Georgiana (Waller) Terry (1854 - 1929)

Born 23 Nov 1854 in New York, United States

Ancestors

Died 25 Aug 1929 at age 74 in Queens, New York City, New York, United States

Biography

Georgiana Waller was born on 23 November 1854. She was the youngest daughter of Charles Waller and Maria Burgher.

In the 1870 United States Federal Census, 16 year old Georgiana Waller was recorded living with her father Charles Waller (68 and a Gas Fitter) and her mother Maria Waller (55) at Brooklyn Ward 13, Kings, New York^[1].

Georgiana married David Egbert Terry on 16 January 1872 at Kings, New York. They had the following child:

1. Charles W. Terry (b. 8 Mar 1872, d. 26 Feb 1947)

Her mother Maria died on 17 June 1872.

She and her husband were divorced in 1874, and remarried on 30 September 1874. They went on to have four more children together:

1. David Egbert Terry Jr (b. 25 Dec 1875, d. 21 Feb 1945)
2. Lilian Terry (b. 11 Apr 1878)
3. Edmund Floyd Terry (b. 29 Feb 1880, d. 10 May 1962)
4. Infant Son Terry (b. 1882, d. 2 Jul 1882)

Her father Charles passed away on 23 January 1885, aged 83.

She lived with her husband in Brooklyn, Kings, New York. He died in 1926.

Georgiana Terry passed away on 25 August 1929 and was buried on 29 August 1929 at Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, United States^[2].

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8N5-NQX : Tue Mar 05 04:54:48 UTC 2024), Entry for Charles Waller and Maria Waller, 1870.
2. ↑ Burial: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185578527/georgina-terry: accessed March 21, 2024), memorial page for Georgina Waller Terry (unknown–25 Aug 1929), Find A Grave: Memorial #185578527, citing Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA; Maintained by Festus95 (contributor 48058236).

See also:

• The Peerage

• "New York State Census, 1875", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VT86-6SK : Fri Mar 08 11:40:34 UTC 2024), Entry for David E Terry and Georgenia Terry, 1875.

• "United States Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSNN-GYS : Tue Mar 05 20:28:39 UTC 2024), Entry for David E Terry and Georgenia W Terry, 1900.

• "New York State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK3S-41K : 8 March 2021), Georgenina Terry in household of David E Terry, Brooklyn, A.D. 21, E.D. 26, Kings, New York; citing p. 19, line 23, various county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 1,930,282.

• "United States Census, 1910", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5QV-1PD : Thu Mar 07 22:56:01 UTC 2024), Entry for David E Terry and Georgenia Terry, 1910.

• "New York State Census, 1915", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9JG-RBZ : 3 June 2022), Geogiana W Terry in entry for David E Terry, 1915.

• "United States Census, 1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJT9-RN5 : Sat Mar 09 06:38:20 UTC 2024), Entry for David E Terry and Georgina Terry, 1920.