Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameMary West DUCKERING 
, 992
, 992Baptism2 April 1865, Southwater, Sussex, England2185 Age: <1
Census2 April 1871, Southwater, Sussex, England2186 Age: 6
Census3 April 1881, Lanaways Farm, Horsham, Sussex, England2187 Age: 16
Census8 June 1900, 2 Warner Street, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Age: 35
Census4 May 1910, Warner Street, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA2174 Age: 45
DeathJune 1958, USA Age: 93
OccupationOwn income 1910
FatherThomas DUCKERING , 986 (1823-1898)
MotherEliza WEST , 988 (1829-1891)
Never married
Notes for Mary West DUCKERING
Mary is recorded in the 1871 census as a scholar aged 6 Census (Sussex). No record in the 1891 census. (Michael D. letter 16.3.96)
1900 Census 2 Warner Street, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Duckering, William W., head born Nov 1861, age 38 England, arrived USA 1888 a Physician. Duckering, Mary W. sister born Aug 1868 age 31 England arrived USA 1891. Duckering, Charles, brother born Jan 1867 age 33 England arrived USA 1884 a Clerk Railroad.Duckering, Florence W., sister born Aug 1868 age 31 born England, arrived USA 1894 a student. Duckering, James, brother born April 1872 age 28 born England arrived USA 1889 a agent SPCA. Denise, Mina, servant born April 1880 age 20, born Scotland arrived USA 1895 a servant.
1918 United States of America, Petition for Naturalization - see copy on file: Mary West Duckering, 2 Warner St, Boston, Dor, house keeper, born 13th March 1865 Horsham, England. I emigrated to the USA from Liverpool, England 20th September 1891 and arrived in the USA of the port of Boston, Mass on the 29th Septmber 1891 on the vessel Pavonia. I declared my intention to become a citizen of the USA on the 12th September 1912 at Boston, Mass in the US District court of Mass District. I am not married. Signed Mary West Duckering 13th February 1918. Witnesses: Charles Duckering, Chief Clerk residing Dorchester and Florence West Duckering Physician residing Boston. Both signed. Dated 13th February 1918.
Ellis Island records show Mary W Duckering aged 47, single arriving Ellis Island, New York, on the Campania from Liverpool. She is a US Citizen. She was travelling her brother William aged 50 and her sister Florence aged 45. See copy file 990.2190
Mary W Duckering sailed 31st August 1932 from Southampton arriving 6th September 1932. Her age is 67. She is a naturalised USA citizen at 1216 Boston Mass. and her home address is 16 Washington Street, Dorchester, Mass. She was travelling with her brother William. See copy on file. 2191
Mary emigrated to the U.S.A.. (See article on William D.)
Online article published Feb 2017 in Preserve the ‘Burg, St PetePreservation.org. The Burnside/Duckering Home, 5th Avenue North Properties
Among the areas of downtown where history is being demolished is 4th & 5th Avenues North, a corridor that has long served as a downtown gateway. The corridor includes architecturally significant homes dating to the early 1910's up to the mid-1920's, an increasingly rare downtown resource. These buildings help give our city a sense of place and make it special, something not often achieved with new development.
SPP is seeking to landmark 4 homes in the corridor but one particularly stands out: the 1914 Burnside/Duckerng home at 136 5th Ave. N.
• Architecturally significant, prairie style home
• One among the increasingly small number of pre-1920 homes remaining downtown
• First owned by Virginia Burnside, in 1920 she became the first women elected to the 'Burg's city council and the first female elected to a municipal office south of the Mason Dixon line at a time when women could not vote
• Home later owned by Mary Duckering, whose sister Florence, would winter with her and was the first female surgeon in the country admitted to the American College of Surgeons
Unfortunately, the home has been owned by Tampa developers who have left the property vacant & in disrepair after a failed development plan. The future (after the court rules in foreclose case), absent landmarking, is sure to be demolition and intense new development.
Council will vote on SPP's landmark applications on Feb. 16. Click here to see SPP's landmark application and the city staff report recommending landmark designation. Make your voice heard NOW! SEND YOUR MESSAGE TO CITY COUNCIL (council@stpete.org) Yes to Keeping St. Petersburg Special! Yes to Landmarking 136 5th Ave. N.! Thank You For Helping to Keep St. Pete Special! - Also see 2 pictures of the house.
The subject property was purchased in 1921 by sisters Mary W Duckering and Dr Florence W Duckering. Records suggest that MAry lived in the property and managed it as a boarding house while Florence, the first female member of the American College of Surgeons, continued her medical practice in Boston. When Florence retired from medicine in 1946, the sisters sold the subject property and purchased a smaller home in the nearby North Shore neighborhood. Property adrees 136 Fifth Avenue North, St Petersburg, Florida, USA. From City of St Petersburg, Florida, Planning and Economic Development Department - staff report 10th January 2017.
1900 Census 2 Warner Street, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Duckering, William W., head born Nov 1861, age 38 England, arrived USA 1888 a Physician. Duckering, Mary W. sister born Aug 1868 age 31 England arrived USA 1891. Duckering, Charles, brother born Jan 1867 age 33 England arrived USA 1884 a Clerk Railroad.Duckering, Florence W., sister born Aug 1868 age 31 born England, arrived USA 1894 a student. Duckering, James, brother born April 1872 age 28 born England arrived USA 1889 a agent SPCA. Denise, Mina, servant born April 1880 age 20, born Scotland arrived USA 1895 a servant.
1918 United States of America, Petition for Naturalization - see copy on file: Mary West Duckering, 2 Warner St, Boston, Dor, house keeper, born 13th March 1865 Horsham, England. I emigrated to the USA from Liverpool, England 20th September 1891 and arrived in the USA of the port of Boston, Mass on the 29th Septmber 1891 on the vessel Pavonia. I declared my intention to become a citizen of the USA on the 12th September 1912 at Boston, Mass in the US District court of Mass District. I am not married. Signed Mary West Duckering 13th February 1918. Witnesses: Charles Duckering, Chief Clerk residing Dorchester and Florence West Duckering Physician residing Boston. Both signed. Dated 13th February 1918.
Ellis Island records show Mary W Duckering aged 47, single arriving Ellis Island, New York, on the Campania from Liverpool. She is a US Citizen. She was travelling her brother William aged 50 and her sister Florence aged 45. See copy file 990.2190
Mary W Duckering sailed 31st August 1932 from Southampton arriving 6th September 1932. Her age is 67. She is a naturalised USA citizen at 1216 Boston Mass. and her home address is 16 Washington Street, Dorchester, Mass. She was travelling with her brother William. See copy on file. 2191
Mary emigrated to the U.S.A.. (See article on William D.)
Online article published Feb 2017 in Preserve the ‘Burg, St PetePreservation.org. The Burnside/Duckering Home, 5th Avenue North Properties
Among the areas of downtown where history is being demolished is 4th & 5th Avenues North, a corridor that has long served as a downtown gateway. The corridor includes architecturally significant homes dating to the early 1910's up to the mid-1920's, an increasingly rare downtown resource. These buildings help give our city a sense of place and make it special, something not often achieved with new development.
SPP is seeking to landmark 4 homes in the corridor but one particularly stands out: the 1914 Burnside/Duckerng home at 136 5th Ave. N.
• Architecturally significant, prairie style home
• One among the increasingly small number of pre-1920 homes remaining downtown
• First owned by Virginia Burnside, in 1920 she became the first women elected to the 'Burg's city council and the first female elected to a municipal office south of the Mason Dixon line at a time when women could not vote
• Home later owned by Mary Duckering, whose sister Florence, would winter with her and was the first female surgeon in the country admitted to the American College of Surgeons
Unfortunately, the home has been owned by Tampa developers who have left the property vacant & in disrepair after a failed development plan. The future (after the court rules in foreclose case), absent landmarking, is sure to be demolition and intense new development.
Council will vote on SPP's landmark applications on Feb. 16. Click here to see SPP's landmark application and the city staff report recommending landmark designation. Make your voice heard NOW! SEND YOUR MESSAGE TO CITY COUNCIL (council@stpete.org) Yes to Keeping St. Petersburg Special! Yes to Landmarking 136 5th Ave. N.! Thank You For Helping to Keep St. Pete Special! - Also see 2 pictures of the house.
The subject property was purchased in 1921 by sisters Mary W Duckering and Dr Florence W Duckering. Records suggest that MAry lived in the property and managed it as a boarding house while Florence, the first female member of the American College of Surgeons, continued her medical practice in Boston. When Florence retired from medicine in 1946, the sisters sold the subject property and purchased a smaller home in the nearby North Shore neighborhood. Property adrees 136 Fifth Avenue North, St Petersburg, Florida, USA. From City of St Petersburg, Florida, Planning and Economic Development Department - staff report 10th January 2017.