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1 Sarah Ellen PRIDGEON1,2,3,4,5 (1868-1945) [8751]. Born 30 Aug 1868, Baltimore.1,2,5 Died 20 May 1945, Gibsonia, PA.5 Buried Pridgeon Cemetery, Gibsonia, PA.6
Death certificate lists Sara's birth year as 1868, however all other sources show 1867.
2 Johnson PRIDGEON1,2,3,4,7 (1831-1911) [631]. Born 18 Sep 1831, Baltimore, MD.1,2 Marr Rebecca Margaret MCCRAIGHT 29 Jul 1862.7 Died 1 Apr 1911.2
From an Allegheny County, PA Gen Web site, subheading "Pridgeon Cemetery, Pine Twp., PA."
Johnson Pridgeon was a jeweler and designed fabulous rings and pins. He also owned a silver mine in Leadville, Colorado. He had an Ingraham mantel clock in his cabin, which years later (circa 1978) was donated to the clock museum in Bristol, Connecticut. Johnson was the husband of Rebecca McCreight [McCrate]. (Recollections of Katharine Elaine Thompson Dow, contributed by Beverly Dow Mazzarella.).
4 John PRIDGEON8,9 (1808-1883) [486]. Born 1808, Surfleet, Lincolnshire, England.8 Christened 25 Apr 1808. Marr Sarah SHERIFF 6 Nov 1830, Baltimore, MD. Died 1 May 1883, Baltimore, MD.8
Passenger and Immigration Lists Index 1538-1940
Place: Baltimore
Year: 1830
Age: 21
Primary Individual: Pridgeon, John
Source Code: 253
Source Name: BALTIMORE PORT. Passenger Arrivals at the Port of Baltimore
1820-1834, from Customs Passenger Lists. General ed. Michael H. Tepper.
Transcribed by Elizabeth P. Bentley. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982.
786p.
Source Page #: 528
John and Sara and family left Liverpool, England on the ship "Oxford", arriving in New York on September 23, 1843. Family No. 30127243, Nat'l Archives Series No. M237, Microfilm Number 53.
8 Joshua PRIDGEON1 (1772-1850) [464]. Born 29 May 1772, Friskney, Lincolnshire, England.1 Marr Mary HAYES 23 Mar 1795, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, England. Marr Ann ROBSON 13 Jun 1825, Surfleet, Lincolnshire, England. Died 1850, Surfleet, Lincolnshire, England.1
9 Mary HAYES (1770-1824) [465]. Born 1770, Surfleet, Lincolnshire, England. Died 1824, Surfleet, Lincolnshire, England.
5 Sarah SHERIFF10 (1806-1849) [515]. Born 1806, Baltimore, MD. Died 13 Oct 1849, Baltimore, MD.10
3 Rebecca Margaret MCCRAIGHT1,2,3,4,5,7 (1844-1936) [8748]. Born 14 Oct 1844, Baltimore, MD.1,2 Died 19 Jul 1936.2
From an Allegheny County, PA Gen Web site, subheading "Pridgeon Cemetery, Pine Twp., PA."
Rebecca Pridgeon was born in Baltimore, Maryland. She was the daughter of Rebecca McCreight [McCrate] and David McCreight. Her mother's father was a Hamilton and was a direct line to the throne of Scotland. Rebecca married Johnson Pridgeon and had three children - Charles, Lily and Sara Ellen, aka Ella. They were very proud that all three children had chosen such fine vocations. Rebecca was my grandmother's sister and was called Aunt Bessie. Aunt Bessie and her sister, Emma, kept the Hamilton name in the family. Aunt Bessie named her son Charles Hamilton, and her sister, Emma, named her daughter Grace Hamilton Wittaker. Grace married Joseph M. Thompson. Grace was my mother. (Recollections of Katharine Elaine Thompson Dow, contributed by Beverly Dow Mazzarella.).
| 1 | "Information provided by Richard Brothwell". |
| 2 | "Allegheny County, PA Gen Web site, Pridgeon Cemetery, Pine Twp., PA". |
| 3 | "1870 Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore census". |
| 4 | "1880 Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore census". |
| 5 | "Death certificate of Sara Ellen Pridgeon". |
| 6 | "Find-A-Grave memorial record of Sarah Ellen Pridgeon". |
| 7 | "Wedding announcement of Johnson Pridgeon and Rebecca McCraight in the Baltimore Sun, August 2, 1862". |
| 8 | "Obituary of John Pridgeon in the Baltimore Sun, May 3, 1883". |
| 9 | "1880 Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore census.". |
| 10 | "Death notice of Sara Pridgeon in the Baltimore Sun, October 16, 1849". |