Samuel George Smiley

From the 1900 census, we know that Samuel G. Smiley was born in Ireland in January of 1841. His wife Annie was born in Pennsylvania in August of 1849. They were married about 1868. Samuel came to America on the SS Tuscarora, arriving in Philadelphia on September 23, 1864 when he was 20 years old. The ship sailed out of Londonderry.

Annie gave birth to 7 children, 5 were living in 1900. They lived at 2227 Wilder Street in South Philadelphia in that year. They lived in South Philadelphia for over 30 years at various addresses.

They attended All Saints Episcopal Church on 12th Street near Fitzwater in the 1870's and 1880's. Their son Samuel George was born 11/9/1874. Anna Megraw was born 3/15/1877. William James was born 7/6/1879. Bessie Grafton was born 11/18/1881. A daughter Mabel born in December of 1884.

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