Person:Sarah Gregg (1)

Watchers
m. Est 1835
  1. Sarah Gregg1841 - 1909
m. Abt 1867
  1. Mary MahorterAbt 1866 -
  2. Samuel MahorterAbt 1869 - 1870
  3. Robert Mahorter1870 -
  4. Samuel Mahorter1873 - 1876
  5. Hugh Watt Mahorter1876 - 1923
  6. Rachel MahorterAbt 1879 - 1897
Facts and Events
Name Sarah Gregg
Married Name[4][5] Sarah Mahorter
Gender Female
Birth[1][2][3][4][5] 1 Aug 1841 Ireland
Immigration[1] 1861 United States
Marriage Abt 1867 to Samuel Mahorter
Census[5] 1870 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United StatesWard 20 District 65
Census 5 Jun 1870 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United StatesWard 20
with Samuel Mahorter
Census[4] 1880 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Census 8 Jun 1880 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States30th and Uxford Streets
with Samuel Mahorter
Residence? 1886 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States2316 Jefferson Street
Residence[2] 1890 Tacony, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United StatesOld Ladies Home on Wissinoming Street
Residence[2] 1890 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Residence? 1894 Tacony, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States7208 Wissinoming Street
Census? 1900 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Census? 9 Jun 1900 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States5 Cotman Street
Death[3] 8 Mar 1909 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United Statesof valvular heart disease with bronchitis, 5 Cotman Street
Burial[3] 11 Mar 1909 Magnolia Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Sarah Gregg was born on 1 August 1841 in Ireland. Her parents were born in Ireland. She immigrated to the United States in 1861. Sarah became the second wife of Samuel Mahorter, son of Samuel Mehorter and Mary Watt, about 1866. Sarah and Samuel appeared on the census of 1870 with children Mary and Samuel in Philadelphia's 20th ward.

Sarah and Samuel appeared on the census of 1880 with their children Hugh, Robert, and Rachel at 30th and Uxford Streets, Philadelphia. Sarah's husband, Samuel Mahorter, died on 18 June 1883 at St. Joseph's Hospital, Philadelphia. In 1886, Sarah lived at 2316 Jefferson Street, Philadelphia. Sarah lived Old Ladies Home on Wissinoming Street, Tacony, Philadelphia County, in 1890. By 1894, she lived at 7208 Wissinoming Street, Tacony.

Sarah appeared on the census of 1900 5 Cotman Street, Philadelphia, with her sons Hugh and Robert. They were renting their house. Sarah Mahorter was listed as a widow, married 30 years, who had 10 children, with only 2 still living. Sarah (Gregg) Mahorter died 8 March 1909 at her home at 5 Cotman Street of valvular heart disease and bronchitis. She was buried on March 11th at Magnolia Cemetery in Philadelphia.

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Sarah Mahorter, in United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T623)
    Census Place: Philadelphia Ward 41, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll:  ; Page: ; Enumeration District: .

    enumerated 9 Jun 1900, 5 Cotman
    Mahorter Sarah, Head, W[hite], F[emale], Aug 1841, [age] 58, WD [widow], [# years married] 30, 10 [children born], 2 [children living], [born] Ireland, [father born] Ireland, [mother born] Ireland, [year of immigration] 1861, 39 [years in US], yes [can read], yes [can write], yes [speaks English], R[enting], H[ouse]
    Robert, Son, M[ale], W, Dec 1870, 29, S[ingle], Pennsylvania, Ireland, Ireland, Lampblack Worker, 0 [months unemployed], yes [read], yes [write], yes [English]
    Hugh, Son, M, W, Dec 1876, 23, S, Pennsylvania, Ireland, Ireland, Mounted Police, 0 [months unemployed], yes [read], yes [write], yes [English]

  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Sarah Mahortan, in Electronic database at Ancestry.com based on "Gopsill's Philadelphia City Directory for 1890".
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Sarah G. Mahorter, in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania). Bureau of Health. Death certificates, 1904-1915 and death indexes, 1904-1915. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Microfilmed by Department of Records, 1962-1963)
    8 Mar 1909.

    indexed on FamilySearch labs as "Sarah G. Maborter"

  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T9)
    Census Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: T9_1188; Family History Film: 1255188; Page: 415.1000; Enumeration District: 641; Image: 0852.

    Birth date: abt 1840; Birth place: Ireland; Residence date: 1880; Residence place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publications M593 and T132)
    Census Place: , , ; Roll: M593.

    Birth date: abt 1841; Birth place: Ireland; Residence date: 1870; Residence place: Philadelphia Ward 20 District 65, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania