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Mary McCormick
Ben’s great-great-grandmother, an Irish immigrant to Philadelphia.
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- Mildred M. Bedesemb. Abt. 1903 in Pennsylvania · d. February 10, 1987
- Vincent P. Bedesemb. October 14, 1904, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · d. August 1, 1966, at Holy Redeemer Hospital in Abington, Pennsylvania due to bronchial cancerm. Katheryn E. Long, September 21, 1929
- Margaret Rosemary Bedesemb. October 1, 1906, at home at 132 Apsley Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · d. January 23, 1934, in Lower Providence, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania due to Pulmonary Tuberculosis
In brief
Born September 29, 1871 (records vary) in Ireland. Abt. She married June 15, 1898 and worked as dressmaker. She died June 30, 1932 in Elkins Park, Cheltenham, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
- Emigrated from Ireland to the United States about 1884–1885.
- A dressmaker by June 1898.
Life story
From Ireland to Philadelphia
Mary McCormick was born around 1871–1878 in Ireland, the daughter of Peter McCormick and a mother recorded only as Callahan, and emigrated to the United States around 1884–1885. She worked as a dressmaker in Philadelphia and married Peter Paul Bedesem there on June 15, 1898, raising their family through a series of Philadelphia and Germantown homes. Mary died at Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, on June 30, 1932.
At a glance
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- 1900 U.S. census, Philadelphia Ward 28, Pennsylvania, population schedule, enumeration district 682, sheet 1-A, Mary Bedesem; NARA microfilm publication T623.
- 1910 U.S. census, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Philadelphia, Ward 22, enumeration district 429, sheet 5-B, dwelling 124, family 137, Mary Bedesem, NARA microfilm publication T624.
- 1920 U.S. census, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Philadelphia, Ward 22, enumeration district 540, sheet 7-A, dwelling 112, family 119, Mary Bedesem, NARA microfilm publication T625.
- “Marriage Licenses Issued,” The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA), 15 June 1898, page 13, col 4; web archives (https://newspaperarchive.com/philadelphia-inquirer-jun-15-1898-p-13/ : accessed 24 January 2021).
- “Affidavit of applicant for marriage license (Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania), 1885-1915; index, 1885-1916,” images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6W37-1TX?i=18&cc=2466357 : accessed 15 September 2023), Marriage License for Peter Paul Bedesem and Mary McCormick, Marriage Number 103804 (1898), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- “Pennsylvania, City of Philadelphia, marriages, 1916-1950; marriage index books, 1885-1951,” images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DRC8-Y8 : accessed 15 September 2023), Marriage License for Paul P. Bedesem and Ida Mary Greenwood, Marriage Number 495213 (1924), Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
- “Pennsylvania, City of Philadelphia, marriages, 1916-1950; marriage index books, 1885-1951,” images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-XXN3-XMM?i=363&cc=1589502 : accessed 15 September 2023), Marriage License for Vincent P. Bedesem and Kathryn E. Long, Marriage Number 579357 (1929), Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
- “Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1969,” images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/5164/images/42342_646933_0731-01618 : accessed 4 October 2023), Death Certificate for Mrs. Mary Bedesem, File Number 59939 (1932), Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
- Holy Sepulchre Cemetery Office (Cheltenham, Pennsylvania), to Ben Weber, printed image, 20 September 1979, plot card for Peter P. Bedesem, section M, range 12, Lot 3, graves 1-3.
- “After 55 Years, Printer’s Devil of ‘Sun’ Returns,” Colusa Sun-Herald (Colusa, CA), 23 July 1940, page 1, col 2 (continued page 4, col 6-7; web archives (https://www.newspapers.com/image/993816172/ : accessed 26 October 2023).