Genealogy Report: Descendants of Michael Orren Pray
Descendants of Michael Orren Pray
2.SARAH CATHERINE3 PRAY (MICHAEL ORREN2, MR.1) was born 24 July 1879 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, and died 30 March 1927 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.She married EDWIN CLARK COULSON, SR. 30 April 1902 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, son of WILLIAM COULSON and ANNA BAKER.He was born 27 January 1877 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, and died 15 February 1968 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
Notes for SARAH CATHERINE PRAY:
Per data error report she was born 22 years after the marriage date.
1st wife.
Per FamilySearch Ancestral File v4.19 Family Group Record # 1 - last updated 3/22/1999: born possibly in De. (Per the Mormon print out.) I have other ducuments that does not support this. MKNP March 2002.
Per FamilySearch Ancestral File v4.19 Family Group Record # 2 - last updated 3/22/1999: there are 2 children listed as 'living, no other info provided'. The son named Edwin, Jr. is not listed so I might assume he is one of the 'living, no other info' listings. In addition Edwin Clark COULSON is not listed as Sr. Seven kids are listed here but elsewhere only 6 are referred to.
Per FamilySearch Ancestral File v4.19 Family Group Record # 3 - last updated 3/22/1999: there is 1 child listed as 'living, no other info provided'. The son named Edwin, Jr. is not listed so I might assume he is the one 'living, no other info' listed. Yet his date of death is 31 May 1978, so he isn't still living at the time this report was made. In addition Edwin Clark COULSON is listed as Sr. yet there is no child listed as Jr. to reflect him being Sr. Six kids are listed here - 1 of those as 'living'. The 1st child listed - which I made no record in FTM for - is Elizabeth, Sr. born about 1746 and died 31 May 1978 both in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Now this gal lived a long time!! Her dod is the same as Edwin Clark COULSON, Jr. and Ruth Emma COULSON who died 30 or 31 May 1978.
Per Family Group Record-45: Edwin and Sarah were married 30 April 1902.
Per Family Group Record-45 Documentation Sheet: Edwin and Sarah were married 20 April 1902.
Per Individual Record for Sarah Catherine PRAY, Edwin Clark COULSON has an AFN: 3S2M-2W.
Also Edwin Clark COULSON has an AFN: H73V-XP.
I don't know why there are 2 AFN # assigned, maybe because Ruth submitted him and her daughter Barbara Ann SPENCER, his spouse.
More About SARAH CATHERINE PRAY:
Date born 2: Possibly Delaware
INFORMATION TO ACQUIRE:
Checking a 1905, 1910, 1915, 1920 census would help with these names and dates.
More About SARAH CATHERINE PRAY:
Age at death (Facts Pg): ^47 years 8 months 6 days
Notes for EDWIN CLARK COULSON, SR.:
Per 1900 Pennsylvania Census Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, 12 June 1900; Hawthorn St., house # 4910, house dwelling 179, family # 184; COULSON, Wm H., head of house white, male, February 1842, age 58, married, 24 years, birthplace Pennsylvania, father's birthplace Pennsylvania, mother's birthplace Pennsylvania, occupation (looks like, blacked out by blob) W..tchman, 0 days unemployed, able to read and write and speaks English, rents, house; Anna E., wife, white, female, February 1842, age 58, married, 24 years, mother of 4 children, 4 children living, birthplace Pennsylvania, father's birthplace Pennsylvania, mother's birthplace Pennsylvania, no occupation, able to read and write and speaks English; William, son, white, male, August 1871, age 28, single, birthplace Pennsylvania, father's birthplace Pennsylvania, mother's birthplace Pennsylvania, occupation dyer, 0 days unemployed, able to read and write and speaks English; Edwin C., son, white, male, January 1877, age 23, single, birthplace Pennsylvania, father's birthplace Pennsylvania, mother's birthplace Pennsylvania, occupation dyer, 0 days unemployed, able to read and write and speaks English; Henry H., son, white, male, January 1883, age 17, single, birthplace Pennsylvania, father's birthplace Pennsylvania, mother's birthplace Pennsylvania, occupation unable to make out - something like Mowoesa Fin…???, 0 days unemployed, able to read and write and speaks English.
Family Archive #914 Census Microfilm Records: Pennsylvania, 1900
Lived in: 23 Ward Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Series: T623 Microfilm: 1465 Book: 2 Page: 20ED 531 or 581 ED 1 Sheet 8
Notes for EDWIN CLARK COULSON, SR.:
Per Family Group Record-45 Documentation: he was a banker - Mortgage Loan Department. Resided Tacony, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I find no town called Tacony in Pennsylvania, 2 atlases.
1st marriage: 20 April 1902 to Sarah Catherine PRAY.
2nd marriage: 20 August 1930 to Ivy Miriam HARRISON, born 28 September 1893, England, died 16 January 1976, Holmesburg, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Her father was John Harry HARRISON, born England, 10 March 1872, died in 1953. (maybe Holmesburg is the name of a cemetery)
Per Family Group Record-45: Edwin and Sarah were married 30 April 1902.
Per Family Group Record-45 Documentation Sheet: Edwin and Sarah were married 20 April 1902.
Per FamilySearch Ancestral File v4.19 Family Group Record # 2 - last updated 3/22/1999: there are 2 children listed as 'living, no other info provided'. The son named Edwin, Jr. is not listed so I might assume he is one of the 'living, no other info' listings. In addition Edwin Clark COULSON is not listed as Sr. Seven kids are listed here but elsewhere only 6 are referred to.
Per FamilySearch Ancestral File v4.19 Family Group Record # 3 - last updated 3/22/1999: there is 1 child listed as 'living, no other info provided'. The son named Edwin, Jr. is not listed so I might assume he is the one 'living, no other info' listed. Yet his date of death is 31 May 1978, so he isn't still living at the time this report was made. In addition Edwin Clark COULSON is listed as Sr. yet there is no child listed as Jr. to reflect him being Sr. Six kids are listed here - 1 of those as 'living'. The 1st child listed - which I made no record in FTM for - is Elizabeth, Sr. born about 1746 and died 31 May 1978 both in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Now this gal lived a long time!! Her dod is the same as Edwin Clark COULSON, Jr. and Ruth Emma COULSON who died 30 or 31 May 1978.
Per FamilySearch Ancestral File v4.19 Individual Record for Sarah Catherine PRAY, Edwin Clark COULSON has an AFN: 3S2M-2W.
Also Edwin Clark COULSON has an AFN: H73V-XP.
I don't know why there are 2 AFN # assigned, maybe because Ruth submitted him and her daughter Barbara Ann SPENCER, his spouse.
FamilySearch Ancestral File v4.19 Individual Record Ivy Marian HARRISON last updated 22 March 1999, his name is not listed as Sr.
More About EDWIN CLARK COULSON, SR.:
Date born 2: Possibly Delaware
Marriage Notes for SARAH PRAY and EDWIN COULSON:
Per Family Group Record-45: Edwin and Sarah were married 30 April 1902.
Per Family Group Record-45 Documentation Sheet: Edwin and Sarah were married 20 April 1902.
[Brøderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 4, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Social Security Death Index, Surnames from A through L, Date of Import: 24 Mar 2002, Internal Ref. #1.111.4.50724.153]
Individual: Coulson, Edwin
Birth date: 27 Jan 1877
Death date: Feb 1968
Social Security #: 180-18-0564
Last residence: Pennsylvania 19136
State of issue: Pennsylvania
Residence code: Pennsylvania
ZIP Code of last known residence: 19136
Primary location associated with this ZIP Code: Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Descendants of Edwin Clark Coulson, Sr.; son Edwin and daughter Ruth died on the same date; one file lists 7 kids the other 6 kids (see notes above for FamilySearch Ancestral File v4.19 Family Group Record # 2 and # 3):
1 Edwin Clark COULSON, Sr. b: 27 January 1877 d: 15 February 1968
. +Sarah Catherine PRAY b: 24 July 1879 m: 30 April 1902 d: 30 March 1927
....... 2 Edith Myrtle COULSON b: 19 February 1903 d: 04 July 1903
....... 2 Catherine Elizabeth COULSONb: 01 February 1904 d: 02 September 1979
........... +Peter Theodore HELD b: 05 November 1892m: 04 May 1940 d: 24 November 1948
....... 2 Ruth Emma COULSON b: 24 August 1905 d: 31 May 1978
........... +Elmer RYALLS b: 12 January 1901 m: 11 October 1930 d: 17 October 1984
....... 2 Edna Cecelia COULSON b: 25 January 1908 d: 05 June 1941
....... 2 Edwin Clark COULSON, Jr. b: 29 January 1911 d: 31 May 1978
........... +Helen B. WILLIAMS m: Bef. 1944
....... *2nd Wife of Edwin Clark COULSON, Jr.:
........... +Hazel BETZ b: 03 November 1916m: 11 April 1945 d: May 1995
....... 2 Dorothy COULSON b: 07 March 1913 d: 1991
....... 2 Child COULSON b: Aft. 1913
*2nd Wife of Edwin Clark COULSON, Sr.:
. +Ivy Miriam HARRISON b: 28 September 1893m: 20 August 1930d: 16 January 1976
More About EDWIN CLARK COULSON, SR.:
Education: 1900, Able to read, write and speaks English
Last Known Residence: February 1968, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania 19136
Occupation: 1900, Dyer
Residence: 1900, Lives on Hawthorne St.
Residence code from SS: Pennsylvania
Social Security Number: 180-18-0564
State of Issue: Pennsylvania
Marriage Notes for SARAH PRAY and EDWIN COULSON:
Ruth Rittenhouse Family Group Record-45 dated 25 December 1999, received 3 February 2000 - Documentation sheet.
More About EDWIN COULSON and SARAH PRAY:
Death of one spouse: 30 March 1927, Sarah Catherine died
Marriage: 30 April 1902, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Children of SARAH PRAY and EDWIN COULSON are:
| i. | EDITH MYRTLE4 COULSON, b. 19 February 1903, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; d. 04 July 1903. |
| Notes for EDITH MYRTLE COULSON: Notes for EDITH MYRTLE COULSON: Per Family Group Record-45; died in infancy. |
| More About EDITH MYRTLE COULSON: Age at death (Facts Pg): 4 months |
| ii. | CATHERINE ELIZABETH COULSON, b. 01 February 1904, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; d. 02 September 1979, Moorestown, Burlington County, New Jersey; m. PETER THEODORE HELD, 04 May 1940, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; b. 05 November 1892, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; d. 24 November 1948. |
| Notes for CATHERINE ELIZABETH COULSON: Notes for CATHERINE ELIZABETH COULSON: Per Family Group Record-45 Documentation Sheet: Catherine kept the records of her mother's family back to her grandparents, Michael Orren PRAY and Catherine Cuthbert MILLER. Per Family Group Record-45 Documentation Sheet: Catherine married Peter Theodore HELD, born 5 November 1892, died 24 November 1948. They were married in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania and had no children. No children with Peter Theodore HELD, per Ruth RITTENHOUSE Family Group Record-45 Documentation Sheet. |
| More About CATHERINE ELIZABETH COULSON: Individual Note: No children with Peter Theodore Held |
| Notes for PETER THEODORE HELD: More About PETER THEODORE HELD: Date born 2: Abt. 1900, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania More About PETER HELD and CATHERINE COULSON: Marriage: 04 May 1940, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania No children with Catherine Elizabeth COULSON, per Ruth RITTENHOUSE Family Group Record-45 Documentation Sheet. Individual: Held, Peter SS#: 186-01-9796 SS# issued in: Pennsylvania Birth date: 18 Mar 1916 Death date: 22 Apr 1994 ZIP Code of last known residence: 32966 Primary location associated with this ZIP Code: Vero Beach, Indian River County, Florida I know this is not our Peter but it sure seems strange that state of issue is Pennsylvania where all the others in the clan are from and died in Vero Beach, Indian River County, Florida where Hazel BETZ COULSON wife of Edwin Clark COULSON, Jr. also died. Maybe he is a child of Peter and Catherine; he'd be the right age for that, but yet notes above say they had no children - who knows - Listed Notes section and master SS list only, not merged into Facts section. MKNP March 2002. |
| More About PETER THEODORE HELD: Individual Note: No children with Catherine Elizabeth Coulson |
| More About PETER HELD and CATHERINE COULSON: Death of one spouse: 24 November 1948, Peter died Marriage: 04 May 1940, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania |
| 6. | iii. | RUTH EMMA COULSON, b. 24 August 1905, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; d. 31 May 1978, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. | |
| iv. | EDNA CECELIA COULSON, b. 25 January 1908, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; d. 05 June 1941, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. |
| Notes for EDNA CECELIA COULSON: Notes for EDNA CECELIA COULSON: Per Ruth RITTENHOUSE Family Group Record-45 Documentation Sheet: she was unmarried. Died at age 33. |
| More About EDNA CECELIA COULSON: Age at death (Facts Pg): 33 years Individual Note: Never married |
| 7. | v. | EDWIN CLARK COULSON, JR., b. 29 January 1911, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; d. 31 May 1978, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. | |
| vi. | DOROTHY COULSON, b. 07 March 1913, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; d. 07 December 1991, Miami, Dade County, Florida. |
| Notes for DOROTHY COULSON: Notes for DOROTHY COULSON: Ruth RITTENHOUSE Family Group Record-45 dated 3 February 2000 - Documentation sheet: She was a nurse. Unmarried. Lived in Florida. Died in 1991. [Brøderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 4, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Social Security Death Index, Surnames from A through L, Date of Import: 24 Mar 2002, Internal Ref. #1.111.4.50724.115] Individual: Coulson, Dorothy Birth date: 7 Mar 1913 Death date: 7 Dec 1991 Social Security #: 182-24-0057 State of issue: Pennsylvania that's all there is. . . . . |
| More About DOROTHY COULSON: Individual Note: Never married, died with the name she was born with Occupation: Nurse Residence: Miami, Dade County, Florida Social Security Number: 182-24-0057 State of Issue: Pennsylvania |
| vii. | CHILD COULSON, b. Private. |