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