Possible Parents of Patrick McIntyre? It seems so.

When Patrick and Bridget's daughter Elizabeth died at 2 years of age in 1869, Patrick bought several graves in Calvary Cemetery, San Francisco, California.  Around 1940, Calvary Cemetery, as were other cemeteries in the city of San Francisco, was emptied to make way for the growth of the city.  Many of the graves in Calvary Cemetery were moved to Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma, a suburb of San Francisco.

The remains in the graves that Patrick McIntyre purchased were also removed to Holy Cross in 1940.  In some of the graves little more than dust was found.  The nature of the find when the Calvary graves were dug up, was recorded on "Removal Record" cards.  Many of these cards have been scanned and are viewable on the San Francisco Genealogy website along with images of the original burial register book.

In searching the site, in addition to locating the Removal Records for Elizabeth (2) and William (10) and possibly son James (3), two adults were recorded.

Could Ed and Annie be the parents of Patrick McIntyre? YES!  The argument for:

• They are obviously related somehow to Patrick, given they share the same last name and are buried in the same plot as Patrick's children. 
• Given the ages listed, Ed would have been born circa 1806-1807 and Annie would have been born circa 1807-1808, certainly old enough to have a son born in 1831, the believed birth year of Patrick. 
• From San Francisco City Directories (1861-1883) Edward and Patrick both lived at the corner of Larkin and Francisco between 1863 and 1879.
• The Irish naming pattern is to name the first son after the Father's Father.  Patrick's oldest son is named Edward. 
• Ann is listed as the mother of Patrick McIntyre in her death notice dated March 1, 1889 in the San Francisco Examiner.
• Edward is listed as "married" in the Register of Interments, Calvary Cemetery, San Francisco, California, March 2, 1881.
• Ann is listed as "widow" in the Register of Interments, Calvary Cemetery, San Francisco, California, February 28, 1889.

Although none of the individual points above is proof that Edward and Annie are the parents of Patrick, the collective information, so far, supports the idea.

Information updated August 21, 2014.

James McIntyre, Possible Son? Verified, August 2014.

In Bridget Stevens McIntyre's obituary, it states she had 13 children.  Ten of her children are accounted for in various documents and censuses.  In searching the San Francisco Genealogy website where they have added transcriptions and images of the register of Calvary Cemetery, San Francisco, and interments in Holy Cross Cemetery, in Colma, California, a James McIntyre has been identified who may possibly be a son of Bridget and Patrick.

Cemetery Removal Card

Mt. Calvary Cemetery Register, Vol II, page 185, Line 28, #17555

Argument for James being the son of Bridget and Patrick:

1. There were no other children of a Patrick and Bridget McIntyre/McIntire  listed in the Mt. Calvary Cemetery that are not already attributed to "our" Patrick and Bridget.  Additionally, any other "children" of a Patrick McIntyre (without wife identified) were buried in much different locations.

2. Even though James was "buried" in Dormitory 3 -- and the rest of Patrick and Bridget's children are listed in Dormitory 1 -- the remainder of the information for all individuals is exactly the same, i.e., Station 76, Area 3, Grave 3,4,5,6.  It is a very unlikely coincidence that two Patrick and Bridget McIntyres would have children buried in exactly the same spot in two different "Dormitories."  I did check the actual image of the cemetery register book [above] and it definitely says Dormitory 3, so it wasn't a typo on the removal card.  But, it could have been an error on the register entry.

3. The Patrick and Bridget, parents of James, are from San Francisco as noted on the registry.

4. James fits perfectly into the Patrick and Bridget family,  If he was born c April, 1871, that would be almost exactly 2 years after William was born (28 Mar 1869) and somewhere around two to three years before Thomas was born (c1874).

Of course, the above doesn't prove James is the child of Patrick and Bridget, but I find the entry regarding where the original burial was located in Mt. Calvary, rather compelling.

The children born just prior to James were baptized at St. Bridget's Church in San Francisco.  The baptismal records for St. Bridget's should be checked to see if James was baptized there and, if so, who were the sponsors. This might shed more light on who James is.

In August, 2014, a death notice for James was located in the San Francisco Examiner, December 26, 1874, p. 3
"In this city, December 25th, James, son of Patrick and Bridget McIntyre, aged 3 years, 7 months and 28 days."