Catherine Maher - looking for a death or marriage

[Lisajb]

Could SKS help me with a marriage and/or death for Catherine Maher.

1900 US census shows her 7/12 (7 months old, I imagine), born October 1899, living with parents Edward and Nora, and a brother, Edward, born 1895, in Hamilton, Cincinnati.

Nora dies in 1904. By the 1910 census, father Edward is living with another son, Stephen, but Catherine and and Edward seem to be in St Joseph Orphan Asylum, Cincinnati.

Family search have another child born to the couple in 1897, L Marie (it’s transcribed as L) but there doesn’t seem to be any further sign of her - so possibly died young.

An online ancestry tree has Catherine dying in Queens, New York, but no date.

I am also struggling to find a death for father Edward, I have him up to the 1920 census (still living with son Stephen), birth dates vary from 1865 - 1867, and he was born in Ireland. And what happened to L Marie?

Many thanks
Lisa

[shellyesq]

This cemetery in Cincinnati has a Norah Maher, Stephen J. Maher (died 2 Feb. 1949), Edward A. Maher (died 24 Sep. 1936), and Edward Maher (died 13 Jun. 1933) all buried in the same section/lot.

https://www.stjoenew.com/page/genealogy

This looks like Stephen's death record - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X6LR-BX7  Was your Nora nee Kennelly?

[shellyesq]

Perhaps this is the elder Edward's death certificate - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-XXN7-35M?i=2061&cc=1307272

[Lisajb]

She was indeed a Kennelly. Thanks for this info

[shellyesq]

I can't see the full obit, but I can see enough of Stephen's obit that he was listed as brother of Mrs. Kathryn O'Rourke of Dayton, Ohio.

[Lisajb]

That sounds promising - thanks again.

[RJ137]

I can't see the full obit, but I can see enough of Stephen's obit that he was listed as brother of Mrs. Kathryn O'Rourke of Dayton, Ohio.

The Journal Herald
Dayton, Ohio
Thursday, February 03, 1949 - 18

Partial snippet-

[oldohiohome]

New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940


Name:   Joseph F.X. O'Rouke
Event Type:   Marriage
Event Date:   28 Nov 1927
Event Place:   Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
Event Place:   Manhattan, New York
Gender:   Male
Age:   30
Marital Status:   Single
Race:   White
Birthplace:   N.Y. City
Father's Name:   James
Mother's Name:   Eliz. Forrestal
Spouse's Name:   Kathryn M. Maher
Spouse's Gender:   Female
Spouse's Age:   26
Spouse's Marital Status:   Single
Spouse's Race:   White
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated):   1901
Spouse's Birthplace:   Cincinnati, Ohio
Spouse's Father's Name:   Edward
Spouse's Mother's Name:   Honora Kennelaly

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24WL-VWM

[oldohiohome]

Perhaps this is the elder Edward's death certificate - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-XXN7-35M?i=2061&cc=1307272

the certificate shows the same date of death and cemetery as the father of the family group of four in the same plot in St Joseph's.