Margaret Katharine (Majer) Kelly (1898 - 1990)

Born 13 Dec 1898 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Wife of John Brendan Kelly Sr. — married 1924 in Saint Bridget's Church, 3667 Midvale Ave, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Descendants

Died 6 Jan 1990 at age 91 in Linwood, Atlantic, New Jersey, United States

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Biography

Margaret Katharine Majer was born on 13 Dec 1898^[1] in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Carl and Margarethe Majer.^[2] Her father had immigrated in 1892 through Baltimore,^[3] to Philadelphia. They lived in the Strawberry Mansion neighborhood.

She shows in the 1920 In Philadelphia as Margaret "Major" age 21, lived in the home of Carl and Margaret Major at 2115 32nd St. in Philadelphia. Two brothers also lived with them. Father Carl was a tapestry designer.^[4]

Margaret Majer was a 1921 graduate of Temple University in Philadelphia. After graduation, she became an instructor in Physical Education and the University of Pennsylvania's College for Women. She became the college's coach of women's athletics teams at Penn and is considered the founder of women's athletics there.^[5]

Jack Kelly and Margaret Majer were married in 1924 in Philadelphia.^[6] In order to marry Jack Kelly, she converted from Lutheranism to Catholicism.^{[citation needed]}

Margaret was the founder of women's athletics at the University of Pennsylvania. She was a member of the Philadelphia Board of Education in the early 1960's.

She died on 6 Jan 1990^[1] at the Linwood Convalescent Center, Linwood, Atlantic, New Jersey, and is buried at the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Cheltenham, Montgomery, Pennsylvania. She was survived by two daughters, Margaret R. Conlan of Philadelphia and Lizanne K. LeVine of Gladwyne, Pennsylvania. Her husband, John B. Kelly, and two children, John B. Kelly, Jr. and Grace Kelly Grimaldi, predeceased her.^[1]

Margaret Maier, * Philadelphia 13.12.1898, + Philadelphia .. Juli 1980 oo Philadelphia 30.1.1924 John Brendan Kelly, * Philadelphia 4.10.1889, + Philadelphia 20.6.1960

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 30 December 2017), memorial page for Margaret Katherine Majer Kelly (13 Dec 1898–6 Jan 1990), Find A Grave Memorial no. 17693755, citing Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Cheltenham, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by GraveGirl (contributor 46497533).
2. ↑ "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Births, 1860-1906," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB1Z-7ZD : 8 December 2014), Margarethe M. Majer, 13 Dec 1898; citing p 378, Department of Records; FHL microfilm 1,289,338.
3. ↑ "Maryland, Baltimore Passenger Lists, 1820-1948," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2CSH-WS4 : 1 October 2015), Carl Majer, 1892; citing Immigration, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, NARA microfilm publications M255, M596, and T844 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL film 1,454,785.
4. ↑ United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6YP-159 : accessed 28 December 2016), Margaret Major in household of Carl Major, Philadelphia Ward 32, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing ED 1090, sheet 2B, line 82, family 37, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1634; FHL microfilm 1,821,634.

   Carl Major, 55 b. Germany; Margaret Major, 50 b. Germany; Carl Major Jr., 23; Margaret Major, 21; Bruno Major, 18. The children were all born in Pennsylvania. Carl Sr. came to the united States in 1890 and his wife Margaret came in 1892.

5. ↑ Penn Biographies
6. ↑ "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Marriage Indexes, 1885-1951," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JVMJ-KPF : 25 September 2017), Kelly and Margaret Major, 1924; citing license number 491567, Clerk of the Orphan's Court. City Hall.

See also:

• Wikipedia:Margaret_Katherine_Majer

This WikiTree profile is referenced from Wikidata: Item Q18715802, en:Wikipedia

• Heinz-Jürgen Mannhardt: Sind die Mannhardts mit der Fürstin Gracia Patricia von Monaco verwandt?. In:Mannhardtscher Familienbrief, Heft 13, 2004 unter Berufung auf C.F. Kaufholz: Die deutschen Ahnen der Fürstin von Monaco, Grace Patricia geb. Kelly. Genealogie 13.Jgg. (Bd. 7), S. 1, (1964); Ahnenliste Helena Linnich, In: Mannhardtscher Familienbrief Nr. 6 (1997), S. 25