| Notes |
- Alonzo HUBLEY's 1914 obit names a grandmother--Annie USHER, and the question is--exactly what is their relationship.
First off, Annie and Patrick J. USHER had been married for 4 yrs when the 1910 census was taken, and it tells us that Annie was born Canada. Her age varies from Census to Census usually placing her birth between 1861 and 1865 and, in 1910, the census tells us that she has never had children.
Now Margaret Jane COSTLY, wife of Thomas Edmund HUBLEY is b. 1866 at Pope's Harbour, and we know from her marriage record that her parents are Peter and Bridget A. (--?--) COSTLY. So if her mother was no more that 16 when Margaret was born, that puts her birth in 1850 or before. Similarly, we know that Alexander HUBLEY m.3) Bridget Ann (HURD) COSTLY, who appears to be the mother of James COSTLY, b. 1867, and that all three are living at Pope's Harbour in the 1881 Census. Also, we know that the age Bridget Ann (HURD) COSTLY gives at her marriage to Alexander, as well as her age in the 1881 Census, puts her birth around 1846, which gibes with the quick calculation of how old the mother of Margaret and James has to be. So it would appear that Bridget (HURD), widow of Peter COSTLY, is the mother of James and Margaret Jane; or, stated differently, an assertion that this is all just coincidence violates Occam's Razor at the very least and borders on incredulity.
Next, we see in the 1910 Census that Annie, wife of Patrick USHER--whose DOB's the censuses place between 1861-1865--says that she has had no children, both of which facts would seem to eliminate her if true. But here's the problem.
Alonzo HUBLEY's 1914 obit names Annie USHER as his grandmother and states that he dies at her home. Since she is alive in 1914, she can only be one of two people:
a. His paternal grandmother, the mother of Thomas Edmund HUBLEY. But since the first wives of his grandfather, Alexander, are deceased, they could hardly own a house as Annie USHER does in Alonzo's 1914 death notice for Alonzo. So if Annie USHER is his paternal grandmother, she must be Alexander's third wife, Bridget Ann (HURD) COSTLY.
b. His maternal grandmother, the mother of Mary Jane COSTLY. But this is Bridget Ann (HURD) COSTLY, who later becomes the third wife of Alexander.
So it would appear that, in 1914, Bridget is both Alonzo's paternal and maternal grandmother, which leads me to conclude that, once again, a census has lied and Annie, wife of Patrick J. USHER is actually Bridget Ann (HURD) COSTLY HUBLEY USHER.
|
1846 - 1930 (74 years)
[2]