Mary (Brennan) Lydon (1872 - 1911)

Born 6 Sep 1872 in Brackloon, Carrowreagh, Killedan, County Mayo, Ireland

Ancestors

Wife of Pat Lydon — married 26 Jan 1901 in Roman Catholic Chapel of Kiltimagh, Kiltimagh, Swinford, County Mayo, Ireland

Died 25 Feb 1911 at age 38 in Swinford Workhouse, Swinford, County Mayo, Ireland

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Biography

This profile is part of the Carrowreagh Townland, Killedan One Place Study.

Mary was born in 1872 in Brackloon, Carrowreagh near Kiltimagh, County Mayo. She was one of nine children in the family of John Brennan and Mary Breheny who were farmers.

In 1901 at the age of 28, Mary married Patrick Lydon, a farmer in nearby Ballyglass village of Carrowreagh. The Ireland Census of that year listed Mary as daughter-in-law in the household of her husband's parents, Patt and Honor Lydon. However, her husband was not listed; perhaps he was temporarily working elsewhere.

By 1911 Mary and Pat had birthed five children. Their firstborn, Patrick, died at the age of four months from "inanition," exhaustion due to lack of nourishment. Perhaps he was born prematurely, his digestive system affected by immaturity. As was common at the time, he had no medical attention.

At the age of 40, Mary died from pulmonary tuberculosis in the Swinford Workhouse, which at that time was a care facility run by Catholic nuns. Mary had been diagnosed nine months before her death. She passed away in February 1911, when her child Bridget was nine years old, Mary was six, James was five, and Ellen was sixteen months.

The Ireland Census, collected a few weeks later, record husband Patrick as a widow and his widowed mother, Honor Lydon, as the adults in the household of six.

Sources

• Registered Births, County Mayo, Union of Swinford, District of Kiltimagh, unpaginated, Mary Brennan, Brackloon, 06 Sep 1872, parents John Brennan, landholder, and Mary Breheny Brennan; digital image, Irish Genealogy (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie : accessed 25 Aug 2022), 11888871 #273.

Registered Marriages, County Mayo, Union of Swinford, District of Kiltimagh, unpaginated, Patrick Lyden, farmer, Ballyglass, son of Pat Lyden, and Mary Brennan, daughter of John Brennan, Brackloon, 26 Jan 1901; digital image, Irish Genealogy, "Civil Records" (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie : accessed 28 Aug 2022), Group Registration ID 2460576 #180.

1901 Census and Form A, County Mayo, District Electoral Division (DED) Kiltimagh, Carrowreagh, house no. 41, Mary Lydon, daughter-in-law, age 26, in the household of Patt Lydon, head of household, farmer, age 63; digital image, “Census of Ireland 1901/1911,” National Archives of Ireland (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie : accessed 29 Jan 2023); original manuscript not cited.

Registered Births, County Mayo, Union of Swinford, District of Kiltimagh, unpaginated, Bridget Lydon, Ballyglass, 16 Nov 1902, parents Patt Lydon, farmer, and Mary Brennan Lydon; digital image, “Civil Records,” Irish Genealogy.ie (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie : accessed 01 Feb 2023), Group Registration ID 4802842 #59.

Registered Births, County Mayo, Union of Swinford, District of Kiltimagh, unpaginated, Mary Lydon, Ballyglass, 29 Mar 1904, parents Patt Lydon, farmer, and Mary Brennan Lydon; digital image, “Civil Records,” Irish Genealogy.ie (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie : accessed 01 Feb 2023), Group Registration ID 4680854 #338.

Registered Births, County Mayo, Union of Swinford, District of Kiltimagh, unpaginated, James Lydon, Ballyglass, 10 Oct 1905, parents Patt Lydon, laborer, and Mary Brennan Lydon; digital image, “Civil Records,” Irish Genealogy.ie (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie : accessed 01 Feb 2023), Group Registration ID 489972 #137.

Registered Births, County Mayo, Union of Swinford, District of Kiltimagh, unpaginated, Patrick Lydon, Ballyglass, 04 Sep 1907, parents Patt Lydon, farmer, and Mary Brennan Lydon; digital image, “Civil Records,” Irish Genealogy.ie (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie : accessed 01 Feb 2023), Group Registration ID 716812 #36.

Registered Deaths, County Mayo, Union of Swinford, District of Kiltimagh, unpaginated, Patrick Lydon, Ballyglass, 30 Dec 1907, age 4 months, inanition; digital image, "Civil Records," Irish Genealogy.ie (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie : accessed 01 Feb 2023); Group Registration ID 4961570 #183.

Registered Births, County Mayo, Union of Swinford, District of Kiltimagh, unpaginated, Ellen Lydon, Ballyglass, 14 Sep 1910, parents Patt Lydon, farmer, and Mary Brennan Lydon; digital image, “Civil Records,” Irish Genealogy.ie (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie : accessed 01 Feb 2023), Group Registration ID 777342 #121.

Registered Deaths, County Mayo, Union of Swinford, District of Swinford, unpaginated, Mary Lydon, Swinford Workhouse, 25 Feb 1911, age 40, pulmonary tuberculosis; digital image, "Civil Records," Irish Genealogy.ie (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie : accessed 01 Feb 2023); Group Registration ID 5157529 #195.

1911 Census and Form A, County Mayo, District Electoral Division (DED) Kiltimagh, Carrowreagh, house no. 36, Pat Lydon, head of household, widower, farmer, age 41; digital image, “Census of Ireland 1901/1911,” National Archives of Ireland (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie : accessed 29 Jan 2023); original manuscript not cited.