Ohio Families

Superintendent Registrar's District: Kilkeel. Registrar's District: Rostrevor. County Down

Births
April 27, 1879 in Ballincurry
Matthew [son of] James Sloan a farmer of Ballindolty, and Mary Sloan, formerly Brennan. informant: Kate Brennan, of Ballincurry, present at birth

Kilbroney Parish Registers
April 27, 1879, Baptism
Matthew, of James Sloan and Mary Brennan. Sponsors: John Fearon and Kate Brennan

http://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000633279#page/82/mode/1up

On 9 Jun 1900, Matthew Sloan arrived in the United States aboard the HMS Campania, which had left from Liverpool. His age is given as 21, his last residence was Newry, he could read/write, and he had not been in the United States before. His destination was the home of a friend in Cleveland. Listed immediately before him was James O'Rourke, the brother of William O' Rourke. (William married Matthew Sloan's wife's sister Ann.) There were three other people in this group. All five had the same previous residence and same destination. The others were James Murney, age 21, and a married couple Richard (age 24) and Rose (age 28) Farrell.

source: New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957, at ancestry.com. probably also at http://www.libertyellisfoundation.org/

Cleveland City Directories

1901: Matthew Sloan, laborer, resides 2484 Elmo
1902: Matthew Sloan, laborer, resides 2484 Elmo
1903: Matthew Sloan, laborer, boards 2484 Elmo
1904: Matthew Sloan, laborer, resides 2484 Elmo
1905: Matthew Sloan, engineer, resides 2484 Elmo
1906: Matthew Sloan, millworker, resides 4025 East 89th (2484 Elmo)

Sloan Matt
Address: 2484 Elmore,Cleveland,Ohio
Vol.6,Pet.No.2297 Court of Common Pleas, Cuyahoga County, Cleveland, Ohio
Born: Great Britain * Dec.1878
Date and Port: June,14,1900
Naturalized: Sept.27,1905
Witnesses: T.J.Walsh,2549 Broadway
Notes: * country of allegiance Soundex: S450

His naturalization information was once in the Naturalization Index Cuyahoga County at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohcuyah2/nats/coarch/index.html. But no longer there, as of August 2015

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1912 Naturalization Index Card
Matthew Sloan
4073 East 78th St, Ward 18, precinct F
office # 10355, Volume 6, Petition 2297
Native of Ireland
Naturalized September 27, 1905
in Common Pleas Court, Cleveland
age when naturalized: 27
age when [information on this card was] recorded: 32

reverse:
October 21, 1915: moved to 4023 East 89th

1907 Cleveland City Directory
Matthew Sloan, ironworker, resides 3832 East 72nd

Cleveland City Directory
1908: Matthew Sloan, engineer, resides 4073 East 78th
1909: Matthew Sloan, engineer, resides 4073 East 78th
1910: Matthew Sloan, crane operator, resides 4073 East 78th
1911: Matthew Sloan, motorman, resides 4073 East 78th
1912 : Matthew Sloan, car repair, resides 4073 East 78th

1910 Census, Ward 18, Cleveland
ED 277, Sheet 3A
at 4073 East 78th St
April 18, 1910

Matthew Sloan, 31, married 2 years, born in Ireland, parents also, arrived 1900, naturalized, stationery engineer, steel mill
Lucy Sloan, 29, married 2 years, 1 child, 1 alive, born in Ohio, parents in Ireland
Susie Sloan, 0, born in Ohio

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Cleveland City Directories
1913: Matthew Sloan, car inspector, resides 4139 East 81st
1914: Matthew Sloan, inspector, resides 4139 East 81st

1915: Matthew Sloan, watchman, resides 4023 East 89th
1916: Matthew Sloan, inspector, resides 4023 East 89th
1917: Matthew Sloan, inspector, resides 4023 East 89th
1918 no listing for Matthew or Lucy

Matt Sloan's Naturalization Index Card said he moved to Naturalization Index Card on October 21, 1915

Ohio Deaths, File # 63606
Date of Death: Oct 14, 1917
Place: 4023 E. 89th St., Cleveland
occupation: crane operator, steel mill
Date of birth: Apr 17, 1880; age: 37
Place of Birth: Ireland
Father: James Sloan, born in Ireland
Mother: Mary Brennan, born in Ireland
Informant: Lucy Sloan, 4023 E. 89th
Cause of death: Legs off at hips, crushed by train
[serious?] injuries, hemorrhage [unreadable]
Coroner viewed body on Oct 15, 1917 at 4023 E. 89th St.
Undertaker: John McGrath
Burial: Calvary, Oct 17, 1917

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The Cleveland Necrology Files online at http://dxsrv4.cpl.org/
had this information for Matthew Sloan:
Id#: 0333208
Name: Sloan, Matthew
Date: October 16, 1917
Source: Cemetery record
Notes: Sloan-Matthew, beloved husband of Lucy Sloan (nee Rogers), suddenly, at his residence, 4023 E. 89th st. Funeral Wednesday. Services at Holy Name church at 8:30. 1881-1917. Calvary Cemetery Cleveland, Ohio