Mary Elizabeth (Hahn) DeCamps (abt. 1854 - abt. 1947)

Born about 1854 in New York, USA

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Died about Aug 1947 at about age 93 in Florida, USA

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Biography

Mary Hahn (c1854-1947) was born in Greenville, South Carolina in about 1854, the daughter of first-generation Lutheran immigrant Christian Hahn from Graudenz, Prussia, Germany, who emigrated to the United States from Bremen on 20 August 1839. ^[1] Her mother was also named Mary.

The family lived in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenville,_South_Carolina Greenville, South Carolina].

In around 1877 or 1878 Mary Hahn married Ghislain Modeste DeCamps (1834-1896), an immigrant from Belgium. Mary and Ghislain DeCamps had a son:

• Christie Jean-Baptiste "Kit" DeCamps (1879-1951). Kit DeCamps was a noted football player and served in the Spanish-American War.

Mary Hahn DeCamps was a member of Christ Episcopal Church, Greenville. ^[2]

Mary's husband Ghislain Modeste DeCamps died in about 1896.

After her husband's death, Mary Hahn DeCamps moved to Miami, Florida in 1902, aged around 47, where she lived until June 1946. ^[2] Mary Hahn DeCamps lived a long life and died at her home at 418 West College Ave, Talahassee, Florida, "following a period of declining health" in late August 1947, aged 95.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Ellis Island Records
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Obituary

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8431181/mary-e-decamps