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1. | Mary Jane Bailey was born in Feb 1859 in Blair, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 20 Apr 1915 in 1716 Walnut, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. Mary married Jordan W Burruss in 1879. Jordan (son of Robert Burruss, I and Charlott Winston) was born on 14 Feb 1849 in Caroline, Virginia, USA; died on 25 Aug 1910 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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2. | Homezellah Burruss (1.Mary1) was born on 1 Nov 1881 in District Of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA; died on 27 Jun 1975; was buried in 201 South 30th, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. Homezellah married Robert Percy Allen on 16 May 1917 in Sunbury, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA. Robert (son of John C Allen and Mary Louise Carter) was born on 19 Mar 1880 in Baltimore, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA; died on 23 Oct 1961 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
3. | James William Burruss (1.Mary1) was born on 9 Jul 1886 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 21 Mar 1931 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. James married Bessie Ellen Smith in 1918 in Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. Bessie (daughter of Charles Smith and Sarah Weims) was born about 1889 in Baltimore, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
4. | Jordan Ulysses Burruss, I (1.Mary1) was born in Feb 1885 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. Jordan married Carrie Brown on 24 Apr 1909. Carrie (daughter of William Brown and Rachel Mayers) was born in Nov 1890 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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5. | Charles H Burruss (1.Mary1) was born on 31 Dec 1880 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 18 Oct 1913 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. |
6. | Mary E Burruss (1.Mary1) was born on 18 Sep 1885 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 3 Nov 1938 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA; was buried in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. Family/Spouse: Lawrence Riggs Wormley. Lawrence (son of William Henry Ashford Wormley and Adelaide Shadd) was born on 22 Dec 1885 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA; died on 7 Sep 1962 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA; was buried in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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7. | Autaway St Clair Burruss (1.Mary1) was born on 21 Sep 1902 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 23 Jan 1968 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. Family/Spouse: Harry Russell Blakey. Harry (son of Minor Audley Clark, II and Emma Virginia Jackson, son of Bernard Blakey and Emma Virginia Jackson) was born on 10 May 1900 in Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Autaway married Theodore Nathaniel Webb on 10 Nov 1941 in District of Columbia, USA. Theodore (son of Father Unknown Webb and Mother Unknown Webb) was born on 28 Dec 1888 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA; died on 27 Apr 1960 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA; was buried in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
8. | Jordan Ulysses Burruss, II (4.Jordan2, 1.Mary1) was born on 16 May 1909 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 28 Apr 1979; was buried in Steelton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. Jordan married Geraldine Brown in 1939 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
9. | Stanton Lawrence Wormley, Ph.D (6.Mary2, 1.Mary1) was born on 7 Feb 1909 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA; died on 14 Aug 1993 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA; was buried in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. Stanton married Freida Alma Hare on 8 Sep 1936 in District of Columbia, USA. Freida was born on 8 Apr 1922 in New Hampshire; died on 21 Nov 2010 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Family/Spouse: Living Just. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
10. | Constance A Blakey (7.Autaway2, 1.Mary1) was born on 11 Aug 1920 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 2 Jan 1991 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. |
11. | Mary Luise Blakey (7.Autaway2, 1.Mary1) was born on 23 Jan 1920 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died in Sep 1995; was buried in Frazer, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA. Family/Spouse: Living Melton. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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12. | Living Melton (11.Mary3, 7.Autaway2, 1.Mary1) |
13. | Living Wall (11.Mary3, 7.Autaway2, 1.Mary1) |
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