Martin Rafter Birthplace: Ireland State: PA Age: 28 Color: W Enumeration District: 0079 Visit: 0218 County: Philadelphia, Philadelphia Relation: Head of Household Other Residents: Relation Name Age Birth Place Wife Sarah 27 Ireland Daughter Mary NR Pennsylvania 1910 - he and his wife Sarah were living at 117 Cherry Street (rear) with their daughter Mary who was 11 months old. Martin is listed as 28 and Sarah is 27. They married 2 years prior to the census and Mary was their only child. Martin was a porter at a grocery store. Martin and Sarah were both born in Ireland and Mary was born in PA. They were living in the 6th Ward and can be found in ED 79, Sheet 10B. He registered for the draft as Martin Rafter living at 1410 S. Taylor, Philadelphia, Pa. He was 25 years old having been born November 9, 1882. He worked for Baldwin Locomotive at 15th and Spring Garden, married to Sarah. I can not read what he did at Baldwin. He was described as being of medium height and medium build I don't see them in 1920............. >From: Margaret Dodd <bohunk@PTD.net> >Reply-To: PAPHILAD-L@rootsweb.com >To: PAPHILAD-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [PAPHL] census lookup >Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 11:31:27 -0500 > >Frank O'Neil wrote: > >>Sorry if the data I have is vague but it is all I have to go on. >>Looking for Martin Rafter & Sarah Rafter, They were both born in Ireland >>and lived in the south Philly area from 1900 forward. Any help will be >>appreciated. >>Frank >> >> >The only Martin Rafter married to Sarah I could find was in the 1930 census >in Philly. >They lived at 1545 Marston St. in So. Philadelphia at that time. >Don't know if this is them. >Martin- head- age 47- born Ireland. Came to the US in 1908. was >naturalized. >Sarah- wife- age 46- born Ireland- Came to the US in 1922.- was >naturalized. >Mary- d. - age 20- born Pa. as were all below. >John- s- age 19 >Charles- s. age 17 >Elizabeth- d. - age 15 >Eugene ?- s.- age 14 ( hard to read) >Catherine d. - age 11 >William- s.- age 9 >Nellie Birronia?- grand daughter - age 2 - ( hard to read) >Charles- grandson - age 2 months > >Peggy D. > >> >>==== PAPHILAD Mailing List ==== >>Helpful abbreviations: (APS)American Philosophical Society, [ARI]Annenberg >>Research Institute,(BI)Balch Institute,[DU] Drexel University Library, >>FLP)Free Library of Philadelphia, [GHS] Germantown Historical Society, >>GSP)Genealogical Society of PA, (HSP)Historical Society of PA, LC)Library >>Company, [NARS] National Archives Regional Branch-Philadelphia, >>PCA)Philadelphia City Archives,(PCH)Philadelphia City Hall, >>(PJAC)Philadelphia Jewish Archives Center, (RWA)Register of Wills >>Archives,(TU)Temple University, (UP)University of Pennsylvania Libraries >>and Archives >> >>============================== >>Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >>last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >>http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >> >> >> >> >> > > > >==== PAPHILAD Mailing List ==== >FREE: Search the SSDI [Social Security Death Index] >http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi > >============================== >New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors >at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: >http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 >