Finding out the names of parents

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There was a couple of people mentioned in the obituary for Hilda Ryan - a few details below in case you wish to investigate those further....................could we get back to Thomas Keating or Anna Garry from here 

First one was Robert Kenaan - Robert A Kenaan Snr -

News Record  North Hills, Pennsylvania 11 Nov 1992, Wed  -   Page 9

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31815278/robert_a_kenaan_snr/

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1912 - 1992

Christ Our Redeemer Catholic Cemetery Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

next was Violet Hubenthal......................

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - 2 Mar 1984, Fri  -   Page 3

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31815345/violet_scanlon_hubenthal/

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117854820

So the connection seems to be the Scanlon family -

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Eleanor Scanlon Kenaan ( sister of Violet Scanlon Hubenthal - wife of Robert Anthony Kenaan)

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 28 Jul 1998, Tue  -   Page 15

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31815609/eleanor_scanlon_kenaan/

The parents of these two sisters were John Scanlon and Violet Murphy. Parents of Violet Murphy were John Murphy and Ellen Heinz according to death cert.

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Thomas and Anne Keating were living on Penn Avenue with Walter and Catherine Booth in 1900 (as mentioned earlier)

Penn Avenue - Pittsburgh Ward 12, Allegheny, Pennsylvania.

Thomas Keating   70
Walter Booth   24
Catherine Booth   24
Annie Keating   58

Violet I Murphy (later Scanlon) is living at Penn Avenue with some other sisters in 1910

Penn Avenue Pittsburgh Ward 2, Allegheny, Pennsylvania 1910

James Carr   38
Annie Carr   37 (possibly called Frances Murphy)
James Carr   9
Lawrence Carr   5
Margurite Carr   1
Dennis Carr   85
Ellan Carr   83
Elizabeth Murphy 40 sister-in-law.
Mary Murphy   38 sister-in-law.
Violet Murphy   25 sister-in-law. (later to be Scanlon)

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MG3M-SXY

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Looking at the death certificate for Elizabeth Murphy - single - aged 63 years - died 9 May 1936 Pittsburgh PA
parents were Timothy Murphy and Ellen Hines (attachment below) - Mrs John Scanlon (Must be Violet) was the informant - 5342 Kincaid Street Pittsburgh PA.

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Obituary Elizabeth Murphy -

The Pittsburgh Press  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 11 May 1936, Mon  -   Page 33

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31819008/elizabeth_murphy/

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Annie Carr on that 1910 census was Frances Carr -

Pittsburgh Daily Post  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 2 Sep 1926, Thu  -   Page 20

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31819108/frances_carr/

Pittsburgh Daily Post  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 3 Sep 1926, Fri  -   Page 17

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31819180/frances_carr/

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Also mentioned in the obituary for Elizabeth Murphy was another sister Margaret Gallagher.

Margaret A Gallagher - 2115 Liberty Avenue 10 March 1939 Pittsburgh PA. Margaret was widowed.
Burial St Marys Cemetery. Informant was M (?) Scanlon.  Parents Timothy Murphy and Ellen both born Ireland.

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Margaret Murphy Gallagher 23 September 1861 - 10 March 1939

   
Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery Lawrenceville, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
PLOT   Section D Lot 102 Space 6

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157144700

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Just posting this - in case I lose it later  There is a burial for Ellen Murphy born 1840 died 23 January 1895 - looks like Ellen was a widow who lived at 16 Eighteenth  but lived on on Penn Avenue as a previous residence. (looks positive)

Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery Lawrenceville, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
PLOT   Section D Lot 102

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/139204448

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Mary Murphy - 1872 died 9 February 1938 Pittsburgh PA - Timothy Morphy (as transcribed on anc)
Mother Ellen Hines - informant Lawrence Carr - 5342 Kincaid Street Pittsburgh - burial St Marys

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