M.M.White undertaker WashingtonDC Matthias M. White undertaker of Washington , DC Fisk and Raymond metallic coffins

 MM dies in 1868 when Margaret Alice is only 10 years old and before she's 15 her mother also dies. We know Ellen left the family the house at Massachusetts and North Capital and we find the youngest two children, brother and sister ( Boyds directory of DC 1874)  John C.C. (only 5 years older) living with his sister, Margaret A. (Maggie)  at 17 Mass av nw. (some cheap apartments Mass Ave in the 1920s)