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Mary J. Smith[1, 2]
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Name Mary J. Smith Birth Feb 1874 Newfoundland, Canada
[3] Gender Female Death 20 Jun 1913 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts
[4, 5, 6] Person ID I233 The Road to Here Last Modified 18 Jun 2023
Father William Smith, b. 12 Apr 1834, Flat Islands, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
d. 20 Apr 1940, Fortune Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
(Age 106 years) Mother Anastasia Murphy, b. Oderin, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland
d. Stock Cove, Newfoundland, Canada
Marriage 22 Sep 1858 Family ID F427 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family John Joseph Legg, b. 15 Oct 1870, Cataline, Newfoundland, Canada
d. 23 Dec 1946, Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts
(Age 76 years) Marriage 6 May 1895 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts
[7] - John and Mary are listed as married in the 1900 US census
Marriage index of Middlesex County lists their marriage to be 6 May 1895
Children 1. Thomas Leo Legg, b. 23 Mar 1896 d. 12 Aug 1896 (Age 0 years) 2. John Joseph Legg, b. 22 Dec 1897 d. 11 Aug 1931 (Age 33 years) 3. James Francis Legg, b. 6 Jan 1900, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts
d. 30 Jan 1973, Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts
(Age 73 years)4. Mary Elizabeth Legg, b. 14 Oct 1901, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts
d. 5 Nov 1984, Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts
(Age 83 years)5. Emil Legg, b. 26 Mar 1906 d. 26 Mar 1906 (Age 0 years) Family ID F85 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 8 May 2026
- John and Mary are listed as married in the 1900 US census
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Notes - Source: Mary Smith death certificate
Stated that she died at a TB hospital at 799 Concord Ave in Cambridge and death was a result of TB
1910 Census stated she arrived in the US in 1894
Her obituary stated that she lived at 1 Marcella Court in Cambridge, MA when she died
- Source: Mary Smith death certificate
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Sources - [S33] 1910 U.S. Census.
- [S28] 1900 U.S. Census.
- [S28] 1900 U.S. Census, 20 Jun 1900 (Reliability: 0).
- [S32] 1920 U.S. Census, 12 Jan 1920 (Reliability: 0).
- [S33] 1910 U.S. Census, 22 Apr 1910, Sheet 14A, line 32 (Reliability: 0).
- [S42] Mary Burke (Foster).
- [S86] Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915.
- [S33] 1910 U.S. Census.
