Lydia Adams (Cooke) Creighton (abt. 1806 - 1890)

Born about 1806 in Londonderry, County Londonderry, Ireland

Wife of Robert Jouneau Creighton — married about 1825 in Londonderry, County Londonderry, Ireland, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 4 Jul 1890 at about age 84 in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Lydia Cooke was born in Londonderry Ireland in @1806 (father unknown - mother Aimee Adams) and she married Robert Jouneau Creighton in @1825.

They bore three children in Ireland before immigrating to Donegal, Washington County, (Western) Pennsylvania between 1831 and 1840. They were Dr. Robert W. Creighton ^[1], Mitchell Harrison Creighton ^[2] and Lydia Adams Creighton.

While living in Pennsylvania, they had five more children: George W. Creighton; ^[3] Samuel Cooke Creighton; Maria Isabelle Adams Thompson; Captain John Robert J. Creighton; and Sarah Ella "Nellie" Creighton.

Robert, Lydia and all of their children born in the U.S. moved to Memphis, TN in the summer of 1850 and lived at the NE corner of S. Martin and Pontotoc Streets. ^[4]

Lydia passed away in 1890 and was buried in the family plot in Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, TN. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100266244 | Dr. Robert W. Creighton in Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA.
2. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/179980619 | Mitchell Jarrison Creighton in St. Kilda Cemetery, St Kilda, Port Phillip City, Victoria, Australia.
3. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #236632458 George W. Creighton in Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA.
4. ↑ [1] Memphis City Directory 1855 p.110.
5. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187706538 Lydia Cooke Creighton (1805-1890)

• [2]: "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch. Lydia Creighton in household of Robert J Creighton, Memphis, ward 6, Shelby, Tennessee, United States.
• [3]: "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch. Lidia Crieghton in entry for R J Crieghton, 1860.
• [4]]: "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch. Lydia Creighton in entry for Robert Creighton, 1870.
• [5]: "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch. Lydia Creighton, 60 Pontotoc Street, 1880.

See also:

• [6]: "Family Tree," database entry for Lydia Adams Cooke contributed by various users.