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UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 about Eli Furness
Name: Eli Furness
Birth Date: abt 1850
Age: 63
Port of Departure: New York, New York, United States
Arrival Date: 25 Jun 1913
Port of Arrival: Liverpool, England
Ship Name: Campania
Search Ship Database: View the 'Campania' in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Shipping Line: Cunard Line
Official Number: 102086

Pennsylvania, U.S. Naturalization Originals, 1795-1930 about Eli Furness
Name: Eli Furness
Age: 40
Birth Date: abt 1852
Birth Location: England
Naturalization Date: 22 Jan 1892
Court Type: District Court
Court Location: Eastern District, Pennsylvania

A possible

Thanks Helen. Is there any sign of a Margaret? Does Eli show up in any of the censuses?

1900
Eli Furness
Age: 48
Birth Date: Jun 1852
Birthplace: England
Home in 1900: Philadelphia Ward 36, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
[Philadelphia]
Race: White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year: 1881
Relation to Head of House: Head
Married
Spouse's Name: Margaret Furness
Marriage Year: 1873
Years Married: 27
Father's Birthplace: England
Mother's Birthplace: England

Eli Furness 48 - Blacksmith
Margaret Furness 45 - wife born England
Charlotte Furness 19 - Daughter born England

1910
Ely Anness
[Ely Furness]
Age in 1910: 60
Birth Year: 1850
Birthplace: England
Home in 1910: Philadelphia Ward 36, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Race: White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year: 1880
Blacksmith in Machine Shop

Margaret Anness
[Margaret Furness]
Age in 1910: 57
Birth Year: 1853
Birthplace: England
Home in 1910: Philadelphia Ward 36, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Race: White
Gender: Female
Immigration Year: 1880
Relation to Head of House: Wife
4 children born, one living
Sales lady - confectionary

Lottie Anness
[Lottie Furness]
Age in 1910: 19 <<<< ???
Birth Year: 1891
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1910: Philadelphia Ward 36, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: Ely Anness
Father's Birthplace: England
Mother's Name: Margaret Anness

1920
Eli Furness
Age: 68
Birth Year: abt 1852
Birthplace: England
Home in 1920: Philadelphia Ward 36, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Race: White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year: 1879
Relation to Head of House: Head

Name Age
Eli Furness 68 -Blacksmith in Machine Shop
Margaret Furness 67- Saleslady Agri store.
Charlotte Scanlon 29 - born Pennsylvania. Clerk in Oil Office (married daughter)

Although the image on 1900 clearly says that Charlotte was aged 19, that one must be 'off'....unless you know differently?

I would guess this is the baptism of your Eli

Baptisms: 27 Mar 1853 St Peter, Blackley, Lancashire, England
Eli Furness - Son of James Furness & Charlotte
Born: 8 Jan 1851
Abode: Blackley
Occupation: Blacksmith
Baptised by: R. G. Whitestone
Register: Baptisms 1851 - 1870, Page 25, Entry 198
Source: LDS Film 559152

Philadelphia Passenger Lists, 1800-1945
Eli Furness
Arrival Date: 16 Jan 1881
Age: 27 Years
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1854
Gender: Male
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Ship Name: Lord Gough
Port of Arrival: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Margaret is not listed with him, although I have not been looking for her.

Thanks, I'd never heard of Charlotte but it's something to look into. Ann, yes that's the one.

This is odd - another naturalistion record. Same man or a different one?

Eli Furness
Birth Location: England
Naturalization Date: 25 May 1903
Court Type: District Court
Court Location: Eastern District, Pennsylvania

Roman Catholic > St James Church 'other records'

A list of people who have been 'admitted to the Church' Charlotte's name is amongst those dated 1906. Feintly, in the 'left' column it says 'Married' and something else.

Charlotte Furness
Event Type: Other
Other Event Date: 1883-1895
Other Event Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Organization Name: St James Church

Thanks!

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Marriage Index, 1885-1951
Lottie M Furness
Gender: Female
Spouse : Andrew A Scanlan
Spouse Gender: Male
Marriage Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Marriage Year: 1912
Marriage License Number: 275126

Thank you!

Andrew A Scanlon is probably Andrew Aloysius Scanlon b 22 Dec 1888. He gives his n.o.k as Lottie Scanlon at 5616 Loretta Avenue, Phila PA and his employer as The City at 35th District Police Station5935 York Rd. A Policeman??

He was illegible for WW2 as he had an infected foot.

U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
Andrew Aloysius Scanlon
Birth Date: 2 Dec 1888
Residence: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

And his WW1 draft - married wth one child. (1917) but why is there no mention of children on the 1920 census?

Andrew A Scanlan
City: Philadelphia
County: Philadelphia
State: Pennsylvania
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Birth Date: 2 Dec 1889
Race: White
FHL Roll Number: 1907759
DraftBoard: 35

U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
Andrew Aloysius Scanlan
Service Info.: HA1 US NAVY WORLD WAR I
Birth Date: 2 Dec 1889
Death Date: 31 May 1963
Service Start Date: 30 Jan 1918
Interment Date: 5 Jun 1963
Cemetery: Beverly National Cemetery
Cemetery Address: 916 Bridgeboro Road Bridgeboro Road Beverly, NJ 08010
Buried At: Section Y Site 1728

1930 census
Andrew Scanlan
Birth Year: abt 1890
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1930: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Andrew Scanlan 40 Policeman in Boston!
Lottie Scanlan 39 Representative for a laundry
John Scanlan 7
Margaret Scanlan 17 Stenographer at an Agricultural something

SSDI for Charlotte

Lottie Scanlan
SSN: 169-20-0342
Last Residence: 19124 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Born: 5 Sep 1890
Died: Feb 1986
State (Year) SSN issued: Pennsylvania (Before 1951)

could this be Margaret even though the year is off from the census?

Margaret Furness
Birth Date: 31 Oct 1855
Event Type: Burial 23 Apr 1925 @ Mt Moriah
Burial Date: 18 Apr 1925 - thats the death.
Burial Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Organization Name: St James Church

Address given as 1540 S 28th St
Cause of death Nephritis

Eli Furness
Birth Date: 8 Jan 1851
Event Type: Burial 29 Mar 1924 @ Mt Moriah Cem
Burial Date: 26 Mar 1924 < d.o.d
Burial Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Organization Name: St James Church

Cause of death Artereal Sclerosis.
Address given 1540 S 28th St...........same as Margaret.

Can't find anything else on them- someone may be able to look for records for the Scanl(o,a)n children on your behalf.

Eli did potter back and forth across the Atlantic in the early years. Perhaps someone could look at all those and extract the details from the image??

(Hungry OH to feed!)