My.Family - Ancestors, Descendants and Others

Sargent/Kingsbury/Forbes/Male also Reinfeld/Alexander/Mueller/Uhrick/Bivens/Dunning and Others

Person Page 17

Willing Howard

#401, (1921-1998)
Pedigree Link

Child with Phebe McKean Sargent (b. 23 December 1922, d. 30 September 2001)

Biography

  • Willing Howard was born on 12 February 1921 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.1
  • Father; Edgar B Howard.1
  • He was usually called Wing.2
  • He married Phebe McKean Sargent, daughter of Joseph Weir Sargent and Phebe McKean Downs, on 26 April 1941 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.3,1
  • Willing Howard was an artist.3
  • He died in 1998 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, at age ~77.

Other Information

  • Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Citations

  1. [S1887] EdieHarding, compiler, family tree titled "Edith Harding Family Tree", published by Ancestry, ancestry.com, from database ID 60953337, viewed Dec 2021 , .
  2. [S1462] Morris, John McDowell, family web site titled "The Ancestors and Cousins of Thomas and Katherine Morris", http://www.gunboatempires.com/genealogy/index.htm, updated Jan 2010, viewed Sep 2010 , .
  3. [S262] Letter from Lesher, Stevia Sargent to Linda Sargent Reinfeld, Feb 1999.

Anne Boullemet Howard

#402
Pedigree Link

Parents

Children with J Stuart Freeman

George Jesper Harding, 3rd

#403, (1918-2012)
Pedigree Link
George Jesper Harding
photo from WW II
1918-2012

Children with Phebe McKean Sargent (b. 23 December 1922, d. 30 September 2001)

Biography

  • George Jesper Harding, 3rd, was born on 8 March 1918 in Lower Merion County, Pennsylvania.1
  • Father: George Jesper Harding Jr of New York - Mother: Mrs. J. Marechal Brown of Ardmore, PA.2
  • He graduated from Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, estimated 1940.2,3
  • George was a Lt Commander in the US Naval Reserve and served 4 1/2 years during WW I as a destroyer Executive Officer.1
  • He married Phebe McKean Sargent, daughter of Joseph Weir Sargent and Phebe McKean Downs, on 22 March 1951 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • George Jesper Harding, 3rd, was a patent lawyer.2
  • George lived in Ardmore, Pennsylvania.2
  • He died on 19 October 2012 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, at age 94.1

Obit Notice

An obituary was published in Main Line Media News on 24 October 2012

Obituary George Jesper Harding III died Friday, the 19th day of October, 2012.

Mr. Harding was born in Philadelphia in 1918 and graduated from Yale University and Temple University Law School. While at Yale he won the Connecticut State Single Squash Racquets championship. He was a Lt. Commander in the United States Naval Reserve and served 4 1/2 years in connection with World War II as a destroyer Executive Officer. He was the former President of the Philadelphia Patent Lawyers Association.

Mr. Harding was a descendent of Jesper Harding, who founded the Philadelphia Inquirer in 1829 and also George Harding the prominent 19th century patent attorney. He is survived by his loving family Anne (Stuart), Edie (Dave), Phebe (Marty), George (Valerie), his grandchildren Shippen (Patrice), Emily (Harold), Carson & Douglas, great grandchildren Marguerite, Madeleine, Edmee, Guillemette & Orla. A memorial service will be held this Saturday, October 27th at 4pm at St. Christopher's Church,226 Righters Mill Road,Gladwyne PA. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to the Alzheimer's Association in his name.

1

Other Information

Citations

  1. [S1887] EdieHarding, compiler, family tree titled "Edith Harding Family Tree", published by Ancestry, ancestry.com, from database ID 60953337, viewed Dec 2021 , .
  2. [S262] Letter from Lesher, Stevia Sargent to Linda Sargent Reinfeld, Feb 1999.
  3. [S204] Assumption of Researcher LSR.

Edith Weir Harding

#404
Pedigree Link

Parents

Children with David W Smith

Robert Gordon Lesher

#405, (1932-2009)
Pedigree Link
Robert Gordon Lesher
1932-2009
1952 photo

Children with Stevia Warren Sargent (b. 4 March 1933, d. 25 February 2020)

Biography

  • Robert Gordon Lesher was born on 23 October 1932 in Rye, New York.
  • Father: Robert Fuller Lesher Mother: Elizabeth Gordon Macdonald.1
  • He graduated from Yale College, New Haven, Connecticut, in 1955.2
  • He married Stevia Warren Sargent, daughter of Joseph Weir Sargent and Phebe McKean Downs, on 18 June 1955 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.
  • Robert Gordon Lesher was in real estate.1
  • Robert and Stevia were divorced in March 1974.
  • He married Peggy MacReynolds on 29 September 1981 in Peacefull Valley, Colorado.2
  • In 1999 Robert lived in Arvada, Colorado.1
  • On 6 October 2001 Robert married Gloria Jean Cook at Lakewood, Jefferson, Colorado.2
  • In March 2005 Robert moved to Clayton, North Carolina.2
  • He died in June 2009 in Clayton, North Carolina, at age 76.3,4

Other Information

  • Charts/Lists: Yale Alumns
  • Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Citations

  1. [S262] Letter from Lesher, Stevia Sargent to Linda Sargent Reinfeld, Feb 1999.
  2. [S376] Lesher, Robert G, family web site titled "Lesher of Colorado", www.lesher.net/genealogy, Aug 2007 , , Not available as of Jul 2022.
  3. [S1289] Lesher, David, Email message to Linda Sargent Reinfeld, located on the computer of Linda Sargent Reinfeld, received Sep 2009.
  4. [S1887] EdieHarding, compiler, family tree titled "Edith Harding Family Tree", published by Ancestry, ancestry.com, from database ID 60953337, viewed Dec 2021 , .

Kathryn Lang Tulloch

#406
Pedigree Link

Children with Thomas Owen Sargent (b. 3 January 1927, d. 20 October 2007)

  • Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Owen Sargent

#407
Pedigree Link

Parents

Peter Tulloch Sargent

#408
Pedigree Link

Parents

Children with Lourdes Mayora (b. 26 March 1961, d. September 2006)

Mary Alexandra Tennant

#409
Pedigree Link

Children with Joseph Denny Sargent (b. 11 September 1929, d. 7 November 2012)

  • Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Norma Estelle Harvey

#410, (1924-2016)
Pedigree Link
Norma Estelle 'Normie' Wiser
1924-2016
1957 photo

Children with James Sargent Wiser (b. 6 October 1921, d. 21 July 2012)

Biography

  • Norma Estelle Harvey was born in 1924 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.1
  • Father: William Henry Harvey of Toronto.2
  • She married James Sargent Wiser, son of Henry James Wiser and Dorothy Sargent, on 16 June 1944 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • James Sargent Wiser and Norma appeared on the 1950 US Federal Census of 56 Spinning Wheel Road, Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, enumerated on 14 April 1950.3
  • Norma and James moved to Southport, Connecticut.2
  • In May 1957 in Ridge Road, North Haven, Connecticut, Norma Estelle Harvey attended a family reunion where this photo was taken.1
    Family Reunion 1957 children of
    George Lewis Sargent
    Ridge Rd, North Haven CT
  • She died on 1 June 2016 at age ~92.4
  • She was buried in Oak Lawn Cemetery, Fairfield, Connecticut. Plot: J Lot 116.5

Other Information

  • Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Citations

  1. [S201] Personal Knowledge of Researcher LSR.
  2. [S26] Family data.
  3. [S9056] 1950 US Federal Census, Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, digital image Ancestry, National Archives micropublication, James Wiser head of household, roll 4354, page 19, enumeration district 1-86 .
  4. [S4466] Terri Dunklee Sautter, compiler, family tree titled "Sautter Family Tree", published by Ancestry.com, www.ancestry.com, from database ID 8861483, viewed Oct 2022 , .
  5. [S431] Find A Grave: Oak Lawn Cemetery, Fairfield, Connecticut, Norma Wiser, created by Taquoshi, BKGeni, added Nov 2016, memorial number 173049956.

Penelope Wiser

#411
Pedigree Link

Parents

Children with Lawrence White

Stephen Forbes Wiser

#412, (1947-1964)
Pedigree Link
Stephen Forbes Wiser
1947-1964
1957 photo

Parents

Biography

  • Stephen Forbes Wiser was born on 11 June 1947 in Bristol, Connecticut.
  • He appeared on the 1950 US Federal Census of 56 Spinning Wheel Road, Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, enumerated on 14 April 1950, in the household of his parents James Sargent Wiser and Norma.1
  • In May 1957 in Ridge Road, North Haven, Connecticut, Stephen Forbes Wiser attended a family reunion where this photo was taken.2
    Family Reunion 1957 children of
    George Lewis Sargent
    Ridge Rd, North Haven CT
  • He died on 12 May 1964 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, at age 16.3
  • The cause of his death was a brain tumor.4
  • He was buried in Oak Lawn Cemetery, Fairfield, Connecticut. Plot: J Lot 116.5

Other Information

Citations

  1. [S9056] 1950 US Federal Census, Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, digital image Ancestry, National Archives micropublication, James Wiser head of household, roll 4354, page 19, enumeration district 1-86 .
  2. [S201] Personal Knowledge of Researcher LSR.
  3. [S8751] Connecticut Vital records - Index of Deaths, 1897-2001, Index of deaths in CT, ctatatelibrarydata.org/death-records/, Steph Wiser.
  4. [S26] Family data.
  5. [S431] Find A Grave: Oak Lawn Cemetery, Fairfield, Connecticut, Stephen Forbes Wiser, created by Taquoshi, BKGeni, added Nov 2016, memorial number 173049957.

Deborah Wiser

#413
Pedigree Link

Parents

Children with David Heckler

Elaine Patricia McEachern

#414
Pedigree Link

Child with Thomas Huntington Wiser (b. 4 January 1923)

  • Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Lawrence Currie Wiser

#415
Pedigree Link

Parents

Duncan Lyall MacDougall

#416
Pedigree Link

Children with Dorothy Joan Wiser (b. 8 May 1924)

  • Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Diana Tremaine MacDougall

#417
Pedigree Link

Parents

Wendy Sargent MacDougall

#418
Pedigree Link

Parents

William Peter MacDougall

#419
Pedigree Link

Parents

Jenella Taylor

#420, (1924-2015)
Pedigree Link

Children with Pressly Forbes McCance (b. 18 March 1926, d. 10 August 1996)

Biography

  • Jenella Taylor was born on 1 September 1924 in Dallas, Texas.1,2
  • Father: Thomas Calvin Taylor - Mother: Winnie Mildred Spears.2
  • She graduated from University of Denver, Colorado.2
  • Jenella Taylor was a first grade school teacher at Alice M Birney School in Pico Rivera CA for 40 years.2
  • She married Pressly Forbes McCance, son of William Hodge McCance and Mary Denny Sargent, on 27 March 1953 in Raton, New Mexico.3
  • Pressly and Jenella lived in Whittier, California.4
  • She died on 11 November 2015 in Whittier, California, at age 91.1
  • She was buried in Memory Garden Memorial Park, Brea, California.1
    Gravestone

Obit Notice

An obituary was published

Jenella McCance Obituary

September 1, 1924 - November 11, 2015 Jenella Taylor McCance, 55 year resident of Whittier, California, passed away on November 11, 2015. Born on September 1, 1924 in Dallas, Texas to Winnie Mildred Spears and Thomas Calvin Taylor. A graduate of University of Denver, Mrs. McCance was a passionate first grade school teacher for forty years at Alice M. Birney School in Pico Rivera. She is survived by son Thomas Forbes McCance and his wife Alyson; daughter Claire McCance Willenson and her husband Seth; and four grandchildren: Thomas Forbes McCance, Jr., Matthew Jon McCance, Evan Taylor Willenson and Samuel Hodge Willenson. She is pre-deceased by her loving husband Pressly Forbes McCance and her sister Mildred W. Taylor. Services will be held Saturday, November 28, 2015 at 11am at First United Methodist Church of Whittier, 13222 Bailey Street, Whittier, CA 90601.

Published by Los Angeles Times from Nov. 23 to Nov. 24, 2015.

2

Other Information

  • Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Citations

  1. [S2160] Find A Grave: Memory Garden Memorial Park, Brea, California, Janella Taylor McCance, created by Rebeltem, added Nov 2015, memorial number 155071211.
  2. [S6878] Legacy, www.legacy.com, A collection of obituaries from newspapers and funeral parlors, Jenella Taylor McCance, obituary notice, published by the Los Angeles Times 23 Nov 2015, viewed online at Legacy.com.
  3. [S26] Family data.
  4. [S44] The New York Times, New York City, Newspaper, Claire McCance, article Claire McCance to Wed Seth M Willenson, published 17 Jul 1989.

Thomas Forbes McCance

#421
Pedigree Link

Parents

Children with Alyson (née unknown) McCance

Charles Franklin Sill, Jr

#422
Pedigree Link

Children with Florence Louise Sargent (b. 12 December 1927, d. 2 October 2011)

  • Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Leslie Louise Sill

#423
Pedigree Link

Parents

Child with Mark Merrill Hokeness

Mark Merrill Hokeness1

#424
Pedigree Link

Child with Leslie Louise Sill

  • Last Edited: 12 October 2024 16:02:21

Citations

  1. [S1047] California Birth Index, 1905-1995, online transcription database, digitized by Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005 www.ancestry.com - collection 2046255-5247. (Original publication: State of California, California Birth Index, 1905-1995, Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics). for his son Christopher.

Christopher Nels Hokeness1

#425
Pedigree Link

Parents

Citations

  1. [S1047] California Birth Index, 1905-1995, online transcription database, digitized by Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005 www.ancestry.com - collection 2046255-5247. (Original publication: State of California, California Birth Index, 1905-1995, Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics).
Click on my name to contact me for additions or corrections
Compiler: Linda Sargent Reinfeld
Site updated on 11 December 2024; 57,549 people
Page created by John Cardinal's GedSite v5.01  |  Based on a design by growldesign.co.uk