Saturday, December 20, 2014

Prager, Michael - 1793

1793, 28 September
Michael Prager, a merchant of Philadelphia died this morning in Germantown of ye Yellow Fever.  He was refused a burying in ye burying places, and was interred in ye Orchard back of ye house where he died, a few hours after his decease.  Ye second sister of Caleb Lowans is dead.  Elizabeth Brogden [aged 70 years], sister to Molly England, dead some days since.  Philip Care's wife is dead.

~ Genealogical Gleanings from the Journal of Elizabeth Drinker, 1759 to 1807, Page 606 in Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol. I, by the Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated in 1983

You can visit the memorial page for Michael Prager.

Any help on where the orchard was would be greatly appreciated!

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