Allegheny County PA Archives-  Obituaries: Burton, Magdalena, 03 Nov 1889

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from The Pittsburgh Press dated Monday, November 4 1889  (page 2):

Mrs Magdalena BURTON died yesterday at St Francis hospital at the
remarkably old age of 100 years and 6 months.  She had been in the
hospital nearly two years and was loved by all connected with the
institution.  Mrs BURTON was a French woman, having come from Lorraine
one-half a century ago.  She had a family of four sons and one
daughter.  Two of the sons were killed in the late war.

from The Pittsburg Dispatch dated Monday, November 4 1889  (page 5):

An old lady, who attained to more than the Biblical allowance of man's
tenure on life, and reached the reverential age of a centenarian - she
had exceeded 100 years by 6 months - passed away yesterday in the
person of Magdelena BURTON.  The old lady had been an inmate of St
Francis Hospital, on Forty-fourth street, for the past year and a
half, or since her son, Mr Michael BURTON, formerly of Carson street,
with whom she resided, left the city to pursue his occupation of
glassblower at Jeannette.  Mrs BURTON was a Frenchwoman, and claimed
Lorraine as the place of her nativity.  Her family included one
daughter and four sons, two of whom died in France.  She lost two sons
in the late war, one of them being killed at Gettysburg.

BURTON - On Sunday morning, November 3 1889, Magdelena, mother of
Michael BURTON, formerly of the Southside, now of Jeanette, Pa., aged
100 years 6 months.  Funeral Tuesday morning, November 5.  Services at
St Michael's Church, Southside, at 9:30 o'clock.  Friends of the
family are respectfully invited to attend.

from the City of Pittsburgh Death Records:

Madelaine BURTON, aged 100 years 6 months, widowed, died November 3
1889 at St Francis Hospital, old age; born in France; burial in St
Michael's Cemetery on November 5 1889.

NOTES:
>From city directory, she was the widow of Nicholas.  Sons said to have
died in the war may be Nicholas and Florence.