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Jennie Kerry Neal
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Jennie Kerry Neal
- Born: 19 May 1894, New York City, NY 1 2 3 4
- Marriage (1): Elon Gardner Hitch in 1925 in Laurel, Sussex Co., DE 1
- Died: 27 Dec 1973, Nanticoke Memorial Hospital, Seaford, Sussex Co., DE 1 5
- Buried: Abt 30 Dec 1973, Laurel Hill Cemetery, Laurel, Sussex Co., DE 1
Jennie's mother died when she was only 2 or 3 years old. Her father was a "green" from County Kerry, Ireland, while her mother was "orange" from Belfast, Ireland. When her mother died, Jennie and her sister Nellie were taken in by a German-Catholic Orphanage in Paterson, NJ because their father could not support the two young children. Because their father was not Catholic, the Orphanage refused to let him take them back once he was again able.
The children decided to run away to be with their father but only Nellie was successful - Jennie was caught and put up for adoption. A couple by the name of Neal from Laurel, DE adopted little Jennie. They treated her poorly, in many ways like a common servant.
She taught school at Trinity, a small country schoolhouse near Laurel. Jennie was an accomplished pianist and had a beautiful singing voice.
Jennie married Elon Gardner Hitch, son of Rev. Elijah Hitch and Drucilla Caroline Phillips, in 1925 in Laurel, Sussex Co., DE.1 (Elon Gardner Hitch was born on 21 Aug 1885 in Laurel, Sussex Co., DE,2 3 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 died on 09 Sep 1972 in Peninsula General Hospital, Salisbury, Wicomico Co., MD 1 13 and was buried about 12 Sep 1972 in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Laurel, Sussex Co., DE 1.)
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Sources
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"Genealogy of Womach, Scott, Hitch, Kerry & Related Families", compiled by W. Richard Womach, 502 Bayfront Drive, Broadkill Beach, Milton, DE 19968. (302) 684-3170 [1995].
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Holloways of the Eastern Shore.
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Social Security Death Index (Name: Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011;).
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1940 DE Census, Listed as age 43 in Sussex Co., DE.
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Social Security Death Index (Name: Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011;), SSN 221-50-8031.
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"A Hitch Orchard", by Daisy Hitch, 1931.
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DE Birth Records.
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1900 DE Census, Listed as born in August 1885 in DE in the 1900 Broad Creek Hundred, Sussex Co., DE Census.
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1920 DE Census, Listed as age 34 in the 1920 Sussex Co., DE Census, born in DE.
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1910 DE Census, Listed as age 24 in the 1910 Sussex Co., DE Census, born in DE.
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World War I Civilian Draft Registrations (WWW).
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1940 DE Census, Listed as age 54 in Sussex Co., DE.
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Social Security Death Index (Name: Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011;), SSN 221-24-4249.