Lydia Stiles1

F, #3044, b. 12 February 1796, d. 1 November 1872
Last Edited: 31 Mar 2013

Family 1:

John Ward b. 1787, d. Nov 1824

Children:

Catharine Ward3 b. Dec 1817, d. Nov 1820
John P. Ward7

Family 2:

Richard McGauley b. c 1782, d. 30 Oct 1829
  • Marriage*: between 1824 and 1826; Marriage date base on death of John Ward and birth of Lydia Ann McGauley.; Spouse:Richard McGauley1

Child:

Lydia Ann McGauley8 b. 1826

Notes

  • Note*: Old St. Mary's Cemetery, 248 S. Fourth St., between Manning & Locust, Philadelphia
    Inscription on single tombstone, photographed 2 Nov 2010:
    "Lydia McGauley
    Born Feb. 12 1796
    Died Oct. 31 1871
    ---
    John Ward
    Born 1787
    Died Nov. 1824
    ---
    Catharine Ward
    Born Dec. 1817
    Died Nov. 1820"2
  • Note: US Census:
    Lydia McGauley head of household:

    1830 - Philadelphia Lower Delaware Ward:
    females:
    1 50-59 (1771-1780)
    1 30-39 (1791-1800)
    1 15-19 (1811-15)
    1 0-4 (1826-1830)
    males:
    1 5-9 (1821-1825)

    1850 - Philadelphia Pine Ward:
    Lydia McGauley, age 50 (1800), b. New Jersey
    Lydia Anne McGauley, age 24 (1826), b. Penn.

    1870 - Philadelphia Ward 7 District 18
    Lydia McGauley, age 74 (1796) b. New Jersey
    Lydia A McGauley, age 34 [sic] (1836) b. Penn6
  • Note: Will of Lydia McGauley, widow of Richard McGauley, residing at 307 Pine Street, Philadelphia.
    Will written 9 Nov 1861, proven 15 Nov 1871.

    Names son John P. Ward and daughter Lydia Anna McGauley. $100 to son John. Residual to daughter Lydia if she remain unmarried, or shared equally between John and Lydia when she marries.

    Executors son John and daughter Lydia.

    Witnessed by E C Mitchell & Isaac Myer Jur.

    Philadelphia, Pa., Wills Book 73, p. 36-8, #645. Abstracted by compiler. Viewed on FHL microfilm
    21761.7

Citations

  1. [S363] Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania. Register of Wills. filmed at City Hall, Phila. FHL microfilm series titled 'Wills, 1682-1916; indexes to wills, 1682-1924'. Bk. 73, p. 37, #645, FHL #21761. Will of Lydia McGauley.
  2. [S305] Moore, J., Tombstone Photo St. Mary's Church, 4th St., Phila., Section F, by Mathew Carey monument.
  3. [S305] Moore, J., Tombstone Photo, Lydia McGauley tombstone. St. Mary's Church, 4th St., Phila., Section F, by Mathew Carey monument.
  4. [S272] "Marriage Registers at St. Joseph's Church, Philadelphia", from copies by Francis X. Reuss, Records of the American Catholic Historical Society, Vol. 20. [viewed on Google Books] 20:149.
  5. [S360] Philadelphia Board of Health, Collections of The Genealogy Society of Penn.; Philadelphia Board of Health Records; Register of Deaths. FHL microfilm 381246 Vol. 5, May 1845 - Sept 1847. FHL 2020949.
  6. [S514] US Census, viewed on Ancestry.com. 1850, 1870.
  7. [S363] Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania. Register of Wills. filmed at City Hall, Phila. FHL microfilm series titled 'Wills, 1682-1916; indexes to wills, 1682-1924'.
  8. [S514] US Census, 1850.