THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: Hiram P Mayo; Born: 6 Dec 1833, Orona, Maine. U.S. Federal Census/Estero/Lee County Florida--1900; Koreshan Community; Enumeration date: 27 Jun 1900; Enumerator: A. A. Gardner; Precinct 6; Microfilm number: 1240172; SD: 2; ED: 77; Sheet number: 16; Page number: 26: Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff: Hiram P. Mayo; Relation to head of family: partner; Color: white; Sex: male; Born: Dec 1833; Age 66; Single; Place of birth: Maine; Place of birth of mother and father: Maine; Occupation: assistant; Can read and write: yes; Can speak English: yes; Number of months not employed: 0.
Damkohler, Elwin E.; Estero, Florida 1882; MEMOIRS OF THE FIRST SETTLER; Fort Myers: Island Press; KSHS--BK 099. ("Elwin E. Damkohler met his wife, Mary Mayton, while working in Quincy, Florida. Later they moved to Fort Myers.")
1870 U.S. Federal Census; State: Illinois; County: Cook; Town: Chicago; Ward: 3; Post Office: Chicago; Page: 343; Enumeration date: 3 "Aug 1870; Enumerator: Wm. Jameson, Ass't Marshal ; Series M593, Microfilm Roll Number 199; Page: 435; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff; 20 Mar 2004; Line: 13; Name: Mary Mc Boomer; Age last birthday: 9; Sex: female; Color: white; Occupation: Nothing listed; Place of birth: Illinois; Attended school within the year. Yes. *1880 U.S. Federal Census; State: Illinois; County: Cook; Town: Chicago; Family History Library Film: 1254186; NA Film Number: T9-0186; Page number: 56C; www.familysearch; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff, 21 Mar 2004; Name: Mary Mc C. Boomer; Relation to head of family: Other; Marital Status: single; Gender: female; Race: white; Age: 19; Birthplace: Illinois; Occupation: None listed; Father's Birthplace: Massachusetts; Mother's Birthplace: Massachusetts. (*Mary Mc C. Boomer and her father are living with the Henry E. Gilbert family.)
MEMORIES, MEMORIES--DAYS OF LONG AGO; chronicled by Marie (McCready) with participation by Lovelle (McCready): Family history written by the two McCready sisters. Manuscript given to the Koreshan State Historic Site by Duane McConnell (Marie's son) on May 18, 1992. His grandparents and mother grew up here and he came to visit as a child. (1920's -40's) THE FLAMING SWORD; Community Current Events by Rose Gilbert; August 1931: Mr. and Mrs. Fred McConnell and son, Duane, came from Tampa, July 12, to visit old friends as well as Brother William and Sister Abbie McCready. Mr. McConnell returned the same day. Mrs. McConnell and her son remained a few days longer." THE FLAMING SWORD; Community Current Events by Max E. Arendt; January 1933: "Mr. and Mrs. Fred McConnell and son, Duane, Mrs. Lovelle Ahrano, and Will McCready, all of Tampa, were here recently for a Sunday visit with friends and relatives."
THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: Jewell McConnell. FOLKS WE KNEW WHILE IN THE K.U. by Marie McCready: Jewel McConnell "Daughter of Nona Hoag by her first marriage. A very pretty little girl, Will remembers her as his first heart throb." U.S. Federal Census/ Estero/Lee County/Florida--1910; Enumeration date: 23 Apr 1910; Koreshan Unity; Enumerator: Walter S. Turner, Jr.; Microfilm number: Fl 1910-H T624; ED: 80; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff, 4 Jan 1995: Name: Florence J. McConnell; Sex: Female; Race: white; Age13; Marital Status: Single; Place of birth: Missouri; Place of birth of father: Virginia; Place of birth of mother: Missouri; Language spoken: English; Occupation: None; No. of months not employed: 0; Can read and write: yes; Attending school: yes.
THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: R. L. McCoy.
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.
THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: Lovelle McCready 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): Family history written by the two McCready sisters. Manuscript given to the Koreshan State Historic Site by Duane McConnell (Marie's son) on May 18, 1992. His grandparents and mother grew up here and he came to visit as a child. (1920's -40's) MEMORIES, MEMORIES--DAYS OF LONG AGO chronicled by Marie McCready with participation by Lovelle McCready--page 47: "After the Grier's (John) came with their daughter Ada, two children with the same name caused confusion, as they were the same age and together most of the time.......As Ada was not Lovelle's name, anyway, it was decided to use her second one, and that was it from then on." MEMORIES, MEMORIES--DAYS OF LONG AGO chronicled by Marie McCready with participation by Lovelle McCready: Birth of Lovelle (Marie McCready was almost two years old) page 11. Scholastic award won by Catharine, Lovelle and Marie McCready--page 21. Lovelle McCready played second violin and was promoted to first violin.--Page 78. "Lovelle (McCready) was the next to leave. She had studied stenography and bookkeeping in classes which had been inaugurated after I left and went to Washington, D. C. early in 1908 with a group from the Unity who had gone into a cooperative furniture venture there."--Page 89. 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:: Ada Macready; Residence: 99th Street, Dwelling 133; Relation to head of family: Boarder; Color, white; Sex, female; Month of birth: May; Year of birth: 1887; Age at last birthday: 13; 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. SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX; VOLUME 1; A-L: Lovelle Ahrano; Born: 30 Dec 1889*; SS# issued in Florida; Died: Apr 1984; SS#: 262-07-2555; Residence: Branford, Florida. (Does not agree with 1900 Census, See above)
MEMORIES, MEMORIES--DAYS OF LONG AGO chronicled by Marie McCready with participation by Lovelle McCready: "The only event in her (mother, Abigail McCready) life that ever seemed too much for her was the death of little Margaret when six and a half. I was just three months past four when she died but have several recollections of her, the most vivid being of her long golden hair. It was not curly but Mamma always braided it into two braids and then combed it out for dress up occasions such as going to Sunday School, and I still remember the way the sunlight glinted on it. We had both an inside and an outside entrance to the cellar, the outside one having a door which slanted upward. We youngsters loved to run across it and the Sunday before her death were engaged in this pastime when Margaret slipped and fell, and immediately complained that her back hurt. There was no doctor in our village so the next day, when it seemed worse, they brought a doctor from the next town, but she lived only a few days."
THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: Marie McCready 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). 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: Marie Macready; Residence: 99th Street, Dwelling 133; Relation to head of family: Boarder; Color, white; Sex, female; Month of birth: September; Year of birth: 1884; Age at last birthday: 15; Single; Place of birth: Pennsylvania; Place of birth of father: Pennsylvania; Place of birth of mother: Pennsylvania; Occupation: None listed; Can read, yes; Can write, yes; Can speak English, yes. 1910 U. S. Federal Census; State: Florida; County: DeSota; Township: Arcadia; SD: 1; ED: 11; Enumeration date: 15 Apr 1910; Enumerator: Harry Burton. Name: Line 38; Marie McCready; Relation to head of family: Roomer (Living with Royal B. Child family); Sex: Female; Color: white; Age: 22; Marriage Status: Single; Place of birth: Pennsylvania; Place of birth of father: Pennsylvania; Place of birth of mother: Pennsylvania; Language spoken: English; Trade or profession: Stenographer; General nature of work: Law office; Employer or worker: worker; Out of work April 15: No; Weeks out of work 1909: 15; Can read and write: yes. MEMORIES, MEMORIES--DAYS OF LONG AGO; chronicled by Marie (McCready) with participation by Lovelle (McCready): Family history written by the two McCready sisters. Manuscript given to the Koreshan State Historic Site by Duane McConnell (Marie's son) on May 18, 1992. His grandparents and mother grew up here and he came to visit as a child. (1920's -40's) MEMORIES, MEMORIES--DAYS OF LONG AGO chronicled by Marie McCready with participation by Lovelle McCready--page 24: It was during the early winter of 1897 that we made this move which was to change the whole course of our lives..................On Pappa's invitation, Doctor Teed spent the last day and night at our home before leaving for Chicago and he and our parents talked away into the night. From that time it was decided that we would join the community in Chicago and plans were immediately made........ MEMORIES, MEMORIES--DAYS OF LONG AGO chronicled by Marie McCready with participation by Lovelle McCready: Marie McCready contacts typhoid fever in 1902 at age 14--page 11. McCready great grandfather--Joseph May Smith--page 15. Marie and Lovelle McCready folded and inserted leaflets at Koreshan printing office--page 28. Scholastic award won by Catharine, Lovelle, and Marie McCready--page 21. Lucie Borden gave French lessons and a wonderful French-English dictionary to Marie McCready--page 45. Nina? and Marie McCready wrote a novel, each writing alternate chapters while living at Beth Ophrah.--page 49. Catharine and Marie McCready both sat at the Third Sisters' table, which seated about 12 of the older girls and had a room together on the third floor.--Page 55. Marie McCready played viola.--Page ;8. Marie McCready played the trombone and autoharp.--Page 82. Marie McCready left the Koreshan Unity before Dr. Teed died in 1908.--Page 89. THE FLAMING SWORD; Community Current Events by Alafae Stephens; February 1934: "Mrs. Marie McConnell of Tampa was a week-end--also year-end--visitor here, leaving for home on New Year's Day."
THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: Rosalea McCready. 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:: Rosa Macready; Residence: 99th Street, Dwelling 133; Relation to head of family: boarder; Color, white; Sex, female; Month of birth: March; Year of birth: 1893; Age: 6; Single; Place of birth: Pennsylvania; Place of birth of father: Pennsylvania; Place of birth of mother: Pennsylvania; Occupation: None listed; Can read, nothing listed; Can write, nothing listed; Can speak English, nothing listed. 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: Roselea M. McCready; Sex: female; Race: white; Age 17; Marital status: Single; Place of birth: Pennsylvania: Place of birth of mother and father: Pennsylvania; Language spoken: English; Occupation: Student; No. of months not employed: 0; Can read and write: yes; Attending school: yes. 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: Rosalea McCready stricken with polio--page 6. Rosalea McCready went to live with Lee and Catharine McCready-Church.--Page 90.
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)
THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: William W. McCready. BROTHERS' LAUNDRY LIST: Will McCready #85 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: Birth of Will McCready in Homewood (the family moved to Chicago in 1897 and Will was two years old--page 6 and page 24.) "Will did not leave permanently (K.U.) until much later, though he was with those of us who spent several months together in Arcadia in a rented house while Lovelle and Jean moved from Jacksonville to Tampa and Jean was becoming established in his new work."--Page 90 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: Willie Macready; Residence: 99th Street, Dwelling 133; Relation to head of family: Boarder; Color, white; Sex, male; Month of birth: September; Year of birth: 1895; Age at last birthday: 4; Single; Place of birth: Pennsylvania; Place of birth of father: Pennsylvania; Place of birth of Mother: Pennsylvania; Occupation: Nothing listed; Can read: nothing listed; Can write: nothing listed; Can speak English: nothing listed.
THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: Eloise McCully
FOLKS WE KNEW WHILE IN THE K.U. by Marie McCready; Ned McDonald: "They were the sons of the McDonalds in Beaver Falls at whose home we attended Doctor's lectures. Ned played the mandolin and Will the guitar and often entertained with them. One of them also played the violin with the orchestra when it played at Beth Oprah. Both lived at Englewood and do not believe either stayed long."
THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: William E. McDonald FOLKS WE KNEW WHILE IN THE K.U. by Marie McCready: Will McDonald: "They were the sons of the McDonalds in Beaver Falls at whose home we attended Doctor's lectures. Ned played the mandolin and Will the guitar and often entertained with them. One of them also played the violin with the orchestra when it played at Beth Ophrah. Both lived at Englewood and do not believe either stayed long." 1900 U.S. Federal Census/Lake Town./Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Film Roll No. 283; Page No. 115; SD No. 1; ED No. 949; Sheet No. 12; Ward of City 30; Enumeration date: 11 Jun 1900; Enumerator: John M. Heimbach; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff, 25 Oct 1998: Wm. (C.?) MacDonald; Residence: West 63rd Street; Relation to head of family: partner; Date of birth: May 1878; Age 22; Single; Place of birth: Pennsylvania; Place of birth of mother and father: Pennsylvania; Occupation: Compositor; No. of months not employed: 0.
1900 U. S. Federal Census; Calumet 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: Luther McIntyre; Residence: 99th Street, Dwelling 133; Relation to head of family: Boarder; Color, white; Sex, male; Month of birth: February; Year of birth: 1879; Age at last birthday: 21; Single; Place of birth: Virginia; Place of birth of father: Scotland; Place of birth of mother: Scotland; Occupation: Nothing listed; Can read, yes; Can write, yes; Can speak English, yes.
THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: Sarah McKelvey.
THE FOUNDER AND HIS FAMILY (Family Portrait): IV. Charles Jackson Teed, b. July 3, 1843; served in Union army abt. 3 yrs.; m. Feb. 23, 1874, Ameria McLaughlin. 1. Ella, May 6, 1875.