Rachel
Prisby Handsor Family
Widow of
William Handsor
of Kent County, Ontario, Canada
Photos
and commentary from Catherine Meehan Blount
Rachel Prisby Handsor (first row center) and ten of her children."The woman 2nd from right, front row, is my grandmother, Sarah (Sadie) Handsor Boswell.
I believe Eva is the one missing from the picture. Although I know all the names I can't put the names with the faces."
Rachel Prisby Handsor, wife of William Handsor, the son of Perry Handsor and Sarah Simons/Sammons
Sarah Handsor and Henry Boswell's children :
(seated) Jean and Grant
(standing from left) Bill, Harold and Jarold around 1965
(Arnold was deceased when this picture was taken).
Harold, Jean and Jerald, the three oldest of Henry & Sarah Handsor Boswell
Arnold Boswell about 1957
Jerald in Europe during WWII
Bill during WWII
Jean Boswell Meehan, about 1985
Mother of Catherine (Meehan) Blount:
"My mom, the last of the Sarah Handsor and Henry Boswell children, died in April, 2008.
I miss her much but she had a long and wonderful 93 years."
Handsor, Prisby and Simons family trees acquired from the Buxton National Historic Site & Museum
The Handsor surname spelling is quite variable in the U.S., though not in this family.
"The History and Genealogy of the Mixed-blood
Native American Communities of
Delaware
and Nearby Areas on the Delmarva Peninsula
and Southern New Jersey"
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