Marie Georgeanna "Mary" (Behm) Rosenthal was born on Sunday, December 11, 1881 at 329 New Market Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of George W. and Sophia (Kempker) Behm.

On the 1900 census, she is living with her parents and siblings at 2023 North Marshall Street in Philadelphia.

On September 8, 1900 at the age of 18, she married Edward E. Rosenthal. They had four children.

  1. Edna Sophie Alberta (Rosenthal) Schneider (1900-1972)

  2. Josephine Estelle (Rosenthal) Koelmel (1903-1995)

  3. Harry Anchel Rosenthal, Sr. (1905- )

  4. Mae V. (Rosenthal) Ryan (1916-1992)

Mary, her husband and children were living at 261 Montana Street in Germantown, Philadelphia by 1910. By 1920, she was shown as head of household at 2023 N. 7th Street. In the 1930 report, she and her family were at 148 Lehigh Avenue. This included grandchildren Harold Schneider, Jr. and Charles Edward Koelmel. Edna and her husband, Harold, Sr. along with Josephine and her husband, Charles William Koelmel lived there also. Mary was listed as the proprietor of a boarding house.

In 1940, her children, Josephine, her husband, Charles William Koelmel and their child Charles Edward along with  Mae and her husband, John Ryan, Jr. were living in the house on Lehigh Avenue.

Edward died on December 30, 1916 at the age of 37. He was buried in Adath Jeshurun Cemetery in Philadelphia. At the time of his death, he was listed as an iron dealer.

Marie died on November 13, 1958 at the age of 76. She is buried in Lot 148, Shady Lawn, Hillsdale Cemetery in Roslyn, Pennsylvania.