Elizabeth (O'Leary) Heydon (abt. 1873 - 1922)

Born about 20 Jun 1873 in Ireland

Wife of Samuel Henry Heydon — married 20 Dec 1900 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Died 4 Apr 1922 at about age 48 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Elizabeth O’Leary (who went by “Bessie”) was born in Ireland on June 20, 1873 (or 1874). Her origins are obscure; both of her daughters said their mother was an orphan. The 1900 census records Bessie at 249 West 99th Street in New York City, where she was a servant in the home of lithographer Paul Frauenfelder.^[1] This address is also listed on a Philadelphia marriage record from later the same year.^[2]

She married English immigrant Samuel Heydon in Philadelphia on December 20, 1900 at the age of 27. A 1909 city directory and the 1910 US census place the Heydons at 2418 North Natrona Street in Philadelphia’s Strawberry Mansion section.^[3]

Bessie died at home on April 4, 1922 at the age of 48. Her official cause of death is “asthma,” and her death certificate notes that she had been suffering from “acute myocarditis” for two weeks before she died.^[4] She was buried in West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ “United States Census, 1900,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSKM-PZ9 : accessed 23 September 2021), Bessie Oleary in household of Paul Frauenfelder, Borough of Manhattan, Election District 19 New York City Ward 21, New York County, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 536, sheet 13B, family 327, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,105.
2. ↑ “Pennsylvania Civil Marriages, 1677–1950,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-67NQ-W91?cc=2466357&wc=QDNG-938%3A1588753668%2C1588753700 : 30 January 2017), Philadelphia > Marriage licenses, no 131200–131899, 1900 > image 1079 of 2220; citing the Register of Wills Offices from various counties.
3. ↑ “United States Census, 1910,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGHS-XVY : accessed 16 September 2020), Samuel H Heydon, Philadelphia Ward 28, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 658, sheet 4A, family 84, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1402; FHL microfilm 1,375,415.
4. ↑ Death Certificate of Elizabeth Heydon, Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906–1967; Certificate Number Range: 035001–038000 and 035001A-035220A. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=5164&h=2515960&ssrc=pt&tid=170475705&pid=212209946006&usePUB=true
5. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91444074/elizabeth-heydon