Gertrude Jarvis

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Employment: Novelty Knitting Mills, Philadelphia Area: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. worked as their bookkeeper for 29 years.....(letter from Mildred Blair, her assistant for 12 years at Novelty Knitting Company.

2. Health: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Had a stroke and was unable to work. Had another stroke several years later and died that night at the hospital (in a letter from Mildred Blair, a close personal friend)

3. Social Security Number. 202-07-0708

4. Immigration.

5. Immigration, 15 Sep 1900, Ellis Island-- Port Of New York, New York, Manhattan, New York, USA. Name: Jarvis, Gertrude
Ethnicity: English
Residence: Barnsley
Date of Arrival: September 15, 1900
Age on Arrival: 10y
Gender: F
Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: Lucania
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England, UK

FROM SHIP MANIFEST
Destination: 825 Windsor Square, Philadelphia, PA
Traveling with father Thomas (age 56)
Father resided in USA 13 years

6. Residence, 1972, Abington, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA.