Anna E. Messick

  General Notes:

1860 Census for NW Fork Hundred (created 1775 from Dorchester Co., MD) lists Wm. Messick, 41, wheelwright; Mary E., 40; John E., 14; Martha, 12; Maria, 10; William, 7; Ann E., 4; Eliza, 62 and born in MD (all others born in DE); Jacob, 22, carpenter.
1870 Census for Seaford Hundred (created in 1869 from NW Fork Hd) lists Wm. Messick, 51, merchant; Mary, 50, keeping house; Marian (Fem.), 20, no occupation; William, 16; Anna, 14, and George, 9, all attending school. Also in the household is Jacob Messick, 32, house "joiner" (hard to decipher). Different hundred does not necessarily mean this family moved between 1860 and 1870.
1880 and 1900 census indicates she and her parents were all born in DE. Annie lived with son Joe and was cared for by Goldie in her later years. She died there in Joe's and Goldie's house two years after Gloria was born.
Jan. 1920 Census for Seaford Town (Part of), Sussex, DE: Anna E. Price, 63, widow, b. DE as were parents, seamstress, works in garment factory. Home is owned and free of mortgage (Front St.).

Anna married William H. Price, son of John Thomas Price and Sarah Rigdon, on Jan 24, 1877. (William H. Price was born in Oct 1843 in Harford County, Maryland, died in 1911 and was buried in Seaford Odd Fellows Cmtry.)