Photos above: William Gracey (b. 1798), left;
Daguerreotype of his four sisters.
1. William GRACEY (other spellings Greacey, Grasy) and Agness CRAIG m. 1790
William was born 12, May 1760. He died 1836 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Agness was born 26, April 1769. She died 7, July 1835.
They were from Northern Ireland.
Their children:
2. Martha b. 15, July 1791 Montgomery, PA. She m. 1816 to
Isaac CUSTER. She died 20, March 1870.
3. John b. 31, August 1793
4. William b. 17, Dec. 1798 in Pennsylvania. He
m. Mary Jane ?
5. Sarah b. 1, July 1801
6. Agness b. 19, February 1803 in Pennsylvania.
She m. Jhob WORSLEY
7. James b. 3, April 1805 d. 24, June 1883 m. Susannah E.
8. Samuel b. 28, November 1807 in Pennsylvania.
9. Mary b. 17, April 1810
10. Catherine b. 18, April 1811
SECOND GENERATION:
2. Martha Gracey m. Isaac Custer in 1816 Montgomery County, PA, Son of John Custer
Children:
11. John Custer
12. William
13. Sarah
14. Mary Ann (Source Marilyn Custer)
4. William GRACEY (pictured above, left) (William Gracey Sr.)
and Mary Jane ?
William GRACEY m. Mary Jane ? William died ca. 1865. Mary Jane ?
was b. 20, July 1820 Kentucky. She died 12, July 1891 in Oakland,
Alameda County, California. She is buried at Mt. View Cemetery in
Oakland, California. Her mother was born in Missouri; her father
was born in Kentucky.
William GRACEY and Mary Jane ? lived in Scott County,
Missouri where William GRACEY had a pottery making
business. He was also a road overseer and postmaster
of the town. William, his brother, Samuel, and his sister
Agness lived in the town of Commerce, Scott County, Missouri.
The children of William and Mary Jane Gracey:
15. Roxana b. 1844
16. Louisiana (Lucy) b. 10, March 1846 in Missouri. She was
buried 17, October 1899 at Mountain View Cemetery,
Oakland, California. She married J.J. Hale in Crescent
City, Del Norte County, California on 20,September 1860.
They had two sons, Marcellus L. Hale b. Hydesville,
Bridgeport in 1869, and Elmer Baker Hale b. ca. 1871.
Marcellus had a son Thomas.
17. Eugene William (Gene) b. 1, January 1857 in Crescent
City, Del Norte, California. He is buried 28, June
1933 at Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, California.
He married Agnes Catherine Gracey in 1893 in Oakland,
Alameda County, California.
18. Hatteras Samuel b. 12, September 1861 Crescent City,
Del Norte Co., California. He died 1920 at Forest
Glen, Trinity County, California. He is buried
at Mt. View cemetery in Oakland, CA.
The family moved from Crescent City to San Francisco
in 1865, and then to Oakland, Alameda County, CA in 1867.
Possible related family names that I found in an old family
photo album: Urso, Anderson, Jones, and Beeman/Beaman/Beatman.
6. Agness Gracey (William Sr.) was born 19,
February 1803 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
and died 1, August 1849 in Commerce, Missouri.
She married Jhob Worsley ca. 1833 in Philadelphia.
Agness Jhob are buried in the Anderson/ Commerce
Cemetery in Missouri.
Children of Agness Gracey and Jhob Worsley are:
19. Eliza Worsley, b. ca. 1833; d. Pennsylvania
or Delaware
20. Rebecca Worsley b. ca. 1835; d. ca. 1835 Delaware
21. Hanna Worlsey b. ca. 1836 d. ca. 1836 Delaware
22. Martha Ann Worsley b. 1839
23. Wm. James Worsley b. 1844
7. James Gracey m. Susannah E.
Children:
24. Samuel Gracey b. about 1834
25. James b. about 1836
26. William b. about 1838
27. Martha b. about 1840
28. John b. about 1842
29. Susan E. b. about 1844
30. Mary C. b. about 1846 married C.W. Wagoner
31. Catharine b. about 1848 (source-1850 PA census) (source: Marjie Amic)
Third Generation
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16.Children of Louisiana GRACEY & J.J. HALE
32. Marcellus Hale
33. Elmer Baker Hale
Children of Marcellus & Lou Olive Hale (m. 2nd Peter McNAUGHTON)
Thomas M. Hale b. ca. 13, Sept. 1908.He m. Helen ?;they
lived at 2004 Pine Street, Eureka, Ca in 1960.He d. ca. March 1971.
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17. Eugene William GRACEY (Wm, Wm Sr.)& Agnes Catherine
JACKSON were m. in Oakland,Alameda County,
California in 1893.
William died in 1933. He went to Brayton College,
forerunner of the University of California,
before it was moved to Berkeley, California. He
was a skilled painter of the faux arts. He belonged
to the amateur baseball club, "Oakland
Nine of the Wide Awakes".
Agnes Catherine was born 26, February 1871 in
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Her father, John
JACKSON, was b. in Ireland ca. 1827/1828. His
father was William/Peter JACKSON and his mother was
poss. Ann McDADE/McDEVITT.
Her mother, Mary Anne LAFFY, was b. in Ireland ca.
1841/42 and settled in Scotland when she was
about two years old. She was the daughter of Thomas
LAFFY(ey) and Agnes STEVENSON/STEVENSTON. Agnes
was the daughter Moley/Molly (?)
Stevenston-Davis (or Davies). Mary Anne's sister was
Catherine, who went to the United States and married
Andrew McClure and settled in Paterson, New Jersey.
John Jackson and Mary Anne Laffy were m.
14, May 1866 in Port Glasgow, Scotland. The family
lived at 41 Havannah Street, a tenement. John
Jackson d.1874 (poss. August 8). John Jackson,
a furnaceman at a chemical works,is said to have
committed suicide off a Glasgow bridge in Scotland.
His body was found at Monkland Canal near St.
Rollocks Chemical Works (poss. where he worked).Mary
Ann was a jute weaver. Mary Ann Laffy Jackson remarried
Michael New. They lived in the village of Barry
near Carnoustie (north of Dundee). They lived at 4
Annfield Road. In 1911, Mary Ann Laffy Jackson New
died at the Parochial Hospital.
Children of John Jackson and Mary Ann Laffey:
i.Agnes Catherine 26, February 1871
ii.Mary (b. 1869),
iii.Catherine (b. 1872 d. 1874 of teething).
Agnes Catherine Jackson attended grade school in
Dundee, Scotland. She came to America ca. 1889 to
work in the New Jersey spinning mills. She was sent to
California to instruct girls how to operate the spinning
machines at the Oakland California Cotton Mills (a new
mill in 1881) to help establish the new jute spinning
department in about 1891. Related family names:
LECKIE, McCLURE, EMMONS.
Eugene William GRACEY, Hatteras Samuel GRACEY,
and cousin Marcellus HALE and families -all
homesteaded in 1894 in the Long Ridge Area
of the Mad River country of Trinity County going in
on trails by horseback from Eureka, Humboldt
County, California.
Children of Eugene William Gracey; Agnes Jackson:
34. Robert Ingersoll m. 20, September 1924 to Bertha Adele
HUTCHISON(stayed tuned for a Hutchison site!);
35. Marguerite Cecilia m. Otto LEHR;
36. Sarah (d. young; 1903); drowned in Ferndale, California
37.Samuel (d. young;1903) drowned in Ferndale, California
38.Francis (d. young;1903);
39.William m.1932 to Dorothy Beatrice HAUSMAN
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18. Hatteras Samuel Gracey
Children of Hatteras Samuel Gracey:
(Not known if he had any children)
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23. Wm. James WORSLEY (Agnes Gracey, Wm. Gracey Sr.) was b. 22,
September 1844
in Commerce, Scott County, MO.;
d. 29, May 1920 in Commerce, Scott County,
MO.He m.(1) Ann PRICE.He m.(2)Jennie Randol.
Wm. and Mary Ann Price are buried
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