The facts surrounding the situation of George A. McBride are a bit mysterious, based on the census. He is shown at age 24 in Butler in the household of his mother Maria McBride and grandmother Margaret (Dunbar) McKee. Occupation listed as "livery stable keeper". In the 1880 Butler borough census, the household of Maria McBride is shown with a daughter-in-law Eliza Jane McBride and 3 grandchildren; these seem to be the wife of George A. McBride ("Jennie" Miller), with 4 year old Maria A., 2 year old George and 6 month old Thomas. However, George is not listed. The obit of the elder Maria McBride's brother, James Cooper McKee, states that in 1895 he adopted the children of his deceased nephew George McBride. This is why in the 1900 and later census, the sons are named McKee instead of McBride. However, Jennie (Miller) McBride, aka "Eliza Jane", is still living in Butler through most of this. In 1900 she is with a daughter and sons Thomas and Harvey, and is still in Butler in 1910 with son Harvey and family (and listed as "Jennie" McBride). In the 1920 census, at age 73 (75?), she is still on South Washington street in Butler, but not with her children.