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Theresa Ellen Magaha:

Date of Birth: 5 July, 1866

Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland

Date of Christening: 15 August 1866

Place of Christening: St Peter the Apostle Church, Baltimore, Maryland

Parents; Samuel Magaha

              Agnes Ross

Spouse: George William Dorsey

Children: 15 December 1886 Mary Louisa Dorsey

              4 November 1888 Mary A. Dorsey

              1 January 1890 Edna Elizabeth Dorsey

              24 February Edith L. Dorsey

              2 August 1893 Nellie M. Dorsey

             16 July 1895 Catherine Lillian Dorsey

             28 January 1898 George Lloyd Dorsey

             24 February 1900 Charles Dallas Dorsey

              9 January 1903 Michael Joseph Dorsey

              9 January 1903 George William Dorsey

              28 March 1904 Agnes Jeanette Dorsey

Date of death: 23 July 1940

Place of death: Baltimore, Maryland

Date of burial: 25 July, 1940

Interment: New Catheral Cemetery

Biography: Theresa Ellen Magaha was born in July of 1866 to Samuel and Agnes (Ross) Magaha; she was christened in August of that same year at St. Peter's Catholic Church located at Hollins and Poppleton Sts. in Baltimore.she met and married George W. Dorsey, we are not sure of their exact marriage , but we have narrowed it down to some time in the early 1880's. Theresa and George had twelve children, some who died in infancy, but the ones who survived became a close knit family from which many of us are direct decendents.The whole of George's and Theresa's married life was spent living in the city of Baltimore, their last home together was located at 1744 Johnson St in South Baltimore. George died on Christmas Day 1931 and Theresa lived with her children after that. She was living with Catherine Lillian at 115 South Franklintown Rd. Cause of death was Cerebral Hemorriage due to arteria scerious. She is buried in New Catheral Cemetery along side her husband. New Catheral Cemetery is located on Old Frederick Rd. In Baltimore City.

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