{"id":538,"date":"2018-09-12T18:16:35","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T18:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rayson.us\/KRMurray\/?p=538"},"modified":"2018-09-13T16:17:09","modified_gmt":"2018-09-13T16:17:09","slug":"mary-ellen-watson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/KRMurray\/2018\/09\/12\/mary-ellen-watson\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary Ellen Watson (1855-1899)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Family tree drawn by Virginia Brown Murray<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I first learned the name of my great-grandmother, Mary Ellen Watson (1855-1899),\u00a0 from a family tree drawn by my mother, Virginia Brown Murray. She wrote “Watson” in parentheses, with a question mark above. She also wrote “Pembroke” below her name, perhaps as a reference to where Mary was born.<\/p>\n

The Parish Register for St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Ogdensburg, New York records the marriage of Mary Watson and my great-grandfather, Patrick Brown (1839-1901), on\u00a0 7 August 1884. Mary was about 29 and Patrick was about 45.<\/p>\n

Mary Watson was a Protestant and a dispensation was granted to allow, Patrick, a Catholic, to marry Mary in the Catholic Church. The dispensation is noted in the parish register by the priest who performed the marriage. (I note that the priest recorded the letter “S” prior to Mary’s name. I’m not certain what that means.)<\/span><\/p>\n

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1884 Marriage record in the register of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Ogdensburg, NY<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Because Mary and Patrick were married in 1884, the first US Census the couple would have been listed in would be the 1890 census. Unfortunately, “most of the 1890 census’ population schedules were badly damaged by a fire in the Commerce Department Building in January 1921.”[1]<\/a><\/p>\n

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Death Notice, Ogdensburg Advance, 21 September 1899, p 8<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Death Certificate for Mary Brown includes the following information:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Date of death<\/td>\n17 September 1899<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Place of death<\/td>\n291 Ford Street, Ogdensburg, NY<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Age at death<\/td>\n44 years (born c. 1855)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Birthplace<\/td>\nCanada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cause of death<\/td>\nTyphoid Fever<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Resided in Ogdensburg<\/td>\n19 years (arrived c. 1880)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mother<\/td>\nMary Ann McCully, born in Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Father<\/td>\nGeorge Watson, born in England<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Place of Burial<\/td>\nCatholic Cemetery<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

The 1900 US census lists the residents of 291 Ford Street as her widowed husband, Patrick, and their five children: Johanna (15), Mary (12), James (11), John (7), and Fredrick (5).<\/p>\n

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1900 US Census for 291 Ford Street, Ogdensburg, NY<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sadly, Patrick Brown died in 1901 from injuries sustained in an accident. He left five orphaned children, one of whom was 12-year old James, my grandfather. Patrick and Mary are buried in St. Mary’s Cemetery in Ogdensburg, New York. I was very happy to visit them there in 2007.<\/p>\n

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St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery, Ogdensburg, NY<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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[1]<\/a> United States Census Bureau. Why can’t I find 1890 census records?<\/em>. Accessed September 12, 2018 at https:\/\/www.census.gov\/history\/www\/faqs\/genealogy_faqs\/why_cant_i_find_1890_census_records.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I first learned the name of my great-grandmother, Mary Ellen Watson (1855-1899),\u00a0 from a family tree drawn by my mother, Virginia Brown Murray. She wrote “Watson” in parentheses, with a question mark above. She also wrote “Pembroke” below her name, perhaps as a reference to where Mary was born. The Parish Register for St. Mary’s … Continue reading “Mary Ellen Watson (1855-1899)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,47],"tags":[48,49],"class_list":["post-538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-brown-2","category-watson","tag-mary-ellen-watson","tag-watson"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/KRMurray\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/KRMurray\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/KRMurray\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/KRMurray\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/KRMurray\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=538"}],"version-history":[{"count":40,"href":"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/KRMurray\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":576,"href":"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/KRMurray\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538\/revisions\/576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/KRMurray\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/KRMurray\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/KRMurray\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}