Margaret Katherine Majer
The mother
of
Prince Grace
AKA Grace Patricia Kelly
Source:
Name: Margaret
Katherine Majer
Alisa: “Ma”
Born: 13 Dec 1898 Schloss Helmsdorf, Württemberg, Germany
Died: 6 Jan 1990 Linwood Atlantic County New Jersey
Spouse: John Brendan Kelly Sr.
Parents: Carl Majer; Margaretha Berg
Occupation: Teacher/ Former Beauty Queen/Housewife
Cause of Death: Pneumonia
Time of Death: 8:45 AM
Social Security#: 200-36-0752
Issue State: Pennsylvania; Issue Date: 1963
Age at Death: YRS: 91 MOS: Ǿ DYS: 24
Interment: Holy Sepulchre Cemetery Cheltenham Montgomery
County Pennsylvania
Grace's parents
Margaret
Katherine Majer Kelly
Died January
1990, Linwood NJ at a convalescent home. She was 91 years old.
Grace’s mother
was born to Lutheran German parents, (Carl
Majer andMargaretha Berg). Margaret
Katherine Majer was born in Schloss Helmsdorf, Germany. Soon after the family
moved to Philadelphia Margaret converted to Catholicism upon marrying Mr.
Kelly. Like her husband, Margaret Kelly was a proponent of health and fitness, studying
Physical Education at Temple University and later becoming the first woman to
head the Physical Education Department at the University of Pennsylvania. She
was also a model and cover girl.
Source:
Social Security
Death Index about Margaret M. Kelly
Name: Margaret M. Kelly SSN: 200-36-0752 Last Residence: 19006 Huntingdon Valley, Montgomery, Pennsylvania,
United States of America Born: 13 Dec 1898 Died: 6 Jan 1990 State (Year) SSN issued: Pennsylvania (1963) Source Citation: Number: 200-36-0752;
Issue State: Pennsylvania; Issue Date: 1963.
Source:
Findagrave.Com
Birth: Dec. 13, 1898, Germany Death: Jan.
6, 1990 Linwood Atlantic County New Jersey, USA
Mother of actress/princess Grace Kelly. She studied Physical Education
at Temple University and was later hired as the first woman to head the
Physical Education Department at the University of Pennsylvania. Family links: Children:
Elizabeth Kelly LeVine (1933 - 2009)* Burial: Holy Sepulchre
Cemetery Cheltenham Montgomery County
Pennsylvania, USA Created by: GraveGirl
Record added: Jan 26, 2007 Find A Grave
Memorial# 17693755
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Geni.Com
Nicknames: "Ma"
Birth date: December 13, 1898 Birthplace: Schloss Helmsdorf, Württemberg,
Germany Death: Died January 6, 1990 in
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Occupation:
Member of Philadelphia School Board, Member of Women's
Auxiliary and Board of Corporators for Women's Medical College of Philadelphia,
Chairperson of Development Program of Women's Medical College of Philadelphia,
Board Member of Moss, Instructor in Phys
Source:
http://www.geni.com/people/Margaret-Kelly/6000000000652481073
Web: Obituary
Daily Times Index, 1995-2011 about Margaret Kelly
Name: Margaret Kelly
Publication Date: 8 Jan 1990
Publication Place: United States Death Date: Abt 1990 Death Place:
Philadelphia, PA Age at Death: 91 Birth Date: abt
1899 SOURCE: Web: Obituary Daily
Times Index, 1995-2011
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1910 United States
Federal Census about Margaruite Mager
Name: Margaruite Mager
[Margaruite Mayer] [Margaruite
Majer] Age in 1910: 11 Birth Year: 1899
Birthplace: Pennsylvania Home in 1910: Philadelphia Ward
32, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Race: White
Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Daughter Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: Carl Mager Father's Birthplace: Germany Mother's name:
Margaruite Mager Mother's Birthplace: Germany Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Philadelphia Ward 32,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1404; Page: 5B; Enumeration District:
0773; Image: 209; FHL microfilm: 1375417.
Date Taken: April
19, 1910
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http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1910USCenIndex&indiv=try&h=104982049
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1920 United States
Federal Census about Margaret Major
Name: Margaret Major [Margaret
Majer] [Margaret Mayer] Age: 21 Birth Year: abt 1899 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Home in 1920: Philadelphia
Ward 32, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Race: White Gender: Female Relation to Head
of House: Daughter Marital Status: Single Father's Name: Carl Major Father's
Birthplace: Germany Mother's name: Margaret Major Mother's Birthplace: Germany
Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Source
Citation: Year: 1920; Census Place: Philadelphia Ward 32, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1634; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 1090; Image:
392. Occupation: Teacher
Date Taken:
January 21, 1920
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1930 United States
Federal Census about Margaret Kelly
Name: Margaret Kelly [Margaret
Kelley] Gender: Female Birth Year: abt
1897 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Race: White Home in 1930: Philadelphia,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania View Map Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of
House: Wife Spouse's Name: John B Kelly
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census
Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: 2125; Page: 19B;
Enumeration District: 1181; Image: 337.0; FHL microfilm: 2341859.
Date Taken: April
17, 1930
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Obituaries:
1.
Date: Monday, January 8, 1990; Paper: Register Star
Pg 3
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Source:
Margaret M. Kelly: Social Security Death Index (SSDI) Death
Record
Name:
Margaret M. Kelly State of Issue: Pennsylvania
Date of Birth: Tuesday December 13, 1898 Date of Death: Saturday January
06, 1990 Est. Age at Death: 91 years, 24 days Last known residence: City:
Huntingdon Valley; Bethayres County: Montgomery
State: Pennsylvania ZIP Code: 19006
Latitude: 40.1319 Longitude: -75.0635
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TRAVEL
U.S. Passport
Applications, 1795-1925 about Margaret M Kelly
Name: Margaret M Kelly Birth
Date: 13 Dec 1898 Birth Place: Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania Age: 25 Gender:Female Residence: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Passport Issue Date: 18 Jun 1924 Spouse Name:John B John B Spouse Birth Place: Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Passport Includes a Photo: Yes Source Citation: National Archives and Records Administration
(NARA); Washington D.C.; Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31,
1925; Collection Number: ARC Identifier 583830 / MLR Number A1 534; NARA
Series: M1490; Roll #: 2576.
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MARGARET
KELLY DIES - GRACE'S MOTHER: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice
Orlando
Sentinel, The (FL) - Monday, January 8, 1990
Deceased
Name: MARGARET KELLY DIES - GRACE'S MOTHER
Margaret Kelly, mother of the late Princess Grace of Monaco
and matriarch of the famed Kelly clan of Philadelphia, died at a convalescent
home here. She was 91.
Kelly died at 8:45 a.m. Saturday of pneumonia, a spokesman
for the Linwood Convalescent Center said. She had been a resident of the nursing home since 1982 and had suffered several strokes in recent
years.
A former beauty queen and magazine cover girl, she was known
both for her own accomplishments and those of her husband and children,
particularly her daughter, actress Grace Kelly, who later married Prince Ranier
of Monaco. Princess Grace died of injuries suffered in an automobile accident in September 1982.
Margaret Kelly's husband, John B. Kelly Sr., was an Olympic
rowing champion who parlayed his skills as a bricklayer into a construction
empire. He died in 1960.
Born on Dec. 13, 1898, the former Margaret Majer met her
future husband at a Philadelphia swimming pool when she was a teen-ager. They
married in 1924.
She is survived by two daughters, 13 grandchildren and 17
great-grandchildren.
The couple's only son died in 1985.
Funeral services were planned for Tuesday in Philadelphia.
Edition: 3 STAR
Page: A5
Copyright (c) 1990, Orlando Sentinel Communications. All rights reserved.
Source:
Married: January
30, 1924 St. Bridget’s Catholic Church Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
Grace’s parents, John B. (Jack) Kelly and Margaret (Majer) Kelly
met at the Turngemeide swimming pool, located at Broad Street and Columbia
Avenue, in 1916. Mrs. Kelly was an athletic coach for coeds at the
University of Pennsylvania and was taking part
in a recreational swim at the pool. Jack, a member of the swim team at
Turngemeide, saw Margaret for the first time and immediately fell in love. The
two were married on January 30, 1924, at which point Mrs. Kelly converted to
Catholicism- Jack was a devout Irish Catholic.3
