Jacob Francis Donahue

Birth Name Jacob Francis Donahue
Gender male
Age at Death 66 years, 6 months, 5 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth July 13, 1856 Pennsylvania, United States   1a
Event Note

The 1870 and 1880 census said he was born about 1858. He was baptized in Aug 1857, so maybe he was born in July 1857.

Baptism August 10, 1857 Saint Patrick’s Church, Cameron’s Bottom, Pine Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States   2
Census (Son) July 23, 1870 Pine Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States   3a
Event Note

1870 Census, Penn Run, Pine Township, Indiana County, PA, p. 12
July 23, 1870

family 91
Barney Dunaho, 45, farmer, value of real estate: $2000, value of personal estate: $600, born in Pennsylvania, a citizen
Elisabeth Dunaho, 35
Susan Dunaho, 12, born in Pennsylvania
Susan Dunaho, 65, born in Pennsylvania
Thomas Gunnin, 21, laborer, born in Pennsylvania, a citizen
Thomas Dunn, 15, born in Pennsylvania, attended school

family 92
Thomas Dunaho, 42, farmer, RE: $600, PE: $300, citizen, born in Pennsylvania
Mary Dunaho, 37, keeping house, born in Pennsylvania
Susan Dunaho, 16, attended school within past year, born in Pennsylvania
James Dunaho, 15, attended school within past year, born in Pennsylvania
Jacob Dunaho, 12, attended school within past year, born in Pennsylvania
Rosana Dunaho, 4, born in Pennsylvania
Martha Dunaho, 2, born in Pennsylvania

 

"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZP8-DPG : accessed 11 March 2016), Thomas Dunaho, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 12, family 91, 92

Census June 5, 1880 Conemaugh Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States   4a
Event Note

1880; Census Place: Ward 1, Conemaugh, Cambria, Pennsylvania; Page: 98B; Enumeration District: 184, family 129
June 5, 1880

Tressa Maher, 31, head, widowed, keeping boarding house, born in Ohio, parents also
Carrie Maher, 4, daughter, born in Nevada, father in Ireland, mother in Ohio
Mary Maher, 3, daughter, born in Nevada, father in Ireland, mother
Richard Maher, 8m, born in September, son, born in Pennsylvania, father in Ireland, mother in Ohio
Mary Braddock, 17, sister, servant, born in Pennsylvania, parents also
Jacob Donahue, 20, boarder, single, born in Pennsylvania, laborer

Census (Son) June 24, 1880 Pine Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States   4b
Event Note

1880 Census, Pine Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, ED 138, sheet 209C, family 337
June 24, 1880

Thomas Donahu, 50, head, farmer, born in Pennsylvania, parents in Ireland, cannot read or write
M E Donahu, 46, wife, keeping house, cannot write
James Donahu, 24, son, laborer, cannot write
F J Donahu, 21, son, laborer, cannot write
Rosy Donahu, 15, daughter, cannot read or write, idiotic, and "maimed, crippled, bedridden, or otherwise disabled"
M Jane Donahu, 11, daughter, at home, attended school within census year
Wm T Donahu, 8, son, no mention that he attended school

all others: born in Pennsylvania, parents also

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Residence May 30, 1899 Pine Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States   5a
Event Note

living in Pine Township when he married Mattie H Murray

Death January 18, 1923 Vintondale, Jackson Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States   1a
Event Note

Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963 at ancestry.com
File # 13419
Jacob F Donahue
died January 18, 1923 at Vintondale, Cambria County Pennsylvania
white, male, married
born July 13, 1856, in Pennsylvania
father: Thomas Donahue, born in Pennsylvania
mother: Mary Bolewine, born in Pennsylvania
informant: Francis Dishong, Vintondale, PA
buried: Cameron's Bottom R.C.C, January 22, 1922 [sic]

Burial January 22, 1923 Cameron’s Bottom, Pine Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States   1a
Event Note

His death record said he was buried in Cameron's Bottom R.C.C.

[note: in St Patrick's Roman Catholic Cemetery, I would guess]

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Thomas Donahueabout 1827
Mother Mary Ellen BolewineDecember 12, 1833January 19, 1923
    Sister     Susan Ellen Donahue November 9, 1852 September 15, 1949
    Brother     James Henry Donahue about 1855
         Jacob Francis Donahue July 13, 1856 January 18, 1923
    Sister     Rosy Donahue about 1864
    Sister     Martha Jane Donahue about 1868
    Brother     William T Donahue July 1872

Families

Family of Jacob Francis Donahue and Maria Cleopham Braddock
Married Wife Maria Cleopham Braddock ( b. 1863 d. April 6, 1897 )
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Thomas Francis DonahueNovember 11, 1882
Estella DonahueAugust 30, 1884April 5, 1956

Family of Jacob Francis Donahue and Mattie H Murray
Married Wife Mattie H Murray ( b. about 1857 d. before November 22, 1916 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage May 30, 1899 Nicktown, Barr Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States   5a
Event Note

Application for Marriage License, Indiana County, page 534, #1216

Jacob F Donahue, 39, living in Pine Township, an iron worker, parents: Thomas and Mary Ellen Donahue

Mattie H Murray, 40, living in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, occupation: dining room girl, parents: Michael and Helen Jane Murray,

date of death of man's former wife: April 6, 1897

signed J F /his X mark/ Donahue
Mattie H Murray

Application date: May 29, 1899

Married May 30, 1899, at Nicktown, Cambria County, by Rupert Trageses [Luageses?]

Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VF44-TFN : accessed 11 March 2016), Thomas Donahue in entry for Jacob F. Donahue and Mattie H. Murray, 30 May 1899; citing Marriage, Pennsylvania, county courthouses, Pennsylvania

Family of Jacob Francis Donahue and Coletta Hamill
Married Wife Coletta Hamill ( b. d. ... )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage November 22, 1916     2
Event Note

Marriage Register
November 22, 1916
License No 5004
Jacob F Donahue, of Cameron's Bottom
son of Thomas Donahue and Maria Bolewine
baptized in St Patrick's Church, Cameron's Bottom on August 10, 1857
and
Coletta Hamill
of the same place
daughter of Paul Hamill and Julia Short
baptized in St Patrick's Church, Cameron's Bottom on May 31, 1874
witnesses: Rubert Farabaugh and Stella Beck
married by P Brosse, Pastor

Transcribed from a photocopy received April 2016, from a descendant of Jacob F Donahue and Maria Braddock

Source References

  1. Pennsylvania Death Certificates
      • Page: Jacob F Donahue, January 18, 1923, File # 13419
  2. Donahue-Hamill marriage record
  3. National Archives and Records Administration: 1870 United States Census
      • Page: Thomas Dunaho, Pine Township, Indiana County, PA, p. 12
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZP8-DPG : accessed 11 March 2016), Thomas Dunaho, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 12, family 91, 92

  4. 1880 United States Census
      • Page: Tressa Maher, Ward 1, Conemaugh, Cambria, Pennsylvania; Page: 98B; Enumeration District: 184, family 129
      • Page: Thomas Donahu, Pine Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, ED 138, sheet 209C, family 337
  5. Pennsylvania County Marriages, 1885 - 1950
      • Page: Donahue-Murray, May 30, 1899, Nicktown, Barr Twp