Jane Hughes

Birth Name Jane Hughes
Gender female
Age at Death about 82 years, 9 months, 2 days

Narrative

Her last name first came from the Tracy Family Tree at ancestry.com: http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/1166036/person/109514008. The tree says she was born in 1825, but her 1870 Census says about 1814.

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1880 Census, 2nd ward, Lockport, Niagara, New York
Series T9, roll 901, page 492
on Chapel Street
Whalon, Jane, 56, widowed, keeping house, born in Ireland, parents also
Jane, 20, daughter, single, dress maker, born in NY, parents in IRE
Marie, 14, daughter, single, no occupation, born in NY, parents in IRE
Fenton, 16, son, single, works in planing mill, born in NY, parents in IRE
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Lockport City Directory
1884 Whalen, Jane, widow Fenton, h 41 Chapel
1884 Whalen, Fenton, carpenter, bds 41 Chapel
1884 Whalen, John, policeman, h 41 Chapel

1887 Whalen, Jane, widow Fenton, h 285 Chapel
1887 Whalen, Fenton, boat builder, bds 285 Chapel
1887 Whalen, Maria, seamstress, bds 285 Chapel

1892 Whalen, Jane, widow Fenton, h 285 Chapel
1892 Whalen, Fenton, boat builder, bds 285 Chapel
1892 Whalen, Joseph (McDonough & Whalen), h 200 Jackson

1897 Whalen, Jane, widow of Fenton, died Oct 3, 1896

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth about 1814 Ireland   1
Guardian Case (Mother) August 18, 1873 Lockport, Niagara County, New York, United States   2a
Event Note

in the New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999, at ancestry.com

At a Surrogate Court, held at the City of Lockport in and for the County of Niagara on the 18th of August 1873, present Joshua Gaskill, Surrogate

in the matter of the guardianship of Fenton Whalen and Maria Whalen, minors under the age of 14

on reading and filing the petition of Jane Whalen for the appointment of John Whalen as the guardians of [the 2 children mentioned] it is ordered that the guardianship of [the 2 children] be granted to the said John Whalen.
signed
Joshua Gaskill, Surrogate

Death October 3, 1896 Lockport, Niagara County, New York, United States   3

Families

Family of Fenton Whalen and Jane Hughes
Married Husband Fenton Whalen ( b. about 1810 d. about 1872 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage September 2, 1844 Gore (Roman Catholic) Mission, Peel County, Ontario, Canada    
General

This marriage record seems to have been recorded later. The image at ancestry.com has a "boilerplate" date ______ 191_, like it was printed after 1900. The 191 is scratched out and 1844 is entered next to it. Also the signature of the priest, Eugene O'Reilly, does not look like his signature in the original baptisms and marriages book at familysearch.org. And I couldn't find it in that book--on the images it looks like a page is missing between 1842 and October 1844.
But I do not doubt that they were married in Gore R.C. Mission Church on Sept 2, 1844, as stated. Their son Martin's baptism in Gore on Sept 22, 1845, by E. O'Reilly, does appear in the original records.

  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Martin WhalenSeptember 1845
John Whalenabout 1848
Joseph Andrew WhalenJuly 3, 18491918
Ann Whalenabout 1853
Jane Whalenabout 1858
Maria Whalenabout 1862
Fenton WhalenSeptember 1865