Laura V. (Wagner) MacColl (abt. 1874 - 1912)

Born about Jul 1874 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 27 Jun 1912 at about age 37 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Laura V. Wagner^[1] was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,^[1][2] to Frederick Wagner and Ellen Callahan.^[2][3] On her marriage license application she claimed that she was born on 1 June 1881.^[1] However, the 1900 census claims she was born in July 1878.^[4] Also, a Laura Wagner is living with Frederick and Ellen in the 1880 census,^[3] and no evidence of a second Laura has been found. ^[5] Since her sister Marcella was born on 17 May 1878,^[6] she was not born in July 1878. Since she was reportedly 5 years old in 1880, she may have been born in July 1874 (between her sisters Ellen^[7] and Julia^[8]).

In 1880, she is living at 4 Ogle Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with her parents and others. ^[3]

In 1900, she was living at 2019 Moyamensing Avenue, with her mother and sister. She was a dressmaker, and had not been unemployed in 1899. ^[4]

On 25 December 1904, she married Bertram Elmer MacColl, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Bertram was a stonecutter, living at 2213 Pemberton Street, Philadelphia. Laura was a dressmaker, living at 2208 South Rosewood Street, Philadelphia. ^[1] They had four known children:

Ellen Wagner MacColl (1908-2001)

Roselean MacColl (1909)

Ruby MacColl (1910-1973)

Bernard MacColl (1912-1912)

In 1910, Bertram and Laura were living at 206 Fern Street, ward 3, Darby, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, which they were renting. Bertram was a laborer, working odd jobs, and had been out of work 25 weeks in 1909. They were living with their daughter Ellen. (The census misreports Ellen as Alan MacColl, but this is clearly Ellen: he was 22 months old, which matches her age, her birth certificate claims she was not a twin, and Roselean's birth certificate claims she was Laura's second child.) ^[9]

She died on 27 June 1912, at Philadelphia Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, of pulmonary tuberculosis. On 1 July, she was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery, Yeadon, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, in section V lot 7 range 9 grave 2. ^{[2] [10] [11]}

Research Notes

A Laura Wagner was born 4 March 1878 to Frederick and Mary Wagner^[12] and died on 23 February 1881.^[13] But she was recorded with her family (not with Frederick and Ellen) in the 1880 census.^[14] She is therefore clearly not the Laura living with Frederick and Ellen in 1880.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Philadelphia Pennsylvania, marriage record, no.181,458 (1904), Bertram E. MacColl and Laura V. Wagner; image copy, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-XX69-RZL : accessed 13 August 2020).

   Bertram E MacColl, born Philadelphia on 11 May 1881, lives at 2213 Pemberton St Philadelphia, stone cutter, never married before

   Laura V Wagner, born Philadelphia 1 June 1881, lives at 2208 South Rosewood St, Philadelphia, dressmaker, never married before

   application sworn 24 December 1904

   married 25 Dec 1904 by Rev O P McManus [?]

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, death certificate, no. 14965 (27 June 1912), Laura McColl; image copy, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDRM-YLX : accessed 15 August 2020).

   Laura McColl, female, white, married, occupation: housework

   29 years old (date of birth is blank), born Philadelphia, to Frederick Wagner (born NY) and Ellen Callahan (born Ireland)

   died 27 June 1912, of pulmonary tuberculosis, at Philadelphia Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

   buried 1 July 1912, Holy C]ross Cemetery

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} 1880 U.S. census, ward 6, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, population schedule, enumeration district 105, p.397 C stamped = 18 [?] penned; image copy, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBN-JNW : accessed 13 August 2020); citing National Archives, microfilm series T9, roll 1169.

   8 Chancery Lane

   Frederic Wagner, white, male, 50, married, engineer, born Pennsylvania, parents born Germany

   wife Ellen Wagner, white, female, 40, married, shopkeeper, born Ireland

   daughter Mary Wagner, white, female, 14, single, at school, born Pennsylvania

   daughter Margaret Wagner, white, female, 13, single, at school, born Pennsylvania

   son Joseph F [?] Wagner, white, male, 10, single, at school, born Pennsylvania

   daughter Ellen Wagner, white, female, 9, single, at school, born Pennsylvania

   daughter Julia Wagner, white, female, 8, single, at school, born Pennsylvania

   daughter Laura Wagner, white, female, 5, single, born Pennsylvania

   daughter, Marcella Wagner, white, female, 2, born Pennsylvania

   aunt Mary Flaherty, white, female, 50, cook, born Ireland

4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} 1900 U.S. census, ward 39, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, population schedule, enumeration district 991, p. 213 A stamped = 10 penned, family 196; image copy, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3WY-M99 : accessed 15 August 2020); citing National Archives, microfilm series T623, roll 1479.

   2019 Moyamensing Avenue, rented, house

   head Ellen Wagner, white female, Dec 1839, widowed, married 31 years, 9 children, 7 living, born Ireland, immigrated 1866,

   daughter Laura Wagner, white, female, July 1878, single, born Pennsylvania, dressmaker, 0 months unemployed

   daughter Marcella Wagner, white, female, May 1882, single, born Pennsylvania, dressmaker, 0 months unemployed

5. ↑ 'Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Births, 1860-1906', database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1951739 : accessed 2 May 2021); searched 'Laura Wagner', and father Frederick Wagner mother Ellen. 'Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915', database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1320976 : accessed 2 May 2021); searched 'Laura Wagner'. Newspapers (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 2 May 2021); searched for 'Laura Wagner' from 1878 to 1880 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
6. ↑ 'Registration of Births in 1878, in the City of Philadelphia', p.168, Marcella Wagner (17 May 1878); image copy, Philadelphia, Department of Records, 'Historical Land and Vital Records' (http://phila-records.com/historic-records/web/ : accessed 4 June 2023); file name 'Birth Register - DOCCegister05-1877-07-1878', image 479 of 556.

   [registered] '[May 31]

   [birthdate] '" [sc. May] 17'

   [name] 'Marcella Wagner'

   [sex] [female]

   [color] [white]

   [birth place] '[ward] 6 8 Chancery Lane'

   [parents] 'Frederick + Ellen Wagner'

   [father's occupation] 'Engineer'

   [physician] '" [sc. Elliott Richardson]'

   [physician's residence] '" [sc. 737 Spruce]'

7. ↑ Orphans' Court, Philadelphia, marriage record, no. 113754 (7 June 1899), Michael A. Bruder and Ella T. Wagner; image copy, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-66B3-RSJ : accessed 18 June 2023).

   Michale A. Bruder, born Phila Pa on 23 Feb 1871, residence 1847 So Sartain St Phila, painter, first marriage

   Ella T. Wagner, born Phila Pa 24 Feb 1872, residence 1918 So 18th St, Phila, first marriage

   sworn by Michael (only) on 7 June 1899

   F P Coyle married Mich'l A. Bruder and Ella T. Wagner on 7 June 1899 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

8. ↑ Orphans' Court, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, marriage record, no. 159440 (22 April 1903), John E Callahan and Julia Hartman; image copy, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DCX9-X6X : accessed 24 June 2023).

   John E Callahan born in Astoria, Long Island on 17 Nov 1874, residence 231 Pine St, Philadelphia, coppersmith, not married before

   Julia Hartman (widow), born Phila Pa on 4 January 1876, residence 1620 W Passyunk Ave, Phila, housekeeper, married once (dissolved by death at Phila about 2 years ago)

   sworn by John E Callahan on 18 April 1903

   Wm A Fitzgerald married John E Callahan and Julia Hartman on 22 April 1903, at Philadelphia

9. ↑ 1910 U.S. census, ward 3, Darby Borough, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, enumeration district 135, p.136 A stamped = 8 penned, family 181; image copy, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRK7-QXT : accessed 28 July 2020); citing National Archives, microfilm series T624, roll 1339.

   206 Fern Street, rented

   head Bertam McColl, male, white, 28, married once for 6 years, born Pennsylvania, laborer, odd jobs, out of work 25 weeks in 1909

   wife Laura, female, white, 25, married once for 6 years, 2 children, 1 living, born Pennsylvania, no occupation

   son Alan, male, white, 22/12, single, born Pennsylvania, no occupation [this is actually Ellen--the ages match, Ellen was not a twin, and the Roselean's birth certificate says she was Laura's second child.]

10. ↑ Holy Cross Cemetery records, Laura MacColl, in Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; image copy, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2451/42154_329910-00485 : accessed 15 August 2020).

    '[date] " [sc. July] 1 [register number] 4 [page] 273 [name] MacColl Laura [age] 29 [section] V [lot] 7 [range] 9 [grave] 2'

    see also burial register, same source, https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2451/42154_329909-00614?pid=2020187868

11. ↑ death notice, Laura MacColl, Philadelphia Inquirer, Saturday 29 June 1912, p.7, col.4; image copy, Newspapers (https://www.newspapers.com/image/168299028/ : accessed 2 May 2021).

    'MacCOLL—26th inst., LAURA, wife of Bertram MacColl and daughter of the late Frederick and Ellen Wagner. Relatives and friends invited to funeral, Mon, 8.30 A M, residence of brother-in-law 2221 S 11th st. High mass of Requiem at Epiphany, 10 A M. Interment Holy Cross.'

12. ↑ 'Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Births, 1860-1906', database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1951739 : accessed 2 May 2021); searched 'Laura Wagner', and father Frederick Wagner mother Ellen

    Laura Wagner, born 4 March 1878, Philadelphia, to Frederick Wagner and Mary (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBTF-3K4 : accessed 2 May 2021).

13. ↑ 'Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915', database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1320976 : accessed 2 May 2021); searched 'Laura Wagner'

    Laura Wagner, white, female, 3 years old, died 23 February 1881 of scarlet fever, born Manayunk PA, to Fredk and Mary Wagner, address Fountain St ab [illegible], buried 25 Feb 1881, Leverington Cemety (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6LD3-ZTX : accessed 2 May 2021)

14. ↑ 1880 U.S. census, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, population schedule, enumeration district 428, pp. 130 C-D stamped = sheets 11 C-D penned, family 107; image copy, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBK-99VK : accessed 2 May 2021); citing National Archives, microfilm series T9, roll 1180.

    4 Ogle St

    Fred Wagner, white, male, 34, married, in cotton mill, born Germany

    wife Mary Wagner, white, female, 28, married, h. keeper, born Penna

    son Fred Wagner, white, male, 4, single, born Penna

    daughter Laura Wagner, white, female, 2, single, born Penna

    father-in-law Geo Wagner, white, male, 64, widowed/divorced, laborer, born Germany

    boarder John Moyer, white, male, 27, single, work in paper mill, born Penna

    boarder Howard Moyer, white, male, 23, single, work in wooken mill, born Penna

See also

• Laura Vincent Wagner, on FamilySearch's Family Tree