Nancy Francis Gurley
1859 - 1919 (60 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
1. Nancy Francis Gurley was born on 23 Apr 1859 in Boxford, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA; died on 16 Sep 1919 in Salem, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA; was buried on 18 Sep 1919 in Hampstead, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Also Known As: Myra N. Gurley
- Occupation: Cording ladies boots [in shoe factory]
- Research Notes: Name is given as “Nancy M.” in 1870 census and “Nancy M.C.” in 1856 and 1880 censuses. Some sources give birth year as 1860.
- Census: 1865, Georgetown, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
- Census: 1870, Georgetown, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
- Census: 1880, Georgetown, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
- Census: 1900, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
- Census: 1910, Pelham, Hillsboro County, New Hampshire, USA
Notes:
Also known as Myra Gurley. I originally believed Nancy and Myra were separate siblings, but Nancy’s child by Herbert Woodard appears as Porter Hoyt’s step daughter in the 1900 census. Myra is shown as having one child, but there’s no record of a child with Porter. Also, Myra does not show up in the 1865 or 1870 censuses (nor does Nancy appear after 1870). Finally, the marriage record of Herbert and Nancy’s daughter Grace Woodward gives her mother’s name as Myra Gurley, which would seem to indicate once and for all that Nancy and Myra were the same person. On the other hand, Nancy is consistently shown with a 1859 birth year and Myra is consistently shown with a 1860 birth year, so perhaps they’re separate people after all.
Nancy married Herbert S. Woodard on 7 Nov 1875 in Georgetown, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA. Herbert (son of Henry M. Woodard and Sarah A. _____) was born about 1857 in Vermont, USA; died before 1888. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Grace May Woodard
was born on 18 Oct 1876 in Georgetown, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA.
Nancy married Porter N. Hoyt about 1888. Porter was born in Jul 1846 in New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Generation: 2
2. Grace May Woodard (1.Nancy1) was born on 18 Oct 1876 in Georgetown, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Also Known As: Grace Mary
- Occupation: Shoe packer
- Census: 1880, Georgetown, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
- Census: 1900, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Grace married Theodore O. Foisey on 28 Oct 1895 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA. Theodore (son of Edmund Foisey and Julia Beauvais) was born in Jul 1876 in Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]