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Ancestors of Herbert McGray Hanscom

Generation No. 2

      2. William Person Hanscom, born July 12, 1851 in Oxford, Oxford, ME ⁵; died August 09, 1933 in Wakefield, Middlesex, MA ⁶. He was the son of 4. Moses McGray Hanscom and 5. Mary Ann Leavitt. He married 3. Alice Florence Mayo September 06, 1874 in Wakefield, Middlesex, MA.

      3. Alice Florence Mayo, born September 16, 1855 in S. Reading, Middlesex, MA ⁷; died October 10, 1924 in Wakefield, Middlesex, MA ⁸. She was the daughter of 6. Nathaniel Cole Mayo and 7. Mary Ann Wiley Woodward.

Notes for William Person Hanscom:
His cause of death was listed as arteriosclerosis.
In 1868, he moved with his parents to Wakefield, MA and remained
there. For a brief period of time, in the 1870s, he lived in
Providence, RI but soon returned to Cambridge, MA. He was a piano
maker and carpenter by occupation. The family resided at 34 Kinnaird
St and on 59 Norfolk St. in Cambridge. He later moved back to
Wakefield around 1910 and lived at 65 Madison Ave (Greenwood section
of town).
1900 Census (v. 39, ed. 721, sht. 14, line 6)
William P. Hanscom, b. July 1851 in ME, age 48
living at 34 Kinnarird St., Cambridge, MA
Alice, wife, b. Sept 1855, MA, age 44
Lena E., b. July 1880, age 19
Herbert M., b. Dec 1885, age 14
Maurice P., b. Dec 1889, age 10
Moses M., b. Dec 1894, age 5
1910 Census (ed. 1037, sht 9)
William P. Hanscom, age 58, carpenter/builder on-own-account
Alice F., age 54, mother of 7 children 6 still living, married 35
years
Lena E, nurse, age 29
Morris P., age 20, machinist-automobiles
Moses M., age 15
1920 Census (v. 75, ed. 573, sht. 4, line 19)
William P. Hanscom, age 68, b. in ME
living at 22 Madison Ave., Wakefield, MA
Alice F., wife, age 64, b. MA
Wilhelmina C., age 43, b. RI
Lena E., age 39, b. MA

More About William Person Hanscom:
Burial: Lakeside Cemetery, Wakefield

Notes for Alice Florence Mayo:
(causes of death: cardio-renal, myocarditis, chronic nephritis)

More About Alice Florence Mayo:
Burial: Lakeside Cemetery, Wakefield

Children of William Hanscom and Alice Mayo are:

Wilhelmina Claire Hanscom, born March 14, 1876 in Providence, Providence, RI ⁹; died July 01, 1959 in Reading, Middlesex, MA ¹⁰

Notes for Wilhelmina Claire Hanscom:
(of pneumotisis and cerebral vascular accident) (tea room proprietor
at time of death)
She attended Simmons College in Boston. She never married.
Wilhelmina C. Hanscom and Daisy H. Lane both nurses, were living at 22
Madison Ave in the Greenwood section of Wakefield, MA in 1954. (Town
of Wakefield Street List 1954 at NEHGS p.44)

More About Wilhelmina Claire Hanscom:
Burial: Lakeside Cemetery, Wakefield

ii.

Daisy May Hanscom, born March 04, 1878 in Cambridge, Middlesex, MA ¹¹; married Francis Eliphalet Lane June 27, 1931 in Wakefield, Middlesex, MA; born 1871 in Minot, ME.

Notes for Daisy May Hanscom:
She was living with her sister, Willia, at 22 Madison Ave. in
Wakefield in 1959.

Notes for Francis Eliphalet Lane:
(per marriage record)

Marriage Notes for Daisy Hanscom and Francis Lane:
(her first marriage, his second)

iii.

Helena Estella Hanscom, born July 12, 1880 in Cambridge, Middlesex, MA ¹²; died 1948; married Mr. Hackett Aft. 1900.

More About Helena Estella Hanscom:
Burial: Lakeside Cemetery, Wakefield

	1	iv.		Herbert McGray Hanscom, born December 03, 1885 in Cambridge, Middlesex, MA; died December 07, 1961 in Norwich, New London, CT; married Rosamond Montague Brown Abt. 1907.
		v.		Ernest C. Hanscom, born December 08, 1886 in Cambridge, Middlesex, MA ¹³; died February 02, 1891 in Cambridge, Middlesex, MA ¹⁴

Notes for Ernest C. Hanscom:
of measles

vi.

Maurice Phillip Hanscom, born December 31, 1889 in Cambridge, Middlesex, MA ¹⁵; married Edith Marion Johnson August 04, 1911 in Wakefield, Middlesex, MA; born 1892 in Wakefield, Middlesex, MA.

Notes for Maurice Phillip Hanscom:
He was a pilot in WWI and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
He worked as a piano maker from 1907 to 1909 and as a machinist from
1911-1916. He lived with his parents during these years. 1911 Boston
City Directory: Maurice Hanscom, working at the Transportation Dept.
at 39 Boylston St, Boston and living in Greenwood. The 1917-18
Wakefield City Directory says that he had moved to Boston.
He was arrested for stealing a fire truck after he returned from
serving in WW1.
1920 Census (MA v 85, ed 158, sht 4, ln 2)
Maurice P. Hanscom, age 30 born in MA, automobile mechanic, was 1 of 7
boarders living at 335 Washington St, Braintree, MA

Notes for Edith Marion Johnson:
(per marriage record)

vii.

Moses Mayo Hanscom, born January 12, 1895 in Cambridge, Middlesex, MA ¹⁶; died February 19, 1958 in Norwood, Norfolk, MA ¹⁷; married Edith Belle Dunsmoor October 07, 1915 in Wakefield, Middlesex, MA; born May 05, 1894 in Adams, Berkshire, MA; died 1954.

Notes for Moses Mayo Hanscom:
(unnamed male child in birth record)
His cause of death was listed as coronary thrombosis, pneumonia and
cirrhosis of the liver. He was buried in Highland Cemetery, Norwood.
1920 Census (MA v 75, ed 573, s 3, l 82)
Moses M. Hanscom, age 25 born in MA, was working as a chauffer of
wholesale molasses and rented a house at 7 Orchard Ave, Wakefield, MA
with:
Edith B, wife, age 25, b. MA, parents b. VT
William F., son, age 3 7/12
Lillian F., dau., age 2
Elenor E., dau., age 5/12
His Social Security Number was 023-05-1366

Notes for Edith Belle Dunsmoor:
(IGI Record)

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