Graham McConnell
The McConnell clan from Ireland was well represented in Philadelphia in the last years of the 19th century. The city directory listed 200 employed men with that name, although that…
Read MoreJohn Oliver Guthrie
The Guthries were from western Illinois but John’s father, Fred, pursued post-graduate work at Rush Medical College in Chicago and became a physician. Unfortunately the patients shared their diseases with the…
Read MoreGeorge Harold Floyd
The Floyd family came to Philadelphia in 1905 from Shamokin, a mill and mining town in east central Pennsylvania. George was the only child of Elizabeth and her husband William,…
Read MoreMargaret Elizabeth Paul
Both of Margaret’s parents were born in Ireland, both of their families arrived in the mid-1880s, and Robert and Elizabeth were married in Philadelphia in 1894. They settled in a…
Read MoreWilliam Frederick Hough, Sr.
William’s surname rhymes with “rough.” But even though he was a young boy when his father died, he served overseas in World War I, and he died at age 53,…
Read MoreVeronica Jane Geris Curran
Jane B. Geris was her given name according to the 1900 and 1910 census reports, but she used Veronica Jane as an adult. Her mother, Rose Campbell of Illinois, married…
Read MoreFrederick Stanford Elkington
This burial is one of two in this Naval cemetery for military personnel who were not in the American Armed Forces. Frederick was born in Suffolk, England, northeast of London,…
Read MoreWalter Ramsey Connison
The Connison family was from Ireland, living in the Sharswood section of Philadelphia, just north of Girard College. Walter had a younger brother and sister, and his father was an…
Read MoreJohn Black Rodgers
John’s mother was his father’s second wife. Charles’ first wife died while delivering the last of seven children during their ten years of marriage. On top of that tragedy, five…
Read MoreJohn James Morrow
The most fundamentally important thing to someone is their name. John received his middle name in honor of his father, James, but while most documents used his formal name, everyone…
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