Thanks to Reclaim the
Records, the books listing New York City marriages have been posted online. In
1930 Mae lived with my grandparents Harry and Mary (Doyle) Nunn in the Bronx. In 1940
Mae and her husband John Harrington were living in the Bronx, and stated they
were at that same address in 1935. That cut the window for their marriage to
five years. Their marriage date was found to be 25 March 1932. (Note my first
blog post about Mae was a day after her 25 March wedding date-coincidence?)
My main goal is to connect
Mae’s father, Edward Conlon, with my great-grandmother, Margaret (Conlon)
Doyle. That I did not accomplish. But I’m getting close. There are other
mysteries surrounding this family. I believe the mother Mary (O’Donnell?)
Conlon died between 1905 and before the 1910 census as Edward listed himself as
widower. I need to find her death date and cause of death. Then what happened
to her husband, Edward? Mae and Anna disappear for a few years, until Mae is
seen living with the Doyles. Where’s Anna? Mae’s brothers are in an orphanage,
until they, too, are living with the Doyles in the 1920s.
I found an Ancestry.com
family tree that had Mae’s brother Edward married to Elizabeth “Lil” E. Graham
(1892-1973). Earlier I’d found from a census document that Edward had a wife
named Elizabeth, but had no maiden name. Now I do. Unfortunately, the woman who
posted this tree on Ancestry has not been active for over a year. I sent her an email anyway, but we know what
that tells us – sigh.
The other problem with
this family is most did not marry, and the ones that did produced one or no
children. There might not be much more information to be found, but their story deserves
to be told and I intend to do that.
