Wightman, Martha Jane

1825 - 1906  (81 years)

• Name	Wightman, Martha Jane  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Born	8 Mar 1825	Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA   [6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Female
  CAUS	gastroenteritis
  Census	1850	Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA
  	Birmingham
  Member	1865	Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA   [9]
  	Committee To Raise Money For Civil War Monument
  Census	1870	Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA
  	Last Name CHAMBERS First Name MARTHA Age 40 Sex FEMALE Color WHITE Occupation KEEPHOUSE Skill Level NOT EMPLOYED Ward Number 22 Value of Real Estate 0 Value of Personal Estate 0 Dwelling Type RESIDENTIAL Place of Birth PENN Foreign Born Father? NO Foreign Born Mother? NO Month Married Month Born Attended School in Last Year? NO Can't Read? NO Can't Write? NO Sane? Alternate Last Name Additional Notes Soundex Code C516
  DIR	1875	Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA
  	Chambers Martha, wid Alexander, Fifth av, 22d wd, Pittsburgh & Allegheny, Pennsylvania General & Business Directory for 1875-76. Pittsburgh: Thurston & Diffenbacher, 1875.
  Member	1875	Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA   [10]
  	Board Of Managers, Home For Aged Protestant Women
  DIR	Between 1877 and 1878	Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA
  	Chambers, MJ, wid Alex, Fifth Av n Wilkins Av, 22d wd
  Divorced	Bef 1880  [5]
  	PA 1880 Census
  Census	1880	Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA
  	Last Name CHAMBERS First Name MARTHA Age 55 Sex FEMALE Color WHITE Occupation KH Skill Level NOT EMPLOYED Relation to Head of Household HEAD Marital Status DIVORCED Months Unemployed 0 Place of Birth PA Father's Place of Birth PENN. Mother's Place of Birth Ward Number 22 Street FIFTHAVE
  PASS	28 Sep 1883	Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA
  	Name: Martha J Chambers Birth Date: 8 Mar 1824 Birth Place: County of Allegheny, Pennsylvania Passport Issue Date: 28 Sep 1883 Passport Includes a Photo: N Source: Passport Applications, 1795-1905
  Residence	1890	Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA   [11]
  	Mrs Alex Chambers Fifth avenue, n Amberson Pittsburgh PA 1890
  Census	1900	Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA
  	Fifth Avenue, Ward 22, Enum. District 263, P. 15, Pittsburgh
  Telephone	1904	Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA   [4]
  	B233 Park
  Residence	1904	Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA   [4]
  	Fifth Avenue, Near Amberson, Shady Side
  Died	1 Apr 1906  [6]
  DCER	2 Apr 1906	Allegheny Co., PA
  	Name: Martha Jane Chambers [Martha Jane Wightman] Gender: Female Race: White Age: 80 Birth Date: 8 Mar 1825 Birth Place: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Death Date: 1 Apr 1906 Death Place: Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA Father Name: William H Wightman Father Birth Place: Pennsylvania Mother Name: Olivia Carroll Mother Birth Place: Pennsylvania Certificate Number: 36441
  Related to my family	Y
  Religion	First Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh
  _UID	548E7EFE692A4BED81E5E982AEA5BC8B944E
  Buried	3 Apr 1906	Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA
  	Allegheny Cemetery Section 19 Plot 102
  Person ID	I622	Buyer, Stier and Related Families
  Last Modified	22 Apr 2014

  
  

  Father	Wightman, William Henderson,   b. Baldwin Township, Allegheny Co., PA
  Mother	Carroll, Olivia,   b. New Jersey
  _UID	F2E6502C075843DD8F9AB04E0ACF6DACEC24
  Family ID	F1278	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Chambers, Alexander,   b. 7 Apr 1819, County Armagh, Ireland ,   d. 28 Mar 1875, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA  (Age 55 years)
  _UID	FD01A69361174F5E800C86AC4814BEB9EDBC
  Children	1. Chambers, Olivia,   b. Abt 1847, Pennsylvania ,   d. 7 Nov 1916, Glen Osborne, Allegheny Co., PA  (Age ~ 69 years)   2. Chambers, James Albert,   b. 28 Feb 1849, Pennsylvania ,   d. 25 Feb 1922, Philadelphia, PA  (Age 72 years)   3. Chambers, Maria Holmes,   b. 5 Apr 1855, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA ,   d. 1936  (Age 80 years)   4. Chambers, Elizabeth B.,   b. Abt 1859, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA   5. Chambers, John
  Documents		Chambers in The Pittsburgh and Allegheny blue book, 1895, Vol. 9.
  Headstones » Slide Show		Chambers, Alexander and Martha headstones Plot: section 19
  		Chambers Plot in Allegheny Cemetery Plot: section 19
  		Chambers Plot in Allegheny Cemetery Plot: section 19
  		Chambers Plot in Allegheny Cemetery Plot: section 19
  		Chambers Plot in Allegheny Cemetery Plot: section 19
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2019
  Family ID	F141	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  5030 Fifth Ave, Shadyside This is a recent photo of a house that was next door to the Chambers home. This block is now mostly condos, but this picture shows 5030 Fifth Avenue, a house that was next door to and built by the same builder as the Chambers house. Martha Chambers' daughter Olivia Chambers Warren several doors away lived at Fifth and Morewood Avenues, site of a…

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Chambers Martha Jane passport application page 2
  		Chambers Martha Jane passport application page 1
  		Chambers Mrs. Alexander, Fifth Avenue, Shadyside 1904 map
  		chambers martha jane death cert.png

  
  

  Headstones

  Chambers, Martha headstone Plot: section 19

  
  

  News		Chambers Martha Wightman Obituary April 2, 1906 Pittsburgh Gazette
  		Chambers Martha WIghtman Obituary April 2, 1906 Pittsburgh Gazette

  
  

• Notes

  AUTH 1H65-HJ8

  
  

• Sources

  [S47] Ancestral File, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (familysearch.org). [S613] Pennsylvania Census of 1850. [S659] RODGERS2.ged. [S680] Social directory for Greater Pittsburgh, Margaret A. Winans, (Philadelphia : Lippincott, 1904, c1903), p. 47, [Q:3]. [S598] PA 1880 Census. [S625] Pittsburgh Gazette. [S597] PA 1870 Census. [S599] PA 1900 Census. [S703] Standard history of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, Erasmus Wilson, (Chicago : H.R. Cornell & Co., 1898), p. 592, [Q:3]. [S300] History of Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, Durant, Samuel W., (Philadelphia : L. H. Everts, 1876), p. 95, [Q:3]. [S623] Pittsburgh City Directories, 1888-1892.