The following material on the immediate ancestry of Alger Hiss should not be considered either exhaustive or authoritative, but rather as a first draft.

1920 Maryland, Baltimore City, , Ward 14, ED 329, sheet 9B, line 89

Hiss Mary L     H   F W 52 Wd    MD MD MD
     Anna       D   F W 26 S     MD MD MD         Teacher      University
     Mary Ann   D   F W 24 S     MD MD MD         Teacher      Private School
     Bosley     S   M W 19 S     MD MD MD
     Alger      S   M W 15 S     MD MD MD
     Donald     S   M W 13 S     MD MD MD

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1900 Maryland, Baltimore City, Ward 15, ED 201, sheet 13B, line 51

Hiss Mary           W        W F Jul 1866 35      M 11 3 3     MD Ireland MD
McClernan Rebecca   Cousin   W F Nov 1874 25      S    0 0     VA MD      MD
Hiss Mary A         D        W F Jul 1895  4      S            MD MD      MD
     Anna           D        W F May 1893  7      S    0 0     MD MD      MD
     Chass A        H        W M Jul 1863 36      M 11         MD MD      MD
     Bosly          S        W M Apr 1900    1/12 S            MD MD      MD
   (one servant)

The entries are in this order in the schedule.  In Mary's entry, "Head" 
is overwritten with "Wife", and an arrow is drawn from Chass's entry to 
just above Mary's entry.

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1880 Maryland, Baltimore, ED 104, page 12, line 10

Hiss Geo M    W M 58         Retired Mercht    MD Prussia Prussia
     Mary A   W F 55    W    Keeping House     MD MD      MD
     Eliza    W F 24    D    At Home           MD MD      MD
     Lucy     W F 22    D    At Home           MD MD      MD
     Geo B    W M 21    S    At Home           MD MD      MD
     John     W M 18    S    Bookkeeper        MD MD      MD
     Chas     W M 15    S    Student           MD MD      MD

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