She
was about 23 years old (born about 1847) in Ireland; she had parents of foreign
birth; she could not read or write, and I don’t know if she was single,
married, or widowed.
The
Philo L. Ives household likely stood at 88 Church Street in Hartford [2].
Spruce Street, where “Lawrence Kerrigan” had likely lived in 1870 –
appears close by, near the end of Church Street towards Spring Street in the
second ward [3].
If
one crossed the railroad tracks at Spruce Street in 1874, walked past Union Depot on Church
Street, heading east, toward Ford and High Streets (next to Spruce), and turned
left onto High Street in Ward 1, she would eventually come to what used to be Philo’s
father’s residence at 13 High [4].
And
while walking on Church Street in 1870, she may pass the residence of Willis
Thrall, Philo’s father-in-law, at 63 Church [5].
Ten
years earlier, Philo appears on Willis’ 1860 census in Ward 1 of Hartford,
which also lists one Irish “domestic” named Ellen Murphy – then about 28 years
old (born about 1832). The census doesn’t
indicate whether she was single, married, or widowed [6].
It
would be premature to suggest the Ellen Murphy in 1860 and the Mary Murphy in 1870
were related, given that Murphy is one of the most common surnames in Ireland. But because they each appear to be connected
to the same family, albeit ten years apart, I cannot rule out the possibility
of a familial link.
Notes:
[1] 1870 U. S. census,
Hartford County, Connecticut, population schedule, Hartford, p. 12, line 30, dwelling
93, family 98, Philo L. Ives household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com
: accessed 18 October 2013), citing FHL film 545,599,
citing National Archives microfilm publication M593, roll 100.
[2] “U. S. City
Directories, 1821-1989,” Connecticut, Geer’s
Hartford City Directory for 1870-71, p. 170, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 October
2013, entry for Philo L. Ives.
[3] For the location of Church
and Spruce Streets, see Elihu Geer, Geer’s Hartford City Directory
(Connecticut), 1879, digital image, Historic MapWorks (http://www.historicmapworks.com :
accessed 21 October 2013), Harford 1874, map, item US481541.
For Lawrence Kerrigan’s residence in 1870,
see 1870 U. S. census, Hartford County, Connecticut, population schedule, Hartford,
p. 74, line 2, dwelling 618, family 609, Eliza Reardon household; digital
image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com :
accessed 18 October 2013), citing FHL film 545,599,
citing National Archives microfilm publication M593, roll 100.
[4] For the residence of
Philo’s father Lawson Ives, see “U. S. City Directories, 1821-1989,”
Connecticut, Geer’s Hartford City
Directory for 1860-61, p. 150, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com
: accessed 18 October 2013, entry for Lawson Ives.
[5] “U. S. City
Directories, 1821-1989,” Connecticut, Geer’s
Hartford City Directory for 1870-71, p. 283, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 October
2013, entry for Willis Thrall.
[6] 1860 U. S. census,
Hartford County, Connecticut, population schedule, Hartford, p. 188, line 13, dwelling
1022, family 1204, Willis Thrall household; digital image, Ancestry.com
(http://www.ancestry.com
: accessed 18 October 2013), citing FHL film 803,078,
citing National Archives microfilm publication M653, roll 78.
