Walter was the son of Joseph George Sperry and Emma Wilkinson, both of whom were born in London, England. Walter was their ninth child -- their second child born in the New World.
Wallie lived 13 months, and died from odemia of the lungs. The family lived at 1009 Tasker Street in the 1st Ward of Philadelphia. Wallie was buried Feb 7th at Machpelah Burial Ground.
The second oldest cemetery in Philadelphia, Machpelah opened in the 1830s and closed in the 1890s. Most remains were reburied in a mass grave in commingled boxes at Graceland Cemetery. No records are known to exist of the removals from Machpelah to Graceland.
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2153890/machpelah-cemetery-(defunct)
Wallie lived 13 months, and died from odemia of the lungs. The family lived at 1009 Tasker Street in the 1st Ward of Philadelphia. Wallie was buried Feb 7th at Machpelah Burial Ground.
The second oldest cemetery in Philadelphia, Machpelah opened in the 1830s and closed in the 1890s. Most remains were reburied in a mass grave in commingled boxes at Graceland Cemetery. No records are known to exist of the removals from Machpelah to Graceland.
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2153890/machpelah-cemetery-(defunct)
Walter was the son of Joseph George Sperry and Emma Wilkinson, both of whom were born in London, England. Walter was their ninth child -- their second child born in the New World.
Wallie lived 13 months, and died from odemia of the lungs. The family lived at 1009 Tasker Street in the 1st Ward of Philadelphia. Wallie was buried Feb 7th at Machpelah Burial Ground.
The second oldest cemetery in Philadelphia, Machpelah opened in the 1830s and closed in the 1890s. Most remains were reburied in a mass grave in commingled boxes at Graceland Cemetery. No records are known to exist of the removals from Machpelah to Graceland.
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2153890/machpelah-cemetery-(defunct)
Wallie lived 13 months, and died from odemia of the lungs. The family lived at 1009 Tasker Street in the 1st Ward of Philadelphia. Wallie was buried Feb 7th at Machpelah Burial Ground.
The second oldest cemetery in Philadelphia, Machpelah opened in the 1830s and closed in the 1890s. Most remains were reburied in a mass grave in commingled boxes at Graceland Cemetery. No records are known to exist of the removals from Machpelah to Graceland.
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2153890/machpelah-cemetery-(defunct)
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