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Edward Gregg

Father of Ethel Gregg Proeger · 1849–1905

Edward Gregg

Confirmed

Father of Ethel Gregg Proeger · 1849–1905

Born
11 September 1849
Died
19 September 1905
Parents
Alfred Gregg & Mary Gregg
Married
Sarah E. Wright
Children
Mabel
Sources
15

Research status

Research status: CONFIRMED as the father of Ethel Gregg, wife of Frederick Albert Proeger. Ethel’s 1957 Pennsylvania death certificate, read from the image, names her father as Edward Gregg and her mother as Elizabeth Darling S423; the 1880 census, read from the image, has Edward Gregg, 30, working in a planing mill at Carmichaels, Greene County, with his wife Lizzie, 26, and daughters Ethel, 4, and Mabel, 1 S416. FamilySearch indexes the same household as 1:1:MWFF-3W2, with Edward as Ethel’s father. Added to the tree on Earl’s approval of 28 September 2026. Added 29 September 2026; his birth, death and parents added the same day from the Pittsburgh registers, read from the images

Life in the order the records give it

Birth1849
Born 11 September 1849 in Greene County, Pennsylvania, by his own statement on his 1892 marriage docket S926; his age at death, 56 years and 7 days, fits S927, and so does his age of 30 in 1880 S416. He is Edwin, 8 months old, in Alfred and Mary Gregg’s household in Cumberland Township, Greene County, in 1850 S928, and Edwin, 10, in the same household in 1860 S929
Death1905
Died 19 September 1905 at 681 South Lang Avenue, Pittsburgh (22nd Ward), a contractor, aged 56, of heart disease, and buried at Carmichaels on 22 September 1905; the register names him Edwin Alexander Gregg S927. The same undertaker had buried Lizzie in 1891 S925
Census1870
🆕 In June 1870 he was living with his mother, Mary Gregg, 65, in the Borough of Carmichaels, Greene County, as Augustus E., 20, a carpenter born in Pennsylvania; Mary owned real estate worth $7,500 Confirmed S1034. Alfred is not in the household, so Mary was probably a widow by 1870. This fills the gap between the 1860 household and his 1880 work at the planing mill. added 29 September 2026

Family parents, marriages, children, siblings

Children1875
Father of Ethel Gregg (1875–1957), who married Frederick Albert Proeger in 1896 S417S423, and of Mabel Gregg, born 17 November 1878 at Carmichaels, who married William Spicer MacDonald in Westmoreland County on 21 November 1906 and died on 30 January 1968; her own death certificate names her parents as Edward Gregg and Elizabeth Darling S930S931
Marriage
Husband of Elizabeth “Lizzie” Darling S416S423
Parents
Son of Alfred Gregg and Mary Gregg, both born in Greene County, as his death register names them S927 Confirmed
Marriage1892
Married secondly, on 28 September 1892 at Pittsburgh, Sarah E. Wright, born in Washington County on 28 December 1861. The docket calls the groom Augustus E. Gregg, a contractor of the 20th Ward, born in Greene County on 11 September 1849, whose first marriage had been ended by his wife’s death S926 Probable confirm or correct →
Children1920
🆕 His daughter Mabel lived with her husband William S. MacDonald in Greensburg, Westmoreland County: at 550 Harrison Avenue in 1920 S1028, and at 224 Underwood Avenue in 1930, 1940 and 1950 S1029S1030S1031, the address on her death certificate Confirmed. Her 1930 age, 47, is about four years short. added 29 September 2026

Open questions what is probable, weak or missing — confirm or correct it

Weak or missing
What is weak or missing: his records use three names. He is Edward in the 1880 census and on both daughters’ death certificates, Augustus E. on the 1892 docket and Edwin Alexander on the death register, and no record explains Augustus. That the Augustus E. Gregg of 1892 is the same man rests on the matching birth date, the ward and his widowhood, not on any record that says so. His first marriage, to Lizzie about 1875, has not been found

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Edward Gregg · Sources

Citations

Sources cited on this card

15 of the record's sources are cited here. The numbering is the record's own; the full list, with where else each is cited, is at Sources.

  1. S4161880 U.S. Federal Census — Edward Gregg household, Carmichaels Borough, Greene Co., Pennsylvania (ED 69, page 3, dwelling 29, lines 31–34). Ancestry record 29464210. Image examined, read 24 September 2026. Confirmed Edward Gregg, 30, works in a planing mill, born Pennsylvania; wife Lizzie, 26, born Virginia; daughters Ethel, 4, born Pennsylvania, and Mabel, 1; enumerated 2 June 1880. Ethel's 1957 death certificate (S423) gives her birth at Carmichaels on 27 November 1875 and her parents as Edward Gregg and Elizabeth Darling; Lizzie is taken as Elizabeth. The page gives Lizzie's birthplace as Virginia on her own line and Pennsylvania on Ethel's; Virginia is held, unconfirmed. An Aaron Gregg, 54, shares the dwelling; the page does not say how he is related.
  2. S417Pennsylvania, U.S., Marriages, 1852–1968 — marriage licence no. 6460, Fred Proeger to Ethel Gregg (docket cover; FHL film 001851681). Ancestry record 902707460. Image examined, read 24 September 2026. Confirmed The docket cover reads “No. 6460. Marriage License. Fred Proeger to Ethel Gregg.” The cover carries the names only. The date (30 September 1896), the place (Washington County) and the ages come from the index, not from this image; the application and return pages have not been examined. The same image is Ancestry record 2707460.
  3. S423Pennsylvania death certificate, file no. 18938 — Ethel Gregg Proeger, 19 February 1957, Greensburg. Ancestry record 7223935. Image examined, read 24 September 2026. Confirmed Ethel Gregg Proeger, widow of Frederick A. Proeger, of 302 N. Pennsylvania Avenue, Greensburg, retired homemaker, born 27 November 1875 at Carmichaels, Pa., died 19 February 1957 at Greensburg, aged 81, of a cerebral haemorrhage; father Edward Gregg, mother Elizabeth Darling; buried 21 February 1957 at St. Clair Cemetery, Hempfield Township. Her parents are as the informant gave them. The marriage index names her father as A. E. Gregg; the two forms are not merged.
  4. S925Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, death register, 1891, p. 559 — Lizzie D. Gregg, 30 May 1891. Ancestry record 193310. Image examined, read 29 September 2026. Confirmed Lizzie D. Gregg, white, female, aged 36 years 11 months, died 30 May 1891 of pneumonia and convulsions; born in Virginia; late of the 20th Ward, Pittsburgh, for 1 year 7 months, previously of Carmichaels, Greene County; buried at Carmichaels 1 June 1891; undertaker Thomas B. Moreland. The D. fits her maiden name, Darling. Her age gives a birth about June 1854, in line with her age of 26 in 1880 (S416).
  5. S926Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, marriage docket no. 10106 — Augustus E. Gregg and Sarah E. Wright, 28 September 1892. Ancestry record 147383. Image examined, read 29 September 2026. Probable Augustus E. Gregg, contractor, of the 20th Ward, Pittsburgh, born in Greene County on 11 September 1849, married before, the marriage “dissolved by death of his former wife”; and Sarah E. Wright, born in Washington County on 28 December 1861. Married 28 September 1892 by J. V. McKay. Taken to be Edward Gregg: the Greene County birth, his age of 30 in 1880, his widowhood and the 20th Ward sixteen months after Lizzie died there all fit, and Ethel's 1896 marriage index gives her father as A. E. Gregg. No record says that Augustus E. and Edward are one man.
  6. S927Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, death register, 1905, p. 575 — Edwin Alexander Gregg, 19 September 1905. Ancestry record 405285. Image examined, read 29 September 2026. Confirmed Edwin Alexander Gregg, white, male, aged 56 years 0 months 7 days, married, contractor, died 19 September 1905 of mitral stenosis; born in Greene County; father Alfred Gregg, mother Mary Gregg, both born in Greene County; of 681 South Lang Avenue, 22nd Ward; buried at Carmichaels 22 September 1905; undertaker Thomas B. Moreland. Taken to be Edward Gregg: a Greene County birth in September 1849, a contractor, burial at Carmichaels and the undertaker who buried Lizzie in 1891 (S925).
  7. S9281850 U.S. census — Alfred Gregg household, Cumberland Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania. Ancestry record 121795. Image examined, read 29 September 2026. Confirmed Enumerated 15 August 1850, dwelling 188: Alfred Gregg, 51, farmer; Mary, 45; Ann Eliza, 24; and younger children down to John W., 3, and Edwin, 8/12. Eight months old in August 1850 fits a birth in September 1849.
  8. S9291860 U.S. census — Alford Gregg household, Cumberland Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania (post office Carmichaels). Ancestry record 3743853. Image examined, read 29 September 2026. Confirmed Dwelling 115: Alford Gregg, 61; Mary, 55; James, 23; Ellis, 19; William, 16; John, 12; Edwin, 10; all born in Pennsylvania. The census states no relationships; Edwin's parents are named by his death register (S927).
  9. S930Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, marriage licence docket no. 22966 — William Spicer MacDonald and Mable Darling Gregg, 21 November 1906. Ancestry record 902840657. Image examined, read 29 September 2026. Confirmed William Spicer MacDonald, clerk, of New York, born 31 October 1876; and Mable Darling Gregg, of East Liberty, born at Carmichaels on 17 November 1878. Licence 20 November; married 21 November 1906 by Rev. Wm. J. Miller. The bride gave her own birth date. Her middle name is her mother's maiden name. The docket gives the groom's birthplace as Scotland; his daughter's 1913 birth certificate gives North Sydney, Nova Scotia.
  10. S931Pennsylvania death certificate — Mabel Gregg MacDonald, 30 January 1968, Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County. Ancestry record 15192131. Image examined, read 29 September 2026. Confirmed Mabel Gregg Mac Donald, widow of William S., of 224 Underwood Avenue, Greensburg, born 17 November 1878 at Carmichaels, died 30 January 1968; father Edward Gregg, mother Elizabeth Darling; buried at St. Clair Cemetery 1 February 1968. The same parents and birthplace as her sister Ethel's certificate (S423).
  11. S10281920 United States Federal Census — Greensburg Ward 1, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, enumeration district 102, sheet 6A. Ancestry record 34590930. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 29 September 2026. Confirmed 550 Harrison Avenue: William S. MacDonald, 43, born Canada, salesman; Mabel, 40, born Pennsylvania; four daughters. Read from the image.
  12. S10291930 United States Federal Census — Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, enumeration district 65-43, sheet 11A. Ancestry record 56812695. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 29 September 2026. Confirmed 224 Underwood Avenue: William Macdonald, trust officer at a bank; Mabel, wife, 47, married at 23; four daughters. Her age is about four years short of her 1878 birth.
  13. S10301940 United States Federal Census — Greensburg Ward 7, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, enumeration district 65-58, sheet 8A. Ancestry record 18749987. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 29 September 2026. Confirmed 224 Underwood Avenue, owned, $9,000: William S., 64, born Canada, trust officer at a savings bank; Mable, 61, the informant; three daughters. Read from the image.
  14. S10311950 United States Federal Census — Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, enumeration district 65-86, sheet 74. Ancestry record 243969794. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 29 September 2026. Confirmed 224 Underwood Avenue: William MacDonald, 73, born Canada, bank trust officer; Mable G., wife, 71, born Pennsylvania; a daughter. The index reads the street as “Westerwood”.
  15. S10341870 United States Federal Census — Borough of Carmichaels, Greene County, Pennsylvania, page 8. Ancestry record 42297046. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 29 September 2026. Confirmed Dwelling 60, enumerated 6 June 1870: Mary Gregg, 65, keeping house, real estate $7,500; Augustus E., 20, carpenter, born Pennsylvania. Read from the image.

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