Mary Ann Hunter (bef. 1869 - 1874)

Born before 19 Sep 1869 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

Died 26 Jul 1874 after age 4 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

Biography

Free Space Pittsburgh, PA flood of 1874

She was baptized at Grace Episcopal Church in Pittsburgh on September 19, 1869

Mary Ann's death record says,  :age: "about 3 years"

but the 1870 census proves she was born prior to 1870.....

And her sister Margaret was born after 1871...

Family Life

1870 Union Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania

Age: 39

Birth Year (Estimated): 1831

Birthplace: Ireland

Page Number: 48

Record Number: 25690

Thomas Hunter M 39 Ireland

Mary Hunter F 27 Ireland

Agnes Hunter F 3 England

Maryann Hunter F 1 Pennsylvania

Household ID: 345--Line Number: 26 ^[1]

Death

Death Log

Marital: Single

Age: About 3 years old

Cause of Death : Drowning in the Flood of July 26 1874

Name of Father: Thomas Hunter

Name of Mother: Mary Jane Hunter

Dreadful Disaster. PITTSBURGH ENGULFED IN A FLOOD 219 Lives Lost

Burial: Mount Pisgah Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

This Inscription is on the father's/mother's findagrave memorial /headstone

Thomas Hunter, Wife and family were drowned in the flood of Saw Mill Run, July 25, 1874 -- Erected by Robert Campbell ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) --:Affiliate Publication Number: M593--GS Film Number: 000552798--Digital Folder Number: 004278497--Image Number: 00660--Indexing Project (Batch) Number: N01626-4 - Citing this Record: "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZLD-4XM : 19 March 2020), Maryann Hunter in entry for Thomas Hunter, 1870.
2. ↑ "Report of the Citizens' executive relief committee of the cities of Pittsburgh and Allegheny, for the relief of the sufferers by the flood, of July 26th, 1874"

1. The Pittsburgh Daily Commercial, 30 July 1874, page 4
2. FindAGrave she does not have one she is named on her FAMILY headstone.
3. Archives
4. Colorado Newspaper Willie Hubert not mentioned in the Colorado paper
5. Death log
6. Death LOG