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Note for: Laurice J. MacLaughlin, 1 AUG 1889 -
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Individual Note: THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: Laurice J. MacLaughlin; Born: 1 Apr 1889, Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania.
Individual Notes
Note for: R. L. McCoy, -
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Individual Note: THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: R. L. McCoy.
Individual Notes
Note for: William Frederick McCready, 21 FEB 1854 - 20 AUG 1946
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Occupation: Gardener, Apiarist, & Proof reader
Event: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Type: Census/1900
Date: 13 JUN 1900
Event: The Flaming Sword/Oct 1946
Type: Arrived in Florida
Date: AFT 1900
Event: Estero, FL
Type: Census/1900
Date: 23 APR 1910
Event: Warranty Deed/ Lee Cty. Court House; Estero, FL
Type: Court Record
Date: 25 APR 1924
Event: Wm. F. McCready; Director, Apiary Dept
Type: Pioneer Curriculum
Burial: Date: AUG 1946
Place: Estero, Florida
Burial: Place: Estero, Lee, Florida, USA
Individual Note: THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn.: William F. McCready; Born: 21 Feb 1854, Pennsylvania; Died: 20 Aug 1946. Apparently was living at Freedom, PA, in Jun 1897.
1900 U. S. Federal Census; Calument Township; Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Film Roll No. 285; Page No. 285; SD No. 1; ED No. 986; Sheet No. 12; Ward of City: 31; Enumeration Date: 13 June 1900; Enumerator: Ernest E. Ellington; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff, 24 May 1999; Koreshan Unity:: William Macready; Residence: 99th Street, Dwelling 133; Relation to head of family: Boarder; Color, white; Sex, male; Month of birth: July; Year of birth: 1859; Age at last birthday: 40; Married; Number of years married: 1*; Place of birth: Pennsylvania; Place of birth of father: Pennsylvania; Place of birth of mother: Pennsylvania; Occupation: Gardener; No. of months not employed: 0; Can read, yes; Can write, yes; Can speak English, yes. (*Except for 5 married residents, all married residents living in this dwelling listed their number of years married as 1.)
U.S. Federal Census/Estero/Lee County Florida--1910; Koreshan Unity; Enumeration Date: 25 Apr 1910; Enumerator: Walter S. Turner, Jr.; Microfilm No.: Fl 1910-H T624; ED: 80; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff, January 1995: William F. McCready; Sex: Male; Race: white; Age 55; Marital status: Married one time; Number of years married: 22; Place of birth: Pennsylvania; Place of birth of father: Pennsylvania; Place of birth of mother: Ohio; Language spoken: English; Occupation: Apiarist; Employer or worker: worker; No. of months not employed: 0; Can read and write: yes.
U.S. Federal 1930 Census; Estero, Lee County, Florida; Election Precinct 12; Koreshan Unity Home; Enumeration date: May 5, 1930; ED: 36-17; SD: 6; Page: 199; Enumerator: William Howell; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff, January 2003: William F. McCready: Radio set: none listed; Sex: Male; Color: white; Age at last birthday: 76; Marital condition: married; Age at first marriage: 29; Attended school since Sep 1, 1929: no; Whether able to read and write: yes; Place of birth: Pennsylvania; Place of birth of father: Pennsylvania; Place of birth of mother: Pennsylvania; Whether able to speak English: Occupation: Bee man; Industry: Caring for bees; Whether actually at work yesterday (or the last regular working day): yes; Veteran: no
Court Record/Lee County Court House--WARRANTY DEED: William F. McCready; 25 Apr 1924; No. 26759; Deed Book 70, Page 209, Entry Number 1.
THE PIONEER CURRICULUM: Apiary Department, Wm. F. McCready, Director
BROTHERS' LAUNDRY LIST: William McCready #127
Burial: Koreshan Unity Cemetery--lot 42; Inscription: William McCready (No other inscription)
FOLKS WE KNEW WHILE IN THE K.U.: Membership list compiled by Marie McCready; Names and Items of Interest remembered by the Four Surviving McCreadys and Vesta Newcomb, the Last of the Original Members at Estero (Designated L (Lovelle); R (Rosalea); W (William); M (Marie); V (Vesta).
MEMORIES, MEMORIES--DAYS OF LONG AGO; chronicled by Marie McCready with participation by Lovelle McCready: Bio of the McCready family dedicated to William Frederick and Abigail Jeanette (Wallace) McCready. "I do not know what caused the beginning of his dissatisfaction for he had always been a very enthusiastic Koreshan and willing worker but, as he became more disgruntled and more outspoken against people and things, he, himself, came into general disfavor."--Page 86 "In addition to Pappa's duties at the printing office, here he read proof, as long as he could be up and around, he took on the bees."--Page 87
THE FLAMING SWORD, Community Current Events, Oct 1946, p. 10: "The following item is quoted from the American Eagle of August 29th: "William F. McCready an old-time resident of Estero, died Tuesday night after a lingering illness. He had been bedridden with arthritis for thirteen years and was in his 93rd year. Mr. McCready came, with his wife and family, to the Koreshan Unity, then in Chicago, from near Pittsburgh, Penna., in the early 1900's and for many years was secretary of the Corporation. Shortly after the turn of the century came to Estero when the colony moved its headquarters to Florida from Chicago. Mr. McCready was a man of high character and a valued member of the Unity for more than 50 years. He is survived by a son, William F. McCready, Jr., of Boston and four daughters, as follows: Mrs. Catherine Church, Estero, Fla; Mrs. J. M. Ahrano, and Mrs. F. M. McConnell of Tampa, Florida, and Mrs. Rosalie Campbell of New York City. Burial was in the local cemetery."
Notes of Evelyn Horn: Wm. F. McCready
"The McCready family joined the Unity in Chicago. They moved to the Koreshan home in Estero in 1903 with four daughters: Mrs. Catherine Church; Mrs. Rosalie Campbell of New York; Mrs. J. M. Ahrano, Tampa; Mrs. F. M. McConnell, Tampa; Son, Wm. F. Jr. of Boston, Massachusetts.
Catherine was the only one who returned to the Unity to care for her father about 1940. Wife Abbie died January 30, 1943 at Estero. They were Koreshan members for 50 years. William was a member of the Board of the Koreshan Unity serving as secretary in 1909. He was the bee-keeper for the Koreshan Unity, working and developing new bee-hives. In his ailing years, he was bedridden for 13 years with arthritis. He died at the age of 93 years on August 29*, 1946." (*Died August 20, 1946--Joyce Ratliff, January 2000)