I would like to see Catherine in the 1880 census. Can you tell me under what last name I would find her and whose home she is living in. > From: Shadonkd35@aol.com > Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 14:01:22 -0500 > To: paphilad@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [PAPhl] Connecting Family > > Catherine and her mother, Ann, are not in any federal censuses listed > together as far as I know. I cannot find them in 1870 and in 1880 Catherine is > listed as a border with another family. Catherine was born in 1860 but > does not appear on the 1860 census. > > Catherine was married to Micheal Brady when she died at the age of 40 in > 1900. She was born in Philadelphia and always lived there. > I have an obituary for James Collopy that connects him to Catherine. > I have an obituary for Catherine that connects her to James, the father. > But not her mother. > > I guess the best thing is to obtain baptismal records from the Catholic > church. > > Spelling of the name is definitely a problem. Even using the soundex or > other sources, I am still unable to locate them in the census. There are so > many variations on the name spelling, it is mind boggling. > > Thanks > Sharon > > > > > In a message dated 12/1/2010 1:32:48 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > reginanau@msn.com writes: > > > Are they in any census records - if so under what name (spelling)? Was > Catherine married when she died? Were they always in Philadelphia? Was > Catherine born in PA. If they were catholic can you obtain the baptisimal > record for Catherine? What information to you have to connect an Ann to > Catherine and James? > > > From: Shadonkd35@aol.com > > Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 13:02:27 -0500 > > To: PAPHILAD@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [PAPhl] Connecting Family > > > > I have a situation where I know a mother, Ann,and daughter, Catherine, > are > > definitely mother and daughter. But I have no data in writing to prove > > it. > > > > the mother, Ann, died prior to 1891 because her husband, James, was > listed > > as a widower when he died. > > I have searched for the mother's, Ann, obituary and death certificate > > but still cannot find it. > > > > the daughter, Catherine, died in 1900, I have her obituary and death > > certificate. In the early days the parents were not listed on a person's > death > > certificate as is the case with Catherine. Her obituary only listed > > Catherine as the daughter of the late James Collopy. There is no mention > of her > > mother in the obit. > > > > Where else and what else can I search for that would give me proof > positive > > that Catherine was the daughter of Ann Collopy? > > > > Thanks > > Sharon > > ********* > > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAPHILAD > > ********* > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PAPHILAD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject > and the body of the message > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAPHILAD > ********* > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PAPHILAD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject > and the body of the message > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAPHILAD > ********* > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAPHILAD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message