Deceased married George Allen on 30 Oct 1871 in Saint Mark, Notting Hill, London, England. George was born in 1840 in Middlesex, England; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Alfred Heming. Alfred was born about 1851 in London, England; died on 17 Dec 1942 in New York, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Blanche Medena Allen was living at 13 Dukes Court, London, Middlesex, England in 1881.

Family/Spouse: Deceased. Deceased (son of Living) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Occupation: Actress and Broadway Star

Notes:

The following is Violet Heming's obituary in the Sunday New York Times, Late City Final Edition (July 5, 1981):



Violet Heming, an English-born actress who made her American debut in 1908 as Wendy in "Peter Pan" and grew into a succesful comedy star, died yesterday (July 4, 1981) at her home on the Upper East Side. She was 86 years old.



Miss Heming, a member of an established English theater family, performed in scores of Broadway plays and on tour in the 1920's and 1930's. She retired from the stage in 1945 to marry Judge Bennett Champ Clark, a former United States Senator
from Missouri. President Harry S. Truman was best man at the wedding of his former Senate colleague.



Miss Heming later returned to the stage occasionally and also appeared on television.



She was born in Leeds, England, and came to this country as a child. After appearing at the age of 12 in "Peter Pan" with Charles Frobman's children's company, she played Rebecca in "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" until she outgrew the part and
to take on other juvenile roles in New York, Chicago and on tour.



She made her mark in an adult role opposite George Arliss in "Disraeli" on a two-year run starting in the fall of 1912. Thereafter, she was in great demand, especially for comedy parts.



She was a founding member with Helen Hayes and Mary Pickford, of the Institute of the Woman's Theater, a group formed in 1926 to assist young women with stage aspirations.



During her career, she shared the limelight with such notables as Dorothy Gish, Cornelia Otis Skinner and Peggy Wood. Her motion picture credits included "The Man Who Played God," again with Mr. Arliss, and the Young Bette Davis, in 1932. A
New York Times reviewer calld Miss Heming's performance "excellent."



After her marriage, she returned to the New York stage in 1952 with Cloris Leachman and Betsy von Furstenburg in "Dear Barbarians," a comedy that lasted four performances.



Mr. Clark, a longtime friend of President Truman who appointed him to the Federal bench, died in 1954 while vacationing with his wife. She leaves no immediate survivors. Internment will be at Arlington National Cemetery.

Mabel married Deceased on 6 Oct 1945 in Berryville, VA. Deceased (son of Living) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Occupation: Vaudeville Actress

Notes:

(Research):It is possible that Mabel Joyce is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Mattapan, Suffolk, MA. There is a note about this specific Mabel Joyce which states: Joyce was part of the dance team of Joyce and Lorraine. She was brought to America by Oscar Hammerstein for the ballet of one of his opera productions.

I find it odd that Mable Silbor married Patrick Frank Joyce and had a daughter Lorraine who died at the age of 8 in Manhattan, NY and its coincidne to an act called Joyce and Lorraine where one of the members was Mabel Joyce.

Perhaps she moved back to England and then came with Oscar Hammerstein afterwards.

Her date of death would be 29 Oct 1932.

Family/Spouse: Hurley Smith. Hurley was born about 1893 in Three Rivers, St. Joseph, MI; died about 1916 in Three Rivers, St. Joseph, MI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Wanda Mary Ferdyn on 25 Jul 1939 in W. Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Wanda was born on 13 Nov 1919 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts; died on 22 Jul 2003 in Berkshire, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Religion: Protestant
• Education: 8th Grade
• Occupation: Electrician's Assistant

Notes:

(Research):Sometime around the beginning of October 1996, I had asked my grandfather, Hurley Silbor, Sr., if he had any knowledge of where he came from. He stated he was a ward of the State of Massachussetts and was never adopted. He told me that he knew very little about his past.
He told me that he had tried for years to gain this same information, but had no luck. I contacted the Department of Social Services for the State of Massachusetts to gain knowledge of my grandfather's parents. They would not relinguish any information to me on this matter, as he was still alive. He had to request the information himself. I got a name for a point of contact in Boston, MA. He then contacted the person that I told him about and on October 21, 1996 she called him on the phone and told him that his father was Russian, was Jewish, was a boxer and was killed. They also told him that his mother was English. They ended by saying that there were going to research it further. Over the following several weeks, he received his past in the mail, a past truly to be proud of.

Hurley married Florence Thibeault on 9 Apr 1937. Florence (daughter of Napoleon Thibeault and Angelina Grenier) was born on 3 Apr 1919 in New Bedford, Bristol, MA; died on 31 Jul 1994 in Milford, Worcester, MA; was buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Uxbridge, Worcester, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

William Joseph McSweeney and Virginia Silbor were married at St. Stephen's Church, Framingham, MA.



Social Security Number: 033-46-1798



She lived in: Augusta, Kennebec, Maine; Chelsea, Kennebec, Maine; Sidney, Kennebec, Maine; and Togus, Kennebec, Maine.

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Virginia married Egon George Neilsen on 29 Apr 1982 in Augusta, MA. Egon was born on 13 Jul 1914; died on 31 May 1982 in Augusta, ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John Lindbohm. John was born on 24 Sep 1919 in Of Keene, NH; died in Feb 1977 in Spofford, Cheshire, NH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]