Genealogical Gems

After my great grandmother (Mary Kilpatrick Still) died from complications of childbirth, my great grandfather Pierson George Still brought on a housekeeper to help take care of my grandfather and his brother. That housekeeper was Edith L Maltby. I obviously never knew Edith Maltby but every once in awhile my Uncle Jim (James Franklin Still) and my grandfather (Lloyd Pierson Still) spoke of her – always fondly. So who was she? And what happened to her? I first found out about her in the the 1920 Census. It lists my great grandfather and the two boys as well as Edith L. Maltby. She was 33 then. The 1920 Census notes she was born in Pennsylvania and both her parents were born in England . If she were 33, that would put her birth about 1887. Ten years later, now 47, she is still the housekeeper. My uncle, being the elder of the two boys, is no longer at home. My grandfather is though. He would have been 15. The census also notes that Edith was born in England , as were her paren...

Twenty-two years ago today my maternal grandfather, Lloyd Pierson Still, passed away. May His Memory Be Eternal. My grandfather was born on 24 March 1914 to Pierson George and Mary Kilpatrick Still. His mom immigrated from Ireland . His father came from a long line of Chester County farmers and land owners. In fact, I have not yet found my Still immigrant. His mother died in childbirth when he was just three, leaving his father to raise two boys on his own. A housekeeper was brought in by name of Edith Maltby. I know little else of her. The family lived in East Marlborough, Chester County . I have no clue how my grandparents actually met. I’ve asked several cousins and am hoping one of them heard a story or recalls something. On 21 October 1939 he married my grandmother, Mary Rose Welsh of Phoenixville. They had three children: Aunt Kitty (Mary Kathleen), my mom (Barbara Lorraine), and my Uncle Tom (Thomas Garrett).   In 1940, according to the Census, he was ...