Hello Jane! My apologies for such a dreadful long time in replying -I lost you in a sea of search pages!
As for whether I have more info on my 3G gm, Elizabeth (unknown maiden named) Lynch, this is all I have:
arrived in the US (presumably NY) c1850
Per US Federal Census for White Plains, NY, she was by then a widow, living with 2 (of 3) children: Edward, age 19, and Lizzie, age 16. (Per Ancestry DNA matching, I found one matching descendent to Edward, with supporting documentation, incl newsclips & vital records, which negate kinship to the previously named children, Aurella/Orella and Emma Lynch).
She's not found living with or nearby her children in any *verified* record until the 1900 US Federal census for White Plains, NY, where it's verified that only 2 of her 3 children are still living (the 3rd child's name, gender, dob, death, etc, are unknown). She is still listed as having been born c 1825 in Ireland.
Various census records between 1905-1915 list her living either with her daughter's family (Holden) in White Plains, NY, or with her son & blacksmith, Edward Lynch & family, in Stamford, co Fairfield, Connecticut.
Her death certificate says she died at the age of 96, from a fall down stairs (head injury) while living with her daughter, Elizabeth Holden, in White Plains, New York.
Her mother's name is recorded (as reported by her daughter) as Mary Morgan, and her father's name is recorded as Peter LIBBIN (huh????)
I believe her father's surname is a gross misspelling, but it's the only record I've found that offered a paternal surname for Elizabeth. I have a copy of the record, and yes, it very clearly shows as "Libbin" --and yes, I've spent literal YEARS going down rabbit holes of research into any surname that even remotely sounds like Libbin, trying to connect a child Elizabeth, dob abt 1825 with parents Mary Morgan (incl Gaelick roots & alternative spelling) and Peter (Petrum, Petri, Patrick, etc) LIBBIN/Gibbin/Gribben.Luffin/Lephin/Griffin/Fibbin/McGibben/etc/etc/etc/100+etc).
And I've gone down innumerable rabbit holes of Elizabeths marrying a Lynch male, btwn 1840-1851, from available online records of Ireland and NI, as well as Liverpool & Scotland --I found several possibilities, but couldn't match any that immediately set sail for the US. Nor could I find a Lynch male who had only 3 children (Ed & Lizzie dob in NY, 3rd is unknown) with an Elizabeth/Lizzie wife, who then died before 1870. Civil war? Consumption or TB hospital? other?
yes...it's been very frustrating, to say the least!
Post mortum, her daughter, Elizabeth Holden, noted both her parents as having been born in Northern Ireland (vs Irish Free State) in the 1925 NY census & 1930 US Fed census records ...and sure, I've found some Elizabeths who married a Lynch male, but the financial cost demanded, to buy the NI records -on the hopes that one might be the right one-- is just too much for me. I don't know which county or parish, and I can't even be sure her daughter, Elizabeth Holden, provided the right information.
Any help you might offer will be deeply appreciated & valued.
In Peace,
Sky
