James DONAHUE
Bridget A. CONROY
Michael DONOHOE
Mary Agnes COHANE
Michael James DONAHUE
(1857-1940)
Mary Agnes DONOHOE
(1865-1943)
Patrick DONAHUE
(1890-1907)

 

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Patrick DONAHUE

  • Born: 12 Oct 1890, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA 1 2
  • Died: 28 Mar 1907, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA 1 3 4
  • Buried: 6 May 1907, Calvary Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA 1 4 5

• He appeared in the 1900 census on 16 Jun 1900 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. 2

• Patrick got in to an argument with his father sometime around the end of March, 1907.4  He ran away from home and was accidently drowned.  His body was found on 2 May 1907 "in Pine Creek below Wildwood Station".3  Pine Creek is north of Pittsburgh near the present North Park.  For more of the story go here.

Sources

1 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906-1970 (Harrisburg, PA (via Ancestry.com)), Patrick Donahue (filed 3 May 1907).

2 Pennsylvania, Allegheny County, 1900 U.S. Census, Population Schedule (Washington, D.C., National Archives and Records Administration), ED 173, Sheet 12, Line 79.

3 James P. Laughrey, Coroner's Inquest Documents (Pittsburgh, PA, 22 May 1907).

4 Thomas Hoey, Oral Interview of Mary Elizabeth Hoey Walsh (Pittsburgh, PA).

5 Calvary Cemetery, Cemetery Records (Pittsburgh, PA, 7 Sep 1999).

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