Person:Patrick Smith (11)

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Patrick Smith
b.Abt 1833 Ireland
d.11 Nov 1880 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 Patrick Smith
Gender Male
Birth[1] Abt 1833 Ireland
Marriage to Anna Colwell
Immigration? Abt 1858
Occupation[1] 8 Jun 1860 New York; Occupation: Laborer
Occupation[2] 1880 Manhattan NY; Occupation: Foundryman
Residence[4] 4 Jun 1880 418 17th Street New York New York
Other[4] 4 Jun 1880 418 17th Street New York New YorkIllness
Death[2] 11 Nov 1880 New YorkCause: Heart Disease and Asthma and general dropsy
Burial[3] 12 Nov 1880 Calvary Cemetery, New York

1860 Census shows that he is 28. 1870 Census shows that he is 40. Note that Ancestry.com has the age transcribed incorrectly (50 instead of 40). His death certificate shows his year of birth as around 1823.

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

Per 1880 census, could not write

In the 1860 census, almost all of the neighbors were Irish, with a few Scottish. There was a woman one family up who was named Catherine Smith and was 70 years old

Buried in Calvary Cemetery with his wife, son, and 3 grandchildren Sec 8 Range 49 Plot M Grave 2

Estimate of immigration is based up on birth of first child in New York, birth of Owen in Scotland, census information, and Anna Colwell Smith's death certificate.

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1860 Census.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Certificate of Death - Patrick Smith.
  3. Calvary Cemetery Interment Record 8-49-M-2.
  4. 4.0 4.1 1880 Census.