Samuel Creely (1840-1906) and Mary Tesson (1842-1927)

Samuel Creely Parents

Born: 19 February 1840.¹

Christening: 25 October 1840 in Florissant, St. Louis, Missouri.¹

Married: 17 November 1861 in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri.²

Died: 17 February 1906 in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri.³

Buried: 19 February 1906 in Florissant, St. Louis, Missouri.⁴

Mary Tesson

Born: 26 February 1842⁵ in Florissant, St. Louis, Missouri.⁶

Christening: 9 March 1842 in Florissant, St. Louis, Missouri.⁵

Died: 24 November 1927 in Central Township, St. Louis, Missouri.⁶

Children

1. Samuel O. Creely (born September 1861 in Missouri).⁷

2. Francois Creely (born 16 April 1869 in Florissant, St. Louis, Missouri;⁸ christened 16 May 1869 in Florissant, St. Louis, Missouri;⁹ married Matilda Major in 1897;^8,10 died 2 December 1941 in Clayton, St. Louis, Missouri).⁸

Notes on Samuel Creely

• In 1900 he was a day laborer.⁷
• The photo below was sent to me by his great-grandson. He states that it was taken before 1900.

Notes on Mary Tesson

• She was the daughter of Francois Tesson and Charlotte Smith.⁵
• Her death certificate lists her middle initial as P.⁶
• Her son's christening record lists her name as Marie Felicite Tison.⁷
• She was living in St. Louis in 1908 at 4333 Cote Brillante Avenue.¹¹
• The photo below was sent to me by her great-grandson.

Sources

1. Register of St. Ferdinand parish, Florissant, St. Louis, Missouri (christening record 22 July 1842).

2. St. Louis, Missouri Marriages, 1804-76, available at ancestry.com.

3. St. Louis City death certificate #4948.

4. Register of St. Ferdinand parish, Florissant, St. Louis, Missouri (burial record 19 February 1906).

5. Register of St. Ferdinand parish, Florissant, St. Louis, Missouri (christening record 9 March 1842).

6. Missouri Death Certificate #34592.

7. 1900 Federal Census of District 0052, St. Louis Ward 3, St. Louis (Independent City), Missouri.

8. Missouri Death Certificate #39367.

9. Register of St. Ferdinand parish, Florissant, St. Louis, Missouri (christening record 16 May 1869).

10. Missouri marriage certificate; his grandson sent me an electronic copy that says the license was issued on 6 January 1897, but it does not list the actual place or date of the marriage.

11. 1908 St. Louis city directory, p. 410, available at ancestry.com.