Sharon that speaks of being parted has a printed message written in a Scottis assumed oral history, she came as a child “on a boat over a large body of water age 49 on December 29, 1901 and was buried in Seagoe, Portadown, Ireland. Mary Elizabeth Harrison registered. The witnesses were Charles Hartt and Mary Anne Bird. Elizabeth lived in Whitehill, a townland in the Parish of Tawnagh, father’s name was Joseph and Elizabeth’s father’s name was Samuel. Both Henry and Bessie) on March 7, 1872 in Sligo, Ireland. Henry Benjamin Hyde Henry BenjaminHydeand Both Samuel and John may have died in India. school teacher in the Army, and according to a family story, he had beautiful handwriting. Samuel was in the British Army and due to leave for India shortly. He may ha August 14, so we assume they were in fairly close proximity. The letter was a farewell; Samuel to Henry on August 16, 1870 acknowledges receipt of a letter from Henry dated period of time. brothers, Samuel and John, who may have been born in England and lived in England for a According to oral history, Henry was born in County Wicklow, Ireland 2002 entrance. “Hyde,” with no other information, near the cemetery in July 2002 and there is a grave marked Armagh, Ireland. Episcopal Church in Seagoe, be buried with his wife near the front door of the would put his birth in about 1838 death of Henry Hyde, age 60, in Lurgan Deaths Index for July and August 1898 listed the about age 50. Henry was born about 1848 and We have traced the Hyde family back to s made every attempt to indicate nuisance, since many people have published family trees with incorrect or unverified information. scrolling through microfilmed records. The advent of Interne sharon@flanagan This is a work in progress. Please send corrections, additional information, and questions to Hyde ources. )

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from Scotland. A card sent to her as a child from a cousin , according to family oral history, Mary Elizabeth - . 3 Hyde’s direct ancestors are in bold type.

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Updated December 21, 2018 Sharon § § § § children: Ireland, on July 30, 1906. Anna Elizabeth Dougan Joseph Samuel Hyde Joseph SamuelHydeand her brother Joseph and his wife Anna and was buried in Presbyterian Cemetery, Springfield, New Jersey Ireland. Sara Jane emigrated to the United States about 1931. Sarah Jane Hyde married Patrick (Mc)Sweeney. They did not have children. The Lungy and a Pound Lane just off Temple Street, a main thoroughfare. Johns Union Parish. parents were listed as Henry and Bessie, and the family lived on Pound Street in the St. sisters, Catharine, was born on December 14, 1874, according to church records. Her diphtheria in the morning and the evening of the same day. Elizabeth School, St. Johns Union. The family’s denomination was Church of Ireland. Henry and children Jane, born on April 1, 1876, Henry and Elizabeth had five children, although only two survived to adulthood: Sarah Samuel. mother’s maiden name was believed to have been Prue.

children: Ric Parish, Louisiana. The wedding took place at St. Pasqual He married Madeline Elizabeth Wagner on June 27, 1943, in West Monroe, Ouachita George Samuel Hyde Elizabeth, John Henderson, and Mary. died on December 27, 1998. Margaret Elizabeth Isabel Hyde, known as Isabel, was born on October 20, 1915 and three years of high school; Beckland Road. His wife was his mother age 28, a food products salesman, in the household of Census for Summi Avis, and they did not have children. and died in November 1985. James Stewart Hyde was born on December 11, 1911 had two sons, James R. and William H. He married Ella Annette on June 6, 1933, and they 1907 and died in July 1986 in Indian River, Florida. Henry (Harry) Benjamin Hyde was born on July 17, & Peter Peter & 17

were born in Sligo

also had three daughters who died as children. Two were said to have died of Flanagan - in hard, Sharon, Peter, and Robert. - law, Virginia Clarke, age 65, at 73 23

t, New Jersey, listed James S. Hyde, A contemporary map of the center of Sligo City shows a stree

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in Lurgan, County Armagh,

was born on March 31, 1917 and died on February 13, 1999.

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Anna ElizabethDougan , 19 she had completed one year of college. , 20 32 29 address was recorded listed as

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Updated December 21, 2018 Sharon § § § § § born in 1784 and died in 1844. William died in 1852. Herons.) Ireland. (The name Cloncore is from the Gaelic William Dougan William Doug the 1915 state census The discrepancy between Joseph’s birth date on his headstone (1880) and the Hyde died in 1965. Springfield, New Jersey. buried in Presbyte September 14, Joseph Samuel Hyde 8 years old, was not listed. Harry, who would have been about in New Jersey. Hyde, age 3, born in December 1911 June 1882 in Ireland, and James Hyde, age 32, born in April 1881 in Ireland; Annie listed Joseph Hyde, age 34, a clerk The 1915 New Jersey State Census § §

Harrison), and William Thomas (b. December 22,1856). children: Rachel Jane (b. June 6, 1853), Richard (b. November 27, 1854, married Sar Marianne Dougan married George Hunter (son of Richard Hunter), and they had three Anne (b. February 15, 1852). Armagh, Thomas Dougan married Olivia McAdam (b. 1832) on October 25, 1849, in Tartaraghan, through another agency individuals who write. age 20, of Armagh. He was Wales Assi William Dougan was born in 1824 and emigrated to Australia in 1844. Joseph Dougan John died on December 3, 2014. October 20, 1945. They had three children: Nancy, Kathleen, and William John. Elizabeth His first wife was Janet, and his second wife, Antoinette. Roland Hyde was born on July 23, 1919 and died on September 22, 2002 in California. & Peter Peter & Dougan

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a housewife born in Flanagan and they had two children, William Henry (b. January 27, 1851) and Sara 36 sted Immigrant Passenger list for the ship 37 an andMargaret[Unknown]

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Michael Wilson two. health failed, perhaps due to homesickness, and they returned t Newburyport, Massachusetts, where Margaret’s brother Robert had already settled. Her According to oral history, after their marriage James and Margaret emigrated to historica Bushmills is located further north in County Antrim. We have been unable to locate Bush Mills, Armagh, although there is no such townland in that county. Th this information. Dungannon is in County Tyrone. town of Dungannon Mills and was therefore quite rich. maternal grandmother), a man by the name of Nesbitt, owned the entire manufacturing According to oral history, the father of Mary Nes of their The Quinns emigrated to Australia, and the Browns remained in Ireland, although some named Qu Newburyport, Massachusetts, and two sisters, Mary and Jane. The sisters married men Mary Nesbitt). daughter of Robert McKinney and Mary Henderson (whose mother’s maiden name was and married William James Dougan through another agency. are individu she could read; and her relative in the colony was William Briggs. and her parents as Joseph and Elizabeth Dougan. Her religion was Church of England; Ballyvaden, 1865; Sarah J. Dougan, age 12, was among the passengers. The ship originated in Assisted Immigrant Passenger List records include the M September 25, 1865. She is said to have had a relative in Australia, a Joseph Briggs on years of age with Ann Fleming, age 25, aboard the ship Sarah Jane Dougan was born on May 20, 1853. She emigrated to Australia in 1865 at 12 Marianne Dougan was born on June 27, 1851. artin Street in Sydney. She married in the 1870s in Australia. e Hendersons were said to be the prosperous owners of tape mills in the town of & Peter Peter & 64 48

They raised their five children in the Dougan farmhouse in Cloncore:

Joseph was living in the family home in Cloncore at the time of the 1852 descendants l records in either county. inn and Brown, although it is not certain which sister married which man. Flanagan County Waterford, Ireland. als whose passages were either subsidized or paid for by another person or

Margaret McKinney and 60

was born in County Armagh in 1829.

and his wife

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may have come to America.

Elizabeth had a sister, Sarah Wilson, who was born in 1831.

59 was born in 1855 and died in 1933. He was known as James

the voyage, and the ship arrived on October 18, 1852.

, Ann . bonesearcher.com 52 , who

married on October 4, 1849 in Tartaraghan, Co. 56 She was age 20 at the time of her marriage to

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was born in 1852 and died in 1912. She Joseph died in 1886. 57

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Margaret Tagga John Henderson Dougan was born on December 12, 1893, in Portadown. He married Hartford, Connecticut, in December 1973. who married Arthur Allen and lived in West Hartford, Connecticut. Matilda died in married a man named Harvey, lived in Atlanta Manchester, Connecticut, and they had four more children: Ruth; Margaret, who Matilda, as she was known, was “housework.” the United States. She was able to read and write. S inches tall, with a “fresh” complexion, fair hair, and brown eyes. It was her first time in Dougan, and she was from Cloncore, Ireland. She was described as 24 years old, 5 feet, 8 Hydes lived on Beauvoir Ave. in Summit.) Her father was l have been her sister she was joining her sister, A. Hyde, at 451 Bear Ave., Summit, New Jersey. (This would the United States through Ellis Island, arriving on July 2 Sarah Matilda Dougan was born in Portadown on March 8, 1889. sometime before 1964 in Connecticut. Cemetery near Cloncore in the Portadown area. He had at least one son and died Robert David Dougan was born in Portadown. He was buried in the Church of Ireland sometime before 1964. He was not thought to have had children. Stewart Dougan was born in Portadown and was believed to have died in Connecticut 196 descend on July 30, 1906, Met birth year was 1882. oral source, in Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland. Anna Elizabeth Dougan Stephenson, and had two children, John and Josie. Elizabeth Matilda Dougan was born on October 24, 1870. She married a man named buried in the Church of Ireland cemetery near Cloncore. Wilson Dougan was born on April 15, 1867 David Dougan was born on March 5, 1865. Amelia Matilda Dougan was born on April 2, 1862. Joseph Dougan was born on January 7, 1859 and died on March 11, 1884. Ruth Dougan these children are presented in the following section. Elizabeth & Peter Peter & hodist. 5, in Longport, New Jersey. a nts are presented in the next section, below.) Anna Dougan Hyde died in April , Stewart, Robert David, Sarah Matilda, and John Henderson. Flanagan 75

As described in the Hyde section, above, she married Joseph Samuel Hyde

was born on April 14, 1857. rt (1882 76 81

- in Lurgan, County Armagh, and had five children. (Details of these Hyde

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was born on June 19, in either 1880 or1881, according to one July 26, 1973), and they had five children: Sarah Matilda,

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Updated December 21, 2018 Sharon twelve days before Christmas in 1988 by Irish Republican Army terrorists. the Drumcree Orange Order parade. Stephen mentioned that his uncle had been killed ongoing debate and sporadic vio sides of the conflict about his frustration with the ongoing, “tit Causeway Coast. Portadown Olive was gracious with an invitation to United States many times. customs agency. and three children teacher. attended college in North Carolina on a soccer scholarship born August 21, 1970; and Stephen, born October 7, 1971. Oli Dougan, who married John Corry. brother, known as Henderson, remained in Ireland. Dougan emigrated to the United States in the early part of the 20 grandmother, Anna (Annie) Elizabeth Dougan, the wife of Joseph Samu Olive’s grandfather, John Henderson Dougan, was the younger brother of Peter’s 1967. Northern Ireland. Known as Olive, she married Thomas Earnest Guy on September 12, In July 2002, we visited Annie Olive Corry Guy, Peter’s second cousin § § § § § descend We have some information about John Henderson Dougan’s children and their

ve and Tom have three sons: Thomas Andrew, born December 25, 1868; David Allan, 1937. Robert David Wilson Dougan was born on December 21, 1924 and died on January 8, They did not have children. March 1, 1968. George Dougan was born on September 7, 1922. He married Elizabeth Taggert on to St. Paul’s Church, Tartaraghan, in July 2002. married Elizabeth Cordner on June 6, 1945. William James Stewart Dougan (known as Stewart Cordner on July 6, 1944. Marianne Elizabeth Dougan was born on J married William John Corry on August 3, 1945. Sarah Matilda Dougan (known as Matilda and Tillie cemetery near Cloncore. Henderson Dougan died on June 27, 1966. Marianne Elizabeth, William James Stewart, George, and Robert David Wilson. John

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and a weekend at the family’s holiday apartment in Bushmills, near the

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at the time of our 2002 visit

between Catholics and Protestants

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He was buried in the Church of Ireland Andrew

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Updated December 21, 2018 Sharon passengers. long weighed 8,662 gross tons, was 485 (bp) feet New York Harbor on May 3. The from Londonderry, Ireland, and docked in on the steamship right: Main Building on Ellis Island States thro Joseph Samuel Hyde immigrated to the United Immigration totheUnitedStates was a civilian contractor to the British Army and the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC). his g conflict in Ireland The mechanic. 1988. drove republicanism and want Northern Ireland to remain a part of the United Kingdom) as we Olive pointed out a political mural painted by Unionists (t were illuminated in beautiful sunset colors over the Sperrin Mountains to our west. quickly as Olive and Katherine Sharon apartment, about a 90 lasagna dinner, then the Guys’ home as he stood in front of the house. We returned to current owners, we took farmhouse has been completely renovated by the family for generations. village of Cloncore that had been in the Dougan Stephen also drove us to a farmhouse in the uncertain why he believed that it is marked simply, “Hyde.” and the graveyard of We visited the graveyard of St. Paul’s in Tartaraghan where several Dougans are buried, Protestant school children added to the difficulty in achieving respect and peace. voted in favor of the 1998

CAIN (Conflict Archive on the Internet) website, which indexes the deaths from the

arage on Fountain Street in Portadown, County Armagh, on December 13, 1988. He and 58 feet wide and could hold 1,214

He was targeted by terrorists because he had been working on through Drumcree and she talked about her brother John’s murder by the IRA in & Peter Peter &

rode with Olive while Peter, Tom, and

drove in our Her eyes filled with tears as she talked. ugh Ellis Island in 1909.

( Photo on the following page Flanagan in Laurelvale for a wonderful California ,

listed Sharon

drove St. Gobhan’s, the parish church in Seagoe, where there is a grave - -

Hyde minute drive, that evening. Although the original rental

One of Peter’s uncles had directed us to this site, but we are John Corry a photo (

Belfast peace accord and observed that segregating Catholic and

to the Bushmills , which departed

talked about our families. The rain had stopped, and the clouds car. The time passed California ) right

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Updated December 21, 2018 Sharon Isabel Moffatt, age 22, single, a retail saleswoman at a dry goods store. in the household: Edward Dillon, age 22, single, a retail salesman at a dry goods store; and son, was listed as age 2, born in Ireland, and arrived in the U.S. in 1909. Two boarders lived parents. She also arrive grocery.” Annie was listed as age 27, married three years, and born in Ireland, as were her was an alien. He could read and write, and rented lodging. His occupation was “clerk in a three years, and born in Ireland, as were h clue as to its pronunciation with an Irish brogue. Joseph S., was listed as age 30, married The 1910 U.S. Census listed Joseph and Annie as the “Hayde” family, which may give us a 1910 U.S.Census years of age, with a fair complexion, brown hair, a Cloncore, Portadown, and was listed as a British Citizen, Irish. Her occupation was listed as housekeeper, and she could read and write. She was from Annie was in good health, 5 feet tall, with a fair complexion, this is the same address that Edward Dillon listed in his immigration papers. Summit, New Jersey. (The 1910 U.S. Census listed the family’s address as 18 Beauvior Ave. United States. She was traveling to meet her husband, who lived at 31 She paid for the passage herself, had $15 in her possession, and it was her first time in the The ship manifest listed Annie Hyde, age 26 years, wife of Joseph Hyde, and her son, Henry. 1909. California Joseph’s wife and small son immigrated about six months later on the same steamship, and he was a resident of Portadown. His status was listed as “British Citizen, Irish.” a “fresh” c The Ellis Island records described Joseph Hyde as 5 feet, 10 inches tall, in good health, with 18 Beauvoir Avenue in Summit. He was a shop assistant. Dillon, of 911 Bridge Street, Portadown, and said he was joining his sister, Mary Dillon, a Summit, New Jersey. In 1911 he listed his closest relative in Ireland as his father, James and apparently traveled to and from Ireland again in 1911, when he gave his residence as that Edward Dil in” when his parents died Dillon family were lifelong friends of Henry and Bessie Hyde, and the family “took Joseph worked at McClay’s

& Peter Peter & , which departed from Londonderry and arrived in New York on October 18, omplexion, auburn hair, and blue eyes. His birthplace was listed as Sligo, Ireland, Flanagan lon first entered the United States in 1907, headed for Rochester, New York,

department store in Summit. - Hyde d in the U.S. in 1909, and no occupation was listed. Henry B., their when he was a young man bonesearcher.com We know from oral history sources that Joseph Summit, New Jersey. a friend, Edward Dillon, c/o John McClay in for his own passage, and his contact in the U.S. was and his occupation was “shop assistant.” He paid Park Road, Portadown. Married, his wife was listed as Mrs. Hyde of 98 29 years and his residence as Portadown, Ireland. The manifest is parents. He had entered the U.S. in 1909 and 92 nd blue eyes.

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Updated December 21, 2018 Sharon milk, ice, and butter were delivered to all the houses by men with horses and wagons “When I was young our street wasn’t paved. Now all the streets are paved. All our bread, snakes. chickens. We al even during the depression. I remember ‘Rex,’ our white part vegetables and fruits in jars for winter. We never had any real bad times. We were lucky, and picked wild bluebe chickens and we also kept bees for honey. We all did things like cutting wood for the winter “We seemed to have enough money, but then everybody had a garden. I can remember our singing ‘O Christmas Tree’ in German during vacation, we would go swimming. Mr. Von Bruckner would take us in hi people he would go “exploring” with neighbor kids. “We had miles of woods around us. Some kids. His favorite game was stick ball, and his nickname was “Dootsie.” He re her.” As a child, he liked to play hop George Hyde remembered his mother as being very orderly. “She gave us kids ways to help became U.S. citizens. States, but Joseph and Anna were not. office. None of the adult men were veterans. Harry was a naturalized citizen of the United hardware salesman, Harry was a lawy and Bessie, age 8. They owned a home valued at $12,000 and a radio. Joseph was a E., age 48; Harry B., age 22; James S., age 18; Isabel, age 14; George, age 13; Roland, age 10; Summit at the time of the 1930 U.S. Census. T The family was still living at 49 Beauvoir Ave. in 1930 U.S.Census 1999. photo ( “place of birth” on George’s birth certificate.) 49 Beauvoir Ave and Roland, age 5 months. The family’s address was age 4 years, 3 months; George, age 2 years, 9 months; in New Jersey: James S., age 8 years, 1 month; Isabel, born in Ireland. Also listed were four children born was age 37, and Henry was listed as age 38, a buyer who worked in a store. Anna U.S. Census was taken in January 1920. Joseph was The family was still living in Summit at the time the 1920 U.S.Census about Dillon visited the Hyde family in the 1930s. He was married, and his daughter Mary was Bette Hyde Nevitt recalled that Isabel Moffatt was a dear friend of her parents, and that Ed

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Updated December 21, 2018 Sharon 1930. some point in the 1920s, since Fannie was listed as the widowed head of the household in and worked in a laboratory, and Muriel became a registered nurse. John McClay died at daughters were in servant, Hettie McCartney, age 22. Norman was a clerk in the dry good store, and the three (Eunice, age 23; Mary Catherine, age 20; Norman, age 18; and Muriel, age 11), and a and was a merchant in a lived in Summit. According to the 1920 census, John McClay was born in 1860 in Ireland, We have learned some details about these families through the U.S. Census records. All Wil He was very nice went to school with me was Brethren in Summit. “Mr. McClay started the assembly. Mr. Collette was very musical. There Bette Hyde Nevitt remembered the “leading brothers” cited in Peterson’s history of the were known as “Plymouth” Brethren. The Plymouth assembly soon became the center of t the largest assemblies in the early days were in Dublin, Ireland, and Plymouth, England. plurality of elders who met biblical qualifications. The groups were called “assemblies,” and prayers. There were no paid or ordained ministers; individual gr “Body of Christ.” Women were not allowed to speak during services, even to offer audible “membership,” believing instead that all baptized Christians were already members of the Bible and conduct a communion service on Sundays. They did not beli mainstream Christian churches, and they resolved to gather in small groups to read the The founders were disenchanted with the clerical hierarchy and denominationalism of The Plymouth Brethren trace their origins to the early 19 Leading brothers were Messrs. McClay, Glasgon, J.S. Hyde, and R. Collette.” not remembered, but it was in existence by 1935, and probably many years before that. Summit Gospel hall existed for many years, finally disbanding in 1957. Its North America, “A few miles from Berkeley Heights [New Jersey] is Summit, and there the According to Robert L. Peterson, who has documented the history of Plymouth Brethren in parts in little skits, have ice cream and cake, and get a present, like a bo parents’ life. At Christmas, we would have a children’s ‘Treat.’ We would learn and recite Brethren. “We attended a small, very strict church. Religion was an important part of my George Hyde recalled that his father, Joseph Samuel, was an elder in the Plymouth The PlymouthBrethren KYW in Philadelphia and KDKA in Pittsburgh.” yard or cellar house and town to town selling needles, thread, and ribbons. Some men would cle small trucks to sharpen your knives and scissors. Some men even walked from house to Other men sold fresh vegetables, fresh fish on ice from wagons, and even had machinery in liam Glasgow no piano in church, and he would start everyone singing the hymns. His three sons 109 & Peter Peter &

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and had a French school. We know from the 1930 census that Eunice became a chemist he lived next door to us when I was born.” - Hyde — dry goods store. He lived with his wife, Fannie, four children

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Updated December 21, 2018 Sharon towns came to take part in Brethren religious conferences. was used until 1949. Bette Hyde Nevitt recalled it as a place where people from many Long Island, began in 1889. In 1918, the assembly purchased a building on 14 According to Peterson’s history of the Brethren, the Sea Cliff Gospel Chapel in Sea Cliff, the best times of his life. Wafers’ and my favorite then, peanut New York City to another railroad and finally to Sea Cliff. On the way, we would eat ‘Neck train from Summit to Hoboken then a ferry across the Hudson River then a subway train in Long Island George Hyde remembered that in his childhood, “We would go to a place called Sea Cliff on and ‘Is’ laughing about it that night at supper.” dried. I don’t think my and his sister Isabel “went out on a tarred roof one Sunday morning on which the tar hadn’t George remembered one of the funniest things that ever happened to him as the time he kindergarten smart, and thought that George was his intellectual equal, although George was held back in noticing. There was never a swear word at the table, except for George. Our father was arguing, George s She described her father as “a tyrant, very stern. One time when George and my father were turn.” something that had been rehearsed. One year, I refused to say anything when it was my remembered the Christmas ritua to enjoy these exchanges the time. Joseph would bait George, and George always rose to the bait. Our father seemed and way of life. Bette recalled, “George and The children did not share their father’s wholehearted commitment to the Brethren beliefs were only allowed to go for walks.” Sunda on Sundays, but not on the other days of the week. No work or recreation was allowed on to do just about anything Monday through Saturday. He would open the door for his wife Bette Hyde Nevitt both age 5; and Eleanor, age 2. William was a commercial trader in silks. Elizabeth, and six daughters: Tillie, age 13; Marion, age 9; Florence, age 7; Grace and Ruth, William J. Glasgow was and Harold J. Guinea, he lived with his wife, Kathryn C., and sons Alexander D., age 14; David K., age 9; Reginald 113 y. We had to prepare food the night before, and we couldn’t read or go swimming. We & Peter Peter &

C. Collette was 44 years old at the time of the 1930 census. A native of British S ,

ound in New York. We lived in a big ho because he couldn’t get along with others.” Flanagan age 7. Reginald was an electrical engineer. pooned a whole bowlful of mashed potatoes onto his plate without

said that her father, Joseph, was “very reverent on Sundays, but it was OK - Hyde mother thought it was very funny, especially when she caught me

40 years old at the time of the 1920 census. He lived with his wife,

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accessed Sligo Town Center 0861 Co. Sligo Heritage and Genealogy Society, St. Johns Union, Register B3, Page 109, Entry Hyde Letter from Isabel Hyde Donelik, undated, about 1976, to Peter and Sharon Flanagan 0095 Co. Sligo Heritage and Genealogy Society, St. 0890. Co. Sligo Heritage and Genealogy Society, St. Johns Union, Register B3, Page 113, Entry Centre, www.irishgenealogy.ie. Year and pl Flanagan Day of birth from Letter from Harry B. Hyde, April 18, 1976, to Peter and (Riverstown), Register M1, Page 34, Entry 0066. Name Samuel fro Letter from Harry B. Hyde, April 18, 1976, to Peter and Hyde. Letter from Isabel Hyde Donelik, undated, about 1976, to Peter and Sharon Flanagan Hyde. Letter from Isabel Hyde Donelik, undated, about 1976, to Pet Page 34, Entry 0066. Co. Sligo Hertiage and Genealogy Society, Parish Tawnagh (Riverstown), Register M1, Page 34, Entry 0066. Co. Sligo Hertiage a Letter from Harry B. Hyde, April 18, 1976, to Peter and www.irishgenealogy.ie. Marriage Record Database, Co. Sligo Heritage & Genealogy Centre, Undated not Hyde. Letter from Isabel Hyde Donelik, undated, about 1976, to Peter and Sharon Flanagan Hyde. Letter from Isabel Hyde Donelik, undated, about 1976, to Peter and Sharon Flanagan Letter from Harry B. Hyde, April 18, 1976, to Peter and Hyde. Letter from Isabel Hyde Donelik, undated, about 1976, to Peter and Sharon Flanagan Letter from Harry B. Hyde, April 18, 1976, to Peter and page 497, LDS film number 101,600, accessed November 18, 2018. Ancestry.com, Ireland, Civil Registration Death Index, 1864 Hyde. Letter from Isabel Hyde Donelik, undated, about 1976, to (Riverstown), Register M1, Page 34, Entry 0066. Name Joseph from Co. Sligo Hertiage and Genealogy Society, Parish Tawnagh & Peter Peter &

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Updated December 21, 2018 Sharon 51 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25

Hyde Nevitt in 1999 Handwritten family tree, no source, given to Peter and Sharon Flanagan Conversation with Bette Hyde Nevitt, July 23, 1999. Archive CD. Transcribed from Index to Griffith’s Valuation, 1848 #0,101,308. FamilySearch™ International Genealogical Index v.5.0, Batch #M701997, Film Hyde Nevitt in 1999. Handwritten family tree, no source, given to Peter and Sharon Flanagan #0,101,308. FamilySearch™ International Genealogical Index v.5.0, Batch #M701997, Film Hyde Nevitt in 1999. Handwritten family tree, no source, given to Peter and Sharon Flanagan #0,101,308. FamilySearch™ International Genealog Reel: Wales, Australia; Ancestry.com, Hyde Nevitt in 1999. Handwritten family tree, no source, given to Peter and Sharon Flanagan Hyde Nevitt in 1999 Handwritten family tree, no source, given to Peter and Sharon Flanagan Hyde Nevitt in 1999 Handwritten family tree, no source, given to Peter and Sharon Flanagan Hyde Nevitt in 1999 Handwritten family tree, no source, given to Peter and Sharon Flanagan Pho Letter from Harry B. Hyde, April 18, 1976, to Peter and accessed November 28, 2018. Ancestry.com, 1915 New Jersey State Census, Summit, Union County, New Jersey, Obits.nj.com, acce 603. Marriage License, Parish of Ouachita, Louisiana, issued June 23, 1943, Book 51, Page State of Florida, Office of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death. U.S. Social Security Death Index, www.ancestry.com. Nov Ancestry.com, 1940 U.S. Census, Summit, Union County, New Jersey, accessed Unidentified, undated notes. U.S. Social Security Death Index, www.ancestry.com. U.S. Social Security Death Index, www.ancestry.com. Hyde Letter from Isabel Hyde Donelik, undated, about 1976, to Conversation with Bette Hyde Nevitt, 1999, with Peter and Sharon Flanagan Letter from Harry B. Hyde, April 18, 1976, to Peter and & Peter Peter & tograph of tombstone taken in 1999 by Peter Flanagan ember 28, 2018.

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Updated December 21, 2018 Sharon 75 74 73 72 71 70 69 68 67 66 65 64 63 62 61 60 59 58 57 56 55 54 53 52

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Updated December 21, 2018 Sharon 106 105 104 103 102 101 100 99 98 97 96 95 94 93 92 91 90 89 88 87 86 85 84 83 82 81 80 79 78 77 76

http://withchrist.org/JS/pbs.htm#Irish%20National%20Church Miles J. Stanford, Robert L. Peterson, George S. Hyde, written recollections, 1987. George S. Hyde, written recollections, 1987. Conversation with Bette Hyde Nevitt, April 5, 2003. 1930 New Jersey Registry of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Birth, issued April 2, 1917. 12, line 19. FHL film no. 1,821,072. 1920 U.S. Federal Census, Union County, New Jersey, Summit, Vol. 115, ED 159, sheet Conversation with Be Ward 2, part 2. FHL film no. 1,374,924 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Union County, New Jersey, Summit, SD 5, ED 113, sheet 2B, www.ellisislandrecords.org American Family Immigration History Center, Ellis Island Passenger Records, www.ellisislandrecords.org American Family Immigration History Center, Ellis Island Passenger Records, www.ellisislandrecords.org American Family Immigration History Center, Ellis Island Passenger Records, www.ellisislandrecords.org. American Family Immigration History Center, Ellis Island Passeng Conversation with Bette Hyde Nevitt, 1999, with Peter and Sharon Flanagan Hyde Nevitt in 1999. Handwritten family tree, no source, given to Peter and Sharon Flanagan Letter from Harry B. Hyde, April 18, 1976, to Peter and Hyde Nevitt in 1999 Handwritten family tree, no source, given to Peter and Sharon Flanagan Hyde Nevitt i Handwritten family tree, no source, given to Peter and Sharon Flanagan Letter from Harry B. Hyde, April 18, 1976, to Peter and Hyde Nevitt in 1999 Handwritten family tree, no source, given to Peter and Sharon Flanag Hyde Nevitt in 1999 Handwritten family tree, no source, given to Peter and Sharon Flanagan Letter from Harry B. Hyde, April 18, 1 Letter from Harry B. Hyde, April 18, 1976, to Peter and U.S. Social Security Death Index, www.ancestry.com www.ellisislandrecords.org. American Family Immigration History Center, Ellis Island Pass U.S. Social Security Death Index, www.ancestry.com Letter from Harry B. Hyde, April 18, 1976, to Peter and Letter from Harry B. Hyde, April 18, 1976, to Peter and Letter from Harry B. Hyde, April 18, 1976, to Peter and Hyde Letter from Isabel Hyde Donelik, undated, about & Peter Peter &

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