STATUS: AVAILABLE - $10.00 + SHIPPING

PHOTOGRAPH INFORMATION

NAME(S): Mrs. Margaret Smith Strayer
PHOTOGRAPH: # 5141
OTHER INFO:Front – (Name) + Aunt Maggie to Dolly                       

                       Rear – Margaret Strayer Smith, Sister of John J. A. Strayer, Born inShippensburg, Pa. 1863.
                                   on Feb. 9 her & Johns birthdays fell on the same day of the month Feb 9th  2 yrs. apart.
                                   For Dolly who appreciates kindness and loves her Dad and his folks.
                                   How care worn she looks. Pa says she was so kind & good & sweet.

PHOTOGRAPHER: Fasnacht, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
CARD SIZE: 8.9 cm x 11.4 cm
WHERE PURCHASED: Bloomington, Illinois
WHEN PURCHASED: April 28, 2022

 

RESEARCHED INFORMATION

Probably: Margaret A. “Maggie” Strayer

Born: February 5, 1862, Southampton, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Died: September 27, 1918, Southampton, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Father: William Rankin Strayer
Mother: Malinda A. Stine
Married: Thomas E. Smith
Children: Apparently had no children

NOTES

For the life of me I cannot figure out how her and Johns birthdays fell on the same day of the month 2 years apart.
SOURCES

1870 Census Southampton, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania

1880 Census Southampton, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
1900 Census Harrisburg Ward 5, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
1910 Census Harrisburg Ward 5, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
1920 Census Haines Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania, Death Certificate
Newspapers.com Obituary Index
FindAGrave.com