| Sources |
- [S15] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Sai, NA Film Number T9-0934 Page Number 133A.
- [S330] The Long Islander, Huntington, NY,,, 10 Dec 1909, p. 4.
Mrs. Hannah Raynor is 87.
Wednesday, Mrs. Hannah Raynor, who lives with her daughter Mrs. C. S. Washburn, Green street, celebrated eighty-seven years of life. The old lady is bright and remarkably well preserved. She is a little deaf.
Mrs. Raynor was born at Fire Place, now Brookhaven, Long Island, in 1822, being one of six children born to Leverett Reeve and Catherine Brown. One brother is still living, David Reeves of Freehold, N.J., who is 79 years of age. She married tice, her first husband being Stephen Craft of New York. Of the five children blessing their home two are now living, Mrs. Washburn and Mrs. John Carman of Yaphank. Edward Raynor of Brookhaven was her second husband; and there was one daughter by that union, Mrs. George Nesbitt of Brookhaven. She also has a stepson, John Raynor of Brooklyn, who thinks as much of her as if she were his own mother.
- [S330] The Long Islander, Huntington, NY,,, 13 Dec 1912, p.3.
CELEBRATED 90TH BIRTHDAY
Mrs. Hannah Raynor, of Huntington, Well and Happy, Too.
Monday, Mrs. Hannah Raynor, Huntington's oldest woman resident, celebrated her ninetieth birthday in a quiet but pleasant manner, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C. S. Washburn, Green street. She is unusually spry for one her age, and answed the ring of the doorbell several times herself, when quite a large number of friends and neighbors called in to pay regards to one of the finest old ladies that ever lived. She was also remembered with several handsome presents and a postcard shower.
Mrs. Raynor was assisted in celebrating by her three living daughters, Mrs. Washburn, Mrs. George Nesbitt of Brookhaven, and Mrs. John Carman of Babylon, and by her stepson, John B. Raynor, of Brooklyn, and his wife.
Except for slight deafness, and an occasional touch of rheumatism, Mrs. Raynor is unusually active. She is always cheerful. She is a native of Fire Place, now Brookhaven, where she was born on December 8, 1822, the daughter of Leverett and Caherine Brown Reeves, good old Long Island names. Her parents were sterling Methodists, and she united with that church seventy years ago. Up to a few years ago she was a great church worker.
Mrs. Raynor was married twice. Her first husband was Stephen Craft, of New York City. Five children were born to them. Mrs. Washburn and Mrs. Carman are the survivors. Her second husband was Edward Raynor, of Fire Place. Mrs. George Nesbit, of Brookhaven, is the daughter by this marriage.
- [S330] The Long Islander, Huntington, NY,,, 29 Dec 1916, p. 5 (Provided date).
OBITUARY
Mrs. Hannah Raynor
Mrs. Hannah N. Raynor, one of the oldest people in Suffolk County, and for a few years a resident of Huntington, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C. S. Washburn, in Babylon, Friday of last week, at the age of 94 years. Funeral services wre held at her late home Sunday morning, and the interment was in Brookhaven.
She was born December 9, 1822 at Fireplace, now Brookhaven, the daughter of Katherine Reeves, descendants of old English and Welsh stock. Mrs. Raynor was married to Stephen Craft, of New York City, in 1844. He died in 1861, and two years latr the then Mrs. Craft was married to Edward Raynor, who was postmaster at Fireplace for many years.
Mrs. Raynor is survived by three daughters, Mrs. E. J. Carman and Mrs. C. S. Washburn of Babylon, and Mrs. George Nesbitt of Brookhaven; two grandaughters and one great-grandchild.
- [S16] Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003. Original data: 1870. United States. Ninth Census of the United States, 1870. Washington, D.C. National Archives and Records Admini, Roll: M593_1100; Page: 376; Image: 133.
|
Male
Female