Margaret Elizabeth Ross (1824 - 1884)

Born 5 Aug 1824 in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Ancestors

Died 16 Sep 1884 at age 60 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Biography

Mary Elizabeth Ross was born on 5 August 1824 in Baltimore, Maryland to William Gibbs Ross and Mary T. Heisler. She was baptized on 15 August 1824 in St. Peter's Catholic Church sponsored by Margaret Heisler.^[1] She married Jeremiah Burman on 23 Sep 1840 in Baltimore.^[2] She earned money as a dressmaker and together with Jeremiah she had 6 children: William, Virginia Reed, George, Agnes, Margaret, Mary.^[3][4] They lost Willam, a soldier with the Union Army, at the Battle of Antietam on 17 Sep 1862.^[5] Margaret died on 16 September 1884 after a month's illness in Baltimore, Maryland of a fever that caused a "heart clot" and was buried in Loudoun Park Cemetery.^[6]

Census

1850 US Census - Mary Ross, Age 52, is enumerated in her household in Baltimore, ward 12, Baltimore, Maryland, United States with her sister, Mary Wallace, Age 45; nieces Margaret, Age 15 and Mary, Age 12; daughter Agnes, Age 24, and boarder Richard Worthing, Age 40. (the above relationships are conjecture)

1860 US Census - Jeremiah Burman, Age 40, a painter, is enumerated in his household in Baltimore, Maryland with his wife, Margaret, Age 36, and their children: William, Age 17, also a painter; Virginia, Age 15; George, Age 13; Agnes, Age 11; Margaret, Age 8; Mary, Age 5; sister-in-law Mary Wallace, Age 55 (the above relationships are conjecture)

1860 US Census - Samuel Magaha, Age 47, a shoemaker, is enumerated in his household in Baltimore, Maryland with his wife, Agnes B, Age 34, and his children: Eliza, Age 16; Sarah, Age 13; Charles D, Age 11; Mary Margaret, Age 7; Agnes, Age 3; Magdaline, Age 2; mother-in-law, Mary T. Ross, Age 62; Samuel is a shoe maker; Agnes a cap maker

1870 US Census - Samuel Magaha, Age 57, a shoemaker, is enumerated in his household in Baltimore, Maryland with his wife, Agnes B, Age 44, and his children: Charles D, Age 21; Mary Margaret, 17 (with her husband, Augustus B, Age 26, and their child, Mary A, Age 0) Margeret F, Age 11: Laura V, Age 9; Ellen Theresa, Age 3; George H, Age 2; his mother-in-law, Mary T Ross, Age 72 and Robert Frisby, Age 23; Samuel is a shoemaker; Augustus is a RR conductor (the above relationships are conjecture)

1870 US Census - Jeremiah Burman, Age 50, a painter, is enumerated in his household in Baltimore, Maryland with his wife, Margaret, Age 45, and their children: Virginia Reed, Age 25; George, Age 22, also a painter; Margaret, Age 18, dressmaker, Mary, 15, student; and Jacob Dover, Age 23, painter with wife Mary A., Age 20, and daughter Maggie, 8 months (the above relationships are conjecture)

1880 US Census - Jeremiah Burman, Age 62, a painter, is enumerated in his household in Baltimore, Maryland with his wife, Margaret, Age 56, a dressmaker

Obituary

Baltimore Sun, 1884 BURMAN--Departed this life, on September 16, at half-past three o'clock P.M., Margaret E., aged 60 years, beloved wife of Jeremiah Burman, and daughter of the late William R. and Mary T. Ross. Thy days are completed, thy struggle is done. And oh! can we spare thee, thou long watchful one; Can we breathe without anguish thy form to decay. And now, faithful mother, thou art past away. BY M.T.P. The relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend her funeral, from her late residence, No. 56 South Carrollton avenue, this (Thursday) morning, at nine o'clock, thence to St. Peter's Church

Obituary

Baltimore Sun, 1908 MAGAHA--On November 28, 1908, AGNES B., aged 75 years beloved wife of the late Samuel Magaha, and daughter of the late William and Mary T. Ross. (Harper's Ferry and Loudoun county (Va.) papers please copy.) Funeral from the residence of her son-in-law, William Cook, No. 1110 Ridgley street on Tuesday at 8:30 A.M., thence to St. Jerome's Church where a Requiem High Mass will be said for the repose of her soul. Relatives and friends are invited to attend.

Sources

1. ↑ Baptismal Record, for Margaret Ross from St. Peter's Catholic Church, 15 Aug 1824, sponsored by Rev R. Smith and Margaret Heisler
2. ↑ Maryland, Compiled Marriages, 1655-1850 (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004, citing Margaret Ross and Jeremiah Burman, 23 Sep 1840, Original data: Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp.. Maryland Marriages, 1655-1850.
3. ↑ Year: 1860; Census Place: Baltimore Ward 18, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland; Roll: M653_465; Page: 662; Image: 662; Family History Library Film: 803465
4. ↑ Year: 1880; Census Place: Baltimore, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland; J and Margaret Burman; Roll: 504; Family History Film: 1254504; Page: 619D; Enumeration District: 180; Image: 0260
5. ↑ Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, William Ross Burman, [1]
6. ↑ Baltimore City Death Certificate: No C17533 Margaret E Ross; 16 Sept 1884

• Source: S-600730078 Repository: #R-1094704476 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/83286993/family

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD4C-QMB : 9 November 2014), Agnes Ross in household of Mary Ross, Baltimore, ward 12, Baltimore, Maryland, United States; citing family 185, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• Year: 1860; Census Place: Baltimore Ward 18, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland; Jeremiah Burman, Roll: M653_465; Page: 662; Image: 662; Family History Library Film: 803465

• "United States Census, 1860," Mary M Clark in household of Samuel Magaha, Maryland, United States (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)

• Year: 1870; Census Place: Baltimore Ward 18, Baltimore, Maryland; Jeremiah Burman Roll: M593_579; Page: 71B; Image: 115844; Family History Library Film: 552078

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MN3H-Z8M : 17 October 2014), Agnes B Magaha in household of Saml Magaha, Maryland, United States; citing p. 191, family 1478, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,079.

• Year: 1880; Census Place: Baltimore, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland; J and Margaret Burman; Roll: 504; Family History Film: 1254504; Page: 619D; Enumeration District: 180; Image: 0260

• Baptismal Record, for Margaret Ross from St. Peter's Catholic Church, 15 Aug 1824, sponsored by Rev R. Smith and Margaret Heisler

• Baptismal Record: Agnes B Ross; 24 April 1986 Agnes Benedicta Ross, daughter of William and Mary Ross; Sponsors George A. Heisler and Elizabeth Michael; Robert Beverly; Ancestry.com; 29 Sep 2009

• Maryland, Compiled Marriages, 1655-1850 (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004, citing Margaret Ross and Jeremiah Burman, 23 Sep 1840, Original data: Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp.. Maryland Marriages, 1655-1850. Most of the records in this index may be found at the Maryland Historical Society or the Family History Library. More specific source information is listed with each entry. Original marriage licenses should be located at the county clerk's office.

• Baltimore City Death Certificate: No C17533 Margaret E Ross; 16 Sept 1884

• Baltimore City Death Certificate: No C17533 Agnes B Ross; 28 Nov 1928

• Mrs. Agnes B. Magaha," obituary, Baltimore [MD] Sun, Baltimore Sun, 1908

• Mrs. Margeret E. Burman," obituary, Baltimore [MD] Sun, Baltimore Sun, 1908

• Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. [2]

• Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, William Ross Burman, [3]

• Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, Margaret Elizabeth Burman, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=106431921&ref=acom

Acknowledgements

Robert Beverly originally shared the Baptismal record, death certificate and obituary on Ancestry.com on 1 October 2009.