Pennsylvania Families

Alexander and Amanda had 2 sons baptized in Philadelphia in 1855:
St James the Less Church, Baptisms
baptized 14 October 1855
Murray Caldwell Service, born 23 May 1855
Robert Evans Service, born 23 May 1855
both sons of Alexander M and Amanda Melvina
sponsors for both: James and Amelia Dykes
by Rev Anthony Teu Brueck

and are listed as parishioners on July 25, 1856:
St James the Less, Philadelphia, Church Records, roll 1, book 1, 1856
List of Parishioners, July 25, 1856
Mr Alex Service, Falls Village
Mrs A. M. Service, Falls Village

Pennsylvania and NJ Church and Town Records, ancestry.com
image 3 says "St James the Less, Philadelphia, Church Records, roll 1, book 1, 1856

List of Parishioners, July 25, 1856
Mr Alex Service, Falls Village
Mrs A. M. Service, Falls Village

[Google says this is an Episcopal church]

1860 Census Philadelphia Ward 21
June 1, 1860

Alexander Survice, 33, store keeper, PE: $1500 born in Pennsylvania
Amanda Survice, 30, born in Pennsylvania
Robert Survice, 5, born in Pennsylvania
Margaret Survice, 2, born in Pennsylvania

Civil War Draft Registration (at ancestry.com)
July 1, 1863
Ward 24 Philadelphia
Alexander Service, 33, clerk, widower, born in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Septennial Census, 1779 to 1863
Ward 21, Philadelphia
Alexander Service, clerk, white, male

1870 Ward 20, Philadelphia, page 118
July 1, 1870
Alex Servoss, 39, occupation unreadable, born in Pennsylvania
Jennie Servoss, 30, boarding, born in Maine
[Jennie is his wife, they married in Lowell, MA, 16 Nov 1869]

1880 Census, Philadelphia, ED 503, page 289C
June 4, 1880
at 708 Brooklyn Street
Alex M Service, 49, druggist, sick with billious fever, born in Pennsylvania, parents also
Jennie E Service, 32, born in Maine, father also, mother born in British America
Robert E Service, 26, salesman in perfrunery [?] store
May Service, 12
Dora Service, 5

Certificate of Death
[indexed as Senice at ancestry.com]
Alexander M Service
May 30, 1913
born July 29, 1830, Pennsylvania
white, male, married, occupation: druggist
father: John Service, born in Pennsylvania
mother: Catharine McClintic, born in Pennsylvania
informant: Mary S Eutermarks, 836 Highland Avenue
buried June 2, 1913, Westminster Cemetery

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Burial order, Andrew J Bair Funeral Home, Philadelphia
deceased: Alexander M Service
born July 29, 1830, Pennsylvania
died May 30, 1913, Presbyterian Home Bala [Cynwyd?], Pennsylvania
occupation: druggist
father: John Service, born in Pennsylvania
mother: Catharine McClintic, born in Pennsylvania
physician: Charles A Service, City Ave, Bala
buried from 856 Highland Avenue
buried June 2, 1913, Westminster Cemetery
charge to: Mrs Wm Ennis, 856 Highland Avenue

[In 1910 Alexander was living in the Presbyterian Home]