Margaret Hope Robertson Cassell

Life and records

Named Margaret Hope (Robertson) Cassell, mother of Mary Ann Cassell, in Pelletreau 1907; 1900 census Margaret Cassell age 74 in James M. Horton household.

Family

Sources

1. Named as father of Mary Ann Cassell in Pelletreau 1907, quoted on James Madison Horton Find A Grave.

   Mary Ann Cassell, daughter of Samuel Whittaker and Margaret Hope (Robertson) Cassell

2. Buried as Samuel W Cassell at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, 27 Nov 1859, Lot 5036 Section 92 — locks death window and middle initial W.; same lot as widow Margaret H Cassell (1914).

   CASSELL, MARGARET H; Burial Date 1914-11-29; Lot 5036; Section 92 (same lot as SAMUEL W 1859-11-27).

3. 1900 census in James M. Horton household: Margaret Cassell, 74, widowed, Mother (of the head, or mother-in-law relationship as transcribed), born New York — consistent with maternal grandmother of Mary Hope Lewis.

   Margaret Cassell | F | White | 74 | Widowed | Mother | New York

4. Death window ~1859 NYC: 1859 directory still lists Samuel W.; 1860 lists Margaret wid. Samuel at Christopher St.

   Cassell Margaret, wid. Samuel, h 18 Christopher