Brief history

Brief History of Patrick and Bridget McIntyre

Patrick McIntyre (c1831-1901) married Bridget Stevens (c1829-1908) on March 3, 1851 in St. Attracta’s Roman Catholic Church, Toulestrane, County Sligo, Ireland. They had eleven known children. The first five were born in Ireland: Edward (1852-1931); Bartholomew (1854-1924); Mary (1856-1934); Dominick (c1860-1932); and Catherine (1861-1914). Patrick, his wife and five children, left Ireland in 1863 sailing on the SS Orient into New York harbor and finally settling in San Francisco, California where the last six children were born: John Dunn (1864-a1908); Elizabeth (1867-1869); William (1869-1879); James (1871-1874); Thomas (c1874-a1931); and Ellen (1879-1963). Patrick and Bridget homesteaded in Oregon in the 1880s. Patrick died in 1901 and Bridget died in 1908. They are both buried in Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Portland, Oregon.

Patrick's parents, Edward (c1805/6-1881) and Ann McIntyre (c1803/07-1889), both born in Ireland, also came to the US settling in the San Francisco area. From the records, it appears Edward and Ann came a few years before Patrick.


Friday, June 26, 2020

Edward McIntire US Census 1850; New York Census 1855

In researching Edward (1806-1881), the father of Patrick (c1831-1901), Dolly Purcell located his Naturalization date and place in the Great Register, San Francisco County.

Dolly Purcell then located Edward, his wife Ann, and family in the 1850 US Census and the 1855 New York State Census.


1850 US Census, Johnstown, Fulton County, New York



Edward McIntire, male; age 40; birthplace Ireland; Occupation: Laborer; cannot read/write
Ann McIntire, female; age 40; birthplace Ireland; no occupation; Implies can read/write
Catherine McIntire, female; age 9; birthplace England; does not say attending school
Mary McIntire, female, age 14; birthplace England; does not say attending school

Source: 1850 US Census, Johnstown, Fulton, New York; Roll: 506; Page 80B. National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, Accessed on Ancestry.com June, 2020 by Dolly Purcell.



1855 New York State Census, Johnstown, Fulton County, New York


Edward McIntire, age 53; male; Head; born in Ireland; married; number of years resident in the city: 7; profession: farmer; naturalized alien, owns land
Ann McIntire, age 52; female; wife; born in Ireland; married; number of years in the city: 7; alien
Catherine McIntire, age 14; female; child; born in England; number of years in the city: 7; alien

Source: 1855 Census of the State of New York, microfilm. Accessed on Ancestry.com

Questions/thoughts:

  • Why were the girls born in England. Did Edward leave Ireland before 1835?
  • Most likely Mary, who would be about 20 in 1855, is married as she does not appear on the 1855 New York Census
  • Could Mary bc1835 be the Mary McGlauhin noted in the Patrick McIntyre Inquiry, 1863?
  • On Edward's Naturalization Papers he said he came to the US c1842. If he lived in Johnstown for seven years in 1855, where in the US was he and his family between 1842 and 1848?
  • Edward states he owns land. There might be land papers for him in New York state,
  • How did he get from a farm in Johnstown, NY to San Francisco, CA and why?
  • Mary bc1835 and Catherine bc1841 should be siblings of Patrick bc1831.

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