Martha Edwards

Female 1836 - 1892  (56 years)

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  • Name Martha Edwards 
    Birth 1836 
    Gender Female 
    Death 1892  Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Volume 3, pages 136-137 - Biographical Sketch of Alfred A. Pancake.
      excerpt
      He married, in 1854, Martha Edwards, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, by whom four children were born, three of whom died in infancy. The fourth child was Gertrude, who died 1894; she married Alfred Snavely, of Harrisburg, two children living-Martha and Gertrude. (See the family sketch of Mr. Snavely elsewhere in this work.) The mother, Martha (Edwards) Pancake, died at the age of fifty-four years.

      Inscription:
      wife of Alfred A Pancake

      Burial:
      Harrisburg Cemetery
      Harrisburg
      Dauphin County
      Pennsylvania, USA
    Person ID I16744  Drollinger Genealogy
    Last Modified 24 Jun 2017 

    Family Alfred Augustus Pancake,   b. 22 Jun 1829, Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Mar 1916, Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Marriage 1854 
    Children 
    +1. Gertrude Pancake,   b. 1858, Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1894, Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years)
    Family ID F5641  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Mar 2016 

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  • Notes 
    • Martha Pancake in the 1880 United States Federal Census
      Name: Martha Pancake
      Age: 41
      Birth Year: abt 1839
      Birthplace: Pennsylvania
      Home in 1880: Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania
      Race: White
      Gender: Female
      Relation to Head of House: Wife
      Marital Status: Married
      Spouse's Name: Alfred A. Pancake
      Father's Birthplace: Welch
      Mother's Birthplace: Ireland
      Occupation: Keeping House
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Alfred A. Pancake 48
      Martha Pancake 41
      Bessie M. Snavely 3


      Martha Pancake in the 1870 United States Federal Census
      Name: Martha Pancake
      Age in 1870: 34
      Birth Year: abt 1836
      Birthplace: Pennsylvania
      Home in 1870: Harrisburg Ward 2, Dauphin, Pennsylvania
      Race: White
      Gender: Female
      Post Office: Harrisburg
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Alfred Pancake 42
      Martha Pancake 34
      Gertrude Pancake 12