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Allison Janney

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Mary Catherine Murtagh

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• • 2nd Great-grandmother of Allison Janney — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 31 
  • Father:
  • James Charles Murtagh 
  • Mother:
  • Hannah H. Townsend   
  • Birth Date:
  • from 3 May 1845 to 5 May 1846 
  • Birth Location:
  • Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 14 Feb 1909 
  • Death Location:
  • West Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania 
  • Burial Date:
  • 17 Feb 1909 
  • Burial Location:
  • Oaklands Cemetery, West Goshen Township, Chester, Pennsylvania 
  • Spouse Name:
  • James Croxall Brooks
  • Marriage Date:
  • 25 Jan 1872 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Church of the Holy Trinity, West Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania 
  • Children:
  
  

  Mary Brooks

  Frances Annette Brooks (Ahnentafel No:15 )

  • Notes: 

  • Mary's tombstone gives her birthdate as 03 MAY 1845 while her death certificate gives it as 05 MAY 1846.

• Additional marriages for Mary Catherine Murtagh

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  • Spouse:
  • John Tweddle
  • Marriage Date:
  • 12 Sep 1867
  • Marriage Location:
  • Church of the Holy Trinity, West Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania

• Sources for Mary Catherine Murtagh

  • ¹ Federal Census, PA, Philadelphia County, 1900, Philadelphia Ward 24, E.D. 578, Sheet 12A, Image 23 of 26.
  • ² Federal Census, PA, Chester County, 1850, West Chester, Image 15 of 76.
  • ³ Federal Census, PA, Chester County, 1860, West Chester, p. 57, Image 57 of 120.
  • ⁴ Federal Census, PA, Chester County, 1870, West Chester, p. 84, Image 84 of 142.
  • ⁵ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 05/28/2025).
  • ⁶ Pennsylvania and New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, Marriage record for James C Brooks and Mary C Tweddle.
  • ⁷ Pennsylvania and New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, Marriage record for John Tweddle and Mary Murtagh.
  • ⁸ Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1972, Death certificate for Mary Catherine Brooks.
  • ⁹ Porter, Joseph W., ed., The Bangor Historical Magazine, Bangor, Maine: Benjamin A. Burr, Printer, 1886, Vol. 1, No. 9, p. 158.