Mary Abbie Childs1,2,3,4,5
F, #254, b. 29 August 1849, d. 28 February 1912
- Birth*: 29 August 1849; Henniker, Merrimack Co., New Hampshire1
- Marriage*: 20 August 1873; home of Warren Child, Henniker, New Hampshire; by W. Morrill, congregational minister; Spouse=Francis Ensor Prendergast6,5
- Death*: 28 February 1912; Sisters Hospital, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California7
- Burial*: Hillside Memorial Park, Redlands, San Bernardino Co., California3
- Note*: European trip:
Mary A. Prendergast with four of her children, Lucretia, Ruth, Arthur and Joe (ages 23 - 15), and their cousin Abbie, lived in Dresden, Germany from fall 1903 through summer 1904. She wrote regularly to her brothers Richard and Curtis Childs in Henniker, New Hampshire. Those letters, as well as a few by the children were bound (157 pages) and kept with those of her husband.
Last Edited: 16 Dec 2023
Charts:
Parents:
Father: Warren Story Childs1 b. 12 Oct 1811, d. 10 Apr 1888
Mother: Sarah Tilton Lane1 b. 10 Jun 1815
Mother: Sarah Tilton Lane1 b. 10 Jun 1815
Family:
Francis Ensor Prendergast d. 7 Dec 1897
- Marriage*: 20 August 1873; home of Warren Child, Henniker, New Hampshire; by W. Morrill, congregational minister; Spouse=Francis Ensor Prendergast6,5
Children:
unnamed girl Prendergast8 b. Jun 1874, d. Jun 1874
Jeffry Joseph Prendergast9 b. 31 Aug 1875, d. 14 Aug 1962
Frederick Francis Prendergast10 b. 1 Jul 1878, d. 9 Feb 1972
Lucretia Ensor Prendergast
11,12 b. 21 May 1880, d. 6 Mar 1969
John Patrick Prendergast13 b. 18 Nov 1881, d. 25 May 1945
Ruth Lane Prendergast14 b. 22 Nov 1884, d. 18 Nov 1906
Arthur Curtis Prendergast15 b. 24 Dec 1888, d. 27 Jul 1969
Joseph Samuel Prendergast16 b. 3 Feb 1892, d. 19 Apr 1974
Jeffry Joseph Prendergast9 b. 31 Aug 1875, d. 14 Aug 1962
Frederick Francis Prendergast10 b. 1 Jul 1878, d. 9 Feb 1972
Lucretia Ensor Prendergast

John Patrick Prendergast13 b. 18 Nov 1881, d. 25 May 1945
Ruth Lane Prendergast14 b. 22 Nov 1884, d. 18 Nov 1906
Arthur Curtis Prendergast15 b. 24 Dec 1888, d. 27 Jul 1969
Joseph Samuel Prendergast16 b. 3 Feb 1892, d. 19 Apr 1974
Citations
- [S55] "Henniker Town Records 1756-1820", Merrimack Co. in collection "New Hampshire, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1636-1947." Images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : accessed 2015. Town clerk offices, New Hampshire. Also viewed on FHL Microfilm 16099, item 4, Vital Records, 1756-1820. p. 257, image 131. Children of Warren S. & Sarah Childs.. Henniker-Town-Records-16099.pdf
- [S26] Child, Elias, Genealogy of the Child, Childs and Childe Families, Of the Past and Present in the United States and the Canadas, from 1630 to 1881 (Published for the author by Curtiss & Childs, Printers, Utica, N.Y. 1881. Viewed at https://archive.org/details/genealogyofchild00chil [& Sutro Lib., call number G3G1178], ), p. 536. Child--Childs.pdf
- [S110] Redlands Ca., Hillside Cemetery. Photograph taken by Jeff Moore 2012 of gravestone of Francis Ensor and Mary Abbie Prendergast.
- [S104] Prendergast, Caroline Mattingly, The Prendergasts, 1169 to 1969; the 800 year history of a family (Redlands, Calif.: J.S. Prendergast, 1972), p. 114. Prendergast-Caroline-Mattingly--The-Prendergasts-Study-of-a-Family.pdf
- [S24] Chapman, Rev. Jacob & Rev. James H Fitts., Lane Genealogies, Volume I William Lane of Boston Mass., 1648, including the records of Edmund J. Lane and James P. Lane (Exeter N.H.: The News Letter Press, 1891), p. 173. Chapman-Fitts--Lane-Genealogies.pdf
- [S105] Prendergast, Francis Ensor, Letters of Francis Ensor Prendergast 1858-1889. Over 1600 letters to his parents and uncle, typically four pages, weekly. Bound in fourteen volumes, missing only volume for 1861. Vol. Letters from America 1871-73, M.S. 3, Letter #90, dated 22 Aug 1873, FEP to his mother.
- [S114] San Bernardino Co., California, Certification of Vital Record. Death. Mary A. Prendergast. Died 28 Feb 1912, Sisters Hospital, City of Los Angeles. Buried Redlands. State Index No. 399 642
- [S104] Prendergast, Caroline Mattingly, Prendergasts, history of a family, p. 118.
- [S104] Prendergast, Caroline Mattingly, Prendergasts, history of a family, p. 119.
- [S104] Prendergast, Caroline Mattingly, Prendergasts, history of a family, p. 120.
- [S104] Prendergast, Caroline Mattingly, Prendergasts, history of a family, p. 122.
- [S105] Prendergast, Francis Ensor, Letters, Letter dated 21 May 1880.
- [S104] Prendergast, Caroline Mattingly, Prendergasts, history of a family.
- [S104] Prendergast, Caroline Mattingly, Prendergasts, history of a family, 129.
- [S104] Prendergast, Caroline Mattingly, Prendergasts, history of a family, p. 133.
- [S104] Prendergast, Caroline Mattingly, Prendergasts, history of a family, p. 136.