V. Eleanor Mary^* Sherman, b. at Lancaster, Sept. 5, 1859; d. at Neuilly, France, July 18, 1915. m. at Washington, D. C, May 5, 1880, Alexander Montgomery Thackara, son of Benjamin and Mary Thackara, b. at Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 24, 1848. U. S. Naval Academy, 1869. Lieut. U. S. Navy. Resigned, 1882. U. S. Consul at Havre, France, 1897-1905; at Berlin, Germany, 1905-1913. U. S. Consul General at Paris since 1913.
Sherman Genealogy Including Families of Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk, England: Some Descendants of the Immigrants, Captain John Sherman, Reverend John Sherman, Edmund Sherman and Samuel Sherman, and the Descendents of Honorable Roger Sherman and Honorable Charles R. Sherman
Thomas Townsend Sherman T. A. Wright, 1920 - 474 pages Pages 399-400
"District of Columbia Marriages, 1830-1921", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F716-R26 : 11 January 2020), Eleanor M. Sherman in entry for Alexander M. Thackara, 1880.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6C4-4XJ : 19 February 2021), Eleanor Thackara in household of W T Sherman, Washington, Washington, District of Columbia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 46, sheet 59C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,123.
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4BM-F2W : 10 November 2020), Eleanor Sherman in entry for Mary Elizabeth Thackara, 18 Jan 1881; citing Birth, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009449.
"Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2FX-SZQ : 15 February 2020), Eleanor M. in entry for Elex Montgomery Thackard, 1883.
"Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4DJ-BWK : 10 March 2021), Eleanor E Sherman in entry for Alexander M Thackara and Cecil M Duffin, 27 Dec 1906; citing Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,315,299.
"United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPB8-7W7M : 18 July 2020), Mrs Ella Thackery in entry for Mrs Minnie Fitch, 1913.
Sherman-2561 was created by Laura Scott through the import of wtsherman WT.ged on Feb 24, 2014.
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