Marian Louise Toleman and siblings

My Mother, Marian Louise Toleman Coffinger, was born on November 1, 1926 to F. Earl Toleman and Irma Esther Hanna Toleman.

She was the second of their daughters.  Their children included:

Dorothy May Toleman (Petteys) (Marlo/Marlow) (Mathewson) Christensen born May 1, 1925

My Mother, Marian Louise born November 1, 1926.  Died June 1, 2013 in Saratoga Hospital, Saratoga Springs, NY.  Residence at the time was Salem, NY.

Florence Ann Toleman Brooks born December 16, 1928. Died August 27, 1996.

William James "Sonny" Toleman (biological son of William Carey)  Born May 9, 1937.  Died January 23, 2012.

Paul Toleman (biological son of William Carey)

Infant death of daughter to Irma and unknown father:  Nancy Toleman

Great-Grandparents (Maternal) Frederick W. and Addie Toleman

Fred W. and Addie Toleman

DOB:  Frederick W. Toleman 1876
Addie Barnes Toleman 1873
Death: Frederick W. Toleman 1935
Addie Barnes Toleman 1924

Marriage:

Files: (click on image to enlarge)

My Grandfather Toleman's parents were Frederick William Toleman and Addie Barnes Toleman.  F. W. Toleman ran the family business in Salem which he passed down to his son, F. Earl Toleman, my grandfather.

F.W.Toleman store in Proudfit Hall, c. 1900 Salem, NY

F.Earl Toleman (Left), unknown, and F.W. Toleman on Main St. Salem, NY

Mary Sinnott Eidenbach

With only nine days left before I depart for Ireland, I am still researching every lead I can find.  This week, amazingly, two pieces of old info from relatives resurfaced.  One came in the form of a 1998 letter from my Aunt Anne (Coffinger) Miner before I went to the Ireland for the first time.  She spelled the "Lafferty" name in her letter to me as "Laugherty".

I also found a copy of an email from my cousin, Gene Phillips (son of Margaret Coffinger Phillips), who mentioned that in reviewing an old family album with Aunt Anne that there were photos of "Mary Eidenbach" and a "V. Eidenbach".  Gene also mentioned an "Aunt Alice Sinnott" (possible wife of Martin Sinnott) who may have been the mother of John & Alice Sinnott of Glens Falls (whom Gene thought I knew of, but had never heard of!) who sold insurance.

So... with these leads, off to Ancestry.com I head... praying to God that the Eidenbach info may lead me to more info on Mary's parents' birthplace(s) in Ireland!


Findings:

A 1954 Saratoga Springs, NY City Directory lists "Mrs. Mary Eidenbach" at 6 Jumel Place.  (I kind of paused reading that address as an old favorite restaurant of mine in Saratoga's (no longer there) was called Madame Jumel's... I wonder if in the vicinity of where my great-aunt Mary may have lived...)

1940 US Census shows Veit Eidenbach (age 62) and Mary Eidenbach (age 53) living in Queens, NY. She worked 48 hours weekly as an attendant in a hospital; Veit worked 24 hours a week as a buyer/salesman for a butcher shop.  He was born in Germany.  She in New York.   They lived at 1824 Putnam Ave., Queens.

1920 US Census shows them living at 205 East 58th Street in Manhattan. He was 33 years old and had immigrated in 1889. She was 27.  He is a butcher and she is a nurse.  No child listed.  But here is the WEIRD thing... Mary lists her Father (Edward Sinnott) as being born in Ireland... but lists her Mother (Mary Lafferty Sinnott) as being born in FRANCE and speaking FRENCH as her native tongue!  WHAT?!?

Grandfather (maternal) F. Earl Toleman

Frederick Earl Toleman

DOB:  September 10, 1895
Death: December, 1982
Married:
Spouse (divorced):  Irma Hanna

Links: Click to enlarge files

Grandpa (F. Earl) Toleman's WWI Draft Card from 1918

Note that the Draft Card says Date of Birth: September 10th, 1896

1930 Census Salem, New York
Household of F. Earl Toleman

Head: F. Earl Toleman, age 35, occupation: Salesman of General Merchandise, Rent house at 238 West Broadway, Salem for $14/month
Erma Toleman, Wife, age 26, occupation: Post Mistress, US Post Office
Dorthy, daughter, age 4
Marian, daughter, age 3 (my mother)
Florence, daughter, age 1

Grandpa's Grave in Evergreen Cemetery, Salem, NY

1880 US Census is now available

... and I have the Edward & Mary Sinnott family at 352 Tenth Avenue, Manhattan information.  Unfortunately nothing new is provided.

1880 US Census 10th Ave. Manhattan

This past Friday, June 1st, I went to New York City to visit both the Municipal Archives and the National Archives, NY center.  The Municipal Archives close at 1pm on Fridays in the summer and because I was showing up at 1:45pm, that meant I couldn't do any ancestry searches.  I was very disappointed, to say the least!  I left and hailed a cab to go to the National Archives and spent a few  hours there and was helped by a few very friendly volunteers.  Unfortunately, even with the help of a senior genealogist on Ireland, we came up with nothing.  All the avenues they suggested I had already been down.  I am hoping that the Death Certificate for Edward that I've sent off for (and that I could have picked up at the Municipal Archives had they been opened!) will provide me with some nugget of information that I can then link to the next piece of searchable data.  Fingers crossed.

Meanwhile, the Sinnott Family in 1880 on Tenth Avenue consisted of:

Edward, age 31 (DOB: 1849), box maker, born in Ireland

Mary, age 30 (DOB: 1850), keeping house, born in Ireland

Catherine, daughter, age 6 (DOB: 1874), born in New York

Nicholas, son, age 4 (DOB: 1876), born in New York

James, son, age 3 (DOB: 1877), born in New York

with:

Guy Spears, age 39, a boarder in the house, box maker, from Scotland

James Sinnott, age 35, brother to Edward, clerk in a grocery, from Ireland

And, from the NY Times, it looks like Tenth Avenue was a business district... but don't pass off Oleo as butter or you'll be arrested! : )   Interesting immigrants' statistics below. 

Great-Grandparents (paternal) Abram & Elizabeth Stanley Coffinger

Abram & Elizabeth Stanley Coffinger

DOB:  Abram: August 3, 1851
Elizabeth: 1853
Death:  Abram: December 3, 1946
Elizabeth: 1915
Marriage:

Files: (click on image to enlarge)

Abram Coffinger Obituary

Abrams' 2nd marriage to Grace Simmons Jan 24, 1917

Update July, 2014 with photos from Prospect Hill Cemetery in Schuylerville, New York of my great-grandparents' graves:

And my cousin, Judie Miner Brenner, sent me this photo of Great-Grandfather Abram Coffinger in May, 2014.  Judie is my father's, Paul H. Coffinger's, sister, Anne Coffinger Miner's, daughter. It is Aunt Anne's handwriting on the photo.

Update June 15, 2018 thanks to my second cousin Kathleen Story, the obituary for Elizabeth Stanley Coffinger from March 18, 1915.  She died at 66 years of age.

G-G-Great Grandparents (Maternal) Henry & Harriet A. Dodd

Henry & Harriet A. Dodd

DOB:  Henry: 1821  Harriet: 1823
Death:
Marriage:


Links: (click on image to enlarge):

1850 NY Census Saratoga Quaker Springs

Henry, age 29
Harriet A., age 27
William H., age 4
Lydia A., age 3
Joseph Hill, age 18, border, farmer

G-Great Grandparents (maternal) James S. & Minnie Dodd Hanna

James S. and Minnie Dodd Hanna

DOB:  James: 1868, Minnie: 1869
Death:
Marriage


Links (click on image to enlarge):

1905 NYS Census Quaker Springs Dodds & Hannas

James S. Hanna, age 37, farmer
Minnie, age 36
Caroline B., age 12
Charles, age 9
William, age 8
Sterrett, age 4
Irma, age 2
Cornell William, age 18, border, farm laborer

G-Great-Grandparents (maternal) William H. & Caroline Dodd Hanna

Caroline Dodd Hanna & William H. Hanna

DOB:   William: 1845  Caroline: 1844
Death:
Marriage:  1907




Links: (Click to enlarge)

1910 US Census Saratoga Quaker Springs, NY

William Hanna, age 65, farmer, married 43 years
Caroline, age 66, married 43 years, birth to 4 children, 2 living
Edward, age 38, home farm laborer

G-G-Great-Grandparents (maternal) Jane & Robert Hanna

Robert & Jane Hanna

DOB:  Robert: 1810  Jane: 1820
Death:
Marriage:
Spouse: Jane


FILES: (Click image to enlarge)

1860 US Census Hebron, Washington Co., NY
Robert Hanna Family

Robert Hanna, head of household, age 50, occupation: Farmer, born in New York
Jane Hanna, age 40 (DOB 1820), born in New York, value of personal estate: $1900
NOTE:  William would have been 24 years old and, most likely, on his own in 1860.
Mary, age 18
David, age 16
Jane A., age 14
Samuel, age 11
Nancy, age 9
Frances, age 5
Caroline R., age 1
Samuel, age 56, (DOB: 1804) occupation, Farm laborer, Value of personal estate: $1700

G-Great-Grandfather (maternal) William S. Hanna

William S. Hanna

DOB:    1836,  Hebron, Washington Co., New York
Death:
Marriage:
Spouse:  Elizabeth "Betsy"


Files: (click on file to enlarge)

1892 NYS Census, Hebron, Washington Co., NY William S. Hanna Family

William S. Hanna, age 56 (DOB: 1836), occupation: Blacksmith, birth:  US
Elizabeth, age 49, (DOB: 1843), birth: US
Alida, age 27, (DOB: 1864), occupation: Milliner, birth: US
Ella, age 19, (DOB: 1872), occupation: Teacher, birth: US
Abbie, age 17, (DOB: 1875), birth: US
Albert, age 17, (DOB: 1875), birth: US

1900 US Census, Hebron, Washington Co., New York

Wlm S. Hanna, age 64, (DOB: May, 1836), occupation: Blacksmith, Married for 38 years, both parents & himself born in NYS
Betsy, wife, age 57, (DOB: April, 1843), Marriedf for 38 years, Mother of 7 children, 6 living in 1900, both parents and herself born in NYS
Theodore C., son, age 16, (DOB: March, 1884), at school, both parents & himself born in NYS

Marriage of William & Betsy's son, Albert on January 1, 1916 to Florence Barnes, daughter of Wallace Barnes (second cousins?)

Albert, 39 years old, occupation: farmer, Parents: William S. Hanna and Betsy McMillan
Florence, 28 years old, Parents: Wallace Barnes and Alice Broughton

G-G-Grandparents James William & Sarah Jane Charter Toleman

James William Toleman
aka James W. Toleman
aka J. William Toleman

DOB:   1841, England
Death:  1896, Age 55, Salem, New York
Marriage:  
Spouse: Sarah J. Charter Toleman

Sarah Jane Toleman

DOB:   1843, England
Death:  1932, Age 89, Salem, New York
Marriage:  
Spouse: James W. Toleman



Files: (Click to enlarge)

James William Toleman Baptism In England, 1841

Baptised in the Parish of St Leonard, Shoreditch, on May 2, 1841. Son of James & Mary Toleman of Tabernacle Walk.  James William was 4 weeks, 20 days old at baptism.  Father's occupation listed as "Tailor".

1875 New York Census, Salem, NY Toleman
and Albert Broughton (Alice's brother) families

James W. Toleman, age 34, (DOB: 1841) born in England, occupation: machinist
Sarah J., age 25, (DOB: 1850) born in England
Fredrick W., age 8, (DOB: 1868) born in Washington Co.
Clarrie (Clara), age 1, (DOB: 1874) born in Washington Co.

Also in household:

George F. Wayman, age 17, Sarah's nephew,  born in England

I cleaned and photographed the family gravestones May 27, 2012:

James William Toleman & Sarah Jane Charter Toleman Gravestone

On the reverse of the stone is the grave markers for two of their three children.  Clara and Albert Toleman never married and were buried in their parents' plot at Evergreen Cemetery.

Clara Toleman:  1875 - 1953

Albert Toleman: 1888 - 1919

and the grave of Sarah's nephew, George Wayman, son of Harriet Charter Wayman, who settled and married in Salem is across the road from the Charter and Toleman plots.

G-G-Great Grandfather Ira Broughton

Ira Broughton

DOB:   1815 or 1819, Vermont
Death:
Marriage:
Spouse: Emeline

Files: (Click to enlarge)

1860 US Census from Salem, NY with Ira Broughton household

Ira Broughton, Age 41, Engineer (possibly for D&H railroad in Salem)
Emeline, wife, Age 36, (1814) Vermont born
Albert, Age 20, (DOB 1840) Vermont born
Alice, Age 17 (DOB 1843) New York born
Fanny, Age 8, (DOB 1852), New York born
Kate, Age 9, (DOB 1853), New York born

Also in household were a Music teacher, age 22; and Mary Dwyer, a household servant, age 22 from Ireland.

June 1875 NY Census for Salem, NY with Ira Broughton
 and Thomas Charter/Wayman Households

Ira Broughton, age 59, Owner of Railroad Shop and Machinist in D&H (Railroad)
Emaline C., age 53 *which would put her DOB at 1822
Kate F., age 21

Border, Jeremiah Corstigan, age 33, Born in Washington Co., works at D&H RR Shop, machiniest & joiner

Update July, 2014:
In May 2013 I finally found the Broughton grave site in Evergreen Cemetery. It is in a back section, directly across from the fish pond and old willow trees next to it.  It is a lovely stone for the family with individual small headstones behind it. Ira was, apparently, married twice:

Albert K. Broughton, son of Ira, pictured on a steam engine in Salem, NY.  Note regarding Ira (his father) in the caption.

G-G-Great Grandmother Mary Anne Purchase Charter

Mary Anne Purchase Charter

DOB:  1810,  England
Death:
Marriage:
Spouse: Thomas Charter, Jr.

Files: (Click image to enlarge)

1851 England Census from Haddenham, Buckinghamshire, England

G-G-G-Great-Grandmother (Paternal) Mary Purchase

Mary (maiden?) Purchase

DOB:  1780
Death:
Marriage:
Spouse:      ? Charter

Files: (Click image to enlarge)

1851 England Census from Haddenham, Buckinghamshire, England
Living in household of son-in-law & daughter, Thomas & Mary Anne Charter, Jr.

Files: G-G-Great-Grandparents (maternal) Thomas & Mary Ann Purchase Charter

Mary Anne Purchase Charter

DOB:  1810,  England

Death: March 17, 1890, age 80 years, Salem, New York 

Marriage:

Spouse: Thomas Charter, Jr

Thomas Charter, Jr.

DOB:  May 24, 1804  Bluntisham, Huntingdon, England
Death: May 2, 1886 Salem, New York
Marriage:
Spouse: Mary Ann Purchase

Files: (Click image to enlarge)

1851 England Census from Haddenham, Buckinghamshire, England for Thomas Charter, Jr. and family:

Thomas Charter, age 47, profession: Relieving Officer
Mary Ann, wife, age 41 (DOB: 1810)
Harriet, age 16 (DOB: 1835) *Went on to marry ? Wayman
John Smith, age 12 (DOB: 1839)
Sarah Jane, age 2 (DOB: 1849) (my great-great grandmother, Sarah Jane Charter Toleman)
Betsy (?), age 14 (DOB: 1837)

Also living with them were Mary Ann's mother and younger sister:

Mary Purchase, age 71 (listed as "farmer's widow")
Sarah Purchase, age 39

1861 England Census from Haddenham, Buckinghamshire, England for Thomas Charter, Jr. and family:

Thomas Charter, age 56, profession: Relieving Officer
Mary Ann, wife, age 51 (DOB: 1810) born Bluntisham, Huntingdon, England
John Smith, age 22 (DOB: 1839) born in Bluntisham, Huntingdon
Sarah Jane, age 12 (DOB: 1849) born in Haddenham, Huntingdon

1875 New York State Census from Salem, New York after immigration from England

Thomas Charter, age 71, born in England, occupation: Gardener
Mary Ann, age 65,  born in England
Samuel T. Wayman, age 15, grandson,  born in England
Arthur Wayman, age 10, grandson,  born in England
Mary Ann Wayman, age 8, granddaughter,  born in England

I cleaned and took photos of the Charter graves in Evergreen Cemetery, Salem, NY on May 27, 2012:

CHARTER Family Headstone

Files: Great-Grandmother (paternal) Mary Lafferty Sinnott

Mary Lafferty Sinnott

DOB:  1855 approx.     ?, Ireland
Death:
Marriage:
Spouse:  Edward Sinnott

FILES: (Click on images to enlarge)

August 25, 2014: Updating Great-Grandmother to include the correct date of her son (my Great-Uncle), Joseph Miles Sinnott, birth: 20 Sept 1887. Birthplace: Manhattan. Lists Edward Sinnott and Mary Lafferty Sinnott as parents.

Additionally have found on familysearch.org the birth listing for Martin Joseph Sinnott of 25 January 1889, also in Manhattan.


July 12, 2014:  I'm updating my great-grandmother Sinnott's entry as I want to include the 1905 NYS Census record that shows her, widowed, living with her oldest son, Nicholas, then 29, at 545 West 37th Street in Manhattan.  She was marked as 50 years old, from Ireland, and a US Citizen (WHERE IS THE RECORD?!) for 32 years, so since she was 18 years of age.  My grandmother, Julia Sinnott, still lived there, too, at 18 years old and is listed as a bookbinder. The youngest surviving brother, Martin, is listed as 15 (so DOB 1890) and a 'Pattern Maker'.  Nicholas, listed as Head of Household, was - like his Father - a 'Box Maker'.  I've included the clip from the Census
below.

How frustrating it is to spend years looking for their town in Ireland and not be able to find it.  My time in Ireland two years ago saw three Ballymore Cemeteries and NO Sinnotts or Laffertys.  Discouraging.

Continuing to search on 7/12/14 and returning to some old census records which state - in dispute of the 1905 record - that Mary was born in May, 1858 in Ireland. In 1900 Nicholas was Head of house at 156 West 32nd Street. I note that the Farrells lived in the same apartment building in both 1900 and then moved together, living at the address on West 57th Street.  By 1900, age 42, my great-grandmother had given birth to 10 and only 6 survived. How sad.

NY Times Death Announcement
1911 for Mary Lafferty
NOTE: Unknown if this is
Mary Lafferty SINNOTT 

Files: Great-Grandfather (paternal) Edward Sinnott

Edward Sinnott

DOB:  ?     ?, Ireland
Death: January 23, 1897, New York City
Marriage:
Spouse:  Mary Lafferty Sinnott

FILES: (Click on images to enlarge)

Edward Sinnott's
Death Announcement
New York Times
Jan 23, 1897

NOTE: Unknown if the correct Edw Sinnott
Naturalization Form 1855 NYC

NOTE: Unknown if the correct Edw Sinnott
Edward *P* Sinnott Civil War Record

NOTE: Unknown if this is the correct Edward Sinnott's
 NYC Naturalization Index Card from 1864

NOTE: Unknown if this is the CORRECT Edward Sinnott

Friday, May 25, sent $22 to NYS Vital Records for Edward Sinnott's certificate of death and am PRAYING it comes back with his date of birth and parents and place of birth.  ANYTHING would be a help! :)

New York State Department of Health

Vital Records Section, Genealogy Unit

P.O. Box 2602

Albany, NY 12220-2602

Telephone: (518) 474-3055 

http://www.health.ny.gov/vital_records/

Genealogical copy fee: $22