Death of Joseph Watterson, Jan 25, 1897, Philadelphia

[*Sandra*]

Philadelphia Passenger Lists - 1800 - 1882 are on family search

https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1908535

New York Passenger Lists 1820 - 1891 are on family search

https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1849782

An example of what a passenger list for a Sarah and May Hurl showed in 1883 -

 
Sarah Hurl - Gender:   Female - Ethnicity/ Nationality:   Irish
Age:   20 - Birth Date:   abt 1863 - Place of Origin:   Ireland. Seamstress.
Departure Port Glasgow, Scotland and Larne, Ireland - Destination USA
Arrival Date 26 Jul 1883 - Arrival Port New York, New York, USA
Ship Name State of Indiana.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVSJ-KFV3

travelling with .........

May Hurl - Gender:   Female - Ethnicity/ Nationality:   Irish
Age:   40 - Birth Date:   abt 1843 - Place of Origin:   Ireland.  Wife.
Departure Port:   Glasgow, Scotland and Larne, Ireland - Destination USA
Arrival Date 26 Jul 1883 - Arrival Port New York, New York, USA
Ship Name State of Indiana

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[*Sandra*]

Jane Hurl (45 years) and William Hurl (25 years)  arrived 5 September 1899 on the City Of Rome.
Jane suggests she had been in UDA previously and resided in New York for 4 years.  William indicates never in the USA. Interestingly they were going to husband and father at 2756 Frankford Avenue. Philadelphia.

Sandra

[Peggy13]

Those emigrations are indeed interesting. Now I have to wonder who May Hurl is. Sarah is likely the one who later married Joseph Watterson in 1885.
The address of 2756 Frankford Ave. is indeed interesting for Jane Hurl. I looked  back at the address for John Watterson and it was 4520 Frankford Ave..
I found something interesting this morning on the County Tyrone site. I was wondering if there is any connection to Ellen Watterson nee  Ellen Hyde Wray who was on the 1940 Philadelphia census in the same household as Benjamin Watterson.
Death
Nov 5 1852
Wray – On Tuesday, 2nd November, in Dungiven, Mr. E. Wray, of Philadelphia, U.S. (Londonderry Sentinel)

[RJ137]

William indicates never in the USA. Interestingly they were going to husband and father at 2756 Frankford Avenue. Philadelphia.

News clippings at the time indicate, 2756 Frankford Ave., Philadelphia is the address of the Hall of the  Salvation Army in the late 1890s

[Peggy13]

RJ137, we can always count on you to find things like this, along with obits. Thanks for this great find.

[*Sandra*]

I found something interesting this morning on the County Tyrone site. I was wondering if there is any connection to Ellen Watterson nee  Ellen Hyde Wray who was on the 1940 Philadelphia census in the same household as Benjamin Watterson.
Death
Nov 5 1852
Wray – On Tuesday, 2nd November, in Dungiven, Mr. E. Wray, of Philadelphia, U.S. (Londonderry Sentinel)

Did you mean 1852 ? 

We covered Ellen Wray and her marriage to John Payson Watterson (it was a shame to learn Ellen died from malnutrition when she had relatives in Philadelphia - here are a few other bits - Ellen Wray was born 1870 died 1946 and parents were Thomas Wray (1826 County Tyrone - 15 March 1905 Dungannon Ireland) and Jane Hyde.

Marriage 1851 -

Thomas Rea - Marriage Date 7 Nov 1851 - Marriage Place Killyman, Tyrone, Ire - Father John Rea - Spouse Jane Hyde.

Deceased Surname Wray - Deceased Forename Thomas
Primary Beneficiary/ExecutorHamilton Wray
Sec. Beneficiary/Executor David Hunter
Date of Death 15 Mar 1905 - County of Death Tyrone

http://www.willcalendars.nationalarchives.ie/search/cwa/details.jsp?id=1639441554

1901 census Bovean (Drumaspil, Tyrone)

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai001198242/

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[*Sandra*]

Ellen had a brother John Wray born 18 January 1856 died 12 July 1940 - 6317 Grays Avenue Philadelphia. Married to Sarah Stevenson.
Informant on the death certificate was Robert Wray - burial was Mount Moriah. Philadelphia.

Sandra

[Peggy13]

It did say 1852. Thought perhaps an ancestor or relative of Ellen Hyde Wray. Since her parents died in Ireland, not an ancestor but perhaps a relative of some sort.

[*Sandra*]

Was just checking that's what you mean't and it wasn't a typo..........

This gives a little back ground on the brother.

1940 census Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia City, Philadelphia, Ward 40.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQZJ-6JC

1930 census Philadelphia (Districts 0001-0250), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH4S-WTZ

1920 census Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF12-G6Z

1910 census Philadelphia Ward 36, , Pennsylvania.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MG31-CM9

1900 census Philadelphia city Ward 36, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3WP-9WS

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/GCHN-JZB

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