Catherine
Lyons
Born about in Cork, Ireland
Daughter of Andrew Lyons
and Mary Burns
Sister of
Ellen Lyons, Jeremiah Lyons, Jeremiah Lyons [half], Timothy Lyons, Michael Lyons, Johanna Lyons, Thomas Lyons and William Howard Lyons
Wife of
John Joseph Griffin
— married
20 Sep 1863 in Hudson, New Jersey
Descendants 
Mother of
Mary Ann Griffin, Bridget Griffin, Ellen Griffin, Agnes Griffin, Joseph Griffin, Hannah V. Griffin, Catherine Griffin, Margaret M. Griffin, John Joseph Griffin, Elizabeth Griffin, William Aloysius Griffin and Cecilia Veronica Griffin
Died
at about age 70
in Elizabeth, Union, NJ
Profile last modified
| Created 2 Dec 2017
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Biography
Census 1860 (11 Jun), New York, Rockland, Orangetown (PO Nyack), pg. 57
- Lyons, Catherine, 17, Ireland, Cannot Read/Write.
- Note: At residence of Marcellus (or Marcus?), 37, and Sarah, 35, Dickinson, NY born lawyer and wife. Probably also a boarding house - several different surnames at residence.
Union County, NJ Surrogate
- 1915 Catherine Griffin, docket 15630, page 408, case 295
Immigration: 1852
Sources
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCHQ-1MV : 19 March 2020), Catherine Lyons in entry for Marcina Dickison, 1860.
- "New Jersey, Newark, Mount Olivet Cemetery Records, 1871-1984", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:81LV-85PZ : Tue Oct 03 05:10:27 UTC 2023), Entry for Catherine Griffin, 16 Jan 1915.
- "New Jersey, Newark, Mount Olivet Cemetery Records, 1871-1984", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8B2D-Z7N2 : Tue Oct 03 09:18:54 UTC 2023), Entry for Catherine Griffin, Jan 1915.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Catherine by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Catherine:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Catherine by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Catherine:
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~6.25%
~12.50%
Joan Porter 
:
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H831278 [compare]
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~3.12%
~12.50%
William Wires :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch H838614 [compare], Ancestry member wires
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Rejected matches › Catherine Lyons (abt.1844-)
Catherine is 22 degrees from Emeril Lagasse, 24 degrees from Nigella Lawson, 25 degrees from Tycho Brahe, 34 degrees from Nicholaus Copernicus, 28 degrees from Eise Eisinga, 23 degrees from Caroline Lucretia Herschel, 27 degrees from Thomas Maclear, 16 degrees from Simon Newcomb, 21 degrees from Isaac Newton, 25 degrees from Pierre Henri Puiseux, 24 degrees from Beatrice Tinsley and 20 degrees from Edith Woodward on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.