Obituary in Scranton Times Mon Feb 22, 1915 reports that Mrs. Margaret O'Connor 82 died at 442 New St. Scranton. She was born in County Sligo, Ireland 1833 daughter of Edward and Ann Donegan. Came to the US in 1851 joining her father who preceded her and had established a home in Hawley, PA. On March 3, 1856 she married John O'Connor who owned a farm at Plane Nr 18 of the Pennsylvania Coal Company Gravity Railroad in Salem (now Lake) Township in Wayne County. Mr. O'Connor died in February 1863 leaving 3 children. Mrs. O'Connor remained at Plane 18 until April 1868 when she sold the farm and moved to Scranton where she had once lived. She made her home on Eynon St until 1889 when she moved to New St. She was a very active member of St. Peter's Cathedral organizations. She left two sons- James telegraph editor of the Scranton Times and Edward a boilermaker of New York. a daughter Sarah a teacher at Williard School also a brother James Donegan of Scranton. Services conducted at St. Peter's Cathedral. Her body was then transported by train for burial with her husband in Hawley Catholic cemetery (Queen of Peace-formerly St. Philomenia). Surnames: DONEGAN, O'CONNOR, WALTON Walton J. Sullivan at [email protected] Maternal: MELVIN, COLEMAN, MC HUGH, RITTER, WADE, CURRAN, CORBETT, JORDAN, GRAY, KNIGHT, BELL, CUSICK, STANTON, WAGNER, TORGERSON, TRAYNOR, HOGAN, COSGROVE, HOLMES, HANRAHAN Paternal - O'BRIEN, CUMMINGS, SULLIVAN, GERRITY, GORMAN, WALTON, FEE, SHEA, STANTON, SHIELDS, WEISS, GRIFFIN, LYNCH, GLYNN, HART, JENKINS Ireland-Wales-Pennsylvania; Old Forge, Minooka, Taylor, Scranton, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Hawley: New York-Kingston, New Amsterdam http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/s/u/l/Walton--J-Sullivan/index.html http://www.monmouth.com/~mrbyrne/