Brief Life History of Mary Ellen
When Mary Ellen Brader was born on 27 July 1851, in Bethlehem Township, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, James Brader, was 27 and her mother, Martha Huston, was 24. She married George Wade Berry on 17 April 1870, in Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880 and Glenolden, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States in 1920. She died on 10 November 1923, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Fernwood, Yeadon, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Sources (25)
- Mary E Berry in household of Le Roy Reeves, "United States Census, 1910"
- Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1964
- Mary E Braden in entry for George W Berry and Katie Spencer, "Delaware, Wilmington Vital Records, 1847-1954"
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Name Meaning
German (also Bräder) and Dutch: from the ancient Germanic personal name Brado.
German (also Bräder) and Dutch: occupational name for a cook, from an agent derivative of Middle Low German and Dutch brāden ‘to fry, to cook’.
English (Lincolnshire): occupational name for a braid maker, from an agent derivative of Middle English brayden ‘to braid, plait’ (Old English breʒdan).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Nurse
Her death certificate indicates she was a nurse.
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