Division of Vital Statistics
Record of a Birth in Philadelphia
Bureau of Health

Full Name of Child: Robert Carman
Color: W
Sex: M
Date of Birth: 1909 Aug 24
Hour of Birth: 7.30 P.M.
Place of Birth, Street and No. 3035 Gransback St
Father’s Name: Joseph
Father’s Age: 37
Mother’s Name: Anna
Mother’s Age: 33
Father’s Occupation: Bricklayer
Father’s Birthplace: Phila.
Mother’s Birthplace: Do (Ditto)
Mather’s Name Before Marriage: Anna Funston
Residence of Parents: 3035 Gransback St.
Number of Child of this Mother: 8
Number of Children, of this mother, now living: 6
Legitimate? Yes
Name and Address of Person Making Report:
Signature, [signed] A.E. Smethurst
Address, 2249 N 13 St
Date Rec’d [stamped] AUG 26 1909

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Original Source Citation:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, birth certificate (1909), Robert Carman; Bureau of Health – Division of Vital Statistics, Philadelphia.

State of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia County, ss.

[Per]sonally appeared Joseph Elon Carman who hereby requests the Clerk of the Orphans’ Court, for the said County, to issue a License for the Marriage of himself to Annie May Funston and who being duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say:
that he was born in Phila. on the 6th day of April A.D. 1872; that he resides at no. 2521 Emlen St. Phila.; that he is by occupation bricklayer; that he is not related by blood or marriage to the person whom he desired to marry; that he has not been married before;
that Annie M. Funston whom he is about to marry, was born in Phila. on the 30th day of January A.D. 1876; that she resides at no. 2603 Hope St. Phila.; is by occupation in mill; that she has not been married before;
that he knows of no reason why the said reason may not be lawfully made.

Sworn and subscribed before me this 13th day of June 1895 (signed by Asst Clerk of Orphans’ Court)

[signed] Joseph E. Carman

Consent to the Marriage of a Child or Ward

I, Joseph Funston residing at no. 1910 Firth St. Phila. do hereby certify, that I am the father of Annie M. Funston residing at no. 2603 Hope St. Phila. who is now 19 years of age. That I have been informed of the intended marriage of my said daughter to Joseph E. Carman and hereby do consent to said marriage.

Given before me, this 13th of June A.D. 1895 (signed by Clerk of Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia County)

[signed] Joseph Funston

Duplicate

I, Jno P. Bagley hereby certify that on the 19 day of June one thousand eight hundred and ninety five, at Philadelphia Joseph E. Carman and Annie M. Funston were by me united in marriage, in accordance with License issued by the Clerk of the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, numbered 77493.

[signed]Jno P. Bagley

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Original Source Citation:
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, marriage license no. 77493 (1895), Joseph Elon Carman & Annie May Funston; Clerk of the Orphan’s Court, City Hall, Philadelphia.

These sheets must not be mutilated or damaged, but returned to the Secretary’s office perfect, as they are to be bound.
163 (stamped)

Return of Births in the Township City of Camden County of Camden State of New Jersey, from the 4 Day of May 1874 to the 4 Day of May 1875

Vol. CI Page 163 – Births – Mary E. Ware – born: July 1874, Camden City, Camden County, NJ (typewritten by person who photocopied the record)

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Original Source Citation:
New Jersey, “Returns of Births,” Vol. CI, p. 163, Mary E. Ware, July 1874; New Jersey State Archives, Trenton.

Place of Death
 County: Phila.   City: Phila.   Hospital: Hahneman
Usual Residence: 502 N 18th, Phila, Pa

Name of deceased: Joseph E. Carman
Date of death: 11 3 56
Sex: M
Color or Race: W
Widowed
Date of birth: 5-6-1872
Age: 84
Usual occupation: Bricklayer
Birthplace: Pa
Father’s Name: Joseph C.
Mother’s Maiden Name: Catherine Horneff
Informant’s own signature: Anna M. Peterson (daughter)
Burial: 11-7-56, New Glenwood, Del Co, Pa

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Original Source Citation:
Pennsylvania, Department of Health, death certificate 20615 (1956), Joseph E. Carman; Division of Vital Records, New Castle.

Certificate of Death
County of Philadelphia
City of Philadelphia

715 East Ontario 33 Ward
Anna M. Carman
Sex: Female
Color or Race: white
Married
Date of Birth: Jan 31, 187? [difficult to read]
Age: 57 [51?] years 1 mos 21 ds
[marriage record says she was born 30 Jan 1876]
Occupation: Housewife
Birthplace: Penn
Name of Father: Joseph Funston
Birthplace of Father: Phila
Maiden Name of Mother: Annie Funston
Birthplace of Mother: England
[Informant] Joseph Carman, 715 E Ontario Street [husband]
Date of Death: Mar 21 1928
…
Place of Burial: New Glenwood Cemetery
Date of Burial: March 24 -28
Undertaker: Geo. W Barrell, 1323 W Lehigh Ave

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Original Source Citation:
Pennsylvania, Department of Health, death certificate 22204 (1928), Anna M. Carman; Division of Vital Records, New Castle.