Mary (MacDonald) Lyons (1802 - 1894)

Born 4 Dec 1802 in Nashwaak Bridge, New Brunswick, Canada

Ancestors

Wife of Jeremiah Lyons — married 7 Oct 1824 in Ludlow, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada

Descendants

Died 5 Aug 1894 at age 91 in Monticello, Aroostook, Maine

Biography

Mary MacDonald was born on December 4, 1802, in Nashwaak Bridge, New Brunswick, Canada, her father, Donald, was 57, and her mother, Hannah, was 22. She married Jeremiah Lyons on October 7, 1824, in Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada. They had seven children in 13 years. She died on August 5, 1894, in Monticello, Maine, at the impressive age of 91, and was buried in Village Cemetery, Monticello, Aroostook County, Maine, USA.^[1]

Residence Residence Post Office: Monticello. 1870 Monticello, Aroostook, Maine, USA. ^[2] Residence Post Office: Monticello. 1860 Monticello, Aroostook, Maine, USA. ^[3] Age: 48. 1850 Monticello, Aroostook, Maine. ^[4] Age: 78Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Mother. 1880 Monticello, Aroostook, Maine, United States. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images Find a Grave, memorial page for Mary McDonald Lyons (4 Dec 1802–5 Aug 1894), Find a Grave Memorial ID 188384945, citing Village Cemetery, Monticello, Aroostook County, Maine, USA; Maintained by Beverly Quigg Kirk (contributor 48093671).
2. ↑ Source: Year: 1870; Census Place: Monticello, Aroostook, Maine; Roll: M593_538; Page: 303B; Family History Library Film: 552037 Certainty: 0 106
3. ↑ Source: Year: 1860; Census Place: Monticello, Aroostook, Maine; Roll: M653_434; Page: 121; Family History Library Film: 803434 Certainty: 0 114
4. ↑ Source: Year: 1850; Census Place: Monticello, Aroostook, Maine; Roll: M432_248; Page: 92A; Image: 175 Certainty: 0 122
5. ↑ Source: Year: 1880; Census Place: Monticello, Aroostook, Maine; Roll: 477; Family History Film: 1254477; Page: 457A; Enumeration District: 219; Image: 0188 Certainty: 0 131

See also:

• McNeil sourced Family Tree, Ancestry Family Tree 11422786 by Marilyn Stewart-Evans Stewart-35389

• MC1/Lyons #1,2, 6 pages: see also MC1/Stillman, MC80/1027 William R. MacKinnon Jr.’s Over the portage: early history of the Upper Miramichi (revised), page 80, and the index: see also MC80/1397 Daniel F. Johnson’s New Brunswick lineages, pages 220-221: see MC80/2354 Saint John Branch, NBGS: Arrivals 99: our first families in New Brunswick, page 170

• MacDonald Family History by Ina MacLaggan and Faye Stewart also Co-Authors of : 1785-1885 NASHWAAK FAMILIES; Published by Nashwaak Bicentennial Association;, Nashwaak Bridge NB (1986) ISBN 10: 0969164726 ISBN 13: 9780969164722

• MC1/Lyons #1,2, 6 pages: see also MC1/Stillman, 2 pages: before family came to NB, the surname was spelled as “Lyon”: Jeremiah’s brother Reuben Lyons, a Loyalist, also settled in NB: see also MC80/1027 William R. MacKinnon Jr.’s Over the portage: early history of the Upper Miramichi (revised), page 80, and the index: see also MC80/1397 Daniel F. Johnson’s New Brunswick lineages, pages 220-221: see MC80/2354 Saint John Branch, NBGS: Arrivals 99: our first families in New Brunswick, page 170.