Mary Mason (French) Addison (1853 - 1946)

Born 18 Jun 1853 in London, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of Lewis Isaac Addison — married 1 Sep 1876 in Orange, Essex, New Jersey, United States

Descendants

Died 11 Oct 1946 at age 93 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

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Biography

Mary Mason French was born on 18 Jun 1853 in London, England to Edwin French and Mary Mason (Clark) French. Her birth was registered in St Pancras, London in the third quarter of the year, with mother's maiden name Clark.^[1]

Mary Mason French, born 18 Jun 1853, daughter of Edwin French, a tobacconist, & Mary Mason French, residing at Ferdinand St, was christened on 31 Jul 1853 in St Pancras.^[2]

In 1861 Mary French (age 7) lived at Henry Street in Marylebone with her father Edwin (42, Messenger), mother Mary Mason (36, Laundress) and three sisters: Margaret (6, Scholar), Clara (3, Scholar), and Emily (1).^[3]

Mary emigrated to the United States in or before 1876.

Mary M French (age 22) married Lewis I Addison (age 24) on 1 Sep 1876 in Orange, Essex County, New Jersey.^[4]

Mary and Lewis had eight children:

1. Arthur Henry Addison (1877-1968)
2. May (Addison) Scherr (c1879-)
3. Edna (Addison) Hobart (c1881-)
4. Bertram Addison (c1883-)
5. Albert Lewis Addison (1885-)
6. Maud Addison (c1888-)
7. [boy] Addison (1890-)
8. Leo Philip Addison (1893-)

In 1885 Mary Addison (age 20 to 60) lived in Newark, Essex County with her husband Louis (20 to 60) and four children: Arthur (5 to 10), May (under 5), Edna (under 5), and Bertram (under 5).^[5]

In 1900 Mary Addison (age 45) lived at 330 River Street in Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey with her husband Louis (47, Day Labourer) and three children: Leo (7, At School), Maud (11, At School), and Arthur (23, Brakeman RR), as well as boarder Maggie Schaud (18, Housework) - Mary was born in June, she & Louis had been married 24 years, she was the mother of 8 children (6 still living), and she had arrived in the US in about 1870.^[6]

Mary's husband passed away in 1920.

In 1940 Mary Addison (age 87) lived at 203 East Thirty-Third St in Manhattan, New York with two sons: Albert (55) and Leo (45).^[7]

Mary Addison passed away on 11 Oct 1946 in Manhattan - her address was 135 W 106th Manhattan; she was buried in Linden, New Jersey on 14 Oct 1946; she was born 2 Jun 1857 [18 Jun 1853] in London, England; she was 89 [~93] years old; she was widowed; her occupation was housewife; her parents were Edward French & Mary Clark, both born in England; her husband's name was Lewis.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2NDB-336 : 1 October 2014), Mary Mason French, 1853; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, St. Pancras, London, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England. [mother's maiden name included on the GRO Index (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp)]
2. ↑ "England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:682V-PNWR : 11 April 2022), Mary Mason French, 1853.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7PX-PHW : 3 March 2021), Mary French in household of Edwin French, St Marylebone, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
4. ↑ "New Jersey Marriages, 1678-1985", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ21-W64 : 20 January 2020), Lewis I. Addison, 1876.
5. ↑ "New Jersey State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:65GB-6N2 : 18 February 2021), Mary Addison in household of Louis Addison, Newark, Ward 01, Essex, New Jersey; citing p. 258, Department of State, Trenton; FHL microfilm 888,610.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9JJ-LTD : 14 January 2022), Mary Addison in entry for Louis Addison, 1900.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7MD-72F : 7 January 2021), Mary Addison, New York City, New York County, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 31-1052, sheet 1B, line 73, family 26, 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 2649.
8. ↑ "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2W55-C2Y : 3 June 2020), Mary Addison, 1946.

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