Mabel was reported in the Brooklyn Daily Times page 10, Thurs 6th May 1926.
Brooklyn actress lays claim to share of Mother's estate, commonly known as The Mosher Fortune, 132 MILLION DOLLARS and a possible inheritance along with other Mosher descendants. This story originated many years ago and came up again in the 1920's. Mabel referenced her father Leander and her Nova Scotia roots that descended from Ezekiel Mosher in England. The story has a lot of information and will be included on The Mosher Fortune page describing the whole background stories and the various interested parties.
Mabel "Montgomery" Mosher
Born 9 February 1875 Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A. Died 20 July 1942 Honolulu, Hawaii.
Actress in Brooklyn before and during World War 1.
Leander H. Mosher and Jessie Louise Read
Leander served in the American Civil War in the Union Army, 10th Regiment, Company I, Connecticut Infantry, Rank Private.
"Mabel spent her early years with family in Baltimore. She was first on the stage aged 17 where she became very popular as a stage and then screen actress. Aside from road tours, she appeared chiefly at the Bush Temple Theater in Chicago and at the Cresent Theater in Brooklyn. Among the productions in which she played leading parts were "Zaza", "Camille", "Madame X", "Butterfly on the Wheel", Master of the House" and also a number of Shakespeare revivals.
Popularity contests in Brooklyn netted her two automobiles as prizes. With the passing of youth Miss Montgomery continued on the stage in character parts. Gradually her appearances became less frequent but she never retired from the stage. To the very end she regarded herself as a professional actress and as such, maintained her active membership in Actors Equity."
Obituary story "Mabel Montgomery dies: was famous Boro actress" (Brooklyn Eagle, page 9, Thursday 23rd July 1942)
Mabel was married 3 times;
1. Joseph Henninger (1874-1912) Born in Vienna and died in Boston MA. Married 1906. He was a noted Dental Surgeon.
Children; Joseph Roy (1907-1987), Herbert M. (1910-1990)
2. Augustus J. Gertenbach (1879-1972). No issue. Married 1914 and divorced.
3. James Francis Mooney (1892-1985). No issue.
Interestingly James was the chauffeur for her and her second husband and was mentioned during the divorce proceedings.
James moved to Hawaii for work and Mabel joined him after in the year before she died. Mabel was in Pearl Harbour at the time of the Dec 7 bombing attack and died shortly after of nervous shock in Queens Hospital.
She was survived by husband James, her two sons and their families.
Mabel and Joseph Hennigar
Mabel Mosher was one of two daughters of Leander H. Mosher (1845-1883) and Jessie Louise Read (1849-1905). Her sister is Jessie Viola Mosher (1871-1955) who married John Charles Walworth (1870-1949)
The sisters ancestry from James and Lydia Mosher is as follow;
Leander H. Mosher born in Avondale and Jessie his wife born in Missouri.
Noah William Mosher (1807-1872) and Sarah Stillman (1812-1892)
Jehu Mosher (1755-1851) and 2nd marriage Eleanor Foley (1784-1867)