Charles Harrison Felty ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9}

   FamilySearch ID: L441-SGJ.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1880 in Pine Grove, Schuylkill, PA. ¹¹ The 1880 census recorded Ezra Felty, works on farm, 26, living with wife Emma R., 27; Harrison, 9; Mary F., 7; Katie M., 5; and Sadie M., 2. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

2. Occupation: teamster on 16 Jan 1892 in Reading, Berks, PA. ¹²

3. Residence: 8120 N. 8th St., Reading, Pa. On 16 Jan 1892 in Reading, Berks, PA. ¹²

4. Census in 1900 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ⁸ The 1900 census recorded at 43 N. 10th Street: Charles H. Felty, brakeman on rail road, 30, born Oct 1870, living with wife Nellie M., occupation colliner, 30, Aug 1869. They were married for 3 years and she had birthed no children by 1900. They were living in apartment headed by widow Mary E. Jones, 38, Aug 1862.

5. Residence: on 20 Jun 1909 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ¹

6. Census in 1910 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ¹³ The 1910 census recorded renting at 2445 16th Street: Charles H. Felty, railroad baggage master, 39, living with wife Nellie, 39. The census records it is the second marriage for both, so this Nellie is Nellie (Mary Ellen) Beacher. Nellie had previously birthed 3 children by 1910 and all were alive that year, but none were living with her. Also in the home was brother-in-law Harry Beacher, carpenter, 30, married 7 years ago, but he is without his wife. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

7. Census in 1920 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ¹⁴ The 1920 census recorded owning a home at 4564 19th Street: Charles H. Felty, steam railroad conductor, 48, living with wife Nellie M., 48; and daughter Sarah E. Humphries, examiner in yarn mill, 26. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

8. Census in 1930 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ¹⁵ The 1930 census recorded owning a $6,000 home at 4564 N. 19th Street: Charles H. Felty, rail road conductor, 59, living with wife Mary E., 58; stepdaughter Sarah Bright, private practical nurse, 36, single; and granddaughter Victoria Adams, 14. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania except Victoria's father in England. Charles and Mary were married at age 20 and 21 respectively, so, about 1893.

9. Census in 1940 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ⁵ The 1940 census recorded renting at 4560 N. Smedley: Charles H. Felty, 69, living with wife Mary E., 69; and stepdaughter Sarah Bright, private nurse, 48, single. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. They lived in the same place in 1935.

10. Residence: 1636 Blavis Street, Philadelphia, Pa. On 20 Apr 1950 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ⁴

11. Obituary: Philadelphia Inquirer: obituary of Charles Felty on 13 Jan 1957 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ¹⁰ FELTY -- On Jan. 10, 1957, formerly of 1636 Blavis St., Charles H., husband of the late Mary Beacher Felty. Relatives, friends, members of the Kynett Methodist Church and Athelstan Lodge No. 482, F. and A. M., are invited to the services, Tues., 2:30 P. M., Parlors of Harold B. Mulligan, 1119 W. Lehigh ave. Int. Hillside Cem. Friends may call Mon. eve. Masonic service 8 P. M.

Charles married Etta M. Schultz on 16 Jan 1892 in Reading: St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Berks, PA.^{1 2} The marriage ended in divorce. (Etta M. Schultz was born in Aug 1869 in , , PA ⁸.)

Charles next married Mary Ellen Beacher, daughter of John Jacob Beacher Jr. and Angeline Ocum, on 20 Jun 1909 in Wilmington, New Castle, DE.^{1 3} (Mary Ellen Beacher was born on 31 Aug 1867 in , Schuylkill, PA,¹⁶ died on 20 Apr 1950 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA ⁴ and was buried on 24 Apr 1950 in Roslyn: Hillside Cemetery, Montgomery, PA ⁴.)