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Galway / Re: Lydon/Pennsylvania
« on: Friday 29 January 16 17:46 GMT (UK)  »
A possible hint is in the obituary for Henry, Patrick's son, who was killed by a train (In Pennsylvania). In the obit, it mentions that an undertaker was a cousin. That "cousin" parents was Charles "Lyden" and Honora Graham (born in Ireland).

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Galway / Re: Lydon/Pennsylvania
« on: Friday 29 January 16 17:29 GMT (UK)  »
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.

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Galway / Re: Lydon/Pennsylvania
« on: Friday 29 January 16 17:16 GMT (UK)  »
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

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Galway / Re: Lydon/Pennsylvania
« on: Friday 29 January 16 17:09 GMT (UK)  »
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.

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Galway / Re: Lydon/Pennsylvania
« on: Friday 29 January 16 17:01 GMT (UK)  »
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.

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Galway / Re: Lydon/Pennsylvania
« on: Thursday 28 January 16 23:34 GMT (UK)  »
Yes, it is a big task. I meant to say that I'm not sure if Galway is the correct place of origin, so I'm checking RootsIreland for all counties, not just Galway. I have learned that "Patrick Lydon" is a popular name! Even in America in my small hometown in Pennsylvania..there were so many "Patrick Lydons" it took me several years to find the right one. Thank you for your help.

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Galway / Re: Lydon/Pennsylvania
« on: Thursday 28 January 16 23:14 GMT (UK)  »
Yes..don't know when..but she came to America definitely before 1860. Don't know who she travelled with or what name she used, or when she left Ireand, or how etc. I've looked everywhere and on all online sites (FamilySearch, Ancestry, RootsIreand, Famine Immigration Databases, etc) - can't find any record that remotely might be her, or her son Patrick (Lydon). The other difficulty is that she, and others of her generation, never learned to read or write and the census takers in America also may have been slightly illiterate or of a different culture..so names, spelling of names, dates, birthplaces, etc were wildly different from census to census. It's a mystery I'm determined to solve! 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).

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Galway / Re: Lydon/Pennsylvania
« on: Thursday 28 January 16 22:20 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Sinann,
Thank you for trying to help. I do appreciate it. I know the family came to America before 1860 - found them on a 1860 census. The difficulty is that I'm sure "Gallway" is even correct. It was listed on one of his military records, but so many American records from that time, and forward, are so inaccurate. I know they were Roman Catholic. I do know that hismother married twice..first to a Lydon (his father) and then to a Michael McTigue. Since the 1860 census has her already married to McTigue, also from Ireland.

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Galway / Lydon/Pennsylvania
« on: Friday 22 January 16 20:47 GMT (UK)  »
My greatgrandfather was Pathrick H. Lydon. His 1865 Civil War (America) records list him as being born in "Gallway" about 1846-1848. Another record lists his mother as Sarah Turner, father as Patrick Lydon. I can find no record of his parents or of family emigration to America. I begin finding records with an 1860 Pennsylvania census. Nothing before then. It seems his mom married again (before 1860) to a Michael McTigue. I know that Patrick had at least one sister, Catherine.

Family settled in Pittston, Pennsylvania (Luzerne County), a coal mining region.

Any help or guidance to finding Patrick's Irish roots would be greatly appreciated,
Clarro




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