Mary Schenck was born on April 6, 1834, in Holmdel, New Jersey to John C Schenck and Margaret "Mary" Polhemus. She married (1) Captain John Woodhull Conover in Holmdel, New Jersey, on January 31, 1855. and they had four children together. After John's death, she then married (2) Chrineyonce Schenck (Jonathan) Holmes in Red Bank, New Jersey, on November 22, 1876, and they had two children together. She died on March 20, 1908, in her hometown at the age of 73, and was buried in Holmdel Cemetery and Mausoleum there.
Sources
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118576262/mary-conover: accessed 16 October 2023), memorial page for Mary Schenck Conover (6 Apr 1834–20 May 1908), Find a Grave Memorial ID 118576262, citing Holmdel Cemetery and Mausoleum, Holmdel, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA; Maintained by Nancy Kipp (contributor 46863226).
Marriage: "New Jersey, U.S., Marriage Records, 1670-1965" New Jersey State Archives; Trenton, New Jersey; New Jersey, U.s., Marriage Records, 1670-1965 Ancestry Record 61376 #900608876 (accessed 16 October 2023) Mary C Conover (43) marriage to Ch'ance J. Holmes on 22 Nov 1876 in Red Bank, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA.
Marriage: "New Jersey, U.S., Birth, Marriage and Death Records, 1711-1878" New Jersey State Archives; Trenton, New Jersey; New Jersey Birth, Marriage and Death Records, 1711-1878 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62483 #90225005 (accessed 16 October 2023) Mary C Conover (43) marriage to Chryance J. Holmes on 22 Nov 1876 in Atlantic-Hudson, Hunterdon-Warren, New Jersey, USA.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN82-4HY : 29 August 2017), Chrineyonce Holmes, Holmdel, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States; citing enumeration district ED 108, sheet 92A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,791.
"New Jersey State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6YC8-N2M : 11 March 2018), C S Holmes, Holmdel, Monmouth, New Jersey; citing p. 46, Department of State, Trenton; FHL microfilm 888,629.
"New Jersey State Census, 1905," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMH9-4C3 : 2 December 2019), Nellie S Holmes in household of Chrineyonce S Holmes, , Monmouth, New Jersey, United States; citing p. 3, line 95, Department of State, Trenton; FHL microfilm 1,688,617.
Acknowledgements
Schenck-446 was created by Catherine Deiley through the import of Deiley Family Tree.ged on Sep 30, 2014.
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