Hi Everyone,
I just subscribed to the list after receiving the following marriage data:
John Hancock married a Mrs. Mary Chamberlain. The date in the Bulletin has
it as January 14, 1856.
This information came from the San Francisco Evening Bulletin from Vital
Records from the S.F. Daily Evening Bulletin Volume1 published 1956 and 1943
by the California State Society of the D.A.R.
Does anyone on the list know who this lady was married to before John
Hancock, and what her maiden name might have been?
I am trying to determine if this is the marriage record for a John Hancock
and a Mary Frances Shaen/Shane/Shean/ or maybe even Sheehan (or something
like that, every record seems to spell the last name differently). The 1870
census lists Marys place of birth as NY, but death records for two of the
children recorded the mothers birthplace as Penn. so I dont know exactly
where she was from.
Any help on this one would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Maggie Hall