Ancestry of
Anna Jarvis

Founder of American Mother's Day

Anna Maria Jarvis

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • Granville Eskridge Jarvis 
  • Mother:
  • Anna Maria Reeves   
  • Birth Date:
  • 1 May 1864 
  • Birth Location:
  • Webster, Taylor, West Virginia 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 24 Nov 1948 
  • Death Location:
  • West Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery, Pennsylvania 
  • Notes: 

  • Founder of Mother's Day in the United States

    Anna Maria Jarvis founded Mother's Day on 10 MAY 1908. It was officially proclaimed by President Woodrow Wilson 09 MAY 1914.

• Sources for Anna Maria Jarvis

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A061780, National #195344.
  • ² Germanna Foundation Database of Descendants, ID-I062187, Record for Anna M Jarvis.
  • ³ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 05/11/2021).
  • ⁴ Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1970, Death certificate for Anna M Jarvis.
  • ⁵ Republican and Herald (Pottsville, Pennsylvania), 24 NOV 1948, p. 1, Obituary for Anna M Jarvis.
  • ⁶ Callahan, James Morton, Genealogical and Personal History of the Upper Monongahela Valley, West Virginia, Vol. 3, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company (1912), 1158.
  • ⁷ Wikipedia, "Anna Jarvis", (accessed 05/11/2021).