Hugh Osborne
Like thousands of other Irish families, the widespread famine of the 1840s pushed the Osbornes to find hope in America. Hugh was 11 when he and his parents left their…
Read MoreEvan Owen Jackson
Evan was one of ten children but one of only five to survive childhood. They were all born in Berwick, Pennsylvania west of Hazelton in Columbia County. Evan was named…
Read MoreWilliam James McFarland
The 1850 census shows that William was the youngest of three children born to Irish immigrants and the first in his family to be born in America. The next enumeration…
Read MoreJohn Francis Ryder
Details on John’s start in life and family background are not known but at age 18 he joined the Navy in the summer heat of 1859. He was on board…
Read MoreJohn Baizley
John’s parents were named John and Susan but nothing else is known of his early years until he married Elizabeth Massie around 1844 and had five boys. He may have…
Read MoreGeorge W. Hawkins
In 1850 the Hawkins family lived in Upper Darby township just to the west of Philadelphia County. (The city and county merged in 1854.) George was the middle child of…
Read MoreJohn J. Maull
One of the most photographed sites in the cemetery is found in a corner of the Yeadon side. Within its walled borders is an old Japanese Maple tree, one of…
Read MoreWilliam Henry Neinburg
The early years and roots of William Neinburg are not known but he started married life and fatherhood at 19 when wife Elizabeth gave birth to their daughter. Scarlet fever…
Read MoreJames Proctor
The year James Proctor was born could have been 1835, 1838, or 1840, depending on the source. He was born in Ireland, as was his wife Charlotte, who married him…
Read MoreJohn Lockhart
John’s parents, John and Joan, were married in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1830. Their first son, William, was born the following year, and John arrived two years later. The family emigrated…
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