Elizabeth Hogg Ironmonger Papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Terms of access:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Elizabeth Hogg Ironmonger Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
2.30 Linear Feet
Creator:
Ironmonger, Elizabeth Lindsay Hogg, 1891-1985 and Hansford, Thelma Ironmonger, 1910-
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Elizabeth Hogg Ironmonger Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Papers, circa 1900-1997, of Elizabeth Hogg Ironmonger, genealogist. Includes genealogical notes, history of post offices in York County, Virginia, a record of Revolutionary War claims by York County inhabitants, history of the Grafton Baptist Church, Methodism in York County, Virginia, a map of the Jamestown Exposition grounds in Norfolk, Virginia, copies (only a few pages) from the Abingdon Parish Register, the Kingston Parish Register, and the Northumberland County Order Book.

There is genealogical data on numerous families as well as typescript genealogies of York County, Virginia families transcribed by Ironmonger and by her daughter, Thelma Hansford.

Families for which there is information include Sparrow, Winder, Hogg, Hopkins and Ironmonger, Hayward/Howard, Curtis, Wainwright, Powell and many others.

Photographs of the 19th century Catherine Dudley Cary Pescud Mourning Broach can be found in Box 2, Folder 4.

For information on the Lee family, see Box 1 Folder 12.

See also Chandler-Custis and Drake-Gawton families.

Includes information on Drake-Lee families.

Hopkins, Sarah (see Montgomery Family, Box 1, Folder 33). Howard Family (see Shield and Howard families, Box 11, Folder 7).

See med. oversize file for field and staff muster roll of Thomas James.

A mourning broach of Catherine Dudley Cary Pescud, early nineteenth century, is located in the Artifact File. See genealogical notes on Mrs. Pescud in Box 2 Folder 4.

Traced from John Garland Ironmonger.

1977 Revision by Jean M. Feller, Ocala, Florida.

Biographical / historical:

Elizabeth ("Bessie") Lindsay Hogg was born 4 October 1891 to William H. Hogg and Frances Elizabeth Winder Hogg. She attended the Woman's College, Richmond, Va. She married John Wesley Ironmonger of Seaford, Va. on 10 March 1909. She died in 1985. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .

Acquisition information:
Gifts in 1984, 1985, 1987, 1994, and 1995. Acc. 1984.04; 1994.60; 1995.54; 1997.53; 1998.05; 1997.01.
Processing information:

Processed by Elisabeth Lea in 1988.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard