Francis Gillis Stuart1

#19531, (21 February 1852 - 3 May 1912)
Father*George Hay Stuart2 (c 1816 - )
Mother*Martha K Denison2 (c 1820 - 1890)

Family

Mary B Patterson b. 1859
Birth*21 February 1852He was born on 21 February 1852 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.2 
Baptism5 September 1852He was baptized on 5 September 1852 at Presbyterian Church, 11th Street below Market Street, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaG; (prob. location, see citation.)3,4 
26 July 1860He appeared on the census of 26 July 1860 in the household of George Hay Stuart and Martha K Denison at 8th Ward, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, age 7.5 
4 June 1870He appeared on the census of 4 June 1870 in the household of Martha K Denison and George Hay Stuart at 8th Ward, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, age 18, b. PA.6 
2 June 1880He appeared on the census of 2 June 1880 in the household of Martha K Denison and George Hay Stuart at 1339 Pine Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, age 28, nephew of Frances Rumsey.7 
Marriage*30 October 1889He married Mary B Patterson, daughter of Jonathan Patterson Jr. and Theresa E Bouvier, on 30 October 1889 at Pennsylvania.1,8 
June 1900He appeared on the census of June 1900 in the household of Theresa E Bouvier at 339 18th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as Frank, son-in-law, age 48, b. and mother b. PA, father b. Ireland.9 
1910He appeared on the census of 1910 in the household of Theresa E Bouvier at 339 South 18th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, son-in-law, age 56, b. PA, marr. 20 yrs.10 
Death*3 May 1912He died on 3 May 1912 at 339 South 18th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at age 60.2 

Citations

  1. [S1575] Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Marriage Indexes, 1885-1951, online FamilySearch.com, P> img. 43/211. Mary Brown Patterson and ---Stuart, 1889, lic. no. 29638. S, part 2, img. 228/279. Francis G Stuart and --- Patterson, 1889, lic. 29638.
  2. [S1582] Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915, online FamilySearch.com, Folder 4009248, img. 557/569, img. 557/569. File No. 10991. Francis G Stuart, b. Philadelphia PA 21 Feb 1852, son of George H Stuart, b. Ireland, and Martha K Denison, b. Philadelphia PA; marr., d. 3 May 1912, 339 S. 18th St., Philadelphia, age 60y 2m 12d, apoplexy; inf. R R Bringhurst, undertaker; bur. St. Mary's Church Yard, __ St. above Spruce, 6 May 1912.
  3. [S1733] Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, online Ancestry.com, PA - Philadelphia> Philadelphia> Presbyterian> Wylie United Presbyterian Church (Reel 208), img. 62/319. Register no. 963. Francis Gillis, child of Geo H and Martha K Stuart, b. 22 Feb 1852, bapt. 5 Sep 1852.
    This was one of last baptisms in the old church which records begin in 1820 and so was likely the building on 11th Street below Market (see other citation). The Register notes the first baptism in the "new Church, Broad St." on 7 May 1854. This was the baptism of Charles Duff Stuart, younger brother of Francis Gillis Stuart.
  4. [S1779] Rev. Thomas A Hoyt, Dedication Souvenir of the Chambers-Wylie Memorial Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia: Ferris & Leach, printers, 1901), "The congregation having increased in numbers, erected a new building on Eleventh Street, below Market, then known as Marble Alley, and removed to that place in 1818."
  5. [S19] 1860 U.S. Federal Census. Geo H (44), b. PA [sic], dry goods merchant, real estate value $50000, personal estate value $30000; Mary N [sic] (37), b. PA.
  6. [S18] 1870 U.S. Federal Census. Geo H (54), b. Ireland, dry goods merchant; Martha K (54), b. PA.
  7. [S17] 1880 U.S. Federal Census. George H (64), brother-in-law, B. and parents b. Ireland, bank president; Martha (60), sister, b. and parents b. PA; household of Frances Rumsey.
  8. [S1658] U.S. Passport Applications, Jan. 2, 1906 - Mar. 31, 1925, Publication M1490, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, District of Columbia, online Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org, Roll 2278, img. 617/860, Appl. 296696, 23 May 1923. Mary Patterson, b. PA 30 Sep 1859, wid. of Francis G Stuart, b. Philadelphia, d. 3 may 1912; res. 58 West 47th Street, NYC; traveling for two months to France, England, Switzerland, Holland and Italy (with first cousin, also wid.), on the Canopic.
  9. [S5] 1900 U.S. Federal Census. Theresa (73), wid., b. and parents b. PA, 7 children, 6 living.
  10. [S8] 1910 U.S. Federal Census. Therese (83), wid., b. and mother b. PA, father b. France, 7 children, 6 living.