Joseph Mitchell Graham

Joseph Mitchell Graham

• Father: Richard Graham

• Joseph Mitchell Graham was born circa 1854 in Longtown, Cumberland, England.
• He married Elizabeth Richardson, daughter of John Richardson and Unknown (?), on 26 December 1878 in Carlisle, Cumberland, England, or the 22nd.
• Joseph Mitchell Graham and Elizabeth Richardson appeared in the British census of 3 April 1881 in St. Andrews & St. Leonards, Fife, Scotland, at 85 Market Street. Other members of the household included John Graham.
• He was a railway clerk, according to the 1881 census.
• Joseph Mitchell Graham and Elizabeth Richardson appeared in the British census of 5 April 1891 in Dryfesdale, Dumfries, Scotland, at 43 Sydney Place. Other members of the household included John Graham, Walter Graham, Jane B. Graham, Joseph Henry Graham, Richard Graham and Mary Gale Graham.
• He was a railway clerk, according to the 1891 census.
• Joseph Mitchell Graham and Elizabeth Richardson appeared in the British census of 31 March 1901 in Lockerbie, Dryfesdale, Dumfries, Scotland, at 61 Sydney Place. Other members of the household included Walter Graham, Jane B. Graham, Joseph Henry Graham, Richard Graham, Mary Gale Graham, Harold Graham, Bessie Graham and William M. Graham.
• He was a general clerk, according to the 1901 census.
• A photographic portrait was made, about 1906, of Joseph and Elizabeth Richardson Graham and their family.
• Joseph Mitchell Graham arrived in in the Port of New York on 4 January 1909, accompanied by Harold Graham aboard the Anchor Line SS Caledonia, having departed Glasgow on 26 December. Their contact in the United States is son/brother Joseph Graham, 2216 Eighth Avenue, New York, who emigrated in 1907. Joseph's wife and other children will arrive about four months later aboard the same ship.
• In May 1909, Joseph Mitchell Graham was living in New York City at 2216 Eighth Avenue when his wife and children arrived in the United States from Scotland.
• Joseph Mitchell Graham and Elizabeth Richardson appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Manhattan, New York, at 309 West 116th Street. Other members of the household included Jane B. Graham, Richard Graham, Mary Gale Graham, Harold Graham, Bessie Graham and William M. Graham.
• He was employed doing office work for a grocery business, according to the 1910 census.
• Joseph Mitchell Graham and Elizabeth Richardson appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Teaneck Township, Bergen County, New Jersey, at Hillside Street. Other members of the household included Bessie Graham and William M. Graham.
• He was employed as a grocery clerk, according to the 1920 census.
• Elizabeth Richardson became a widow at his death.
• Joseph Mitchell Graham died circa 1925.

• Last Edited: 5 Mar 2013