Part 872bm – Brunhammer Doherty Genealogy – Grandaunt Florida McAteer – Birth September 1891 – Wilmington, Delaware

Good Day,

I have decided to jump in and continue work on the McAteer genealogy. Grandmother Anna M. (née McAteer) Brunhammer was one of five daughters of great-grandparents John and Isabel (née Pierce) McAteer.

Check out my previous effort on the McAteer Descendant Chart at Part 103m – McAteer Genealogy – New Descendant Chart.

The eldest daughter was grandaunt Florida McAteer. I have located the following paperwork for grandaunt Florida’s birth –

Return of A Birth –

Source: Ancestry.com. Delaware Birth Records, 1800-1908 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Delaware. Delaware Vital Records. Microfilm. Delaware Public Archives, Dover.

Transcription –

McAteer, Florida

RETURN OF A BIRTH
CITY OF WILMINGTON, DEL.

1. Full Name of the Child – Florida McAteer
2. Sex – Female
3. Color – White
4. Date of Birth – Sept. 10th, 1891
5. Place of Birth – Street – 1819 Lovering Ave.
6. Father’s Name – John McAteer
7. Father’s Age – 24 years
8. Occupation of Father – Starcher
9. Father’s Birthplace
- City – Kentmere
- County –
- State or Country – Del
10. Mother’s Name prior to marriage – Isabella Pierce
11. Mother’s Age – 20 years
12. Mother’s Birthplace
- City – Rock Springs
- County –
- State or Country – Md
13. Child’s number in this Family – 1 State if Still Born – No
14. Number by this Mother – 1
15. Date of this Certificate – Sept 16th 1891
16. Date of Registration –

I hereby certify that the above is a true report of the birth at the time and place above
stated. John Palmer Jr. Informant.

N.B. At No. 1 give the full name of the child and BE PRE-
TICULAR TO GET MIDDLE NAMES IN FULL. At No. 3,
state whether the child is white, black or mulatto. At No, 5 give the
street, number and ward.

Delaware Vital Records, Birth Register –

Source: Ancestry.com. Delaware Birth Records, 1800-1908 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Delaware. Delaware Vital Records. Microfilm. Delaware Public Archives, Dover.

Transcription – Register

FULL NAME OF CHILD (If Stillborn state the fact) – McAteer, Florida 33920
Sex – “ (female)
Color – “ (white)
Date of Birth – “ (Sept) 10, “ (1891)
Place of Birth – 1819 Lovering Ave.
Father’s Name – John McAteer
Age – 24
Occupation – Starcher
Nativity – Del.
Maiden Name of Mother – Isabella Pierce
Age – 20
Nativity – Md.
Child’s Number in this Family – 1
Child’s Number by this Mother – 1
Date of Certificate – “ (Sept) 16, “ (1891)
Date of Registration – Feb. 28, “ (1892)

All-things-being-equal gg-grandfather John McAteer's occupation in 1891/2 is listed in both documents as a "Starcher". From what I can find a "Starcher" may have been a "Laundry worker who stiffened shirts and other garments with hot starch in a tumbling machine."  Six years later gg-grandfather John's occupation is registered on the 1900 US Census as "Policeman."

And the search and research continues.

Enjoy,

Jim