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Joseph Franklin Jefferis

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Joseph Franklin Jefferis

Birth
West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
27 Oct 1920 (aged 53)
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Yeadon, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA GPS-Latitude: 39.9311111, Longitude: -75.2641667
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Joseph was a Car conductor for the Philadelphia Trolley Company. He died of TB. His wife signed his death certificate and listed him as being born in Coatesville and his mothers maiden name as Cade Both are wrong. The Cade last name was his grandmothers when she remarried, her maiden name was Finney she married Abraham Breckenridge and then Phillip Cade He was born in West Chester PA and his mothers maiden name was Adaline Breckenridge,she also remarried and took the last name of Burroughs both verified by marriage and census records. Joseph's death certificate also lists him as being interred in Holly Cross Cemetery
He also had a brother Lewis Jefferis who moved to California ( beleived to be in Riverside )
Joseph was a Car conductor for the Philadelphia Trolley Company. He died of TB. His wife signed his death certificate and listed him as being born in Coatesville and his mothers maiden name as Cade Both are wrong. The Cade last name was his grandmothers when she remarried, her maiden name was Finney she married Abraham Breckenridge and then Phillip Cade He was born in West Chester PA and his mothers maiden name was Adaline Breckenridge,she also remarried and took the last name of Burroughs both verified by marriage and census records. Joseph's death certificate also lists him as being interred in Holly Cross Cemetery
He also had a brother Lewis Jefferis who moved to California ( beleived to be in Riverside )


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