Person:Jane Ironside (1)

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Jane Ironside
b.Abt 1832 Ireland
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Name Jane Ironside
Married Name[1][2] Jane Mahorter
Alt Name Mary Jane Ironside
Gender Female
Birth[1][2][3] Abt 1832 Ireland
Residence[1] 1860 Philadelphia Ward 1 Precincts 6, 7, and 9, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Census 19 Jun 1860 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States1st ward
with Samuel Mahorter
Death[2] 1 Apr 1866 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Burial[2] 3 Apr 1866 Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Jane was born about 1832 in Ireland. Family history reports that her full name was Mary Jane Ironside, but she appears in most records as Jane. She married Samuel Mahorter, son of Samuel Mehorter and Mary Watt about 1856, probably in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Jane and Samuel appeared on the census of 1860 in Philadelphia's 1st ward with their daughter Mary.

Jane died on 1 Apr 1866 in Philadelphia of phthisis pulmonalis. An obituary was published on 3 April 1866 in "The Philadelphia Inquirer":

"MEHORTER – On the 1st instant, JANE, wife of Samuel Mehorter, age 38 years. The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend funeral, from the residence of her uncle, Mr. John Guthrie, No. 1040 Lingo street, above Seventeenth and below Carpenter, this day, the 3d inst., at 3 o’clock. Interment at Mount Moriah Cemetery."4

Jane was buried on 3 April 1866 at Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Philadelphia.

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Jane Mehorter, in United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M653)
    Pennsylvania, (city of Philadelphia, 1st ward), pg. 772, Family 572, National Archives Microfilm 653, Roll 1151.

    age 29, born Ireland

  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Jane Mehorter, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The Philadelphia Inquirer. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
    3 Apr 1866.

    index and digital images from GenealogyBank: "MEHORTER – On the 1st instant, JANE, wife of Samuel Mehorter, age 38 years.
    The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend funeral, from the residence of her uncle, Mr. John Guthrie, No. 1040 Lingo street, above Seventeenth and below Carpenter, this day, the 3d inst., at 3 o’clock. Interment at Mount Moriah Cemetery."

  3. Jane Mehorter, in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania). Bureau of Health. Death certificates, 1904-1915 and death indexes, 1904-1915. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Microfilmed by Department of Records, 1962-1963)
    1 Apr 1866.

    index and image found on FamilySearch labs, indexed as "Jane Melvorter"