Julia Devereux

1881 - 1969  (87 years)

• Name	Julia Devereux
  Born	31 Oct 1881	Deposit, , New York, USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	14 Jun 1969	Peekskill, Sullivan Co, New York, USA
  Person ID	I58255	A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2013

  
  

  Father	Alvin Devereux
  Mother	Isabel Judson
  Family ID	F22560	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Willis Tracy Hanson, Jr.,   b. Jun 1882, New York, USA
  Married	1905
  Children	1. Margaret Hanson,   b. Abt 1907, New York, USA   2. Devereux Hanson,   b. Abt 1909, New York, USA
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2011
  Family ID	F22559	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary (with photo): Schenectady NY Gazette 1969 Grayscale - 6642.pdf http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%208/Schenectady%20NY%20Gazette/Schenectady%20NY%20Gazette%201969%20Grayscale/Schenectady%20NY%20Gazette%201969%20Grayscale%20-%206642.pdf [[Mrs. Julia Devereux Hanson, 87, of 20 Union Ave:, formerly active in civic and political affairs, especially during the1930s, died Saturday in Westledge Nursing Home in Peekskill after a long illness. In August 1936 Mrs. Hanson was named by then President Roosevelt one of nine members of the New York State Recovery Board and in 1937 she wa named vice president of the Schenectady Municipal Housing Authority. Born Oct. 31, 1881 in Deposit, the daughter of Alvin and Isabel Judson Devereux, she attended Ossining Seminary where she majored in music. After graduation she taught at the Park Hill School. She was married in 1905 to Willis T. Hanson Jr., who survives. Besides her husband, survivors are a daughter, Mrs. William Aydelotte of Schenectady; three grandchildren, Mrs. Gordon L. Mills and George Thomas Aydelotte of New York City and William Hanson Aydelotte of San Francisco; two greatgrandchildren. Julia, and Thomas Mills, and a cousin, Mrs. Harry B. Snell of Deposit. Her civic and political positions included Schenectady County chairman of the Women's Organizational for National Prohibition Reform; first vice president of the Schenectady Committee of 100, slate chairman of the Independent Coalltion of American Women and state chairman of Women for Wendell Willkie. Mrs. Hanson was a member of First Presbyterian Church and Mohawk Golf Club. Private funeral services will be held tomorrow at First Presbyterian Church, Peekskill. Burial will be in Schenectady. Memorial contributions may be sent to Recording for the Blind Inc., 215 E. 58th St., New York, N.Y., or to the Deposit Free Library.