Mary Ellen Bolewine

Birth Name Mary Ellen Bolewine
Gender female
Age at Death 89 years, 1 month, 7 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth December 12, 1833 Ivison, Pine Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States   1a
Event Note

The date given is a best guess.
The 1850 census said she was born about 1835
The 1870 census said she was born about 1832
The 1880 census said she was born about 1833
The 1900 census said he was born December 1833
Her death record, with daughter Susan Ellen Conrad as informant, said she was born December 12, 1831.

Census (Daughter) August 15, 1850 Carroll Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States   2a
Event Note

1850 Census Carroll Township, Cambria, Pennsylvania, family 196
August 15, 1850

James Bolewine, 42, farmer, RE $300, born in Pennsylvania, cannot read or write
Mary Bolewine, 42, born in Pennsylvania, cannot read or write
Mary E Bolewine, 15, attended school within the year
William Bolewine, 14
Rose A Bolewine, 10
Henry J Bolewine, 5
Sarah J Bolewine, 5
Martha Bolewine, 1
No mention that any other children attended school. All children were born in Pennsylvania

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M44Y-43V

Note: My guess is that this is would be in West Carroll Township today, based on the other information about this family.

Census (Wife) 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 (Wife) June 24, 1880 Pine Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States   4a
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

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWFV-H7Y

Census (Wife) June 11, 1900 Pine Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States   1a
Event Note

1900 Census, Pine Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, ED 59, page 5B, family 111
June 11, 1900

Thomas Donahue, 75, April 1825, married 48 years, farmer, renting
Mary E Donahue, 66, December 1833, married 48 years, 8 children, 4 alive
William Donahue, 27, July 1872, single, day laborer

all born in Pennsylvania, parents also

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M33M-7PG

Death January 19, 1923 Vintondale, Jackson Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States   5a
Event Note

Pennsylvania, Death Certificates
Mary Ellen Donahue
died January 19, 1923, in Vintondale Borough, Jackson Township, Cambria County, Pa
white, female, widowed
born December 12, 1831
age 91y 1m 7d
no occupation
born: Ivison, Pennsylvania
father: Jacob Bolewin
mother: Mary Canady

informant: Mrs S E Conrad, Barnes dale, PA
[note: her daughter. The Conrads were in Barr Township in 1920]
buried: Carnerous Botone [??? cannot read], R.C.C., January 22, 1923

Burial January 22, 1923 Saint Patrick’s Cemetery, Cameron’s Bottom, Pine Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States   5a
Event Note

Thomas Donahue and Mary Bolewine are buried in St Patrick's Cemetery, according to the Donahue email correspondence, April 2016.

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Jacob Bolewineabout 1808
Mother Mary Kennedy/Canadyabout 1808
         Mary Ellen Bolewine December 12, 1833 January 19, 1923
    Brother     William Bolewine about 1836
    Sister     Rose A Bolewine about 1840
    Brother     Henry J Bolewine about 1845
    Sister     Sarah J Bolewine April 30, 1845 January 2, 1929
    Sister     Martha Bolewine about 1849

Families

Family of Thomas Donahue and Mary Ellen Bolewine

Married Husband Thomas Donahue ( b. about 1827 d. ... )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage about 1852     1a
Event Note

The 1900 census said they were married 48 years

  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Susan Ellen DonahueNovember 9, 1852September 15, 1949
James Henry Donahueabout 1855
Jacob Francis DonahueJuly 13, 1856January 18, 1923
Rosy Donahueabout 1864
Martha Jane Donahueabout 1868
William T DonahueJuly 1872

Source References

  1. 1900 United States Federal Census
      • Page: Thomas Donahue, Pine Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, ED 59, page 5B, family 111
  2. 1850 United States Census
      • Page: James Bolewine, Carroll Township, Cambria, Pennsylvania, family 196
  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: Thomas Donahu, Pine Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, ED 138, sheet 209C, family 337
  5. Pennsylvania Death Certificates
      • Page: Mary Ellen Donahue, January 19, 1923, Vintondale, Cambria Co