Mary A. Torrey

Mary A. Torrey¹

• Marriage*: Spouse=William Knowles Moore¹
• Birth*: circa 1851; Birth year calculated from reported age at death on death certificate. Consistent with birth year calculated from age on passport application.
• Death*: 21 November 1920; Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania²
• Burial*: 23 November 1920; Riverside Cemetery, Riverside, Burlington Co., New Jersey²

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Notes

• Note*: Delanco First Presbyterian church records:
  
  Register of Communicants:
  Mrs. Mary Akerly Torrey Moore; admitted 8 Apr 1883 on profession; Status: died; Remarks: Retired March 1915.
  
  Register of Baptisms:
  Wm Knowles Moore; Baptized by Allen H Brown; Parents: W. K. + Mary Moore; Born: 29 Aug 1881; Baptized: 5 Apr 1884.³
• Note: Death certificate:
  
  Mary T Moore [initial T or F inserted, by different hand]
  Death: 21 Nov 1920
  Location: 4801 Lancaster Ave, 44th ward, [Philadelphia]
  Burial: 23 Nov 1920, Riverside Cem., Riverside, N.J.
  File No. 112230, Registered No 25533
  Widow, age 69
  Father: Hiram Dwight Torrey
  Mother: Mary Woodward
  Informant: E. L. Pusey, 3924 Lancaster Ave.²
• Note: "Find Aged 'Lost' Woman
  
  Mrs. Mary Moore, an inmate of the Union Home for Aged Ladies, 4801 Lancaster avenue, was found in an exhausted condition and suffering from exposure in Durham Park. Forty-eighth street and Lancaster avenue, early yesterday. She is in the West Philadelphia Homeopathic Hospital.
  Mrs. Moore who is sixty years old wandered away from the institution Saturday night. She wore neither hat nor coat and was not warmly dressed. When her absence was discovered the police in the entire city were asked to search for her. Several hours later she was found unconscious within a half block of the home, in the square."⁴