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Ann McNultyBirth: Unknown
Death: Unknown 4th great-grandmother (my relation)
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Historical OverviewAnn McNulty is quite a mystery to me. Very little is known about her. She married Mathew Ivory sometime prior to their first known child, Mathew Hayes Ivory's, birth in 1809. I have heard from family members, and see in online trees, that she was born in Germany sometime between 1765 and 1788, but I have never seen any evidence to support either the date or place of her birth. The identity of her parents also remain a mystery.
Ann became a widow on 13 March 1812 when her husband died of Typhoid Fever. She was left to raise two very young children. I do not know whether she had family members living in Philadelphia to help her during these tough times or if she was left to support herself and the children on her own.
Ann can be found in city directories in Philadelphia for several years after Mathew's death, but then she disappears from the directories in about 1817. I do not know whether she remarried, left the city, or possibly died around that time. I have searched in city directories for about a decade after her death and cannot find her.
- Last updated 19 November 2016 |
Timeline
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before 1809 - Marriage
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13/16 July 1809 - Birth of Son, Mathew Hayes Ivory
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USASource: Various sources provide a birth date for Mathew Hayes Ivory. See his profile page to view all the sources and more information.
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abt 1810 - Birth of Son, Isaac Ivory
(likely) Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USASource: I do not have a source for Isaac's birth, but he was baptized on 26 August 1810 in Philadelphia, along with his brother, Mathew Hayes Ivory. See Mathew Hayes Ivory's profile for more information regarding the baptism.
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13 March 1812 - Death of Husband, Mathew Ivory
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(1) - 1814 City Directory
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1814 - Residence (City Directory)In 1814 Ann (and likely her young children) were living on Hurst Street in Philadelphia. This was roughly two years after her husband, Mathew, died. Her last name was spelled "Ivery" in the directory, a common misspelling of the name Ivory. - Last updated 8 April 2018
Hurst Street is very close to Little Oak, where Mathew and his family were likely living at the time of his death, according to the 1811 city directory. (See Mathew's profile for information about the 1811 city directory.) The map below shows that Hurst and Little Oak are only about a block away from each other.
(2) - 1810 map showing Hurst and Little Oak (cropped)
There doesn't seem to have been an 1812 city directory published in Philadelphia, according to Internet Archive. The 1813 directory was examined for Ann, but she did not appear in it. This is the first known record that Ann appears in after the baptism records of her children in 1810.
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USASource:
(1) Kite’s Philadelphia Directory for 1814 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: B. & T. Kite, 1814), p. ISE-JAC, Ann Ivery [Ivory], widow Hurst street; digital image, “The Philadelphia Directory [1814],” Internet Archive (https://archive.org/stream/philadelphiadire1814phil), accessed April 2018. (2) John A. Paxton, New Plan of the City [Philadelphia] and its Environs (unknown place: unknown publisher, [1810]); digital image, “New Plan of the City [Philadelphia] and its Environs,” Resource Browser, Greater Philadelphia GeoHistory Network (http://www.philageohistory.org/geohistory/), accessed April 2018. |
1816 City Directory
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1816 - Residence (City Directory)Ann was still living on Hurst Street in 1816. - Last updated 8 April 2018.
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USASource: James Robinson, The Philadelphia Directory for 1816 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: unknown publisher, 1816), p. [no page numbers, but alphabetical by surname], Ann Ivery, widow Hurst street; digital image, “The Philadelphia Directory [1816],” Internet Archive (https://archive.org/), accessed April 2018.
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1817 City Directory
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1817 - Residence (City Directory)The last known document I have been able to find for Ann is the 1817 city directory. She was still living on Hurst Street. I searched the city directories for 10 years after 1817, but she was not found in any of them. It remains unknown what happened to Ann and the children after this point. Ann may have gotten remarried, changing her last name, they may have left the city, or it is also possible that she may have died. More research needs to be conducted to see if something can be found that provides more details for Ann and the children, Mathew and Isaac. - Last updated 8 April 2018
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USASource: Edward Dawes, The Philadelphia Directory for 1817 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: unknown publisher, 1817), p. 170, Ann Ivery, widow Hurst; digital image, “City Directories for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1817,” Fold3 (http://www.fold3.com), accessed April 2018.
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