Dora (Hansel) Varcoe (1886 - 1978)

Born 26 Jun 1886 in Clinton, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Wife of George Elwin Varcoe — married 12 Jun 1912 in Campden, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada

Died 30 Jul 1978 at age 92 in Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States

Biography

Dora was born in 1886. She was the daughter of Albion Hansel and Mary Houser.^[1] She lived with her parents in Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario in 1891^[2] and in Clinton, Lincoln, Ontario in 1901.^[3]

Dora married George E Varcoe, a bank clerk, on 12 Jun 1912 in Campden, Lincoln, Ontario. Both were residents of Buffalo, New York at the time.^[4] They had two children, including:

• Elizabeth Kathleen Varcoe - born 1915.

They lived in Kings, New York in 1920^[5] and in Rochester, Monroe, New York in 1930^[6] and 1940.^[7]

Dora passed away in 1978.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Births, 1869-1912," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMCG-3V5 : 2 March 2021), Dora Hansel, 26 Jun 1886; citing Birth, Clinton Township, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada, citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,845,880.
2. ↑ "Canada Census, 1891," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWL3-FH2 : 3 August 2016), Dora Hansel, Ward 7, Hamilton City, Ontario, Canada; Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; Library and Archives Canada film number 30953_148144.
3. ↑ "Canada Census, 1901," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHL6-VTF : 23 February 2021), Dora Hansel in household of Albima Hansel, Lincoln & Niagara, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 3, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.
4. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KS8H-1RS : 8 March 2021), George E Varcoe and Dora Hansel, 12 Jun 1912; citing registration , Campden, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,906,619.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJPR-DKV : 2 February 2021), Dora H Varcoe in entry for George E Varcoe, 1920.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X787-519 : accessed 14 April 2022), Dora H Varcoe in household of George E Varcoe, Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 50, sheet 15A, line 13, family 52, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1450; FHL microfilm 2,341,185.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQYP-H8C : 28 July 2019), Dora H Varcoe in household of George E Varcoe, Ward 10, Rochester, Rochester City, Monroe, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 65-95, sheet 11A, line 19, family 213, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2844.
8. ↑ "Varcoe, Dora H.", Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, New York, 31 Jul 1978, Mon, Page 20, Newspapers.com, Obituary