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This family history features Elizabeth Schell Cragin and her immediate family.



First Generation
1. Elizabeth Schell Cragin,1 born June 1882 in New York, the daughter of Samuel Cragin and Catherine Elizabeth ‘Kate’ Schell.1, 2 Elizabeth married, 20 September 1906 in Malta, Harold Heartt Foley (born Harold Livingston)6 (born 21 January 1878 in New York, New York, the son of George Le Roy Livingston and Louisa Pamela Heartt;3, 4 Harold died 25 July 1923 in Paris, France5).

  1. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, New York, New York County, Manhattan, Enumeration District 105, Sheet No. 33B, family of Mary E. Shell (42, New York, Nov 1857); niece Florence A. Cragin (21, New York, Mar 1879); niece Jane H. Cragin (19, New York, June 1880); niece Elizabeth Cragin (18, New York, June 1882); friend May A. Ceyder [?] (no age given, Apr), servant Mary OConner (45, Ireland, Sept 1854); servant Maggie ODonnell (34, Ireland, June 1866); servant Bridget Sheehy (30, Ireland, Feb 1869); servant Briget Histor (28, Ireland, Sept 1871).
  2. New York State Census, 1905, New York County, Borough of Manhattan, Page 6B, family of Mary Schell (45); niece Elizabeth Cragin (23); servant Bridget Shey (38, Ireland); servant Helme Broman (25, Sweden).
  3. U.S. Passport Applications 1795-1925, available at ancestry.com and familysearch.org; Application No. 19957, 22 January 1895 in New York City, New York, Louisa P. W. Heartt Foley, born: 17 April 1852 in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York. The application also names three of her children and their birth dates and places: Harold Heartt Foley, born: 21 January 1878 in New York City, New York; Elizabeth Louise Foley, born: 23 June 1880 in Seabright, New Jersey; and Dorothea Foley, born: 16 October 1884 in New York City, New York.
  4. Laws of the State of New York, Passed at the One Hundred and Second Session of the Legislature. Albany, A. Bleecker Banks, Publisher, 1879. Available at Google Books. Name Changes, to take effect 9 June 1878: Louisa Pamelia Westcott Livingston to Louisa Pamelia Westcott Heartt; Charles Edward Livingston to Charles Edward Heartt; Harold Livingston to Harold Heartt.
  5. Deaths, The New York Times, available at www.fultonhistory.com, 29 July 1923, Harold Heartt, formerly of Troy, New York, died 25 July 1923 in Paris [France], husband of Elizabeth Cragin Heartt.
  6. Marriage, The New York Times, 4 October 1906: The wedding of Miss Elizabeth Schell Cragin of 9 Washington Square North, youngest daughter of Samuel Cragin, to Harold Heartt took place at St. Paul’s Church, Malta, on Sept. 20, at 2:30 o’clock in the afternoon. Miss Cragin was staying at the home of her sister, Mrs. D’Arcy H. Kay, in Malta. Her father gave her away, and she was attended by her sister, Mrs. Kay. Mr. Kay was Mr. Heartt’s best man.