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• Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013
  Residence Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  Jean Wylie Gaul 1851 - 1930
  List of Gaul Sunday School children
  Harriet R Gaul
  William A Gaul
  Christine Gaul Graham
  Robert B Gaul
  Myrtle E Gaul
  Grandchildren:
  Katherine Gaul Gruver (Grover? as per other records)
  Florence Jane Edwards
  Elenor E Gaul
  Great grandchild Jane Ann Edwards
  Siloam United Methodist Church
  
  The above record has birth and death dates for what appears to be the wife of William A Gaul.  The children named match those in the 1900 census below.
  
  Interestingly, there was later a Jean Young Gaul.  She was born in 1906, married another William A Gaul and had a son named William Gaul.  Their son was born in 1928.  All three were, along with some other chidren, enumerated in Philadelphia in the 1930 and 1940 census.
  
  The 1900 census reports her name as Jennie.
  
  1900 Federal Census, Philadelphia County, 14 June, Philadelphia, District 1020, page 12B, Seventy & Greenway Church Lane, Hse #243, Fam #253
  Gaul, William  Head  W M July 1847 52 Married 29 years (mar abt 1871) Penna Penna Penna Expressman Rents
  Gaul, Jennie Wife W F Aug 1857  48 Married 29 yrs 10 children/9 living Penna Scotland Scotland
  Gaul, Harriet Dau W F Feb 1874  32 Single Seamstress Penna Penna Penna
  Gaul, Jennie Dau W F Nov 1879  19 Single Dental Finisher Penna Penna Penna
  Gaul, Willam Son W M June 1882 47 Single Clerk Penna Penna Penna
  Gaul, Christina W F Apl 1886 1845  54 Single At School Penna Penna Penna
  Gaul, Robert Son W M Apl 1888 20 Single At School Penna Penna Penna
  Gaul, Myrtle W F Dec 1891  54 Single At School Penna Penna Penna
  
  This 1900 census reports Jean (Jennie) as born in August 1857.  But her as reported in the unofficial church record above has the year 1851.  The 1900 census reports they have been married for 29 years, meaning they married about 1871.  If she born in 1857, it would mean she married at about age 14, and if in 1851, it would be about age 20.
  
  Otherwise, we would usually favor Jennie's birth date repoted in 1900 as the correct date.  Her husband's birth date in the 1900 census matches his death certificate.  Her gravestone also has the birth date as 1851.  Likewise here death certificate reports the date of birth as 13 August 1851..
  
  Pennsylvania Death Certificate
  Gaul Jeanie Wylie
  Residence 836 Whitby Ave, Yeadon, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
  Widow of William Gaul
  Age 78 yrs, 5 mos, 14 days
  Born 13 August 1851
  Father David Wylie, Mother Isabella Baird, both born in Scotland
  Informant "Miss Baird," 836 Whelby Ave
  Death 27 January 1930 in Yeadon, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
  Cause of Death Bronchitis (Chronic) with a Myorcarditis, Contributory Broken Hip (left) and Left Elbow, as the result of a fall
  Burial 31 January 1930 Arlington Cemetery, by E B Yerkes (?), Undertaker, 703 Woodland
  Certificate #8171 filed 31 January 1930
  
  Jean was buried in the same plot and shares a gravestone with three of her chidren, Harriet R, Myrtle E and William Andrew.
  
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  Jean Wylie Gaul
  BIRTH 13 Aug 1851 Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
  DEATH 27 Jan 1930 (aged 78) Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
  BURIAL Arlington Cemetery, Drexel Hill, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
  
  ... the child of David Wiley and Isabella Baird.  She married William Andrew Gaul on April 5, 1871, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  They had nine children in 19 years.  She died on January 27, 1930, in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, at the age of 78, and was buried in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania. (bio by Laura Bickel, FAG User #47657170).
  
  Spouse William Andrew Gaul 1847-1927 (m. 1871)
  
  Children:
  Isabella Baird Gaul Davis 1872-1964
  Harriett R Gaul 1874-1944
  Walter W Gaul 1876-1944
  Crawford Anderson Gaul 1878-1953
  Jean Wylie Gaul Viguers 1879-1945
  William Adam Gaul 1883-1953
  Myrtle Gaul 1891-1941
  
  Maintained by Find A Grave, Originally Created by Robert Viguers 10 Jul 2009
  --  Find A Grave Memorial 39269829, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39269829/jean-gaul#view-photo=133451429
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Sources

• 1. Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013
• 2. 1900 Federal Census, Philadelphia County
  • 14 June, Philadelphia, District 1020, page 12B, Seventy & Greenway Church Lane, Hse #243, Fam #253
• 3. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 4. Pennsylvania Death Certificate
• 5. Pennsylvania, Birth Certificates, 1906-1911
• 6. Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1852-1968
• 7. 1920 Federal Census, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
  • 22 January, Springfield Township, District 201, page 13A, Chester Rd, Hse #270, Fam #284
• 8. U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
• 9. Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1966