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Note: Mary never married. She converted to Catholicism. Apparently had mental problems of some sort (unless some family members simply considered the conversion itself to be evidence of mental aberration :-)
Michael Cady showed her middle name as "Jane", we had no middle name in our records for her previously. That was possibly an error confusing her with her aunt Mary Jane McConeghy.
The family always called her Mary. cemetery records show no middle name. The gravestone was added after her death along with several others that were paid for by a group of descendants.
The 1920 census shows both Mary and Ella with middle initial "M." probably standing for Morrow.
SSDI shows her date of death as December 15, 1971 not Dec 18
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1900 Census, Coudersport Borough, Second Ward, Eulalia Township, Potter County, Pennsylvania, ED #105, page #9,
dwelling #182, family #187, genealogy.com image #50 of 91, enumerated June 6, 1900.
Dan McConneghy(sic), head, age 46, born May 1854 in Ireland, both parents born in Ireland, married 18 years,
immigrated 1851, in US for 49 years, naturalized citizen, occ: Passenger Conductor - RR, owned his house free of mortgage
Elenar(sic), wife, age 43, born Nov 1856 in Canada (Eng.), both parents born in Ireland, married 18 years, had 8 children, 7 living
Robert, son, age 16, born Nov 1883 in PA, at school
Mary, daughter, age 15, born Nov 1884 in PA, at school
Tillie, daughter, age 14, born April 1886 in PA, at school
Fannie, daughter, age 9, born June 1890 in PA, at school
Dan, son, age 11, born July 1889* in PA, at school
John, son, age 7, born June 1892 in PA, at school
Elenar(sic), daughter, age 6, born Sept 1893 in PA, at school
Note : This is a clue that Ellen Keating's name may actually have been Eleanor Keating rather than Ellen, both she and her daughter are recorded here in the misspelling "Elenar or Elenor" although she is not listed that way anywhere later that we have found.
Dan Jr was listed out of order he should have come before Fannie.
*Dan's birth year is shown as 1889 and his age as 11, but he was born in July so he wouldn't have been 11 for another month, but we have his birth year from other sources as 1888 so 11 would have been correct.
Matilde was called Tillie for short just as Frances was called Fannie, and both Daniels are recorded as Dan. This enumerator obviously did not insist on formality when it came to names :-)
The child who was not living was Eleanor's twin, James who had died at 5 months
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1910 US Census, ED #111, Ward 2, Coudersport, Eulalia Township, Potter County, Pennsylvania, dwelling #, family # , sheet 10-A, image 19 of 34, enumerated April 25, 1910.
address : 107 Erie (?) Street
Daniel McConeghy, head, age 53, married for 27 years, born in Ireland-Irish, parents born in Ireland-Irish, occ: Conductor on Railroad, owned his home
Ellen, wife, age 52, married for 27 years, had 8 children, 7 living, born in Kansas, parents born in Ireland, occ: none
Mary, daughter, age 25, born in PA, father born in Ireland, mother born in Kansas, occ: none
John, son, age 17, born in PA, father born in Ireland, mother born in Kansas, occ: none
Ellenor(sic), daughter, age 16, father born in Ireland, mother born in Kansas, occ: none
Matilda, mother, age 86, widow, had 7 children, 6 living, born in Ireland-Irish, occ: none
verified by examination of the census images
(Note: Kansas may have been a typo for Canada - rkm)
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1920 US Census, Coudersport Boro, Ward 2,Eulalia Twp, Potter Co, PA, ed #113, visit # 33, pg 4 of 33
enumerated January 5, 1920.
ADDRESS: 603 Ross Street
Mary M. McConeghy, head, 32, single, born in PA, father born in Ireland, mother tongue Scotch, mother born in Ireland, mother tongue Irish, owned the home free of mortgage, no occupation
Ella M. McConeghy , sister, 26, single, born in PA, parents same as above, no occupation
also
Anna M. Freiburg, boarder, 35, single,Chief operator, Bell Telephone, born in PA, father and mother born in Germany with their mother tongue German
(verified by examination of the census images)
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Note : Ella's age matches her birth date, but Mary's does not. She either was born about 1888 or was really about
36 in 1920.
We believe that their mother, Ellen Keating, was actually born in Canada, not Ireland, but we have only family data to support this so far, no other documentation. The listing of the father's mother tongue as Scotch probably meant that they were considered to be Scotch-Irish Protestants from the North of Ireland whereas Ellen Keating's family had come from the West of Ireland and probably were Irish catholics.
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1930 US Census Coudersport Boro, Ward 2, Eulalia Township, Potter County, Pennsylvania, ED #6, image pg 9 of 53, sheet
dwelling #135 family # 137, enumerated
address: 403 Ross Street
Mary McConeghy, head, age 45, single, born in PA, father born in Ireland-North, mother born in Canada-Eng, owned her home, value of house : $2000, did not own a radio set, occ: none
(another family apparently lived in a separate part of the house - (duplex or apartment ?) an Edward Lyons, age 80, and his wife Mary, age 73
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a social note in the Clermont news column of the Sept 17, 1948 edition of The Bradford Era, Bradford, PA
reads:
" Mr & Mrs James McConeghy and children, of Baltimore
and Miss Mary McConeghy of Coudersport, visited J. P. Keating
and Iroe Diebler(sic) recently."
(Note: Mary was J.P.'s first cousin
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In 1954, she was a member of the Coudersport chapter of the Catholic Daughters of America (Court Doyle #932)
The March 4, 1954 issue of "The Bradford Era", Bradford, PA reported on a regular meeting of that organization, citing Mary McConeghy as a member of the meeting committee.
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