Samuel Bridge
(1805-1885)
Ann
(Abt 1806-)
William Beecher
(1816-1897)
Isabella Alexander
(1820-1894)
John Henry Bridge
(1853-1944)
Mary Jemima Beecher
(1847-)
Samuel Beecher Bridge
(1881-1953)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Jessie Ford

Samuel Beecher Bridge 1 2 3 4

  • Born: 26 Aug 1881, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA 1 2 3 4
  • Marriage (1): Jessie Ford on 7 Jun 1905 in , Allegheny, PA 1
  • Died: 24 Mar 1953, Bellevue, Allegheny, PA, USA at age 71 3 4
  • Buried: 27 Mar 1953, Allison Park: Allegheny County Memorial Park, Allegheny, PA, USA 3 4

   FamilySearch ID: LWRJ-993.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1900 in Allegheny City, Allegheny, PA. 2 The 1900 census recorded owning a home at 621 Rebecca St.: John H. Bridge, day laborer, 47, born Sep 1853, living with wife Mary J., 46, born Jan 1854; son Samuel B., salesman, 19, Aug 1881; and son John P., plumber's apprentice, 16, Feb 1884. John and Mary were married about 1879 and she had birthed 5 children by 1900, 2 still alive that year. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania except John H's parents in England.

2. Residence: Bridge Mary widow John rr 414 Avery Allegheny in 1902 in Allegheny City, Allegheny, PA. 5 Also in her home: Bridge Samuel B. clerk rr 414 Avery Allegheny
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3. Newspaper: Pittsburgh Press: Two Sisters To Be Brides - A Double June Wedding Will Take Place in the Valley, 17 May 1905, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. 6 Set for an early date in June are the weddings to two Sewickley sisters, Miss Jessie Ford and Miss Lillian Ford, the daughters of Mrs. and Mrs. John Ford, of Nevin avenue. Miss Jessie Ford will become the bridge of Mrs. Samuel Bridge, of Allegheny, and Miss Lillian Ford will be wedded to Mr. Robert Watson, of Pittsburg. The wedding will be a home affair, the decorations to be carried out in green and white. Only the parents of the contracting parties, and a few intimate friends will be present at the ceremony. A large supper will follow the ceremony. Mr. Bridge and his bride will make their future home in Allegheny and Mr. and Mrs. Watson will reside on Mt. Washington.

4. Residence: 414 Avery St., Pittsburgh, PA on 7 Jun 1905 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. 1

5. Cause of Death: Samuel died at Suburban Hospital from carcinoma of rectum, 24 Mar 1953, Bellevue, Allegheny, PA, USA. 3

6. Occupation: clerk, National Lead & Oil on 24 Mar 1953 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. 3

7. Residence: 113 Meade Ave., Bellevue, PA on 24 Mar 1953 in Bellevue, Allegheny, PA, USA. 3

8. Obituary: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Obituary of Samuel B. Bridge on 26 Mar 1953 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. 7 Bridge - On Tuesday, March 24, 1953, Samuel B., husband of Jessie Ford, of 113 Meade Ave., Bellevue; father of Alfred F. Bridge of McCandless Twp. Friends received at the Edward T. Daugherty Funeral Home, 366 Lincoln Ave., Bellevue, where services will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock.


Samuel married Jessie Ford on 7 Jun 1905 in , Allegheny, PA.1 (Jessie Ford was born on 19 Jan 1881 in Sewickley, Allegheny, PA 1 8 and died on 1 Nov 1970 in Bellevue, Allegheny, PA, USA 8.)


Sources


1 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885 - 1950, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VFMT-77P Samuel B Bridge and Jessie Ford, 07 Jun 1905; citing Marriage, Pennsylvania, county courthouses, Pennsylvania; FHL microfilm 878611.

2 1900 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MS18-4KZ Mary J Bridge in household of John H Bridge, Precinct 3 Allegheny city Ward 1, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 7A, family 137.

3 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death Certificate 21406. Samuel Beecher Bridge. Father John Bridge. Mother Mary Beecher.

4 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/179525367.

5 Ancestry.com, U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995, 1902 Pittsburgh City Directory.

6 Pittsburgh Press (Pittsburgh, PA), 17 May 1905, page 12. Online http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CwkbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=skgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1200%2C417456.

7 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, PA), 26 Mar 1953.

8 North Hills News Record (Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA), 8 Nov 1970, page 19. Death of Mrs. Jessie Ford Bridge.



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