Anne Inez McCaffrey (1926 - 2011)

Born 1 Apr 1926 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States of America

Ancestors

Wife of Horace Wright Johnson — married 14 Jan 1950 (to 1970) in Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, United States

Died 21 Nov 2011 at age 85 in County Wicklow, Ireland

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Biography

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Anne Inez McCaffrey (1 April 1926 – 21 November 2011) was an American-Irish writer known for the Dragonriders of Pern science fiction series. She was the first woman to win a Hugo Award for fiction (Best Novella, "Weyr Search", 1968) and the first to win a Nebula Award (Best Novella, "Dragonrider", 1969). She was inducted by the Science Fiction Hall of Fame on 17 June 2006.[6][7][8] She also received the Robert A. Heinlein Award for her work in 2007.

Anne Inez McCaffrey was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts on April 1, 1926. She was the daughter of George McCaffrey and Anne McElroy.^[1][2]

Anne graduated from Radcliffe College in 1947.

Anne married Horace Wright Johnson in 1950. She filed for divorce in 1970.

Anne died at her home, Dragonhold-Underhill, in County Wicklow on 21 November 2011, and was buried in Kilquade New Cemetery, Wicklow, County Wicklow^[3].

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4NH-58W : accessed 11 July 2020), Anne Mccaffrey in household of George H Mccaffrey, Montclair, Essex, New Jersey, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 517, sheet 1A, line 5, family 2, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1332; FHL microfilm 2,341,067.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4R9-JS2 : 14 December 2019), Anne I Mccaffery in household of George Mccaffery, Ward 1, Montclair, Montclair Town, Essex, New Jersey, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 7-240, sheet 3A, line 14, family 52, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2337.
3. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #81822612

See also:

• Wikipedia: Anne McCaffrey

• Wikidata: Item Q233046, en:Wikipedia