PRAY, Miriam Fernald[1, 2]
1856 - 1941 (85 years)-
Name PRAY, Miriam Fernald Birth 25 Nov 1856 Massachusetts, USA [2, 3] Gender Female Also Known As Minnie [4] Census 27 Jul 1860 Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA [4] - Minnie Pray / Age 2 / Sex f / / Birthplace Mass
Census 9 Jun 1870 Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA [5] - Pray Minnie / Age 13 / Female / White / Attending School / Born in Mass
Obituary From the Oakland Tribune, 9 Dec 1941:
Funeral Held for Mrs. Chas. Bancroft
BERKELEY, Dec. 9. Private funeral services were held in Oakland this morning for Mrs. Charles E. Bancroft, a resident of this city for 40 years. Mrs. Bancroft died Sunday at her home, 3222 Piedmont Avenue.
A native of Boston, she came to California" in 1863 and had lived most of the time in the Bay area. Mrs. Bancroft was a member of the San Francisco Chapter of the Colonial Dames and of the Century Club.
She is survived by her husband, Charles, a nephew of the late H. H. Bancroft, the noted historian after whom the Bancroft Library at the University of California was named. [6]Death 7 Dec 1941 3222 Piedmont Ave, Berkeley, Alameda, CA USA [7] Burial 9 Dec 1941 Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, Alameda, CA USA [6, 8] Person ID I3226 Hugh Byrne and Nanette Asimov Lines Last Modified 20 Nov 2023
Father PRAY, Amasa, b. 1817, North Berwick, York, Maine, United States d. 23 Aug 1881, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA (Age 64 years) Mother FERNALD, Miriam, b. Nov 1824, Great Falls, Androscoggin, Maine USA d. 11 Aug 1906, 28 Union Street, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA (Age 81 years) Marriage 2 Oct 1839 Boston, Massachusetts, USA [9] - Scanned/transcribed record in Ancestry lists as 2 Sep 1839, but reviewing book clearly shows chronological order, and that dates go ... 30 Sep ...OCT...1...2...etc
Family ID F52 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 BANCROFT, Charles E, b. 28 Aug 1851, California, USA d. 31 Dec 1941, Alameda Co, CA (Age 90 years) Family ID F2314 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 7 Apr 2024
Family 2 FAWCETT, Judge Eugene Family ID F3815 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 9 Nov 2023
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Photos Miriam Pray Bancroft 1890
“Mrs. Charles E Bancroft
Is a tall, queenly woman, with stately walk and dignified mein. She is handsome in face and feature as well as one of fine figure. She is married to one of the younger Bancrofts about five years ago. Frank Pray is her brother.”
- San Francisco Call - Post, Sep 7 1890
Albums Renald Fernald and Descendants (27)
Renald Fernald of Portsmouth, NH and photos, documents related to his descendants.
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Sources - [S370] Daughters of the American Revolution, (Washington DC, 1900).
- [S1259] Miriam Fernald Bancroft-in the California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997--.
- [S9] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004), “Minnie, age =2”.
- [S1286] Amasa Pray-in the 1860 United States Federal Census, Minnie Pray / Age 2 / Sex f / / Birthplace Mass.
- [S1308] Amasa Pray in the 1870 Census, Pray Minnie / Age 13 / Female / White / Attending School / Born in Mass.
- [S1258] Funeral Held for Mrs. Chas. Bancroft.
- [S1258] Funeral Held for Mrs. Chas. Bancroft, Private funeral services were held in Oakland this morning for Mrs. Charles E. Bancroft, a resident of this city for 40 years. Mrs. Bancroft died Sunday at her home, 3222 Piedmont Avenue.
- [S1260] Miriam Fernald Bancroft on Findagrave.
- [S1304] Meriam Fernald-in the Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988.
- [S370] Daughters of the American Revolution, (Washington DC, 1900).
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