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Mary E. Hanks
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Mary Hanks was born January 18, 1848 and died January 16, 1940. Mary was married to Albert E. Hanks and raised 8 children in Salida, Colorado.
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Mary Elenor (Bryan) Massey
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An Irish immigrant who immigrated to Colorado and settled with her husband in the Mesa County sometime between 1900 and 1910.
Irish birth records show that she was born in Ireland in 1873. US ship passenger lists show that she arrived in Pennsylvania on the Southwark on June 23, 1894. Colorado marriage records show that she married Eben Massey in Colorado Springs on April 28, 1896.
According to US Census records, the family lived in Colorado Springs in 1900, where Eben was a dairy farmer and Mary was a homemaker. They had moved to Mesa County by 1910, with the census showing that Mary had been widowed, and listing her as the proprietor of a cattle ranching operation.
With her sons and their families, she owned and operated the Massey Ranch, located in Unaweep Canyon between Uravan and Gateway.
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