Edward McElfatrick (1792 - 1871)

Born 1792 in Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 7 Apr 1871 at about age 79 in Allen County, Indiana

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Biography

Edward McElfatrick was born in 1792, the son of Hector, a Scottish immigrant and a soldier in the war of 1812. Edward married and had children with Eva Hartman. He died on April 7, 1871, in Allen, Indiana, having lived a long life of 79 years, and was buried in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

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Excerpt from narrative of son, Samuel's, Find A Grave: Memorial #81252119:

Edward McElfatrick was an architect and builder. He left Pennsylvania in 1852, going to Fort W ayne, Ind., in which city he died in 1873, at the age of eighty-one years. His wife, Eve McElfatrick, was a daughter of Christian Hartman, who died in Lancaster County, Penn., about the year 1824. Mrs. McE. [sic] died at Fort Wayne, Ind. in 1882, aged eighty-two years. The family of Mr. and Mrs. McElfatrick consisted of the following children: Sarah, Samuel, John B. , a noted architect of New York City, William D., Mary, Josiah H., Isaiah C. (deceased) and Eliza (deceased).

Sources

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81251687

• Year: 1840; Census Place: Londonderry, Dauphin, Pennsylvania; Page: 245

• Year: 1850; Census Place: Londonderry, Dauphin, Pennsylvania; Roll: M432_774; Page: 213B; Image: 419

• Year: 1870; Census Place: Fort Wayne Ward 4, Allen, Indiana; Roll: M593_297; Page: 344B; Family History Library Film: 545796

• Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1964, Child Samuel Mcelpatrick

• Web: Allen County, Indiana, Obituary Index, 1841-2010, http://friendsofallencounty.org/search_obits1900.php

• Fort Wayne, Indiana, City Directory, 1864