Person:Anna Colwell (2)

Watchers
Anna Colwell
b.Abt 1833 Ireland
d.27 Jun 1873 New York
  • HPatrick SmithAbt 1833 - 1880
  • WAnna ColwellAbt 1833 - 1873
  1. Owen Smith1853 - 1888
  2. Bernard S Smith1858 - 1910
  3. John F SmithAbt 1863 - 1923
Facts and Events
Name Anna Colwell
Gender Female
Birth[1] Abt 1833 Ireland
Marriage to Patrick Smith
Emigration[2] Abt 1857 Ireland
Residence? Jun 1873 414 W 17th Street
Death[2] 27 Jun 1873 New YorkCause: Chronic Alcoholism
Burial[3] 29 Jun 1873 Calvary Cemetery, New York

The death certificate for Anne Smith showed her age as 49 as of June 1873. That would place her birth year as around 1824, much earlier than the census records indicate.

Source for parentage of Bernard Smith: Death certificate of Bernard Smith

Buried at Calvary with husband, son, and 3 grandchildren Section 8, Range 49, Plot M, Grave 2 Purchased by Patrick Smith 29 Jun 1873

Death certificate shows number of years in the US at 16 as of June 1873. That would mean immigration around 1857 (year before first child was born in New York).

References
  1. 1860 Census.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Certificate of Death - Anna Colwell Smith.
  3. Calvary Cemetery Interment Record 8-49-M-2.