Lydon/Pennsylvania

[rathmore]

find a grave

www.findagrave.com

this might be our Patrick memorial no. 120727015

born 1847 died 2.3.1928

saint john the evengelist cemetery
Company H, 69th Pennsylvania infantry also company B, 30th US infantry 1865-868 he was a corporal when he was discharged.

Pahtrich will be under Patrick
It migh also have had a pension.

http://familysearch.org

[Jan_A]

I did some searching on death certs and I believe this may NOT be the one you are looking for. I found two, I believe one was married twice, or his wife was.  I need to sit and look at each of the death certs (as that I found 2 Patrick's, one wife and at least a daughter).  I will post what I figure out.


Jan A

[Jan_A]

I will need to go back and search the route of the McTigue.
Here is what I was coming up with: none with that name where you thought they would be buried.

There was a Patrick Laden DC:75930
B: 17Mar1848 Ireland D: 1Aug1914
He was a railroad man, father: Patrick Laden.
Death informant was a Mrs Edw? something from Bradford Pa (towards NY Border)

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There is a Bridget Brown B: 10Jul1851 Ireland D: 28Dec1927 as a widow  DC: 110734
Husband: Patrick
Father: Patrick Laydon of Ireland and mother: Bridget of Ireland.

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There is a Patrick Laden B: 13Mar1842 Ireland D: 30Oct1931 a farmer  DC: 97458
Parents: Unk from Ireland
Informant: Mrs Fred Eaton.

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The final one, he appeared to be married to Bridget
John Cotterell B: 7May1849 Killarney Ireland, D: 19May1926 a coal miner DC: 56566
F: Andrew Cotterell of Ireland
M: Julia Welch   of Ireland
He is buried at St. Mary's in Hanover Pa, informant was a Little sister of ? in Scranton Pa

Do you know of a Bridget in the family?  I used the dates you have for that findagrave memorial and there is NO one coming up in the death cert search for that.  When I expanded the years I came up with the questionable ones.  The more you can give me, the better to cross -reference death certs.

Jan A

[Sinann]

The only clue is that her maiden name, Turner, is the one consistent thing across some records, e.g. Patrick's obituary and death record, and that of his sister (Catherine).

Clarro already has Patrick's death record.

[Sinann]

What would the date of birth be for Catherine?
And did she ever marry, a marriage record might hold more clues.

[Clarro]

Wow.Thank you Sinann..that clue is the first time that a Pat and Sarah and Lydon have been together in the same place. and I've been looking for years. Definitely going to follow that clue. I appreciate your help.

[Clarro]

Hi Jan_A. You have great ideas. My Ancestry site is full of death certificates. They are a wealth of information. Patrick died at the Old Soldiers Home in Washington, D.C. The home was established for veterans of the Civil War. When he died, no family was present so the names of father and mother are listed as "unknown".

We're from Luzerne County. I do all my research online. But I know there is a record out there, somewhere, that is NOT online. I believe Patrick was naturalized. A census notation says so. So, if you have any access to naturalization records for Luzerne, I'd appreciate your help.

[Clarro]

Hi Rathmore. That  IS my Patrick. We, and the GAR, set that mention up about a year ago. Next time I visit my hometown, I intend to go to the cemetery and look for a gravestone. There are a few "Lydon" gravestones but I'll need to find all of them. They were all very active in the church.

He is my Ancestry site..the branch for Patrick. http://person.ancestry.com/tree/12486431/person/-249154813/facts

[Clarro]

According to the 1860 Pennsylvania census, Catherine was born in 1855. Patrick also had two brothers listed on that census: William born abt 1853, and John W. born 1852. But the census information has been a hard clue to follow, e.g. in 1860, they are all listed as born in Pennsylvania, and in 1870, they were all born in Irleand.

I know that they all died in America. Catherine married John Roache in 1877. She died in 1926 in Tennessee. Her death record lists Patrick Lydon as father and Sarah Turner as mother.

As for William and John, no other traces of them after 1870 Pensylvania census. On the 1900 Pennsylvania census, Sarah lists that she had 7 children, 3 were still living. That would eb patrick, Catherine..and on other unknown.