Margaretta Sybilla (Bryan) Kneass (abt. 1823 - 1891)

Born about 31 Dec 1823 in Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA

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Died 20 Jan 1891 at about age 67 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Biography

Margaretta Sybilla Bryan was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on December 31, 1823, the daughter and youngest of the ten children of George Bryan and Anna Maria Steinman. Her grandfather was the Honorable George Bryan, who was born in Ireland, and became an American of notable political distinction.^[1][2][3]

She married, August 17, 1853, Strickland Kneass, son of William Kneass and Mary Jane Honeyman. They had six children:^[1][2][4][5]

1. Anna, born October 4, 1854; died February 8, 1855, aged 4 months.
2. Mary Bryan, born November 2, 1855; married, March 30, 1880, Isaac Crane Ogden Jr.
3. Margaretta "Margie" Bryan, born December 4, 1857; married, April 20, 1882, J. Ralston Grant.
4. Strickland Landis, born January 7, 1861; married, October 24, 1888, Mary Stewart Edwards; became a civil engineer.
5. Samuel Bryan, born October 15, 1862; married, April 10, 1892, Annie Watson Brownlie.^[6]
6. Henrietta Logan, born March 3, 1869; married, May 20, 1891, the Rev. Stanley White.

Her husband died on January 14, 1884, at the age of 62.^[1]

Margaretta Sybilla (Bryan) Kneass died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on January 20, 1891, at the age of 68. She was buried at Woodlands Cemetery in Philadelphia.^[3]

Research Notes

• Birth Date: "Jordan" cites her birth date as July 29, 1823, "Magee" cites December 29, 1823, and "Find A Grave" cites Dec. 30, 1823, but the gravestone reads Dec. 31, 1823.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} White, Erskine Norman. Norman White - His Ancestors And His Descendants. Printed For Private Distribution. New York, 1905. Page 120 (Margaretta Sybilla Kneass)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Jordan, John Woolf. Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania. Volume 2. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1918. Page 436.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 05 June 2020), memorial page for Margaretta Sibilla Bryan Kneass (30 Dec 1823–20 Jan 1891), Find A Grave: Memorial #109940914, citing Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Brklyn Bridge (contributor 47317539) .
4. ↑ Magee, Anna J. Memorials of the Kneass Family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Publications of the Genealogical Society of Philadelphia. Vol. VII, No. 2, March, 1919. Citing: 6 Children. Page 117.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MWJ4-WTS : 11 August 2016), Margretta Kneass in household of Strickland Kneass, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 125, sheet 144D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1170; FHL microfilm 1,255,170.
6. ↑ "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Births, 1860-1906," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VBYZ-X2S : 8 December 2014), Saml. Bryan Kneass, 15 Oct 1862; citing bk 4 p 219, Department of Records; FHL microfilm 1,289,307.