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From: "Lis Warwood" <>
Subject: [PAGENWEB] New lister seeking help with Mercy E CADWALLADER
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 19:07:09 +0930
Hi everyone,
My name is Lis and I have just joined the list. I live in South
Australia and have been researching family history for about 8 years but
all have been in the UK, India or Australia so I am lacking in knowledge
about American research and am hoping people on this list can help me
with advice or assistance in finding information on Mercy (Mary?) E
CADWALLADER nee ?, who was possibly born 3 Sep 1868 in Pennsylvania. I
am trying to find out who Mercy was, her parents, which Harry
CADWALLADER she married and when she died and where buried. Mercy was
involved in the early Spiritualist Movement in America. This is what I
do know so far:
In 1893 Mrs E Cadwallader was among the delegates listed at the First
National Delegate Convention at Chicago and was recorded as residing at
1413 Somerset Street Philadelphia PA. In subsequent entries (1894
through to1898) her address was either Somerset Street or just Box 446
Philadelphia PA and she was variously listed as Mary E, Mercy E or just
M E Cadwallader. In 1899 J R Francis founded the 'Progressive Thinker'
(the officialSpiritualist publication of the Philadelphia Spiritualist
Societies) and M E Cadwallader was Editor and Publisher of this until
after the death of Francis in 1910 when she took it over.
In 1900 a possible M E Cadwallader was found (by a helpful person from
the Kent list) at 1242 N. 2nd Street Philadelphia PA b. Sep 1868
Occupation Publisher with husband (of 8 years) Harry Cadwallader b.
March 1858 Occupation Publisher owns Farm & House with a boarder
Benjamin B Hill born June 1830 Occupation Manufacturer. There is a
Public Member listing on Ancestry which suggests that Harry CADWALLADER
born 1854 Doylestown married Merci E HILL but I don't know how accurate
that is and am not able to contact the submitter.
Mercy (Mary) E made quite a few trips to England as a Spiritualist
speaker and shipping records variously show her as M E Cadwallader
(1899), Marcy E (1910), M E (1913), Mercy E (1922), Mercy E (1925),
Mercy E (1925) & Marcy (1931). Most of the shipping records show her
birth as Sep 3 1868, one gives it as Sep 1864.
In 1920 census Mercy is recorded as a Widow 52 years old, journalist and
a lodger in a boarding house in Chicago owned by Charles Burgess,
another influential Spiritualist and friend of M E Cadwallader. The
'Progressive Thinker' was published in Chicago and apparently M E
Cadwallader travelled there also on a regular basis though her home was
in Philadelphia. The Harry CADWALLADER Mercy married may have been Harry
b. June 14 1854 who was son of William Rutherford CADWALLADER however it
is also possible that he is the son of Benjamin CADWALLADER who was
William R's brother. Both came from Doylestown Bucks County PA.
How do I access a marriage for M E and Harry CADWALLADER? If the 1900
census is correct the marriage would have taken place about 1891/1892
and probably in Philadelphia I think. Any suggestions for tracking this
woman will be most gratefully received.
Regards,
Lis Warwood
South Australia
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