Matthew Farrell

Birth Name Matthew Farrell
Gender male
Age at Death 64 years, 1 month, 13 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth July 24, 1843 Maryland, United States   1a 2
Baptism August 5, 1843 St Mary Catholic Church, Cumberland, Alleghany County, Maryland, United States   2
Event Note

5 August 1843
Mathew Farrell born 24 July 1843, son of John and Ann Farrell; sponsors: Francis and Bridget McCormack. Baptized by B Leonard Obermeyer (p24)

Census (Son) December 3, 1850 Cumberland, Alleghany County, Maryland, United States   3a
Event Note

1850 Census, Cumberland, Allegany County, MD
3 December 1850

John Ferren, 47, laborer, born in Ireland
Ann Ferren, 40, born in Ireland
Peter Ferren, 12, born in Maryland, attended school
William Ferren, 8, born in Maryland, attended school
Mathew Ferren, 7, born in Maryland, attended school
James Ferren, 2, born in Maryland

Arrival (Brother) 1857 Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, United States   4a
Event Note

"The boys came to Wheeling in 1857."

(From “History of Wheeling and Ohio County, West Virginia and Representative Citizens.” Edited & Compiled by Hon. Gibson Lamb Cranmer. Biographical Publishing, 1902; p. 376-379.)

Census (Head) June 8, 1880 Ashland, Boyd County, Kentucky, United States   1a
Event Note

1880 Census Town of Ashland, Precinct 5, Boyd County, Kentucky
[familysearch says "Upper Ashland"]
June 8, 1880

Matthew Farrell, 36, heater at mill, out of work 6 months in past year, born in Maryland, parents in Ireland
Anna Farrell, 29, born in West Virginia, father also, mother in Pennsylvania
William Farrell, 8, born in West Virginia
May Farrell, 6, born in Ohio
John Farrell, 4, born in Kentucky
Lou Farrell, 2, born in Kentucky
Grace Farrell, 2 months, born in April, born in Kentucky

both parents can read and write

Residence from 1890 to 1894 Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, United States   5a
Event Note

Wheeling City Directories
1890
Matthew Farrell, heater, resides 508 Alley B
Peter Farrell, carriage painter, resides 75 19th
others

1892
image 77
Matthew Farrell, heater, residence 520 Market
Peter F Farrell, carriage painter, resides 75 19th
others

1894
image 98
Matthew Farrell, heater, residence 532 Market
Peter F Farrell, carriage painter, resides 75 19th
others

1896
image 91
Matthew Farrell, heater, removed to Muncie, Ind.
Peter F Farrell, carriage painter, resides 75 19th
others
[I didn't find Matthew in the Muncie IN city directories]

Residence 1902 Colorado, United States    
Event Note

William was said to be living in Colorado in a biography of his brother Peter published in 1902. I didn't find him on the 1900 census in Colorado.

Death September 6, 1907 Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, United States   6a
Event Note

Certificate of Death
Wheeling, W. Va.
Matthew Farrell
September 6, 1907, at Wheeling Hospital
age 62,
born Cumberland, Maryland, no date given
white, male, married
spouse: Annie Farrell
father: John Farrell, born in Ireland
mother: Ann Kelly, born in Ireland
cause of death: Laryngal and pulmonary tuberculosis
informant: Peter Farrell, of 77 19th St
buried: September 8, 1907, Mt Calvary

Burial September 8, 1907 Mount Calvary Cemetery, Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, United States    

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father John Farrellabout 1803September 13, 1855
Mother Ann Kellyabout 1810
    Brother     Peter Franklin Farrell January 19, 1840 February 9, 1919
    Brother     William Farrell February 3, 1842 before 1902
         Matthew Farrell July 24, 1843 September 6, 1907
    Brother     James A Farrell April 23, 1849 June 22, 1925

Families

Family of Matthew Farrell and Annie Elizabeth Price

Married Wife Annie Elizabeth Price ( b. about November 20, 1850 d. November 18, 1928 )
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
William J Farrellabout December 1871April 28, 1940
May FarrellMarch 13, 1874November 24, 1941
John FarrellDecember 16, 1875August 11, 1927
Lou FarrellFebruary 27, 1878January 28, 1952
Grace K FarrellApril 1880January 27, 1968
Blanche FarrellFebruary 14, 1883October 8, 1923
Ada FarrellNovember 5, 1885August 21, 1915
Hugh Dempsey FarrellMarch 3, 1887August 28, 1965

Source References

  1. 1880 United States Census
      • Page: Ashland, Precinct 5, Boyd County, Kentucky, ED 11, sheet 278A
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCCS-J8T : 29 August 2017), Grace Farrell in household of Mathew Farrell, Upper Ashland, Boyd, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district ED 11, sheet 278A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,404.

  2. Koch, Richard T: Western Maryland Catholics, 1819-1851
  3. 1850 United States Census
      • Page: Cumberland, Allegany Co, MD, family 3216
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD4S-LJQ : 4 April 2020), John Ferren, Cumberland, Allegany, Maryland, United States; citing family 3216, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

  4. Edited & Compiled by Hon. Gibson Lamb Cranmer: History of Wheeling and Ohio County, West Virginia and Representative Citizens
      • Page: Biographical sketch of Peter F Farrell
  5. City Directories
      • Page: Wheeling WV 1890 to 1894
  6. West Virginia Death Records, Images
      • Page: Matthew Farrell, September 6, 1907, Wheeling
      • Citation:

        http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcresults.aspx?LastName=farrell&FirstName=matthew&County=All&Year=1907&PlusMinus=Exact&Search=Exact&NumRec=25