HI Sandra.oldohiohome.Erato.Shelleyesq.Erato;
WOW; hope I have not missed anyone. you guy's have gone overboard with the research you have done on my no longer lost family,I have to change the heading to 'Found'.
First I will say to 'oldohiohome' I believe the Peter Headifen you found in NJ.1871 Cen 21Goodwin.Paterson.occ;Turner.is the one (mar)to Isabella m/s McNaughton.(distant cousin in NZ
has a good 'Family Tree') belief is Isabella died between 1860/65. I was thinking she may have died around the time Peter became a US Citizen 1857.?? Also 'Aunt Mary' to Gertrude Headifen McRae
died without heirs is quite surely the daughter of Peter & Isabella. I believe they only had two kids, however I'm told a Peter Headifen (b)1861 NJ. occ; Machinist. no known parents at this time. told he went to live with an Aunt Mary Hedefin Kean & sp.Frederick Kean,occ;Tailor.in Watervliet Albany
NY, and became listed on census as 'Peter Kean'. this is another puzzle with this family.
I was thrilled to read all the newspaper clippings Sandra.sure paints a good picture of the family,
my late Mother was a Headifen but the name was 'Haddifon' by the time she was born in mid
1900's with generations educated going to school she was our family historian,having some B/M certs. which got me started researching.I joined a Historical Society in Glas.Scot and got a 'bunch'
of family names but not much history unless I paid fees on Scot/People but they did not have a lot of records due to 'varients' in surname spelling they could not be found.
Agnes H.Kelly was the daughter of John and Mary Gill. and she (mar) Mike Kelly famous 'Ball Player' I had a contact send me info on Mike as the cause of death was 'alcohol abuse'.I have a tree on this family though I did not have death info on Arthur & Grace . I did find Arthur working on his sister 'Fanny Howatt' farm as a florist, interesting to read about his later life.I will contact the 3x Grt
Grandaughter of Peter&Elizabeth and pass on the new info . she had Peter H.(d) 8Dec 1889 as her relative.
Now here is a query I have as I found this Peter H.(d)1889 with cert # 42751 . I also found another Peter H.(d) same date 8Dec.1889 with cert # 2865. this was on ancestry.so it just goes to show how records can be recorded wrong depending on who writes it down. I will look into buying these certs.
Sandra found James Headifen in Watervliet Albany Ny,I found him in Cohoes Albany same time,
he is the father of Peter H.(mar) to Isabella.after he was widowed for the second time he emm to
NY. USA in 1854. he was a 'dresser in cotton mills but working as a saloon keeper and living in the owners house.I have not found his date of death.
Last to say for now is how much I appreciate all your help, many thanks a bunch,,,,,,,,
Kind regards
Janey