Individual Notes
Note for: Abigail Jeanette Wallace, FEB 1859 - 31 JAN 1943
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Occupation: Seamstress
Residence: Date: 1920
Place: Dining Hall
Event: Warranty Deed/ Lee Cty. Court House; Estero, FL
Type: Court Record
Date: 25 APR 1924
Burial: Date: JAN 1943
Place: Estero, Florida
Burial: Place: Estero, Lee, Florida, USA
Individual Note: THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: Abbie McCready; Born: 15 Apr 1859; Died: 31 Jan 1943
Burial: Koreshan Unity Cemetery--lot 35; Inscription: Abbe McCready, 1859-Jan 1943.
1900 U. S. Federal Census; Calument Township; 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: Abbie Macready; Residence: 99th Street, Dwelling 133; Relation to head of family: Boarder; Color, white; Sex, female; Month of birth: February; Year of birth: 1859; Age at last birthday: 41; Married; Number of years married: 15; Mother of how many children: 7; Number of these children living: 5; Place of birth: Pennsylvania; Place of birth of father: Maryland; Place of birth of mother: Pennsylvania; Occupation: Nothing listed; Can read, yes; Can write, yes; Can speak English, yes.
U.S. Federal Census/Estero/Lee County/Florida--1910; Microfilm Roll number: Fl 1910-H T624; Koreshan Unity; Enumeration Date: 25 Apr 1910; Enumerator: Walter S. Turner, Jr.; ED: 80; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff, Jan 1995: Abbie McCready; Sex: Female; Race: white; Age 51; Marital status: Married one time; Number of years married: 23; Mother of 6 children; Number of these children living: 5; Place of birth: Pennsylvania; Place of birth of mother and father: Pennsylvania; Language spoken: English; Occupation: Seamstress; Employer or worker: worker; No. of months not employed: 0; Can read and write: yes.
U.S. Federal Census/Estero/Lee County/Florida--1920; Koreshan Unity Colony; Microfilm roll number: 1820221; Enumeration date: Jan 3, 1920; Enumerator: Henry D. Silverfriend; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff, Dec 1994: Abbie McCready; Relation to head of family: Boarder; Place of residence: Dining Hall; Age 60; Married; Place of birth: Pennsylvania; Place of birth of mother and father: Pennsylvania; Occupation: Seamstress/K.U. Colony.
U.S. Federal 1930 Census; Estero, Lee County, Florida; Election Precinct 12: Koreshan Unity Home; Enumeration date: May 5, 1930; Enumerator: William Howell; ED: 36-17; SD: 6; Page: 199; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff, January 2003: Abbie McCready; Radio set: none listed; Sex: female; Color: white; Age at last birthday: 71; Marital condition: married; Age at first marriage: 24; 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: yes; Occupation: House Keeper; Industry: House work; Whether actually at work yesterday (or the last working day): yes.
COURT RECORD/Lee County Court House--WARRANTY DEED: Abbie McCready; 25 Apr 1924; No. 26759; Deed Book 70; Page 209; Entry Number 1.
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: BIO of the McCready family--dedicated to the memory of Wiliam Frederick and Abigail Jeanette (Wallace) McCready
FLAMING SWORD, Vol. 57, No. 3, March 1943 - Community Current Events, p.10; "Mrs Abbie McCready died on Saturday, January 30 of infirmities resulting from old age, being 83 years of age. She is survived by her husband, Wm. McCready, a confirmed invalid, and a daughter, Mrs. Catherine Church of Estero. Two other daughters, Mrs. Lovelle Ahrano and Mrs. Marie McConnell of Tampa, FL. and
another daughter in the North; also a son, Wm. Jr., in Boston Mass. Mrs. McCready was born in Homewood, Pa., April 15, 1859. She came to the Koreshan Unity in Chicago with her husband and family in 1893, having remained with the organization ever since, being one of its oldest members. Remains were interred in the local cemetery. Sister Abbie was loved by all who knew her. We shall miss her cheerful and ever-ready smile."
Individual Notes
Note for: Catherine McCready, OCT 1882 -
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Residence: Place: Dining Hall
Event: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Type: Census/1900
Date: 13 JUN 1900
Event: Memories, Memories--Days of Long Ago; Page 90
Type: Departure
Date: 1909
Event: Vocalist
Type: Orchestra
Individual Note: THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: Catherine McCready
MEMORIES, MEMORIES--DAYS OF LONG AGO chronicled by Marie McCready with participation by Lovelle (McCready): Scholastic award won by Catharine, Lovelle and Marie McCready--page 21. Catharine McCready who had a beautiful voice with an unusual range was Victoria Gratias' favorite voice pupil.--page 44. Catharine and Marie McCready sat at the Third Sisters' table, which seated about 12 of the older girls, and had a room together on the third floor in front.--page 55 "Catharine left Estero in the summer of 1909 to marry Lee Church with whom she had become acquainted when he spent some time at the island, where she was then the matron, during a visit he made to the Unity, and later Rosalea went to live with them while they were in Richmond, Va.--Page 90.
1900 U. S. Federal Census; Calument Township; Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Film 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: Catharine Macready; Residence: 99th Street, Dwelling 133; Relation to head of family: Boarder; Color, white; Sex, female; Month of birth: October; Year of birth: 1882; Age at last birthday: 17; Single; Place of birth: Pennsylvania; Place of birth of father: Pennsylvania; Place of birth of mother: Pennsylvania; Occupation: Nothing listed; Can read, yes; Can write, yes; Can speak English, yes.