Mary A. Morris, b. 1863 at sea, daughter of William Morris (1840-1900) and Rose Dougherty (d. 1904) married Ulysses S. Grant Machen in 1888 in Philadelphia. This was determined by Rose Morris’s obituary in the Philadelphia Public Ledger, March 9, 1904 where it states: “Relatives and friend’s are invited to attend the funeral on Saturday, at 8:30 am from the residence of her son-in-law, Mr. Grant Machen, 5702 Woodland Avenue.” The Philadelphia Marriage Index, 1885-1951 LDS website, lists for 1888 License #18511 Machen, Grant and Morris, Mary. US Grant Machen was born in West Virginia and appears in the 1870 Census in Baltimore, MD, father, John, a painter born in Virginia, and mother, Rachael, born in Maryland.
Mary and Grant lived at the Woodland Avenue address in the 1900, 1910 census, and Grant was widowed and boarding on South Yewdall Street with youngest son, Roland in 1920. Mary Morris Machen gave birth to seven children between 1889 and 1904, four of whom died before 1899.
Children of Mary A. Morris and Grant Machen:
John Machen was born Jan 1889 in Philadelphia, PA. He died on 05 Jul 1889
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania of Cholera Infantism.
Burial on 07 Jul 1889 in Cathedral Cemetery.
Grant Machen. He was born 1889 in Philadelphia, PA. Cause Of Death on 17
Aug 1899 in Philadelphia, PA (heart disease, mitral valve?).
Burial on 21 Aug 1899 in Holy Cross Cemetery, Yeadon. (3)
Mary Machen. She was born Apr 1892 in Philadelphia, PA. She died on 08 Jul
1892 in Philadelphia, PA [2].
Burial on 11 Jul 1892 in Cathedral Cemetery .
Helen Machen. She was born Jul 1894 in Philadelphia, PA. Cause Of Death Sep
1894 in Philadelphia, PA (Cholera Infanture).
Burial on 06 Sep 1894 in Cathedral Cemetery
Morris J Machen. He was born on 26 Jun 1893.
Margaret Machen. She was born 1899 in Philadelphia, PA. Residence 1930 in
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Roland Machen. He was born 1904 in Philadelphia, PA. Residence 1930 in
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
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