PRAY, Miriam Fernald

PRAY, Miriam Fernald[1, 2]

Female 1856 - 1941  (85 years)

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  • Name PRAY, Miriam Fernald 
    Birth 25 Nov 1856  Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Also Known As Minnie  [4
    Census 27 Jul 1860  Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • Minnie Pray / Age 2 / Sex f / / Birthplace Mass
    Census 9 Jun 1870  Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Burial 9 Dec 1941  Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, Alameda, CA USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Aug 1881, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Mother FERNALD, Miriam,   b. Nov 1824, Great Falls, Androscoggin, Maine USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Aug 1906, 28 Union Street, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage 2 Oct 1839  Boston, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Dec 1941, Alameda Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years) 
    Family ID F2314  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Mar 2024 

    Family 2 FAWCETT, Judge Eugene 
    Family ID F3815  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Nov 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 25 Nov 1856 - Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 27 Jul 1860 - Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 9 Jun 1870 - Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 7 Dec 1941 - 3222 Piedmont Ave, Berkeley, Alameda, CA USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 9 Dec 1941 - Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, Alameda, CA USA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Photos
    Miriam Pray Bancroft 1890
    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
    Renald Fernald and Descendants (27)
    Renald Fernald of Portsmouth, NH and photos, documents related to his descendants.

  • Sources 
    1. [S370] Daughters of the American Revolution, (Washington DC, 1900).

    2. [S1259] Miriam Fernald Bancroft-in the California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997--.

    3. [S9] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004), “Minnie, age =2”.

    4. [S1286] Amasa Pray-in the 1860 United States Federal Census, Minnie Pray / Age 2 / Sex f / / Birthplace Mass.

    5. [S1308] Amasa Pray in the 1870 Census, Pray Minnie / Age 13 / Female / White / Attending School / Born in Mass.

    6. [S1258] Funeral Held for Mrs. Chas. Bancroft.

    7. [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.

    8. [S1260] Miriam Fernald Bancroft on Findagrave.

    9. [S1304] Meriam Fernald-in the Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988.



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