Anna Mary Linn

8 October 2026 - Keyser and Wallace family research, second round

The original 1880 census calls her Anna Wallace, 33, wife of physician Wm. H. Wallace, at 103 35th Street, Philadelphia. The 1900 census at the same address records Anna L. Wallace, born November 1846, age 53, married 27 years, with four children born and four living. All four daughters live in the household. Combined with the 1873 marriage and the family genealogy naming their four children, this supports the maternal household identification without treating wife status alone as biological maternity.

Evidence and limits Charles S. Keyser, The Keyser Family (Philadelphia: Wm. F. Fell & Co., 1889), printed pp. 129, 132-134 (PDF pages 175, 178-180). Scanned printed pages inspected. Historical family compilation, not original vital records. https://archive.org/details/keyserfamilydesc00keys

1880 U.S. census, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; T9 roll 1182, ED 483, written pages 3-4, stamped 2C-2D; June 3, 1880; 103 35th Street, dwelling/family 23. William is on page 3 line 50; wife and daughters continue on page 4 lines 1-5. Both original pages inspected. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6742/images/4244547-00607?pid=439252

1900 U.S. census, Philadelphia Ward 24, Pennsylvania; T623 roll 1466, ED 578, sheet 1A, stamped 50A; June 1, 1900; 103 35th Street, dwelling/family 2, lines 7-14. Original image inspected. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7602/images/4115210_00674?pid=52784266

Archive source packet: [[evidence:WEB-20261008-214421-a180e0c0|62-person findings and inspected source images]].

Earlier archive notes (preserved): 8 October 2026 - Bloodline and ancestral-household research

Her original Pennsylvania death certificate, filed June 5, 1929, identifies Anna L. Wallace, widow of Wm Henry Wallace, who died June 4, 1929 in Wayne, Radnor Township, Delaware County. Residence was 406 Woodland Avenue. Father John Linn and mother Mary Diven are both reported born in the United States. Informant Gerald Powell lived at the same address; his relationship is not stated. Burial was at St. Davids Cemetery on June 6. The birth-date box is blank, while the age is 82 years, 6 months, 22 days, consistent with the compiled November 12, 1846 birth date. The index’s approximate 1847 is an age-derived estimate. Parentage is retrospective informant evidence, independently supporting the existing Linn–Diven identification.

Evidence and limits N3 - Anna L. Wallace death certificate65209 Pennsylvania Department of Health, death certificate 65209 (1929), Anna L. Wallace, died June 4, 1929, Wayne/Radnor, Delaware County; filed June 5. PHMC, RG 11, series 11.90. Original certificate inspected. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/5164/images/42342_645856_0573-02423?pid=3641198

Archive evidence: [[evidence:WEB-20261008-195329-06a50ef2|60-person findings and source register]]; [[evidence:WEB-20261008-195536-a197b925|Reviewed source images]].

Earlier archive notes (preserved): 8 October 2026 — Direct-line research update

Her husband Dr. William Henry Wallace’s original 1927 death certificate names Anna L. Wallace as both wife and informant. The 1889 Keyser genealogy, p. 132, spells the wife’s name Annie M. Lynn and gives their marriage as 28 May 1873. Retain Linn/Lynn and Anna/Annie as source variants; the certificate does not establish her own parents.

Evidence and limits B02 — William Henry Wallace original Pennsylvania death certificate. Original image inspected. Pennsylvania death certificate31821;1March1927Wayne,RadnorTownship,DelawareCounty;PHMC RG11series11.90. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/5164/images/42342_2421406272_0678-01971?pid=4850280&treeid=&personid=&rc=&queryId=c4ad5330-232d-4fb7-9f36-4c87ff5d335d&usePUB=true&_phsrc=aao34&_phstart=successSource

B04 — Keyser family genealogy, 1889. Historical compilation; page image inspected. Charles S. Keyser, The Keyser Family (Philadelphia: Wm. F. Fell, 1889), pp. 11, 121–123, 128–129, 132; page images inspected. https://archive.org/details/keyserfamilydesc00keys

Earlier archive notes (preserved): Anna Mary Linn 3rd great-grandmother of James Family-document context and compiled genealogy; original relationship records pending Birth: 12 Nov 1846, Landisburg, Pennsylvania Death: Jun 1929, Delaware County, Pennsylvania Compiled genealogy identifies her as a daughter of Mary Elizabeth Diven; the underlying birth, marriage and death records remain to be collected. Sources: HISTORY · DIVEN