Andrew
Stranahan
Sr.
Born in County Down, Ireland
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Elizabeth (Halliday) Stranahan
— married
5 Aug 1835 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Descendants 
Died
at about age 80
in Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Mar 2020
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Biography
Andrew was born in Northern Ireland in 1789. He immigrated to the United States in 1828. He took up residence in Philadelphia, where his ship had landed. In 1835, he married the widow Eliza Halliday. The couple had three sons before moving to a farm in Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Andrew died in 1869 at the age of 80.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHTB-LGZ : 8 September 2017), Andrew Stranahan, Southwark Ward 5, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 174, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 486; FHL microfilm 20,555.
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4C5-BTB : 29 February 2020), Andrew Stranahan, Southwark, ward 5, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family 822, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX5C-1XC : 19 March 2020), Andrew Stranahan, 1860.
- Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 March 2020), memorial page for Andrew Stranahan, I (1789–17 Nov 1869), Find A Grave Memorial no. 178757673, citing Mercer Citizens Cemetery, Mercer, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Susan Moskaly (contributor 49205686); https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178757673/andrew-stranahan
- "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2NG-BBJ : 27 January 2020), Andrew Stranaghan in entry for Andrew Stranaghan, 1837.
- "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2NG-BRK : 27 January 2020), Andrew Stranaghan in entry for Jas. Alexr. Stranaghan, 1839.
- "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2NG-1KF : 27 January 2020), Andrew Stranaghan in entry for Robert Stranaghan, 1841.
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