Mary May Hansell1

F, #169, b. 1 May 1855, d. 9 March 1952
Last Edited: 29 Jul 2017
Charts:
Descendants of James Moore of Convoy

Parents:

Father: John F. Hansell1 b. c 1825, d. 11 Feb 1856
Mother: Mary Moore1 b. 11 Aug 1830, d. 12 Apr 1918

Family:

Alfred Frank Custis b. 10 Dec 1851, d. 30 Mar 1899

Children:

Parke H Custis5 b. c 1877
Vandereer Custis5 b. c 1879
Howard C Custis5 b. c 1882
Marie Custis5 b. c 1885, d. 30 May 1982

Notes

  • Note*: On 13 Mar 1856 in Chester County, Pa., upon petition 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.3
  • Note: Will of Elizabeth Moore of the City of Philadelphia. [sister of James Moore]
    Written 28 Oct 1878, codicil 7 Jan 1883, proved 15 Mar 1888.
    Requests to be buried in same grave as her sister Caroline in Laurel Hill Cemetery.
    Names nieces Mary Moore Vanderveer, Cecilia R. Reckless, Sally R. Coombe,
    nephews Albert B. Moore, James W. Moore, John Wilson Moore, William Knowles Moore, Charles A. Moore,
    niece Clara V. Terry, wife of H. D. Terry,
    great nice Mary May Custis (nee Hansell) daughter of my niece Mary Moore Vanderveer,
    great nephew James M Hansell son of Mary Moore Vanderveer,
    niece Rachel E. Van Deveer.
    Executor Alfred Frank Custis of the City of Philadelphia attorney.1
  • Note: 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. [b. abt 1855]

    1870 US Census Philadelphia
    David Vandeveir     48
    Mary Vandevier     37
    James Hansell     17
    Mary M Hansell     14. [b. abt 1856]

    1880 US Census - Philadelphia
    A. F. Curtis      30
    Mary May Curtis 25
    David Curtis      2
    Park W. Curtis      3/12

    1900 US Census - Philadelphia
    Mary Custis          45, b. May 1855, widow, mother of 4, 4 living, owner
    Vandeneer Custis      21, b. Sep 1878
    Parke H Custis           23, b. Feb 1880
    Howard C Custis      18, b. Oct 1881
    Marie Custis           15, b. Dec 1884
    Kathrine Barrett      27

    1910 US Census Philadelphia
    Vanderveer, Mary     head     70, widow, mother of 2 children, 2 living. [b. abt 1840]
    Hensell, James M     son     56, single. [b. abt 1854]
    Custis, Mary          dau     54, widow, mother of 4, 4 living. [b. abt 1851]
    Custer, Marie          grand dau, 25, single. [b. abt 1885]

    1920 US Census Philadelphia
    Custis, Mary M H 64 widow
    Custis, Marie Van 34 dau.

    1930 US Census
    Not found

    1940 US Census - Philadelphia
    Miriam Custis 84, head
    Marie Custis 55, dau.4

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. [S64] FindAGrave.com, online .
  3. [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.
  4. [S211] US Census, accessed on Ancestry.com
  5. [S211] US Census, 1900 Philadelphia, household of Mary Custis.