Thanks. I did check the Mt Ida records when I first started the search many years ago. Might be worth re-visiting now with a more practiced eye > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Sat, 19 May 2012 23:22:28 -0400 > From: Chris Marvin <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] when did they die John & Eliza > Cushing troy NY > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[email protected]om> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > When you say you haven't found death records, have you checked the "Mt Ida" > Troy burial records (which contain more than just burials in Mt Ida)? In > my own research, scanning these records for the 5 year period after the > last census in which someone "disappeared" often revealed a death. If you > find a burial, you can check if there are cemetery records for others in > the same plot. > On May 19, 2012 11:14 PM, "Pat Seger" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> My GG grandparents John CUSHING (b ca 1812) married Eliza KELLY (b ca >> 1820) John and Eliza married in Bruree, County Limerick 1842 I believe >> her parents were William Kelly and Elizabeth Russell. No hint of his >> family in Ireland (but that is another brick wall) >> >> John's declaration of intention filed November 1844 - I haven't found his >> Naturalization >> They are in the census through1860 (misspelled as Cushion that year) then >> they disappear. Cannot locate them in the 1865 NY State census. Maybe >> John in city directory in1867 as Cushan then they disappear. Can't find >> any death records for either one >> >> The children (Maria, Ellen/Nellie, William, John and Elizabeth/Eliza) >> would have been between 9 and 22 years old in 1867. Oldest daughter Maria >> "Cushan" is in city directory in1868 but I don't see any of the others; >> other kids might have been too young to list in the directory. Can't find >> them in the 1870 census. Children are again in the Census in 1875 with >> oldest daughter Maria as head of household. >> >> First daughter Maria was baptized at St Marys Catholic Church in 1845. >> One baptized at St. Peters. As adults, three of the children were buried >> in St Peters - Maria (d1927) Ellen/Nellie (d 1928) and Elizabeth (d. 1946) >> but no record of the parents there that I can find. >> >> Any suggestions on where else to look to try and determine when John & >> Eliza died? >> >> >> >> >> ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== >> Time for Society Members to pay up their **2012 Dues**. See the Website >> for details: >> Troy Irish Genealogy Society >> www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ >> Click ON - "JOIN TIGS NOW!" to get form. >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC mailing list, send an email to [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC Digest, Vol 7, Issue 96 > ***************************************************