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Mary Ellen

Mary Ellen

Female 1816 - Abt 1900  (83 years)

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  • Name Mary Ellen   [1, 2
    Birth Feb 1816  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    • according to 1900 census
    Gender Female 
    Immigration date 1840 
    • according to 1900 census
    Census 1855  Buffalo, Erie Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Census 1870  Buffalo, Erie Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Census 1875  Buffalo, Erie Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  272 DeWitt St., Buffalo, Erie Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Census 1892  272 DeWitt St., Buffalo, Erie Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Residence 1896  272 DeWitt St., Buffalo, Erie Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    • This gives her address.
    Census 1900  272 DeWitt St., Buffalo, Erie Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Obituary Obituary notice -

    TOBIN - In this city, December 29, 1901, Mary Ellen, wife of the late Thomas Tobin and mother of Mrs Ellen Freer, Mrs. Sarah Abrams, Mrs. A. Davis, Mrs. Katherine Reptie and Thomas Tobin. Funeral from the residence of her son-lin-law, Albert Reptie, No. 186 Miami Street, on Thursday morning at 8:30 o’clock, and from St. Bridget’s Church at 9 o’clock. Friends and acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend. 
    Death Abt 1900  Buffalo, Erie Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • according to the gravestone
    Burial Holy Cross Cemetery, Lackawanna, Erie Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    • Division 6, Row H, Single Grave 13
    Notes 
    • Immigrated in 1840 and had10 children, of whom 6 survived according to the 1900 census.

      There is a Mary Tobin, aged 24 on the 1860 census (born in Ireland), and a Mary Tobin aged 30 on the 1870 census (born in Ireland). In both cases she's a servant living in a house (Oscar Cobb in 1860, Chas. Evans in 1870), with no children. The age in the first case would be about right, but there's no clear way to know whether it's her. See under her son Thomas, however, for why this might be her.

      In the 1880 and 1900 census she is living at 272 DeWitt street, a house she is said to own in the 1875 NYState census.

      In the 1892 New York State census (see at familysearch.org) in the 22nd Ward of Buffalo she is 76, born in Ireland, living with Sarah Tobin (aged 38) and Anna Tobin (aged 5). All are "alien," not citizens.

      Living with her in 1900, along with her widowed daughter Sarah Abrams, is a grand-daughter, Anna Tobin, aged 12 (born June 1887). Could this be her son Thomas's daughter Anna--though that would mean she was counted twice in this census?

      The grave does not give dates, just her age at death, 82. If the grave is her AND if that is her in the 1900 census, someone's dates are off by a few years. I suspect the grave is a couple of years young.
    Person ID I902  BisantzCaldiero
    Last Modified 30 Dec 2023 

    Family Thomas Tobin
              b. Abt 1806, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Between 1862 and 1865, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1837  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Mary Tobin
              b. Abt 1837, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 4 Aug 1866, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 29 years)
     2. Ann Tobin
              b. Abt 1843, Niagara Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Ellen Tobin
              b. Abt 1845, Erie Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 17 Apr 1919, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     4. Catherine Tobin
              b. Abt 1848, Erie Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 7 Nov 1911, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
     5. John Tobin
              b. 25 Dec 1849, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Sarah Johanna Tobin
              b. Feb 1852, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 18 Nov 1949, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 97 years)
     7. Thomas Alfred Tobin
              b. Jun 1854, Erie Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 13 Feb 1930, Alden, Erie Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     8. Johanna Tobin
              b. 1861, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F188  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Dec 2023 

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    Pin Legend Address Cemetery Farm Town Parish City County/Shire State/Province Country Region Not Set

  • Headstones
    Thomas and Mary Tobin
    Thomas and Mary Tobin
    precise death dates are not known.

  • Reference  Pitard, D.. "Mary Ellen". Pitard.net - Buffalo Families. https://buffalo.pitard.net/getperson.php?personID=I902&tree=caldiero1 (accessed March 19, 2024).

  • Sources 
    1. [S58] New York, State Census, 1855.

    2. [S12] Awesome Findagrave Contributors, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, The only place I see a last name “Williams” is on her findagrave page..

    3. [S12] Awesome Findagrave Contributors, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current.

    4. [S53] 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Buffalo Ward 22, Erie, New York; Page: 4; Enumeration District: 0183; FHL microfilm: 1241031.

    5. [S51] 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Buffalo Ward 11, Erie, New York; Roll: M593_935; Page: 658A; Family History Library Film: 552434 .

    6. [S52] 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Buffalo, Erie, New York; Roll: 831; Page: 295A; Enumeration District: 168.

    7. [S62] New York, State Census, 1892, Ward 22, Enum. District 4.

    8. [S31] U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995.

    9. [S12] Awesome Findagrave Contributors, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59455054/mary-ellen-tobin.