Hi Judy.. I'll try for the third time...I keep losing the message I try to write... My father spelled our name with 2 T's...but most of the others in his family spelled it with 1. I have been trying to find out the correct way, if there is one... I don't know if there is a connection...possibly, but where?, I don't know... My great great grandfather was James MATHEW, born Ire, about 1830. The earliest census I have found him is the 1860 in NJ. My great great gma, his wife, was Mary FOLEY, born abt 1831, (some records say 1837), but they had a son, John Henry, born NJ in abt 1853, so that would make her 16 when she had him if she was born in 1837. The 1860 census says she was born abt 1831. And they say the further you go back, the more probable the date, as it is closer to the event. So I am going with 1831. She was born in either Nova Scotia or Newfoundland..I have records (censuses, death certs), that say both. Her death cert said she cme to US at 1 year of age, making that about 1832. Her parents were Michael FOLEY & Bridget MURPHY, both born Ireland. I have some of her siblings, but don't know if I have them all. James MATHEWS was a mason (brick layer). I don't know who his parents were. I have found a few men that are possible brothers in Hoboken (which is next to Jersey City, born Ireland and also Jersey City. The Hoboken guys moved to Jersey City & lived in close proximity to James & Mary. But I have nothing to prove the connections. Names: Christopher, Patrick, Julius. Mary's brother, Michael FOLEY , the younger, also named one of his sons John Henry, so these are most likely after the FOLEY clan & not MATHEWS/MATTHEWS clan. As I said, I don't know when he came over & who his parents were or where in Ireland. I have not found a marriage for James & Mary and I have not found a death cert for James. The 1880 Census has son, James R as son age 24, bricklayer, but it says Mary is married, but James the elder is not listed. as head. In the 1870 census they have Pat, MATTHEWS, James, 40. I don't know where the "Pat" comes from, but the rest of the family is listed. In the 1860 Census he is listed as James, 30. James & Mary had 8 children, 5 survuvung per 1910 census. They were: John Henry, b abt 1853, married Mary J KELLY Margaret, b 1856, never married, died 1933 James R, b abt 1858, married Bridget <unkn>, died 1908 Frank, b 1859, died at age 17, July 1876 Mary, b abt 1862, never married, died 1942 Adelaide, b 1867, never married, died 1914 Augustus, b 1868, never married, died 1959 Elizabeth, b 1869, died @ 16 mos, 1870 Mary FOLEY MATTHEWS died 1913 So that's my James MATHEWS/MATTHEWS family. Thanks for getting back to me about your MATHEWS family. BTW: In the Emigrant Savings Bank Colection there is a Mary MATTHEWS/MATHEWS listed there, living in NYC. I haven't gotten to the NY Library yet to check it out further . If you have an Ancestry subscription you can look to see if your family is there. I found my Michael MORAN family & it tols me the year he came ove, where in NYC they lived, his occ , his wife & kids, who I already had, PLUS it gave his brother, Patrick, in Troy, NY & 2 sisters in NYC, his mother's name , his deceased father, where he embarked & where in Ireland he came from. A wealth of information in one little record. If you don't have a sub, there are 3 volunteers on Pat Connors' NY-Irish pages doing lookups. www.connorsgenealogy.com Jeanine Matthews NJ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janelle Warden" <jmwwardn@bellsouth.net> To: <NJ-GSNJ-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 8:18 PM Subject: [GSNJ] RE: Mathews > "I have an Aunt thru marriage, Marge Stanley, still living. She married Joseph MATHEWS. I believe she was originally from the state of Maine". > > Thanks Jeanine, The MATHEWS caught my eye, "one T" is the way our Mathews spelled their name. I recently found where JAMES MATHEWS was a roofer in Manhattan and his sons seemed to follow the business with him except for son Andrew who was a clerk. A nephew James, was working and living with the Mathews. He had two daughters who never married, Catharine and Sarah. Sons were William, Robert and Andres. The wife was Bridget Wallace Mathews who had died before 1880. James may have lived until after 1890. I found Catharine living with her younger brother, Andrew in 1920. > > James and Bridget were both born in Ireland and came to America (NY) around 1850's. > > In the 1970's I found a lady Elinor Mathews who was a cousin and she was working on the family genealogy for her niece and nephew. I never heard anymore and wish I knew the niece and nephew that received this genealogy report. Elinor was living in the Bronx. > > I know this is our family and does anyone out there connect? > US Census 1880 New York District 625 New York City Manhattan Greater NY > > James Mathews age 50 widow Roofer b. Ireland > Catherine Mathews daughter 26 home head of house b. NY abt. 1854 > Sarah Mathews daughter 24 home b. NY abt 1856 > William Mathews son 22 Roofer b. NY abt. 1858 > Robert Mathews son 20 Roofer b. NY abt. 1860 > Andrew Mathews son 18 drug clerk b. NY abt. 1862 > James Mathews nephew Roofer age 18 b. NY about 1862 > <b>George Steele grandson born July 1879 NY > > This George Steele, grandson grew up to be a lawyer in New York City and married Harriet Stanley. He died in 1958. > > Janelle Warden > > > ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== > Visit our Collections Guide: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njgsnj/collectionguide.html > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. 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