs Mary Curtis
    Burial: Laurel Hill Cem., 15 Apr 1918
    File no: 508933

Citations

  1. [S163] Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Register of Wills. FHL microfilm series titled 'Wills, 1682-1916; indexes to wills, 1682-1924'. Filmed at City Hall. Vol. 138, p. 68, image 39. Film 21793. Will of Elizabeth Moore, 1878.
  2. [S211] US Census, accessed on Ancestry.com 1900 US Census Philadelphia, Mary Vanderveer.
  3. [S159] Pennsylvania, Department of Health, Certificate of Death. Viewed on Ancestry.com,'Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906-1964' Mary Moore Vander Veer, 1918.
  4. [S156] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994. Images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 June 2016. County courthouses, Pennsylvania. URL: https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1999196 Chester Co., Orphan' Court Dockets, Vol. 22, p. 329, Guardianship James M & Mary Ann Hansell.
  5. [S211] US Census, 1870, 1880.
  6. [S64] FindAGrave.com, online , photo.
  7. [S164] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Laurel Hill Cemetery, online https://thelaurelhillcemetery.org.
  8. [S156] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994. Images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 June 2016. County courthouses, Pennsylvania. URL: https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1999196, Chester Co., Orphan' Court Accounts 1863 - 1866, Vol. 8, p. 556, December 1865 Term, No. 24. Image 615. James Moore Estate.
  9. [S211] US Census.
  10. [S156] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994. Images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 June 2016. County courthouses, Pennsylvania. URL: https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1999196, Chester Co., Wills 1873-1880 Vol. 24-25. Vol. 25, p. 177. Image 383. Mary Moore,1878.