Roy Edward Hanrahan was born on 16. Mar. 1883 at Liberty Twp., Porter County, Indiana. He was the son of
William Hanrahan and
Melna Catherine Hughart. Roy Edward Hanrahan was graduated on 19. Apr. 1902 at Liberty Center High School, Liberty Twp., Porter County, Indiana. He and
Mable Claire Sanders obtained a marriage license on 19. Aug. 1907 at Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana,
text contained in the marriage license for Roy Edward Hanrahan and Mable Claire Sanders issued on August 19, 1907, by the Porter County Circuit Court, Valparaiso, Porter Co., Indiana: Application is hereby Made for a License for the Marriage of Roy E. Hanrahan to Mable Sanders upon the following statement of facts relative to said parties: MALE 1. Full Christian and surname of man is - Roy E. Hanrahan 2. Color - white. 3. Where born - near Valparaiso, Porter Co., Ind. 4. When born - Mar. 16, 1884 5. Present residence - Valparaiso, Ind. 6. Present occupation - Farmer 7. If no occupation, what means has the male contracting party to support a family? ----- 8. Is the male contracting party of nearer blood kin to the female contracting party than second cousin? - No 9. Full Christian and surname of father - William Hanrahan 10. His color - white 11. His birthplace - Millbury, Mass. 12. His occupation - Farmer 13. His residence - dead 14. Full Christian and maiden name of mother - Melna Hughart 15. Her color - white 16. Her occupation - housework 17. Her birthplace - Valparaiso, Ind. 18. Her residence - Valparaiso, Ind. 19. Has the male contracting party been an inmate of any county asylum or home for indigent persons within the last five years? - No 20. If so, is he now able to support a family and likely to so continue? ----- 21. Is this his first marriage? - Yes 22. If not, how often has he been married? ----- 24. If so, how? ----- 25. When? ----- 26. Is the male contracting party afflicted with epilepsy, tuberculosis, venereal, or any other contagious or transmissible disease? - No. 27. Is he an imbecile, feeble-minded, idiotic or insane, or is he under guardianship as a person of unsound mind? - No. Signature of Applicant - Roy E. Hanrahan FEMALE 1. Full Christian and surname of woman is - Mable Sanders 2. Color - white. 3. Where born - near Woodville, Porter Co., Ind. 4. When born - August 2, 1889 5. Present residence - Chesterton, Ind. 6. Present occupation - housework 7. Full Christian and surname of father - William Sanders 8. His color - white 9. His birthplace - Porter Co., Ind. 10. His occupation - Farmer 11. His residence - Chesterton, Ind. 12. Full Christian and maiden name of mother - Mattie Kipling 13. Her color - white 14. Her occupation - housework 15. Her birthplace - Valparaiso, Ind. 16. Her residence - Chesterton, Ind. 17. Has the female contracting party been an inmate of any county asylum or home for indigent persons within the last five years? - No 18. Is this her first marriage? - Yes 19. If not, how often has he been married? ----- 20. Has such prior marriage, or marriages, been dissolved? ----- 21. If so, how and when? ----- 22. Is the female contracting party afflicted with epilepsy, tuberculosis, venereal, or any other contagious or transmissible disease? - No. 23. Is she an imbecile, feeble-minded, idiotic or insane, or is she under guardianship as a person of unsound mind? - No. Signature of Applicant - Roy E. Hanrahan State of Indiana, Porter County, SS: Roy E. Hanrahan deposes and says that he has personal knowledge of the facts above stated and that they and each of them are true. [signed] Roy E. Hanrahan Subscribed to and sworn to before me, this 20 day of Aug. 1907 C. S. Peirce, Clerk Porter Circuit Court Be it known, That on the 19 day of Aug., 1907, a Marriage License was duly issued to Roy E. Hanrahan and Mable Sanders which License is in words and figures following, to-wit: STATE OF INDIANA, PORTER COUNTY: To any person empowered by law to solemnize Marriages in the County of Porter, Greeting: You are hereby authorized to join together as HUSBAND AND WIFE, Mr. Roy E. Hanrahan and Mable Sanders according to the laws of the State of Indiana. In Testimony Whereof, I, C. S. Peirce, Clerk of the Porter Circuit Court of said County, hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of the said Court, at Valparaiso, this 20 day of Aug. A.D. 1907. [signed] C. S. Peirce The marriage of whom is certified thus, to-wit: STATE OF INDIANA, PORTER COUNTY: I, the undersigned, Charles A. Brook do hereby certify that Roy E. Hanrahan and Mable Sanders wre legally joined together as Husband and Wife, on the 21st day of August 1907, by me. [signed] Charles A. Brook, M.E. Church Rec'd Sept. 25, 1907. Roy Edward Hanrahan married
Mable Claire Sanders on 21. Aug. 1907 at Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana.
Roy Edward Hanrahan appeared on the census of 16. Apr. 1910 at Liberty Twp., Porter County, Indiana; 1910 Federal Census, Liberty Township, Porter Co., Indiana, page 116b. Enumerated by Isaac Dillingham on April 16, 1910. House No. 15, Family No. 15: Roy Hanrahan, head of household, male, white, age 27, married for 3 years, born in Indiana, father born in Massachusetts, mother born in Indiana, farmer, owns farm on mortgage Mabel Hanrahan, wife, female, white, age 20, married 3 years, 1 child, 1 child still living, born in Indiana, father born in Indiana, mother born in Indiana Leroy Hanrahan, son, male, white, age 1 year 8 months, single, born in Indiana, father born in Indiana, mother born in Indiana Carroll Keene, hired man, male, white, age 19, single, born in Indiana, father born in Indiana, mother born in Indiana, farm labor.
Roy Edward Hanrahan appeared on the census of 5. Apr. 1930 at Liberty Twp., Porter County, Indiana. He and
Lillian Edna Selman obtained a marriage license on 8. Nov. 1967 at Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana. Roy Edward Hanrahan married
Lillian Edna Selman on 11. Nov. 1967 at Christian Church, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana. N
notice of marriage between Roy E. Hanrahan and Lillian E. (Selman) Stafford published November 16, 1967, in The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Porter Co., Indiana: Wedding bells sounded this past weekend for Roy E. Hanrahan, Rt. 7, Valparaiso and Lillian Edna Stafford, 258 Erie St., Valparaiso. The couple was married in ceremonies at the Christian Church in Valparaiso. The groom was a chipper 84 and the bride a youthful 81. On 16. Nov. 1967. Roy Edward Hanrahan died on 12. May. 1972 at San Pierre, Starke County, Indiana, at age 89; Congestive Heart Failure.
Obituary for Roy Edward Hanrahan published May 13, 1972, in The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Porter Co., Indiana: Roy E. Hanrahan LIBERTY TWP. - Roy E. Hanrahan, 89, Rt. 11, Valparaiso, died Friday at Little Company of Mary Health Facility, San Pierre. Born March 16, 1883 in Liberty Township, he was the son of William and Melna (Hughart) Hanrahan. On Aug. 22, 1907 he married Mable Sanders who preceded him in death on Nov. 29, 1965. On Nov. 11, 1967 he married Lillian Strafford who survives. A lifelong resident of Liberty Township, he was engaged in farming and was a charter member of the Porter County Farm Bureau, Northern Indiana Coon Hunters Association and Porter County Conservation Club. Surviving besides his widow are a son, Earl, superintendent at Harold L. Rogers-Lakewood Park; three daughters, Mrs. Leslie (Alice) Sanders and Mrs. Joseph (Maxine) Pfledderer, both of Valparaiso, and Mrs. Jack (Margaret) Hannon, LaPorte; 14 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two sons, LeRoy (Pete) and Carroll, a brother and a sister. Services will be held at Bartholomew Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Monday with the Rev. Wesley Johnson officiating. Burial will be in Kimball Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Sunday. He was buried on 15. May. 1972 at Kimball Cemetery, Liberty Twp., Porter County, Indiana.
Obituary for Roy Edward Hanrahan published May 15, 1972, in The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter Co., Indiana: Service today for Roy Hanrahan Services were conducted this afternoon for Roy E. Hanrahan, 89, Rt. 11, Valparaiso, Liberty Township, at the Bartholomew Funeral home, Valparaiso. Burial was in Kimball cemetery. Mr. Hanrahan died Friday, May 12, at Little Company of Mary hospital, San Pierre. The Rev. Wesley Johnson, Liberty Bible church, officiated at the funeral. Born March 16, 1883 in Liberty Township, he was a son of William and Melna (Hughart) Hanrahan. On Aug. 22, 1907 he married Mable Sanders who preceded him in death on Nov. 29, 1965. On Nov. 11, 1967 he married Lillian Stafford who survives. A lifelong resident of Liberty Township, he was engaged in farming and was a charter member of the Porter County Farm Bureau, Northern Indiana Coon Hunters Assn., and Porter County Conservation club. Surviving besides his widow are a son, Earl, superintendent at Lakewood park; three daughters, Mrs. Leslie (Alice) Sanders and Mrs. Joseph (Maxine) Pfledderer, both of Valparaiso, and Mrs. Jack (Margaret) Hannon, LaPorte; 14 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two sons, LeRoy (Pete) and Carroll, a brother and a sister.