Alexander M Service

Birth Name Alexander M Service
Gender male
Age at Death 82 years, 10 months, 1 day

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth July 29, 1830 Pennsylvania, United States   1a
Residence 1855 Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States    
Event Note

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

Religion (Husband) July 25, 1856 Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States   2a
Event Note

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]

Census (Head) June 1, 1860 Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States   3a
Event Note

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

Census 1863 Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States    
Event Note

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

Draft Registration July 1, 1863 Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States Ward 24  
Event Note

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

 

Census (Head) July 1, 1870 Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States   4a
Event Note

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]

Census (Head) June 4, 1880 Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States 708 Brooklyn Street 5a
Event Note

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

Death May 30, 1913 Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States   1a
Event Note

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]

Burial June 2, 1913 Westminster Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Lower Marion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States   1a

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father John Servicebetween 1791 and 1800
Mother Catherine McClintockabout 1811
    Brother     Leckey Murray Service about 1820 February 27, 1888
    Brother     John P Service about 1823 November 23, 1844
    Brother     Charles M Service about 1828
         Alexander M Service July 29, 1830 May 30, 1913
    Sister     Catherine Service about November 29, 1832 June 24, 1927

Families

Family of Alexander M Service and Amanda Melvina
Married Wife Amanda Melvina ( b. about 1830 d. before July 1, 1863 )
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Robert Evans ServiceMay 23, 1855
Murray Caldwell ServiceMay 23, 1855June 7, 1859
Margaret Serviceabout 1858

Family of Alexander M Service and Jane T
Married Wife Jane T ( b. about 1840 d. August 29, 1907 )

Source References

  1. Pennsylvania Death Certificates
      • Page: Alexander Service, May 30, 1913, Philadelphia
  2. Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records
      • Page: St James the Less, Philadelphia, list of parishioners
  3. 1860 United States Census
      • Page: Philadelphia, Ward 21, page 88
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXR8-1P7 : 19 March 2020), Alexander Survice, 1860.

  4. National Archives and Records Administration: 1870 United States Census
      • Page: Ward 20, Philadelphia, page 118
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ5T-ZRZ : 19 March 2020), Alex *oss, 1870.

  5. 1880 United States Census
      • Page: Philadelphia, ED 503, page 289C
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWJR-84G : 21 August 2017), Alex M Service, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 503, sheet 289C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,183.