Conrad-Todd-Garrison-Carman genealogy
North Cedar Hill Cemetery, Section A
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photo by Find-A-Grave user Balvana.
TODD
1870 John A. Sr. 1953
1869 Olivia R. 1955
1894 John A. Jr. 1974 (son)
Elizabeth M. Tilsner, 1906 – 2000 (daughter)
Original Source Citation:
Find A Grave, Find A Grave, database and images (http://findagrave.com : accessed 29 April 2017), John A. Todd, memorial no.142341746.
Find-A-Grave is a wonderful site where volunteers take photos of gravestones and upload them, allowing distant researchers like myself to view them without getting in a plane and trekking across country. It is a growing site with new photos being added all the time  including, recently, my great-grandparents John Alexander and Olivia Todd.
I had the death date for my great-grandfather from his death certificate which has been made available on Ancestry.com, but my great-grandmother’s death certificate was not there. I suspected, and still suspect as I’ll detail below, that she died in New Jersey, even though she lived (nearly) her whole life in Philadelphia and was buried there.
I knew they were buried at North Cedar Hill cemetery, along with many other Todds and related families, and had been checking Find-A-Grave regularly, but I came across their gravestone through the index on Ancestry.com and the “hints” function there. A pleasant surprise.
So, now I knew Olivia passed away in 1955. I knew that there was an index for the North Cedar Hill cemetery in the Pennsylvania Church and Town Records database on Ancestry, and by browsing to the cemetery’s records I found she was buried on December 10. With that information I was able to find her obituary that stated she died on December 7, 1955 and that her residence at the time was Taunton Lake, NJ, thus my assumption that she passed away in New Jersey.
TODD — Dec. 7, OLIVIA R. (nee Moore), wife of the late John A. Todd, Sr., of Berlin rd., Taunton Lake, N.J., formerly of 2075 E. Tioga st., Phila., aged 86 years. Relatives, friends, also members of St. Philip’s Methodist Church are invited to services Sat. 1 P.M., at her son’s residence, 4248 Griscom st. Int North Cedar Hills Cemetery. Friends may call Friday evening.
Philadelphia Inquirer, 12/9/1955, p.51
The next step will be to request her death certificate from New Jersey. [Received it 9/23/15] Of my great-grandparents, that leaves only the death date of my mother’s father’s father, John Samuel Garrison, unknown.
Transcriptions of my Todd birth and death registrations in Govan, Scotland,
from ScotlandsPeople website (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/).
1866 BIRTHS in the District of Govan in the County of Lanark
No. 526
Name and Surname: Ellen Todd
When and Where Born: 1866 June Twenty first 7h. P.M., Sauchie Place
Sex: F
Name, Surname & Rank or Profession of Father: James Todd, Joiner Journeyman
Name, and Maiden Surname of Mother: Elizabeth Todd M.S. Martin
Date and Place of Marriage: 1861 September 9th, Newry, Ireland
Signature and Qualification of Informant, and Residence, if out of the House
in which Birth occurred: James Todd, Father
When and Where Registered, and Signature of Registrar: 1866 July 11th, At Govan,
James Fulton, Assistant Registrar
1868 BIRTHS in the District of Govan in the County of Lanark
No. 464
Name and Surname: Robert James Todd
When and Where Born: 1868 June Sixth 8h. P.M., 27 Albert Street, Govan
Sex: M
Name, Surname & Rank or Profession of Father: James Todd, Joiner Journeyman
Name, and Maiden Surname of Mother: Elizabeth Todd M.S. Martin
Date and Place of Marriage: 1861 September 9, Newry, Ireland
Signature and Qualification of Informant, and Residence, if out of the House
in which Birth occurred: James Todd, Father
When and Where Registered, and Signature of Registrar: 1868 June 22d, At Govan,
Wm. Fulton, Registrar
1869 DEATHS in the District of Govan in the County of Lanark
No. 397
Name and Surname: Robert James Todd
Rank or Profession and whether Single, Married or Widowed: Single
When and Where Died: 1869 August Third, 11h. 30m. P.M., 9 Albert Street, Govan
Sex: M
Age: 1 year 6 mos.
Name, Surname and Rank or Profession of Father: James Todd, Joiner Journeyman
Name, and Maiden Surname of Mother: Elizabeth Todd M.S. Martin
Cause of Death, Duration of Disease & Medical Attendant by whom certified: Measles,
Diarrhoea, As cert. by Jno. Sitken M.D.
Signature and Qualification of Informant, and Residence, if out of the House
in which Birth occurred: James Todd, Father, present
When and Where Registered, and Signature of Registrar: 1869 August 4th, At Govan,
James Fulton, Assistant Registrar
1870 BIRTHS in the District of Govan Church in the County of Lanark
No. 740
Name and Surname: Alexander Todd
When and Where Born: 1870 August Sixth [7h. 0m. P.M.] (faded, difficult to read), 9 Albert Street, Govan
Sex: M
Name, Surname & Rank or Profession of Father: James Todd, Joiner Journeyman
Name, and Maiden Surname of Mother: Elizabeth Todd M.S. Martin
Date and Place of Marriage: 1861 September 9th, Newry, Ireland
Signature and Qualification of Informant, and Residence, if out of the House
in which Birth occurred: James Todd, Father, Present
When and Where Registered, and Signature of Registrar: 1870 August 27th, At Govan,
Thomas Steel, Registrar
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Original Source Citation:
Scotland. Lanark. Govan. Statutory Birth and Death Registers. Digital images. ScotlandsPeople. http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/