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The Family of Genealogy of Laura Virginia O'Hanlon
Macy’s Presents: Yes, Virginia
Virginia O’Hanlon loves Christmas so much that when a bully
challenges her belief in Santa Claus, she sets out to prove him wrong.
Source:
Name: Philip Francis. O'Hanlon
Born: 13 Sep 1862 New York City, New York, USA
Died: 10 Jun 1937
121 West 95 St. Manhattan, New York, New York, USA
Spouse: Laura Lincoln Plumb
Parents: Philip F. O’Hanlon, Mary Ann Doherty
Occupation: Corner /Doctor Police Surgeon
Cause of Death: Heart Attack
Date of Burial: 14 Jun 1937
Age at Death: YRS: 74 MOS: 8 DYS: 28
New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949 cn
14214
Residence: 121
West 95th Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Find A Grave Memorial 180226657
Funeral: R.C. Church of Holy Name, Manhattan, New York
City, New York, USA
Mortuary:
Religion: Roman Catholic
Political Party: Democrat
Interment: Holy
Cross Cemetery Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Philip Francis O'Hanlon New
York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949
Name: Philip Francis O'Hanlon
Event Type: Death Event Date: 10 Jun 1937 Event Place: Manhattan, New York, New
York, United States Address: 121 West 95 St. Gender: Male Age: 74 Marital
Status: Married Race: White Occupation: Physician Birth Date: 13 Sep 1862
Birthplace: New York N.Y. Burial Date: 14 Jun 1937 Cemetery: Holy Cross
Father's Name: Philip O'Hanlon Father's Birthplace: Ireland Mother's Name: Mary
Ann Doherty Mother's Birthplace: Newark, N.J. Spouse's Name: Laura O'Hanlon
Document
Information:
Reference ID
cn 14214
GS Film Number
2080180
Citing this Record
"New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949,"
database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2W2M-WGW : 11
February 2018), Philip Francis O'Hanlon, 10 Jun 1937; citing Death, Manhattan,
New York, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL
microfilm 2,080,180.
Source:
Dr. Philip F. O’Hanlon
Ex-Corner’s Physician
Dr. Philip F. O’Hanlon, 74
corner’s physicians in New York City from 1894 to 1911 and police surgeon from
1911 until 1926, died last night of heart disease at his home, 121 W. 95th
St.
Daily News New York June 11, 1937 Fri Page 46 Dr. Philip F. O’Hanlon
Source:
The Brooklyn Daily
Eagle Brooklyn New York June 15, 1937 Tue Page 4 Dr. Philip O’Hanlon
Source:
Dr. Philip
O’Hanlon Burin in Holy Cross
A Requiem Mass was celebrated
yesterday in the R.C. Church of Holy Name, Manhattan, for Dr. Philip F. O’Hanlon,
retired police surgeon, who died in his home, 121 W. 85th St. Burial
Followed in Holy Cross Cemetery.
The Police Band and 100
patrolmen provided an escort. He is survived
by his daughter, Mrs. L.V. Douglas, who as Virginia O’Hanlon inspired the famous
editorial in “The New York Sun,” “There is a Santa Claus.”
Who's
who in New York (city and State), Issue 7
Philip Francis O’ Hanlon Page 810 1914
edited
by John William Leonard, William Frederick Mohr, Herman Warren Knox, Frank R.
Holmes, 0infield Scott Downs
Source:
O’Hanlon, Philip Francis:
Physician, surgeon of N.Y.
City Police Dept. [Manhattan Borough]; b. N.Y. City, September 13, 1863; s.
Philip and Mary Adams Dougherty] O’Hanlon; ed.
Public schs. of N.Y. Jesuit Coll. of St. Fran is Xavier, N.Y. City,
Jesuit Coll. of St. Mary’s at Montreal, and., Med Dep’t of Univ. of the City of
NY grad. 1886, M.D.; m. N.Y. City Aug
13, 1888, Laura Lincoln Plumb; one d.: Laura Virginia,
b. July 20, 1889. Author: Is There a Santa Claus [Letter
published and republished in the N.Y. Sun, 1897]. Corner’s
Physician. N.Y. City, Jan 3, 1895-JJune
6, 1912; ppt’d surgeon N.Y. City
[Borough of Manhattan], Police Dep’t by Police Comm’r Rhinelander Waldo, June
5, 1912. House surgeon of Gouverneur Hosp., branch of Bellevue Hosp., 1887-89. Seven years attending Physician to
Bellevue Hosp. Out-Door Dispensary, in
the Dept. of Diseases of the Mind of the Nervous System. Sp’l med. Examiner Ins. Dept. of the State, 1896, to examine the N.Y.
Life Ins. Co. Appt’d 1st
lieut. A Med Reserve Corps U.S> Army,
by Pres, William H. Taft, June 16, 1910. Democrat; Roman Catholic. Men. N.Y. Lodge of Elks, No. 1. Recreations:
Field Sport, Particularly Horseback Riding. Club: Democratic.
Address: 121 W. 95th St. N.Y. City
Dr.
Philip O’Hanlon with His Daughter Virginia Subject of the Most Famous Letter?
In 1897, Dr. Philip O'Hanlon, a coroner's
assistant on Manhattan's Upper West Side, was asked by his then eight-year-old daughter, Virginia
O'Hanlon
(1889–1971), whether Santa Claus really existed. O'Hanlon suggested she write to The Sun, a prominent New
York City newspaper at the time, assuring her that "If you see it in The Sun,
it's so."[3] In so doing, Dr.
O'Hanlon had unwittingly given one of the paper's editors, Francis
Pharcellus Church,
an opportunity to rise above the simple question and address the philosophical
issues behind it.
Source:
Name: Laura Lincoln Plumb
Born: October 1863 New York
City New York, USA
Died: March 29, 1954
Manhattan, New York, New York, USA
Residence: 121 West 95th
Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Spouse: Philip Francis O’Hanlon
Parents: Andrew Jackson Plumb, Sarah E. Conever
Occupation: Housewife
Cause of Death: Death Record
Pending
Date of Burial: March 31, 1954
Age at Death: YRS: 90 MOS: 5
Funeral: The Abbey 66th
St. and Lexington Ave Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Requiem Mass: Saint Joseph’s
Church Washington Place and Waverly Place.
New York, New York, Death
Index, 1949-1965 Certificate Number: 6840
Find A Grave Memorial
180225964
Mortuary:
Religion: Roman Catholic
Interment: Holy Cross Cemetery Flatbush Brooklyn, Kings County (Brooklyn),
New York, USA
Plot
Section: Mark; Row A; Plot 15
Laura Ohanlon in the New
York, New York, Death Index, 1949-1965
Name: Laura
Ohanlon Age: 90 Birth Date: abt 1864 Death Date: 29 Mar 1954 Death Place:
Manhattan, New York, New York, USA Certificate Number: 6840
Source:
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Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003
results for O'Hanlon
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New York Times (1857-Current File)
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New York, New York
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30 Mar 1954
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O’Hanlon-Laura L.,
on March 29, 1954. Beloved wife of the late Dr. Philip F., loving
mother of Mrs. Laura V. Douglas and grandmother of Mrs. Robert H. Temple. Funeral from the “ The Abbey” [66th St. and Lexington Ave.], Wednesday,
9:15 A.M. Requiem Mass, St. Joseph’s Church [Washington Place and Waverly
Place], 10 A.M. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery.
Web Source Image:
Married: August 13, 1988 Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Philip F. O'Hanlon New York Marriages, 1686-1980
Name: Philip
F. O'Hanlon Spouse's Name: Laura Lincoln Plume Event Date: 13 Aug 1888 Event
Place: Manhattan, New York, New York Father's Name: Philip O'Hanlon Mother's
Name: Mary Dougherty Spouse's Father's Name: Andrew Jackson Plume Spouse's
Mother's Name: Sarah E. Conever
Record Collection:
New York Marriages, 1686-1980
Document Information:
Indexing
Project (Batch) Number M00571-4
System Origin
New_York-ODM
GS Film number
1558392
Citing this
Record
"New York
Marriages, 1686-1980," database, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6QX-CXF : 10 February 2018), Philip
F. O'Hanlon and Laura Lincoln Plume, 13 Aug 1888; citing reference ; FHL
microfilm 1,558,392.
Source:
ISSUE:
Laura Virginia O’Hanlon
Author
of Letter Title: Is there A Santa
Claus September 1897
CHILDREN
VIRGINIA O'HANLON 1897
Source:
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NAME: Laura
Virginia O’Hanlon
AKA
Virginia
Author
of a Famous Letter: September 1897 Is
there a Santa Clause
Born: July 20, 1889, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Died: May 13, 1971 Valatie, Columbia, New York, USA
Spouse: Edward Malcolm Douglas
Parents: Philip Francis O’Hanlon,
Laura Lincoln Plumb
Occupation: Public School Teacher and Assistant Principal
Cause of Death:
Date of Burial: May 17, 1971
Social Security #: Number: 082-32-7473; Issue State: New York;
Issue Date: 1957-1958
Age at Death: 81 years, 9
months, 17 days
Find A Grave Memorial 10184308
Funeral:
Mortuary:
Interment: Chatham Rural Cemetery, Chatham, Columbia, New York,
USA
Photo’s
Laura Virginia O’Hanlon [nee’ Douglas]
O’Hanlon’s letter and Church’s
wise, generous reply first appeared on the editorial page of the Sun on
September 21, 1897
Source:
Daily News New York, New York May 14, 1971 Fri Page: 4 Laura Virginia O’Hanlon Douglas
Source:
Old Sun’s ‘Yes, Virginia’ Dies
Valatie, N.Y.,
May 13 [AP]-Virginia O’Hanlon Douglas, 81, the woman who as a child was told
“Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus,” died today.
In ill health
for several years, the woman who kept her faith in Santa passed away at a
nursing home in the Small village south of Albany.
She was 8
years old when she wrote in the Old New York Sun, asking whether Santa Claus
really existed. “Some of my little
friends say there is no Santa Claus,” the letter said, “Please tell me the
truth, is there a Santa Claus?”
A Classic Editorial
Adhering to
the Policy that all letters must be answered, Francis Church gave a reply in
the form of an editorial September 21, 1897.
His word which became a Yuletide Classic, said in part:
“Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and
generosity and devotion exist, and you
know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy.
“Alas: How
dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus!”
The important
thing, Mrs. Douglas observed in recent years.
Was that no one gets to old to believe in Santa Claus. Last Hospitalized in nearby Hudson, the frail
woman was visited by a hospital employee dressed in a red Suite and a white beard.
“Santa Claus
isn’t it wonder-full to see you again,” she exclaimed.
In Most of her
Public Liber, Mrs. Douglas was a schoolteacher and principal in Brooklyn. After retirement she moved to North Chatham
to reside with her daughter and son-in-law.
Daily News New York New York May 15, 1971 Sat Page 12 Virginia O’Hanlon Douglas
Source:
Virginia Dies; Wrote Letter
on Santa Clause
Valatie, N.Y.,
May 14 [UPI]-Mrs. Laura Virginia O’Hanlon Douglas, the woman who received the
“Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus”
a Santa Claus’ letter 74 years
ago, died last night in a nursing home.
She was 81.
Virginia
O’Hanlon was 8 when she wrote to the New York Sun:
“Some of My Little Friends” say there is no Santa Claus.
“Papa says, ‘If you see it in The Sun it’s so.’
“Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus?”
“In an editorial written by Francis
Pharcellus Church
on Sept. 21, 1897, The Sun said, in part:
“Yes,
Virginia, here is a Santa Claus. He
exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know
that they abound and give to your life its highest and beauty and joy. Alas, how dreary would be the world if there
were no Santa Claus. It would as dreary
as if there were no Virginia’s .”
Mrs. Douglas
lived most of her life in New York City where she was a teacher and principal
and retired about 15 years ago. She
lived in North Chatham, near Albany, with relatives.
She is survived by a
daughter, seven grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. The Funeral is scheduled for Monday.
THE MOST FAMOUS LETTER TO THE
September 1897
I am eight years old, some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa Says "If I see it In The Sun it's So." Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus?
Virginia O' Hanlon
115 W. 95th Street.
Letter
Source
VIRGINIA RECALLS LETTER TO NEWSPAPER IN 1897; STILL BELIEVES IN
SANTA CLAUS
BY DICK REMMES
UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
NORTH CHATHAM N.Y. [UPI] Yes, Virginia still believes in Santa
Claus.
“My first
doubt about Santa Claus 64 years ago was my last.” Mrs. Laura Virginia Doulas said.
She was
recalling a letter she wrote to a newspaper back in 1897 when she was
8-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon. Her letter
evoked the classic Christmas editorial:
“Yes, Virginia
there is a Santa Claus.”
Mrs. Douglas,
72, a widow, lives with her daughter and seven grandchildren in this Columbia
County Village, 25 miles from Albany.
“The spirit of
Christmas still lives in and I was fortunate enough through the years to have
been with children every Christmas,” she
said she taught and supervised schools in New York’s lower East side for 43
years before retiring in 1959.
“I think the
answer to my letter was a wonderful
thing and I think it achieved immortality for its write” Mrs. Douglas said of the editorial written by
Frank P. Church in the Old New York Sun.
“You can’t
deny that commercialism has entered Christmas but even that is nice to some
extent,” she said. The warmth of carols
in department stores. She said, and
friendly greetings on Christmas Cards “mean a great deal to people.”
A Cold has
forced Mrs. Douglas to cancer an address to foreign students at Columbia
University on “What Meant in America.”
I would really
have loved to go because I could tell them she said.
Mrs. Douglas,
said her daughter, Mrs. Robert Temple whose children range 8 to 22 stops
believing because of Airplanes.
She couldn’t
Conceive that Santa would come in a Sleigh when Airplanes are much faster, she
said
The Commercial-Mail Columbia City, Indiana December 20, 1961, Wed Page 4 Santa Claus Virginia O’Hanlon
Source:
Married:
June
9, 1913 Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
EOM: desertion
by Edwin MalcoLm Douglas
Issues: Laura Virginia
Douglas.
Laura Virginia O'Hanlon New York, New York City Marriage Records,
1829-1940
Name: Edwin Malcolm Douglas
Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 09 Jun 1913 Event Place: Manhattan, New York,
New York, United States Event Place: Manhattan, New York Gender: Male Age: 26
Marital Status: Single Race: White Birth Year (Estimated): 1887 Birthplace:
East Orange, N.J. Father's Name: Henry Clay Douglas Mother's Name: Martha
Virginia Smith Spouse's Name: Laura Virginia O'Hanlon Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 23 Spouse's Marital Status: Single Spouse's Race: White Spouse's
Birth Year (Estimated): 1890 Spouse's Birthplace: New York City Spouse's Father's Name: Philip
Francis O'Hanlon Spouse's Mother's Name: Laura Lincoln Plumb
New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940
Document
Information:
Reference ID
cn 13756
GS Film Number
1613792
Citing this
Record
"New
York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940," database, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:243R-4LL : 10 February 2018), Edwin
Malcolm Douglas and Laura Virginia O'Hanlon, 09 Jun 1913; citing Marriage,
Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York City Municipal Archives,
New York; FHL microfilm 1,613,792.
Source:
NOTES
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