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Offline cranstone

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Finding an Obit
« on: Tuesday 22 February 22 10:51 GMT (UK) »
Good morning

I wondered if it is possible to find Obits for Philadelphia please, Pennsylvania?

I am looking for the Obit of a Mary Thomas who died 12 January 1929 age 88 if at all possible.

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Re: Finding an Obit
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 22 February 22 11:10 GMT (UK) »
Not the one you want but may be of interest - obit for husband William Thomas and Jessie Thomas

The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
19 Jun 1894, Tue    Page 7

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96162016/william-thomas-19-june-1894/

The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
7 May 1919, Wed    Page 18

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96162283/obituary-for-thomas-agnes/

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Re: Finding an Obit
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 22 February 22 13:55 GMT (UK) »
Hi Sandra :)

Many thanks, yes they would be her husband and one of their daughters.  I will see if I can find a contact for Greenwood Cemetery and ask if they have anything on her as well.

Thank you again for your help.

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Re: Finding an Obit
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 22 February 22 13:58 GMT (UK) »
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Re: Finding an Obit
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 22 February 22 14:09 GMT (UK) »
Hi Gadget

Many thanks but I'm in UK so won't phone.  I can see from the website she is buried with William and another daughter Lucy but Lucy has no dates.
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Re: Finding an Obit
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 22 February 22 14:39 GMT (UK) »
Lucy e Thomas - 28 February 1876 - 7 December 1948  (aged 72 years)
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Father Wm Thomas - Mother Mary Penrose - sister Emma Wetzel was the informant.
3292 Frankford Avenue.
Certificate Number 112793

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« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 22 February 22 14:46 GMT (UK) »

There was a petition for naturalization for Lucy Eliza Thomas - 25 September 1922

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9PKN-9YLC?i=265&cc=1913395&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQP7V-DN8B

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Re: Finding an Obit
« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 22 February 22 14:52 GMT (UK) »
Hi Sandra
Thank you, she is indeed her and I have come across an Emma Wetzel on Ancestry but I can only see UK not international.  But thought it might be her
Their other children were William, Albert, Alice, Joseph, Henry (Jessie, Lucy, Emma)
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Re: Finding an Obit
« Reply #8 on: Tuesday 22 February 22 14:55 GMT (UK) »

Alice Mary Patterson - Alice Mary Thomas - 10 October 1872 - 14 July 1955 Philadelphia. (aged 82 years)
Father Wm Thomas - Mother Mary Penrose
Certificate Number 64827

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