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Note: !BIRTH: 15 DEC 1837 Syracuse, Onondaga, New York !PARENTS' FAMILY: From the book PIONEER IRISH OF ONONDAGA, page 37 -> 41: The children of James anmd Eliza Little Lynch are: Mary, who married Edward Murray of Pompey; Lucy who married John White of Binghamton; Michael, who married Helen Barry of Oswego; John O'Sullivan, who married Eleanor Denman, Ohio; George, who went to California; James, Captain 149th N.Y.Vol. Inf.; Thomas, unmarried; Louise who married Charles Pendergast, a ship owner of Baltimore, and Adelaide, who married James Pendergast of Baltimore, a ship owner and a brother of Charles. James Lynch, the third, son of James Lynch and grandson of James Lynch, served in the war with Spain. !MARRIAGE: To Charles H PENDERGAST-14, Salina, Onondaga, New York 5 Nov 1856. St. John the Baptist Church. Witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. John O.S. Lynch. From the Onondaga Public Library, Local History/Special Collections listing "Persons-Prominent - Lynch, James - 1856, Nov. 7 - Marriage "In this city, on the 5th inst., by the Rev. Mr. Hackett, of St. John's Catholic Church, Mr. Charles H. Pendergast, Baltimore, to Louise J.(sic), daugh- ter of James Lynch, Esq., of Syracuse. (P.2,C.6. Nov. 7, 1856 S.D.C.) !DEATH and BURIAL: 7 Jul 1920 at the New York Foundling Hospital where she made her home. Burial in Pendergast lots Section H, #543/544 at New Cathedral Cemetery, Old Frederick Road, Baltimore, Baltimore Co. Maryland 21219 . When this compiler visited the cemetery in 1982, he found the headstones had toppled from their bases. He had them repaired and had the inscriptions reported by the Director of the cemetery. (Correspondence and bills will be found in the compiler's ancestral file folder 4-14/4-15.) Inscrip- tion: LOUISE LYNCH PENDERGAST WIFE OF CHARLES H. PENDERGAST BORN DECEMBER 15, 1837 DIED JULY 7, 1920. Letter from cemetery dated May 28, 1996 is filed in compiler's ahnentafel file #28 - Captain Charles Pendergast, g-great grandfather of this compiler). In the compiler's ahnentafel #28 folder is cemetery diagram of lots with notations as follows: Date Name Lot Grave Remarks Mar 8, 1898 Charles H. Pendergast 544 5 Apr 2, 1917 Michael P. Caughy " 1 Jul 10, 1920 Louise L. Pendergast " 6 Jan 3, 1929 Mary P. Caughy " 2 May 31, 1960 Ella Coleman Burleson " 7 !RESIDENCES: Syracuse, New York; New York City Compiler remembers his Great Grandmother whom he called "Bammy". She lived her last days at the New York Foundling Hospital under the care of the nuns who ran the establish- ment. His Grandmother MC ANERNEY, daughter of Louise L. LYNCH was a trustee of the hospital. He was visiting his other grandparents, Albert J. and Molly (Mary Ellen) WEAVER at Nanuet NY when he got the sad news of his Great Grandmother's death. !CENSUS(1): 20 July 1850 Page 26 1st Ward Onondaga Syracuse James LYNCH 60 Ireland RIN30 Elisa 46 New York RIN31 Michael 30 Mechanic " RIN853 John 25 " " RIN137 George 23 " " RIN852 Adelia 21 " RIN136 James 18 " RIN138 Thomas 15 " RIN851 Louisa 13 " RIN15 !CENSUS(2): 1870 PG 54-55 332 413 LYNCH, JAMES 86 MW RETIRED SALE MAKER IRELAND 125,000 REAL ESTATE 125,000 PERSONAL LYNCH, ELIZA 72 FW KEEPING HOUSE NEW YORK LYNCH, JAMES 37 MW CLERK IN STORE NEW YORK !SOURCE(1): This compiler knew his great grandmother in his childhood and visited her at the New York Foundling Hospi- tal where she was cared for by the nuns. His grandmother McANERNEY, her daughter, was a Director of the institution. He was visiting at the home of his paternal grandparents in Nanuet, Rockland County, New York and was devastated on hearing of her death; he was age 7 at the time. !SOURCE(2): Records at St. John the Baptist Church in Syracuse, New York received 5/10/1996. To be filed in compiler's ahnentafel file folder for James Lynch, folder #30-5. Contains marriage, death and burial data. Also in the same package were copies of newspaper clippins etc. from the Onondaga Historical Association, 311 Montgomery St., Syracuse NY 13202.
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