1880 CENSUS: (Soundex Code # M 260; detail E.D. #218, Sheet 22, Line 33)
George T. Meagher, age 40, resides at 28 McMechen street, Baltimore City. George is listed as widowed; his profession is carpenter. George was born in Maryland. Five children (all born in Maryland) are living in his household:

George, Jr., son, age 18, single, carpenter
Rebecca, daughter, age 16, single, at home
Lucy, daughter, age 14, attending school
John, son, age 9, attending school
Thomas, son, age 3

Also living in the houshold are:
Sophia Riley, housekeeper, age 50
Lucy Riley, daughter of housekeeper, age 14, attending school
Mary Geller, adopted daughter, age 7, attending school

The Sun, Baltimore, Monday, 12 September 1887, page 2: "DIED"
"MEAGHER – On September 8, after a lingering illness, REBECCA, in the 23d year of her age, daughter of George T. and the late Elizabeth Meagher. – RIP.P.

[four line poem]

"Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend her funeral, from the residence of her father, corner of Division and McMechen streets, on this (Monday) morning, September 12, at 8.30 o’clock, thence to the Immaculate Conception Church, where a Requiem Mass will be offered for the repose of her soul.

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Linda ljenne@carr.org wrote on August 6, 2005:
"Last Wednesday I spent the day at the Hall of Records in Annapolis looking for information on my father's side of the family but I took the time to look at church records from the Immaculate Conception and found the marriage information … On Oct. 25, 1863 a George Meagher married an Elizabeth Rittenhouse.

"I also found a burial at the Church for a Rebecca Meagher on September 12, 1887. She was 23 years old and died of consumption and was buried at St. Peters Cemetery. On the 1880 census John and Mary [Meagher] had a niece Rebecca who was 15 years old and this would match her."