Individual Details

Jessie Lulu Ivory

(12 Jan 1873 - 2 Jan 1922)

1900 U.S. Census New York, Jefferson county, Adams. Jessie L. Ivory, age 26 lives with an aunt and uncle named Marcus [Marquis D. Manville, Find A Grave Memorial# 31471849] and Sarah Manville. Jessie was born June of 1874. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSFS-TS3

Miss Jessie Ivory, a native of Smithville and former resident of Adams and Watertown, passed away Monday evening at the residence of her cousin, Dr. George P. Manville. 245 Abingdon road, Kin Garden, L.I., aged about 49 years. She expired following a brief Illness due to heart disease. Miss Ivory was born In 1872 in Smithville, daughter of Harrison and Emma Jane Ivory. Her mother passed away when she was 12 years of age and she went to Adams to live with an Uncle and Aunt, Dr and Mrs MD Mandville. At the age of 18 Miss Pratt took up an arts course at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. Being endowed with a talent for things artistic she gained great success in her chosen field. She came to Watertown about 20 years ago and resided here for a time with her cousin. Mrs. Dora I Englehart. She established class In arts while here, having a studio at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Solon H. Wilder which was then located at 122 Benedict street. She had many friends here and there are many examples of her work In oil paintings and decorated china In homes in this city, prized highly by their possessors. In .order to have tbe advantages in
the study of art offered in tbe metropolis she later returned to New York city where she took up silk designing
and interior decorating, having a studio on Columbus circle. She had many friends in Adams, Watertown and New York city. She had gained high recognition In her art and when President Harding took up his residence in the White
House she sent three exquisitely done lamp shades to Washington for use In the White House. Surviving are her father, Harrison Ivory of Smithvllle, her aunt, Mrs. Marcus Manville and her cousin. Dr. George P. Manville, a dentist, both of Kin Garden, L. I., a half- sister, Miss Ruby Ivory of New York city, and the two cousins residing in this city, Mrs. William E. Murray and Mrs. Dora Eaglshart.
The remains will be taken to Adams for Interment In the family plot.

Watertown Daily Times Jan ? 1922 ( a single digit day)

Events

Birth12 Jan 1873Adams, Jefferson County, New York
Census (family)-shared17 Jun 1880(Harrison H. Ivory and Emma Charlotte Jones) Henderson, Jefferson County, New York
Census1905Manhattan, New York, New York
CensusJan 1920Manhattan, New York, New York
Death2 Jan 1922Kin Garden, Long Island, New York
Burial4 Jan 1922Smithville Cemetery, Jefferson County, New York

Families

FatherHarrison H. Ivory (1850 - 1926)
MotherEmma Charlotte Jones (1850 - 1886)

Notes

Birth

New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949

Census (family)-shared

Harrison Ivory Self M 30 New York - Farmer
Emma Ivory Wife F 30 New York - Keeping house
Jessie Ivory Daughter F 7 New York
John BurtonOtherM20New York - Laborer

Census

Jessie L Ivory Tenant F 32y - Artist
Harrietta Magil Tenant F 45y - Artist

Census

Jessie Lulu Ivory F 47 NY - Interior decorator

Death

Queens, New York

Endnotes

1. 1875 New York State Census, Jefferson County, Adams, 2nd elections district, page 26.

2. 1900 U.S. Census New York, Jefferson County, Adams, SH6 ED2 SH1.

3. "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ8D-NZQ : 20 August 2017), Harrison Ivory, Henderson, Jefferson, New York, United States; citing enumeration district ED 119, sheet 291D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0839; FHL microfilm 1,254,839..

4. "New York State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPFG-MKS : 20 July 2018), Jessie L Ivory, Manhattan, A.D. 25, E.D. 16, New York, New York; citing p. 43, line 49, various county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 1,433,107..

5. "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJB3-LPD : accessed 27 October 2017), Jessie Lulu Ivory, Manhattan Assembly District 10, New York, New York, United States; citing ED 762, sheet 2B, line 51, family 81, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1203; FHL microfilm 1,821,203..

6. Jessie Lulu Ivory obituary death date 2 January 1922 (Watertown Daily Times, Watertown, New York), 3 January 1922 issue.

7. "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2W2G-MZC : 20 March 2015), Harrison Ivory in entry for Jessie L. Ivory, 02 Jan 1922; citing Death, New York City, Queens, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 2,168,873..

8. Find A Grave Memorial# 154792046.