Blanche McGraw/McGrath

Birth Name Blanche McGraw/McGrath
Gender female
Age at Death 93 years, 7 months, 17 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth February 20, 1879 Canton, Stark County, Ohio, United States   1a
Event Note

Ohio, County Births
Record of Births, Probate Court, Stark County
Blanch E McGraw
February 20, 1879
place: "City", Stark County, Ohio
father: John McGraw
mother: Anna Griffin
residence of parents: Canton

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Census (Daughter) June 1, 1880 Canton, Stark County, Ohio, United States 1880 John McGraw household 2a
Event Note

1880 Census, Canton, Stark County, Ohio, ED 137, Sheet 362A
June 1, 1880

John McGraw, 32, laborer, born in Ireland, parents also
Annie McGraw, 29, born in New York, parents in Ireland
Grace McGraw, 7,
Louis McGraw, 4,
Albert McGraw, 3,
Blanche McGraw, 1,

all children born in Ohio

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Census (Daughter) June 15, 1900 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States 2488 Elmo 3a
Event Note

1900 Census Cleveland, ED 136, sheet 15
June 15, 1900
owns the home at 2488 Elmo

John McGraw, 52, August 1847, married 30 years, born in Ireland, parents also, arrived 1864, naturalized, laborer (iron)
Anna McGraw, 48, May 1852, 6 children, 5 alive, born in New York, father in Ireland, mother in New York
Esther McGraw, 5, January 1895
Louis McGraw, 25, November 1874, single, no occupation [was erased]
Albert McGraw, 23, January 1877, rod finisher
Blanche McGraw, 21, February 1879, no occupation
Lida McGraw, 15, February 1885, at school

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Census (Daughter) April 21, 1910 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States 4021 East 89th 4a
Event Note

1910 Census Ward 18, Cleveland, ED 270, sheet 1A
April 21, 1910
4021 East 89th
[note: this is the same house as 2488 Elmo in 1900]

Anna McGraw, 56, married 1x, 7 children, 5 alive, born in New York, parents in Ireland
Blanche McGraw, 27, single, stenographer, abstract office
Lila McGraw, 27, single
Esther McGraw, 15, single

all children born in Ohio

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Census (Daughter) January 3, 1920 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States 4025 East 89th 5a
General

1920 Census Ward 15, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, Series T625, Roll 1367, Page 97, ED 293, Sheet 3A, January 3, 1920

household 36
owns the mortgaged home at 4025 East 89th St.
Margaret Cushing, Head, 45, Widowed, born in Ohio parents in Ireland, no occupation
Helen Cushing, daughter, 23, single, born in Ohio, father in Pennsylvania, mother in Ohio, coal clerk, office
Anna M Cushing, daughter, 21, born in Ohio, father in Pennsylvania, mother in Ohio, typist, office
Alice Cushing, daughter, 20, single, born in Ohio, father in Pennsylvania, mother in Ohio, mender, woolen mills
Lucy Sloan, sister, 39, widowed, born in Ohio parents in Ireland, operator, telephone
Susie Sloan, niece, 10, born in Ohio, father in Ireland, mother in Ohio
Anna M Sloan, niece, 9, born in Ohio, father in Ireland, mother in Ohio
Matthew Sloan, nephew 7, born in Ohio, father in Ireland, mother in Ohio
Lucy Sloan, niece, 3y 10m, born in Ohio, father in Ireland, mother in Ohio
Anna Rodgers, mother, 74, widowed, born in Ireland, native language English, same for parents. Arrived 1871, Naturalized 1876, no occupation
Grace Rodgers, niece, 20, single, born in Ohio, father in England, mother in Ohio, stenographer, office
Coletta Rodgers, niece, 15, single, born in Ohio, father in England, mother in Ohio, school
Con Keating, boarder, 64, widowed, born in Ohio parents in Ireland, heater, steel mill

Coletta and Grace are Anna's son William's daughters.
All who were asked could read and write and speak English. All were wage workers, not salaried or self-employed.

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Census (Sister) April 19, 1930 Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States 1930 Esther Hover household 6a
Event Note

1930 Census, Cleveland Heights, ED 580, sheet 22a
April 19, 1930
rents at 3377 Dellwood Road

Esther Hover, 32, widowed, born in Ohio, father in Northern Ireland, mother in New York, no occupation
Harry Hover, 12, son, born in Ohio
Robert Hover, 10, son, born in Ohio
Dolores Hover, 2m, daughter, born in Ohio
Anna McGrath, 75, mother, widowed, born in New York, father also, mother in Ohio
Blanche McGrath, 39, sister, born in Ohio, father in Northern Ireland, mother in New York, clerk, abstract company

The father of the Hover children was born in Ohio.

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Residence (Informant) January 27, 1939 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States 573 East 117th 7a
Event Note

Ohio Deaths, File #1738
not indexed, had to browse.
Anna McGrath
January 27, 1939
at 573 East 117th, Cleveland
white, female, widowed
born May 9, 1854, Canton, Ohio
age 84y 8m 18d
husband: John J
father: John Griffin, born in Ireland
mother: Anna , born in Ireland
informant: Blanche McGrath, daughter, 573 East 117th
buried: January 30, 1939, Knollwood Cemetery

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Death October 8, 1972 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States   8a
Event Note

SSDI
Blanche McGrath
died October 1972
born February 20, 1879
last residence: Cuyahoga County, Ohio

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Ohio Death Index
Blanche McGrath
October 8, 1972
white, female, single, 93
at PHS Mt Sinai Medical Center
residence: Cleveland

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Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father John J McGraw/McGrathAugust 1847before 1920
Mother Anna GriffinMay 1852January 27, 1939
    Sister     Mary Grace McGraw March 1875 between 1904 and 1910
    Brother     Louis McGraw November 1874
    Brother     Albert H McGraw/McGrath January 21, 1877 May 22, 1917
         Blanche McGraw/McGrath February 20, 1879 October 8, 1972
    Brother     Male McGraw September 13, 1882
    Sister     Lila McGraw February 1885
    Sister     Esther A McGraw/McGrath January 3, 1895 April 3, 1971

Source References

  1. Ohio County Births
      • Page: February 20, 1879, Blanche McGraw, Canton
  2. National Archives and Records Administration: 1880 United States Census
      • Page: Canton, Stark County, Ohio, ED 137, Sheet 362A
  3. 1900 United States Federal Census
      • Page: Cleveland, ED 136, sheet 15
  4. 1910 United States Federal Census
      • Page: Ward 18, Cleveland, ED 270, sheet 1A
  5. National Archives and Records Administration: 1920 United States Census
      • Page: Ward 15, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, Series T625, Roll 1367, Page 97, ED 293, Sheet 3A
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDRT-24B : accessed 20 February 2018), Margaret Cushing, Cleveland Ward 15, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States; citing ED 293, sheet 3A, line 16, family 36, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1367; FHL microfilm 1,821,367.

  6. National Archives and Records Administration: 1930 United States Census
      • Page: Cleveland Heights, ED 580, sheet 22a
  7. Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953
      • Page: 1939, File #1738, Anna McGrath, Cleveland
  8. Ohio Death Records
      • Page: October 8, 1972 , Cleveland, Blanche McGrath