"M" McFadyens In The Allegheny Estate Index

Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994  Allegheny Estate index 1788-1971 surname M, first names K-R (McFadyen, "M" page):

Image 306

McFadden Index

McFadyen In Canada

Canada. Department of the Interior: Letters patent : C-5942:

McFadyen [Image 21]

16 July 1883

McFadyen And "W" Given Names

Pennsylvania, Probate Records, 1683-1994 Allegheny Estate index 1788-1971 surname M, first names S-Z:

Page 2058

Image 380

Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994  Allegheny Proceedings index 1788-1971 vol 37-38 (Information gleaned from the index page above):

*38-263-7

Vol Pg Blk
38-263-8 [Image 736]
*38-263-7  "

Allegheny Estate Index Surname M, First Names K-R

McFadden - See Page 2046  [Image 306]

Strays(?) found on the following pages:

Image 121
Image 115
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John McFadyen And His Heritage

Source [See vol...Dec_1_1905_to_May_15_1906.pdf]

The biography of John McFadyen, son of Michael and Margaret (Craig) McFadyen, provided information about the family.  One important clue stated that John was born in Kilburnie, Ayrshire, Scotland (in 1849).  John's widowed mother came to Maryland with five children when he was about 7 years old.  After the Civil War the move was made to Pennsylvania where Margaret McFadyen died at the age of 65.

John attended Johns Hopkins and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree and spent his life in the coal industry, perhaps influenced by the legacy of his father, who was a mining engineer.

John's 1910 death in New Jersey was noted in his biography.  It was noted that two of his siblings, James, of Wilkinsburg, and Kate Duckworth, of Connellsville, survived him.

Here's a blog of another person who is researching McFadyens from Kilburnie.

Will Of William D. Jones

Will of William D. Jones

In the name of God Amen” I William D. Jones,” of Charleston near Lonaconing Allegany County,” in the State of Maryland,” Being sick and weak in body,” And of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding considering the certainty of death and the uncertainty of the time thereof” And being desirous to settle my worldly affairs; and thereby be the better prepared to leave this world when it shall please God to call me hence,” do therefore make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form following that is to say…………………
First and principally I commit my soul into the hands of Almighty God and my body to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my executor hereinafter named, “ after my debts and funeral charges are paid; I devise and bequeath as follows I give and devise and bequeath unto my dear wife Margaret all my real estate and personal property of every kind and description which I own or possessed at the time of my death wheresoever located; during her natural life And from and after her death I give devise and bequeath unto my children as follows “to wit” Joseph Porter, John T. Porter, Henry Porter, Eliza McFadyen wife of James - Ruth Hyde, Sarah Frye - Cinderella Moran; Margaret E. Rowan, William D. Jones Junior, James L. Jones, Edward W. Jones and Hattie Dawson to be divided, share and share alike between all the above named children and step children without preference to none; of them and lastly, I do hereby constitute and appoint Joseph Porter to be my sole executor of this my last will and testament revoking and annulling all former Wills by me heretofore made ratifying and confirming this and none other to be my last Will and Testament;
                 In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and seal this Tenth day of December 1895 AD;    
                  William D. Jones (Signature)
Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above named William D. Jones as and for his last will and testament; in our presence, who, at his request, in his presence and in presence of each other, have hereto set our hands as witnesses hereto;

1. C.S. Murphy
2. Thomas Connor, Sr.
3. Joseph Dick
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To Margaret Jones                 widow                                                       $49.85

       Statement of Executor
Showing Real Property belonging to estate, subject to collateral Tax.
 In order to put upon record the condition of the estate and to collect the collateral tax thereon from Joseph Porter, John T. Porter, Henry Porter and Eliza McFadyen, stepchildren of deceased, This executor makes return of the appraised value ($1200.00) of the real estate returned to the Orphans’ Court in Inventory filed April 9th, 1897, of record in Inventories Liber No. 3 Folio 31, one third of the same being subject to collateral tax.. $400.00
Less State collateral tax of 2 ½%                                                                        10.00
                                                                                                                         $390.00

Annie G. Welsh In The Probate Index

We visited the Marshall Park while researching the probate files in person

Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994  Fayette Orphans' Court record index 1784-1950 N-Z:

Source [Image 401]

31-240 Orphan's Court Docket

6-282   No. 9 of 1902 written in  Inv. and Appt. Docket

16-495 Account Docket

Hopefully the above listed probate file belongs to Annie G. (McFadyen) Welsh, widow of David Welsh.

Interest In Kilbirnie

Source

Source

An event in Kilbirnie of interest to me was the marriage of Jim's 2nd great grandparents:

Name: Michael Mcfadyean

Spouse's Name: Margaret Craig

Event Date: 08 Feb 1839

Event Place: Kilbirnie,Ayr,Scotland

John McFadyen In Fayette County Probate

Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994  Fayette Orphans' Court record index 1784-1950 E-M:

Image 533

Liber/Page 39-234 was referenced in the index extract above.

John McFadyen

Source: Coal Trade Bulletin, December 1, 1905
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

He was Jim's 1st great granduncle.

John McFadyen was born 18 October 1849 in Kilburnie, Ayrshire, Scotland, and died on & May 1910 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Some "M" Surnames In The Allegheny Co. Index

Found Moran in the index while looking for McFadyens....Pennsylvania, Probate Records, Allegheny Estate index, 1788-1971, surname M, first names D-J:

Source

Next index page here.

Beginning of the "J" Given Name For M surnames; more of the J's here.

Where McFadden, et al, are located in the index:

James Stuart McFadyen in the index [more information here] (Kate Grant McFadyen, executrix). [Don't think he's one of Jim's McFadyens]

Will of Katherine C. (McFadyen) Duckworth

Note: Katherine (McFadyen) Duckworth was the sister of Jim's ancestor, James C. McFadyen.

I, Katherine C. Duckworth of Brookside Farms, Bridgeville, Pennsylvania, being of sound mind, memory, and understanding, do make, publish, and declare the following to be my last will and testament.

After the payment of all my just debts and funeral expenses, I give and bequeath to my niece, Mrs. Margaret Addleman, residing at the above mentioned Brookside Farms, all the rest and residue of my savings and checking account, --number One thousand, one hundred (#1113) and thirteen,--deposited in the Yough Trust Company, Connellsville, Pennsylvania.

I give and bequeath to Mrs. Dorcas Norton, widow of Mr. Lester Norton, residing at Number 215 Carnegie Avenue, Connellsville, Pennsylvania, the sum of One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars in cash, but in case she dies before me, said bequest is to lapse, and said sum of money is hereby bequeathed to the above mentioned Mrs. Margaret Addleman.

I give and bequeath to the Christian Womens Board of Missions, of the Christian Church of Connellsville, Pennsylvania, of which I am a life-member, the sum of Fifty ($50.00) Dollars, to be expended as such Board sees fit; and I herein give the bequeath to the Martha Norton Bible Class, of the same Church, of which I am an organized--member, the sum of Fifty ($50.00) Dollars.

I give and bequeath to the Yough Trust Company a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Pennsylvania, and doing in business in Connellsville, of said State, the sum of One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars in cash, to be held in trust, the interest therefrom at six (6%) per-cent,---less the business charge of five (5%) per-cent of said Trust Company on the annual dividend,---is to be paid to the Chestnut Hill Cemetary [sic], incorporated in the Common Pleas Court of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and doing business in said City of Connellsville, of which the Officers are now, Charles H. Whitely, President and Charles E. DeMuth, Secretary and Treasurer, to be appropriated and expended on the care and up-keep of the family plot in said Chestnut Hill Cemetary [sic].

All the rest and residue of my property, both real, personal, and mixed, of which I may be in possession and seized of at the time of my death, I hereby bequeath and devise to my above mentioned niece, Mrs. Margaret Addleman.  Lastly, I do hereby appoint the above mentioned, Mrs. Margaret Addleman, and Mr. Charles Addleman, her husband, residing at the aforesaid Brookside Farms, Executors, each without Bonds, of this my last will and testament.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this Twenty Third day of September A. D. Nineteen Hundred and Twenty.

Mrs. Katherine C. Duckworth (Seal)

Signed, sealed, published, and declared by the above-mentioned Katherine C. Duckworth as and for her last will and testament, in the presence of us, who at her request, and in her presence, and in the presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses thereto.

John Martin, Henry Ley, Frank J. Bradley

There were also interrogatories of the subscribing witnesses for the last will and testament of Mrs. Katherine C. Duckworth, deceased, 27 December 1921.

David Welsh And His Brewery

From the Centennial History of the Borough of Connellsville, Pennsylvania, 1806-1906:

Christian Snyder and David Welsh erected a brewery about 1870 on Mountain alley at the northeast corner of Apple street. It was a three story building, the first story being built of hammer-dressed stone and the second and third stories frame. The first story is still standing, having been incorporated into the tenement house which occupied the site of the old brewery until purchased and converted into the distilling house of the Connellsville Distilling Company.

United States Census, 1870

name: David Welch

estimated birth year: 1838

gender: Male

birthplace: Scotland

home in 1870: Pennsylvania, United States [Connellsville, Fayette Co.]

  Household Gender Age Birthplace

David Welch M 32y  Scotland [brewer of beer]

Anna Welch F 27y  Scotland

For more about David Welch, see this source.

A More Famous Distillery, Located In KY, Not PA

There's an interesting piece about American Whiskey Distillers (in the Connellsville area, too) online.

The Whites And Some Affiliated Families

The Whites in Jim's family tree:

Margaret Dell White, daughter of

Fernando James White, son of

Fernando John White, son of

James White, son of

John White

I've estimated (guess-timated) that John White was born about 1800 in Scotland; it's unknown to whom he was married.

James White, son of John, was born in Virginia (now West Virginia) and married Sarah Jones in Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio.

Fernando John White married Sophia Albert.  More about the Albert relatives here.  Their primary home was Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

Fernando James White married Amelia Cinderella McFadyen.  More about the McFadyens here and here.  After living in Pittsburgh for many years, they moved to Columbiana County, Ohio, then made another move to Detroit, Michigan, where they lived until they retired to Orlando, Florida.

Obituary Of David Welsh

From the Daily News Standard, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, published on May 22, 1900:

David Welsh died at his home on Main Street, New Haven, this morning at 7:30.  He had been ailing for several months, but failed rapidly within the past week.  He was 67 years old.  Deceased until seven years ago was a resident of Connellsville, having moved here from Lehigh valley in 18?(6?)1.  He spent a few years in California at the time of the gold excitement.  Mr. Welsh married Miss Anna G. McFadyen.  No children were born to them.  Deceased built a frame hotel on what is now the site of Boyls, Porter & Co., iron foundry.  This building burned down about 35 years ago.  Mr. Welsh and Ezekial Duckworth built the Baltimore house which stands on the corner of Water and Peach streets.  He will always be remembered for his kindness of heart as he was always ready to give to the needy and relieve the suffering.  Deceased was also a member of King Solomon Lodge F. & A. M. of Connellsville, having joined in 18?8.  The funeral arrangements which will be in charge of the lodge will be made later.

United States Census, 1880

name: David Welsh

residence: Connellsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania

birthdate: 1835

birthplace: Scotland

relationship to head: Self

spouse's name: Ann Welsh

spouse's birthplace: Scotland

father's birthplace: Scotland

mother's birthplace: Scotland

race or color (expanded): White

ethnicity (standardized): American

gender: Male

martial status: Married

age (expanded): 45 years

occupation: Coke Yard Boss

Household Gender Age Birthplace

self David Welsh M 45 Scotland

wife Ann Welsh F 39 Scotland

Catherine Duckworth F 40 Scotland

Mrs. Genevieve Hoge McFadyen

Did she marry into Jim's McFadyen family?  At this point I don't know.

Woodlawn Cemetery Association

1460 Penn Ave.,

Pittsburgh, PA 15221 (Wilkinsburg)

#260

Burial #14004

Lot #61-A

Section 4

Grave #2

Genevieve R. McFadyen

Female/White

Date of Death: 4-22-79

Age 63

Cause: Carcinoma of Ovary

Burial: Woodlawn

Obit:
McFadyen (Hoge)
On Sun., April 22, 1979, Genevieve, of East Pittsburgh.  Mother of William Hoge.  Friends may call at the Lanigan Funeral Home, 700 Linden Ave., East Pittsburgh.  Mass of Christian Burial in St. William Church on Tues. at 9:30 A.M.

No. 61-A

Section #4

Mrs. Genevieve R. Hoge

Address: 113 - Center St., East Pgh - Pa

Date:  7/7/59

William E. Hoge

#11142

#6 - Pgh.

From the Woodlawn Cemetery website:

HOGE WILLIAM E.   27 June 1908     6 July 1959
McFADYEN        GENEVIEVE HOGE        1916    1979

United States Census, 1940
name: William E Hoge
event place: Ward 1, Wilkinsburg, Wilkinsburg Borough, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head William E Hoge M 31 Pennsylvania
wife Genevive Hoge F 24 Pennsylvania
son William Hoge M 2 Pennsylvania
daughter Sally Hoge F 2 Pennsylvania
cousin William J Flemming M 20 Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania's Death Record Index

I learned about the "genealogical discount" for Pennsylvania death records from Claudias Genealogy Blog.

Here's what I found:

Pennsylvania Department of Health

1931

Page #1276

3-16-1931

26906

Here's the result.

Obituary Of Eliza Ann (Porter) McFadyen

From the Reveille Echo [Ohio], published August 11, 1921:


Three days following the celebration of her seventy-first birthday anniversary, Mrs. Eliza Ann McFadyen answered the death summons Sunday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. F. J. White of New Waterford.  She had been ill of stomach trouble the past nine weeks.  The deceased, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Porter, was born Aug. 4, 1850, in Maryland, and prior to her one year's residence in New Waterford she lived in Pittsburgh.  Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, from the F. J. White home.  Rev. W. C. Ferver, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, of which the deceased was a member, will have charge.  Surviving with the husband, James McFadyen, are three daughters--Mrs. C. L. Addleman, Mrs. Mary Durline of Pittsburgh and Mrs. White of New Waterford--and one son--David McFadyen of Pittsburgh.

Eliza Ann (Porter) McFadyen was Jim's great-grandmother.

The McFadyen Immigrants

Are they Jim's McFadyens?  I believe so.  Margaret McFadyen (McFadden in the record) is listed as a "spinster" (it is believed she was a widow when she immigrated from Scotland to the United States).  The time frame is correct and the children match the known children of Margaret McFadyen almost perfectly.  There is an additional Margaret (age 23) that was unknown to me; she is an anomaly in the record.  James, age 5, was Jim's ancestor.

Courtesy of Ancestry

Name:	Margaret Mcfadden
Arrival Date:	7 Jul 1857
Birth Year:	abt 1812
Age:	45
Gender:	Female
Ethnicity/Race- /Nationality:	Scottish (Scotish)
Place of Origin:	Scotland
Port of Departure:	Liverpool, England
Destination:	United States of America
Port of Arrival:	New York
Port Arrival State:	New York
Port Arrival Country:	United States
Ship Name:	Southampton

Obituary of Amelia Cinderella (McFadyen) White

From the Orlando Sentinel, published in September 16, 1958:


Mrs. White's obituary was found in the Orlando Sentinel Index at the Orange Co., FL, Public Library.

MRS. AMELIA CINDERELLA WHITE, 77, 1511 Aloma Ave, Winter Park, died Sunday* in a local nursing home. Born in Pennsylvania she moved to Winter Park in 1946 from Detroit, Mich. She was a member of the Winter Park Presbyterian Church, Order of Eastern Star, Order of White Shrine, and a member of the National Federation of Grandmothers Club of America.

Surviving are four sons, Edgar White, Park Ridge, Ill; Harry White, Canton, Ohio; Brandon White, Seattle, Wash.; Albert White, Detroit, Mich.; three daughters, Mrs. Margaret Palm and Mrs. Sara Woodworth of Detroit, Mich.; Mrs. Helen Krantz, Orlando. 17 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Fairchild Funeral Home is in charge.

*14 September 1958

Amelia Cinderella White was Jim's grandmother.