Mary Waldron
- Born
- 1827-01-01 12:00:00
- Died
- 1857-12-16 12:00:00
- Gender
- Female
- Place of migration
- Migrated to/Born in USA
When Mary Waldron and her twin sister Kate were born in 1827 in Ballyhaunis, Mayo, Ireland, their father, Anthony, was 22 and their mother, Honor, was 27. Mary Waldron married John Durkin in 1856 in New York City, New York. They had two children (twins) during their marriage. She died as a young mother on December 16, 1857, nine days after the twins were born in New York City, New York, at the age of 30, and was buried in Calvary Cemetery, Queens, New York. One of the twins, Mary, died 15 days later, on December 22, 1857 and was buried with her mother.
John Durkin was also from County Mayo, Ireland, thought to be from Westport. He volunteered with the Fighting 69th (the "Irish Brigade") and served as an assistant to the chaplain, Fr. Willett (Ouillet) during the Civil War. He was a brick mason.
The other twin, Anna Elizabeth Durkin, lived. Anna married Patrick Joseph Mooney in New York in 1879.
The photo of Mary Waldron is of a daguerrotype, which has been handed down from Anna Elizabeth Durkin Mooney to her daughter, Anna Irene Mooney Heckman, to her daughter, Marguerite Heckman Kelley, to her daughter, Paula Kelley Ward.
The following information is not online.
Her date of birth, about 1827, was estimated from her age and date of death provided on her Death Certificate from the New York City Health Department.
Her date of death16 December 1857, was provided on her Death Certificate from the New York City Health Department and is not online.
Paula Kelley Ward
31 Aug 2020
