Lucy G. M. Card
(19 December 1856 - 13 January 1929)
Date this page was last edited=7 Jul 2014
Lucy G. M. Card was born on 19 December 1856.1 She was the daughter of James Card and Lucy Gay Morse.
Lucy G. M. Card appeared on the census of 18 July 1860 at Roxbury, Massachusetts, in the household of her father.2
Lucy G. M. Card appeared on the census of 29 June 1870 at Boston, Massachusetts, in the household of her father.3 When her grandmother Lucy (Gay) Morse died in 1873, Lucy G. M. Card inherited her estate and grandfather clock.4
Lucy G. M. Card appeared on the census of 4 June 1880 at 32 Regent Street, Roxbury, Massachusetts, in the household of her mother.5
Lucy G. M. Card appeared on the census of 2 January 1920 at 34 Regent Street, Boston, Massachusetts, where her home was shown as owned and mortgaged.6 She was a school teacher according to the January 1920 census.6
Lucy G. M. Card died on 13 January 1929 at age 72.1 She was buried on 16 January 1929 in Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.1,7,8
Edgar Josselyn's grandmother, Lucy (Gay) Morse, had money which he remembered her promising to leave him.9 When she died in 1873, the money was inherited by her sixteen-year-old granddaughter Lucy G. M. Card. When Lucy G. M. Card died in 1929, the money should have gone to Edgar Josselyn and his older sister Alice (Josselyn) Bliss.9 In fact, Lucy G. M. Card had willed her estate to Edgar and Alice.10 Alice had no need for the money and wished Lucy Card's caretaker to have it.9 Edgar sent his lawyer friend Stephen Holden to represent him but Holden failed to arrange for anything more than a token settlement "in order to keep family harmony" (which did not exist).9
Lucy G. M. Card appeared on the census of 18 July 1860 at Roxbury, Massachusetts, in the household of her father.2
Lucy G. M. Card appeared on the census of 29 June 1870 at Boston, Massachusetts, in the household of her father.3 When her grandmother Lucy (Gay) Morse died in 1873, Lucy G. M. Card inherited her estate and grandfather clock.4
Lucy G. M. Card appeared on the census of 4 June 1880 at 32 Regent Street, Roxbury, Massachusetts, in the household of her mother.5
Lucy G. M. Card appeared on the census of 2 January 1920 at 34 Regent Street, Boston, Massachusetts, where her home was shown as owned and mortgaged.6 She was a school teacher according to the January 1920 census.6
Lucy G. M. Card died on 13 January 1929 at age 72.1 She was buried on 16 January 1929 in Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.1,7,8
Edgar Josselyn's grandmother, Lucy (Gay) Morse, had money which he remembered her promising to leave him.9 When she died in 1873, the money was inherited by her sixteen-year-old granddaughter Lucy G. M. Card. When Lucy G. M. Card died in 1929, the money should have gone to Edgar Josselyn and his older sister Alice (Josselyn) Bliss.9 In fact, Lucy G. M. Card had willed her estate to Edgar and Alice.10 Alice had no need for the money and wished Lucy Card's caretaker to have it.9 Edgar sent his lawyer friend Stephen Holden to represent him but Holden failed to arrange for anything more than a token settlement "in order to keep family harmony" (which did not exist).9
Citations
- [S432] Gravestone inscriptions, Lot 2918, Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, original proprietor Henry Morse.
- [S449] James Card household, 1860 U.S. census, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Roxbury Ward 2.
- [S450] James Card household, 1870 U.S. census, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Boston Ward 4.
- [S198] Interview, Ella (Hannah) Josselyn, 1955.
- [S451] Lucy G. Card household, 1880 U.S. census, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Roxbury, enumeration district 752.
- [S452] Lucy G. M. Card household, 1920 U.S. census, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Boston Ward 13, enumeration district 358.
- [S434] Record of the Henry Morse plot, Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.
- [S853] Find A Grave memorial page for Lucy G. M. Card (1856 - 1929).
- [S196] Interview, Martha (Josselyn) DeVoe, July 1986.
- [S440] Letter, Ella (Hannah) Josselyn to Howard DeVoe, November 1956.
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