THE STUART FAMILY ARCHIVE
Mahlon Levis Savage
- Birth
- 7 February 1860 (reported on 1929 death certificate)
- Birthplace
- Pennsylvania, United States (reported on death certificate)
- Death
- 27 November 1929 (original death certificate)
- Place of death
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Recorded life status
- deceased
14 October 2026 — Parent links independently corroborated. Original Pennsylvania death certificate 106915, registered 24285, inspected October 14, 2026. Mahlon L. Savage died November 27, 1929 in Philadelphia; born February 7, 1860 in Pennsylvania. Father John R. Savage, mother’s maiden name Sallie Keyser; married, wife Alice M. Savage. Explicit usual residence: 4614 Wyoming Avenue, Philadelphia. This is residence at death, not a move-in date. Correlated with the existing Mahlon Levis Savage and parents John R. Savage and Sally Ann Keyser Savage named together in the 1889 Keyser genealogy, p. 132. Parents and birth are informant-reported information recorded many years later; this is not a contemporaneous birth record. Does not independently prove the parents’ marriage, Sally’s parentage, or the siblings listed only in the family compilation. No link to an unverified Alice profile is asserted. Original image attached. [[evidence:WEB-20261014-153442-d2560046|Original 1929 death certificate]]. The 1880 census also identifies Mahlon L., 20, as John R. Savage’s son with Sallie K., wife, and Jeannette, Katie W. and John R. Jr. [[evidence:WEB-20261014-153535-54bcce33|1880 household census]]. This updates the earlier compiled-only status; original research notes remain below.
8 October 2026 - Keyser and Wallace family research, second round
Page 132 lists this child of John R. Savage and Sally Ann Keyser. These are source-attributed family-genealogy claims. No death date is established.
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
Status: Historical compilation lead. The named relationships and dates have not been independently verified from original vital or probate records. Proposed family connections are documented in these notes; they are not asserted as new biological tree links.
Archive source packet: [[evidence:WEB-20261008-214421-a180e0c0|62-person findings and inspected source images]].
Research context: [[person:person-2cabed8e-4fa5-4280-8d3e-a11a5a6aa1d8|Elhanan Winchester Keyser]]. Consult the relationship qualifications above.
Recorded life history
- Discover events
- Events
- Category
Residence
- Date
June 3, 1880
- Place
Orthodox Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Statement
Mahlon L. Savage, 20, enumerated as John R. Savage’s son, dwelling 28/family 31. House number not established.
- Status
Original record inspected; identification correlated
- Evidence ids
WEB-20261014-153535-54bcce33
- Source notes
Original 1880 U.S. census, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 15th Election Division, 23rd Ward, ED 474, roll 1182, written page 3 / stamped 192C, enumerated June 3, 1880, Orthodox Street, dwelling 28, family 31, lines 37–44. John R. Savage, 51, head; Sallie K., 51, wife; Jeannette, 23, daughter; Mahlon L., 20, son; Katie W., 16, daughter; John R. Jr., 11, son; Jane A., 78, mother; Virginia D., 53, sister. Identification of six existing profiles is correlated with the distinctive family group in the 1889 Keyser genealogy p. 132 and Mahlon’s 1929 death certificate naming John R. Savage and Sallie Keyser. The children’s relationships are to the head John; the census alone does not establish biological maternity. Only Mahlon’s maternal link is additionally corroborated by his death certificate. Sallie’s census age 51 differs slightly from the compiled May 1828 birth; preserve both. Ancestry indexes house number 108, but that number is written beside the preceding Clapp household and no house number appears on John Savage’s line; no exact number is asserted for this family. Date records residence, not move-in. Jane and Virginia are retained as observations without creating or merging profiles. Original image inspected October 14, 2026 and attached.
- Source url
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6742/images/4244547-00389?pid=432935&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true
- Category
Residence
- Date
November 27, 1929
- Place
4614 Wyoming Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Statement
Explicit usual residence on Mahlon’s death certificate; not inferred merely from death location or informant’s address.
- Status
Original record inspected; identification correlated
- Evidence ids
WEB-20261014-153442-d2560046
- Source notes
Original Pennsylvania death certificate 106915, registered 24285, inspected October 14, 2026. Mahlon L. Savage died November 27, 1929 in Philadelphia; born February 7, 1860 in Pennsylvania. Father John R. Savage, mother’s maiden name Sallie Keyser; married, wife Alice M. Savage. Explicit usual residence: 4614 Wyoming Avenue, Philadelphia. This is residence at death, not a move-in date. Correlated with the existing Mahlon Levis Savage and parents John R. Savage and Sally Ann Keyser Savage named together in the 1889 Keyser genealogy, p. 132. Parents and birth are informant-reported information recorded many years later; this is not a contemporaneous birth record. Does not independently prove the parents’ marriage, Sally’s parentage, or the siblings listed only in the family compilation. No link to an unverified Alice profile is asserted. Original image attached.
- Source url
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/5164/images/42342_2421406274_0883-02270?pid=4724432&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true
Recorded parents
John R. Savage · Sally Ann Keyser Savage