This is Chapter Two of two, where the narrative for this family shifts due to their immigration from Scotland to America during the twilight of the Victorian era. Like many other families from this period, they were seeking a new way: better wages for their skills, the chance to improve their lives, and better opportunities for their children.
Their Immigration to The United States
The McMahons traveled to America in two separate trips. On April 14, 1881, Patrick McMahon aged 47 and his sons, James aged 19, and Phillip aged 13, immigrated to the United States on the ship Parthia. They traveled in steerage. Their entrance point is via Castle Garden, New York. (Ellis Island did not open until 1892).
Seven months later on November 17, 1881, Elizabeth McMahon aged 35, and children Mary Jane aged 18, Edward aged 10, Ann Elizabeth aged 6, and Pat aged 3, arrive at Castle Garden, New York aboard the ship Bothnia. They also traveled in steerage. This is the last record we see for baby Patrick. We don’t know what happened to him, nor where he is buried. Did he die very soon after reaching America, or did he survive until he was in Ohio?
We believe that Patrick and his older sons immigrated first to obtain gainful employment and prove that they could support the rest of their soon-to-be-immigrating family. It is assumed they moved to Ohio so that Patrick and his older sons could work in the quarries. We learned that they settled in Brownhelm Township, Lorain County, Ohio where there was an existing quarry. Also, Edward Bond (Patrick McMahon’s great-grandson) shared with Susan Bond (Patrick McMahon’s great-great-granddaughter) stories he heard as a child that the McMahons’ worked in the quarries near Amherst in Lorain County. It is not known how long the family resided in Brownhelm Township. At some point they moved to South Euclid, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and lived near the Bluestone Quarry where Patrick worked. For further history on the quarries, see the attached article in the footnotes, Quarry Story.
(Image courtesy of Larsen Fine Maps Gallery).
Brownhelm Township, Lorain County, Ohio, USA — one child…
Upon reaching Ohio, the McMahon family first settled in Brownhelm Township in Lorain County. Records tell us they were living there when their last child was born.
- Patrick Joseph McMahon born November 20, 1882 in Brownhelm Township, Lorain County, Ohio. We noticed the repetition of his first name from his slightly older brother… then it was not considered unusual to bestow the name of a deceased child to a younger sibling.
His birth information is derived from his 1945 Boyd County, Kentucky death certificate. We observed some errors in the information. It was stated that both his parents were born in Scotland, but they were born in Ireland. It was written that his father’s middle name was Patrick J. This infers that he believed his father Patrick’s middle name was Joseph. We believe that there is more evidence that his father’s middle name could have been Peter.
The patriarch of the family, Patrick McMahon, died from heart disease on July 17, 1886 in South Euclid, Ohio, far away from the Dublin, Ireland of his childhood. His tough life as a manual laborer likely took its toll on his health and well-being. On his death record, he is listed as Pat McMahon being 52 years, 11 months, 6 days old. A reverse dating with these numbers puts Patrick close to his original birthdate. Since he had a difficult time remembering his age, and was not educated, this variance is acceptable. (1)
Mary Jane McMahon, Our Scottish Ancestor
1881 to 1889 Mary Jane McMahon married John McCall
Our direct ancestor, Mary Jane McMahon, was born in Doune, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland on August 4, 1863, the second child in a family of 12 children. She may have been named after her Great Grandmother Mary (Goggins) McKenzie and Grandmother Jane (McKenzie) McMahon.
In 1881, at age eighteen, Mary Jane immigrated to the United States with her mother and younger siblings. The McMahon family probably participated in the 1890 US Census. Unfortunately, the 1890 Census was destroyed by a fire in 1921 at the Commerce Department Building in Washington, D.C. The dates and locations used to reconstruct Mary Jane’s story in America are primarily from marriage records and the Ohio census’ from the years 1900 to 1940. The United States Commerce Department releases the census 74 years after it was officially taken. The 1950 Census was made available in 2022.
in Washington, D.C. (Image courtesy of raogk.org).
In researching genealogy it is not uncommon to find incorrect or inconsistent information in the census. We are sure the McMahon children never had more than an eighth grade education, whether in Scotland, or Ohio. The census always asks the question “can you read & write”. Mary Jane answered “yes” most of the time. While evaluating the 1900 through 1940 census’ which Mary Jane McMahon/McCall/Davin participated in, frequently the dates and ages recorded on them do not always align with the birth records.
We have surmised that our ancestor did not always know the correct date or location of her birth, or her parents births so she guessed. Sometimes she got it right and sometimes she got it wrong.
We do know that sometime between her arrival in Ohio in 1881 and 1883 Mary Jane McMahon met John McCall. They were issued a marriage license on February 22, 1884. John McCall signed the license with his mark an X which tells us he could not write. Mary Jane was not required to sign her name.
John McCall and Mary Jane McMahon were married on February 28, 1884 in St. Paul Catholic Church in Euclid Township in Cuyahoga County. In 2007, St. Paul Church issued a copy of the marriage certificate to Susan Bond.
John McCall worked at the Bluestone Quarries as had his father-in-law Patrick McMahon. We do not have any information about John’s whereabouts before his marriage to Mary Jane. In the 1882 Cleveland Directory a John McCall- stonecutter, is listed. He was a boarder in the Clinton Hotel in Cleveland. We cannot know if this was our ancestor, John McCall. It was a very common name in the Cleveland area.
(Courtesy of the Euclid Historical Museum).
The Bluestone Quarries were situated in the small village of Bluestone. The village is now incorporated into the town of South Euclid. In its heyday, Bluestone was home to about 400 people and contained a general store and post office, two saloons, a temperance hall, a church, and boarding houses. The village sprang from the single industry of quarrying the rock from which the town took its name. Bluestone reached the peak of its growth in the 1890’s when immigrant laborers from Sweden, Italy, Ireland, Scotland, and Canada were working in five quarries.
Life was not at all easy for the women living in the town. There were epidemics, and all too frequently a sudden shrill note on one of the quarry’s whistles would blast an ominous portent, terrifying all who heard it. “Whenever the whistle blew all the women around would run down to that quarry to see if it was her husband who had been hurt or killed”. This description was shared by Mrs. Schroeder in the South Euclid Golden Jubilee booklet, 1917 -1967.
that would have been in the village of Bluestone. (Image courtesy of eBay.com).
Note: All of Mary Jane’s children were born in the village of Bluestone, because the city of South Euclid did not exist until 1917. However, all of the birth records identify South Euclid, Cuyahoga County, Ohio as the childrens’ birth location.
Mary Jane and John McCall had three daughters born in the four years of their marriage:
- Elizabeth M. McCall, born October 8, 1884 — died February 12, 1951
- Margaret Ann (McCall) Taylor, born September 25, 1886 — died October 17, 1950
- Mary Adele (McCall) Bond, born August 10, 1888 — died March 12, 1965 (We are descended from Mary Adele).
Copies of the baptismal certificates from St. Paul Church for each of the girls. are located in the footnotes under “Baptismal Certificates”. Pastor A. T. Martin recorded the names, and other information, in Latin. Also, on two of the certificates Mary Jane’s birth location is incorrect.
In 1888, tragedy struck the McCall family. The story passed down is that John was seriously injured in a wagon accident while working at the quarries. We do not know when or how the accident occurred. Unfortunately, John died as a result of it. His injury may have been something he could have survived, but we know that medical treatment had not progressed in 1888. His death left Mary Jane, aged 25, with three very young daughters.
Cuyahoga Record of deaths, 1868-1908.
In Ohio in 1867, it became a statewide law to record deaths at the probate court of the county where the death occurred. Death Records were one-line entries in ledger books, listing additional information such as birthplace, and cause of death. Traditional death certificates were not required in Ohio until 1908.
It is on John’s daughters baptismal certificates and his death record in the Cuyahoga County ledger that we learned some information about him. For some unexplained reason, on his death record his last name is spelled “Coll”. All of the other information on the record is correct so we are confident this is our John McCall. The details we learned are: John “Coll” McCall died on October 12, 1888, aged 38. His correct birth date is October 9, 1850. The death record also tells us that John was from Ramelton, County Donegal, Ireland. His parents are identified as John and Margaret. His official cause of death was blood poisoning, which leads us to speculate that he may have died from sepsis in an era when antibiotics did not exist. We are continuing to research John McCall’s birth family, and his immigration to the United States.
1888-1889
How Mary Jane McCall supported her daughters after her husband’s death is speculation. She may have lived with, or near, her mother and younger siblings. We know her father died in 1886. Patrick McMahon is buried in the St. Paul Church Cemetery in Euclid, Ohio. He is buried in Section 10, Row 4, Grave 26. John McCall is also buried at St. Paul Cemetery in an unmarked grave.
Elizabeth McMahon and Mary Jane McCall were both widows with young children.
1890 – 1899 Mary Jane (McMahon) McCall married Michael Davin
As previously shared, the 1890 Federal census was destroyed in 1921. There are very few resources for the period from 1890 until we see the 1900 census. However, we know that sometime between 1890-1891 Mary Jane met Michael Davin. On the 1900 census, we learned that Michael Davin was born in England in 1863. He immigrated to the United States in 1890. His occupation is listed as a quarryman so he most likely worked at the Bluestone Quarries.
On January 2, 1891 Michael and Mary Jane applied for a wedding license. Michael signed his name with his mark, an X, indicating he could not write. Mary Jane and Michael were married on January 5, 1891 by Reverend A. T. Martin, the same pastor who married Mary Jane and John McCall. It would be reasonable to assume that they were married in the same church because Reverend Martin was the pastor at St. Paul Church.
Mary Jane brought her three daughters to their marriage. She and Michael Davin had three more children and a set of stillborn twins. They were born in (Bluestone) South Euclid, Ohio.
- John Martin Davin, born October 21, 1892 — died February 23, 1976
- William Davin, born May 4, 1893 — died date unknown
- Teresa Ann (Davin) Loebsack, born June 14, 1896 — died May 3, 1976
- Unnamed stillborn twin boys, birth year unknown
“New inventions meant exciting prospects for the 1900s”
Sheet music illustration by Edward Taylor Paull, (courtesy of pbs.org).
1900 – 1909 The Growing McCall/Davin Family
In addition to the births of the first three children listed on the June 7, 1900 Federal Census, we learned other important things about the Davin family. They lived in Euclid Township in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Michael and Mary Jane had five children living in the home. Listed are: Marguerite (actually Margaret Ann) McCall 13, Mary (Adele) McCall 11, John Davin 8, William Davin 6, and Teresa Davin 3. Elizabeth McCall, aged 15, was living and working as a servant for a family in Mayfield Township in Cuyahoga County. She was listed on their 1900 Census. The family had a daughter, aged three and twin boys aged one. Perhaps it was her job to care for the children.
It is on the 1900 Census that we begin to observe a pattern where Mary Jane either guessed, or made up dates, and locations. She incorrectly records that she immigrated to the US in 1882, instead of 1881. She correctly identifies Scotland as her birth country, but lists that her parents were born in Scotland. As we know, this is incorrect. Patrick McMahon and Elizabeth McGuire/ McMahon were born in Dublin, Ireland.
The census asked the question of women “how many children were born” and “how many are living”. Mary Jane answered six children born and six living. This answer leads us to believe that the twins were born between 1901-1909. By the next census in 1910 Michael Davin is not listed with the family. It is assumed that he died between 1901-1909. We have not found any death records for him.
An Interview With Mary Jane’s Granddaughter Roberta
In 2007, Susan Bond, Dean Bond’s daughter, visited with Roberta Fumich. Dean and Roberta were first cousins and Mary Jane’s grandchildren. During the visit Roberta shared stories she remembered from her childhood. Because the stories came directly from Roberta they are included in Mary Jane (McMahon) McCall/Davin’s story.
Roberta speaking: “My Great Grandmother was called “Grandma Jane”. Mary Jane had three girls with John McCall, and two boys, a girl and stillborn twin boys, with Michael Davin. The story about the twins is that Mary Jane was carrying buckets of water, then tripped and fell on the buckets. When the twins were stillborn, they were bruised.”
Roberta said that her mother, Teresa (Davin) Loebsack, had memories of her father being very sick. Michael may have died when Teresa was still a little girl. It is possible he suffered from an illness while working at the quarries.
One could certainly speculate that working at the Bluestone Quarries was bad for one’s health. In the McMahon/McCall/Davin families three men had worked in the quarries, and all three men died young.
1898 – 1906 Elizabeth McMahon and sons James, Philip, Edward, and Patrick
We wondered what happened to Mary Jane’s mother Elizabeth McMahon and her brothers after Patrick McMahon’s death in 1886. The destroyed 1890 Census might have given us some information, but until 1898 we have no record of them. Beginning in 1898, we find them in the Joliet, Illinois Business Directories. Listed are Elizabeth McMahon, a widow and her sons James, Philip, Edward, and Patrick. The boys are listed as laborers, except Patrick who was in school until the 1904 directory when he is listed as a laborer.
On the 1900 census for Joliet, Illinois, Elizabeth is the “Head of House” with three sons, James, Edward and Patrick living with her. Philip McMahon is not on this census and is no longer found in the Joliet Business Directories, so we assume that he left the area. James, Edward, and Patrick are identified in the 1900-1906 directories, as is their mother. From 1906 forward we have no additional information on James, Edward, and Philip McMahon. Our research will continue. There is no record of Elizabeth McMahon’s whereabouts from 1906 until her death in 1911.
Patrick Joseph McMahon
There is quite a bit of information on the youngest son Patrick Joseph McMahon. By 1917 or earlier, he had moved back to Cleveland. In 1917, he registered for the WW I draft. After that the next record we found is the 1940 census. He was living in Boyd County, Kentucky married to Nancy J. Hutchinson, a widow. The 1940 Census asks the question “where were you living in 1935” and Patrick indicates he was living in New Haven, Connecticut.
Patrick Joseph McMahon died in Ashland, Boyd County, Kentucky. His death on May 18, 1945 was from bladder cancer that had metastasized to his lungs. Patrick is buried in Chardon, Ohio, at the Chardon Municipal Cemetery with his sister Ann Elizabeth (Rose) Norton and her husband Will Norton.
1910 – 1919 A Decade of Change in the McCall/Davin Family
On the May 12, 1910 Census, Mary Jane Davin was the head of the home. Her family was living on Bluestone Road in Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga County. Elizabeth McCall, 24, was living at home and working as a servant for a private family. Marguerite (Margaret) McCall, 22, was similarly working for a private family. John Davin, 18, was working as a janitor at a Club House, and Teresa Davin, 13, was likely in school. William Davin was 16 in 1910 and was not on this census. Mary Adele McCall, 21, was living and working as a maid for a family on Strathmore Avenue in East Cleveland. She was listed on their 1910 Census. Ironically, later in her life Mary bought a home on Strathmore Avenue.
In October 1910, two of Mary Jane’s daughters were married one week apart. (We bet that was a busy two weeks for Great Grandmother Mary Jane!)
Left: The Butterick Wedding Dress 3784, from May 1910, and
Right: The Story of the Seven Sisters: Women’s Magazines at NYPL, from October 1910.
(See footnotes)
On October 19, 1910, Margaret Ann McCall married Oscar C. Taylor. Roberta said that the Taylor family lived across the street from Margaret’s family on Bluestone Road. Margaret and Oscar had three sons: William “Bill” Taylor born March 19, 1914, a stillborn baby boy born 1918, and Malcom “Buck” Taylor born April 3, 1922. Oscar had an automotive repair business in East Cleveland where the family lived. Margaret and Oscar were married for 40 years.
A week before Margaret’s marriage, Mary Adele McCall married Earl Alexander Bond on October 12, 1910. Earl moved to Cleveland in 1903 from Jefferson County, Ohio. Mary and Earl had four sons; Robert Earl Bond born October 28, 1911, John Allen “Al” Bond born March 2, 1914, Dean Phillip Bond born August 15, 1919, and Edward Lee Bond born November 2, 1925.
Roberta shared another story: “Mary and Earl Bond, moved to southern Ohio about 1915.” (with very young sons Robert and John Allen “Al”.) “Sometime in 1916, Mary had an (undiagnosed) “nervous breakdown”. Teresa went to southern Ohio on a train to bring the children back to Cleveland. Grandma Jane and Aunt Elizabeth took care of them.”
Mary and Earl moved back to Cleveland before 1919 when Dean was born. At that time they lived in a house they owned on Alder Ave in East Cleveland. Per Roberta, “They had a difficult marriage, much of it attributable to Mary.”
Elizabeth McMahon, Mary Jane’s mother, passed away on December 25, 1911. She died at the home of her daughter, Ann Elizabeth Norton, in Hambden, Geauga County, Ohio. Her cause of death was a cerebral hemorrhage. On her death certificate it indicates that her burial location is “Euclid Creek”. This location is not a cemetery. (Research on her burial will continue).
While researching Ann Elizabeth (McMahon) Norton, we found that for some unexplained reason her name is often recorded as “Rose”. It is used on her death certificate and grave marker.
1920-1929 Mary Jane Davin Suffered a Serious Accident
When the January 9, 1920 Census was taken, Mary Jane, Elizabeth McCall, and Teresa Davin were renting their home on Bluestone Road in Cleveland Heights. On the census both Elizabeth and Teresa were working at the “electric factory” (General Electric at Nela Park). Elizabeth was an Inspector and Teresa was an Operator.
Three weeks later on January 28, 1920 Teresa Ann Davin aged 23, married Robert Loebsack. At the beginning of their marriage Teresa and Bob lived with Mary Jane and Elizabeth in the duplex on Bluestone Road. They had three children:
- Roberta Jane (Loebsack) Fumich, born May 12, 1922— died January 8, 2020
- Alton Howard Loebsack, born September 25, 1925 — died January 30, 1987
- Luanne Terese Anne (Loebsack) Tarro, born February 22, 1935 — died June 14, 2013
(Image courtesy of eBay.com).
In 1925, the Loebsack’s were still living on Bluestone. Roberta said that “Grandma Jane would go to bed when it got dark and would get up with the sun. When she got up she would stoke the coal furnace. One morning, a gas bubble exploded and caught her nightgown on fire. Teresa had just purchased some ointment and quickly covered Mary Jane with it. However, she was very badly burned and was taken to Huron Road Hospital where she stayed for six months.”
“To care for Mary Jane, Teresa and Roberta moved in with Margaret and Oscar Taylor because they lived near the hospital in a caretaker’s house on the Blossom Estate. Every day one of the daughters (primarily Teresa and Margaret) would go to the hospital and help with Mary Jane’s rehabilitation therapy. Mary Adele helped when she could. Elizabeth worked at Nela Park and could not help them during the day but did help on weekends.”
Thankfully, Mary Jane recovered from her burns and lived to age 89.
John Vachon for Farm Security Administration, May 1938.
(Image courtesy of alamy.com).
1930-1939 The “Great Depression” Years
On the April 9, 1930 census, five years after her recovery from the burn accident, Mary Jane Davin now 66, and Elizabeth McCall 44, had moved from the Bluestone house. The census tells us they were living at 1776 Urbana Road in Cleveland in a home they were renting for $37.00 a month. Elizabeth was the wage earner working as an inspector at an “electric lamp works” (General Electric at Nela Park).
On the census, one of the questions asked was “Is there a Radio Set in the home”? They reported yes, (they had a radio set in their home). This question was asked to learn how many homes had electricity in 1930. Although electricity was discovered in 1882, only half of the homes in the United States had electricity by 1925. An article in Ohio History Connections tells the story of Ohio’s major role in getting electricity into businesses and homes.
in 1930 on the population schedule. National Archive photo from Radio In The 1930s.
(Image courtesy of United States Census Bureau).
This census had the fewest number of questions on any of the census’ available to us. As on past census’ Mary Jane’s answers on this census are incorrect. For example, she indicates she immigrated in 1910 (actual 1881) and that she could not read, nor write. On previous census’ she always answered that she could read and write. It appears that Mary Jane never became a naturalized citizen. On both of the 1930 and 1940 census’ she is listed as an alien citizen. Alien is a term used in federal and state law to identify a foreign-born person who lives in the United States, has not naturalized, and is still a citizen of a foreign country. This tells us that Mary Jane was never able to vote in a state or federal election.
The following excerpt from History.com gives a brief description of the Great Depression suffered by many, including our families, (see footnotes).
“The Great Depression was the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world, lasting from 1929 to 1939. It began after the stock market crash of October 1929, which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors. Over the next several years, consumer spending and investment dropped, causing steep declines in industrial output and employment as failing companies laid off workers. By 1933, when the Great Depression reached its lowest point, some 15 million Americans were unemployed and nearly half the country’s banks had failed.“
The Davins, Taylors, Loebsacks, and Bonds were not exempt from the effects of the depression. Elizabeth McCall continued to work at the General Electric Company in Nela Park and supported her mother. We learned on the 1930 Census’ that Oscar Taylor, Margaret’s husband, owned an auto repair garage in East Cleveland and supported his family. Bob Loebsack, Teresa’s husband, worked in a retail meat market (grocery store) to support his family. Earl Bond, Mary Adele’s husband, owned an auto repair business to support his family, and John Davin, Mary Jane’s son, was in the United States Navy living in California with his wife and daughter.
…in the middle of the night Elizabeth heard a loud noise that woke her up. She got up and could not identify the noise. The next morning they learned that Earl had died by suicide.
Remembrance from Roberta (Loebsack) Fumich
On February 24, 1932, Earl Bond committed suicide. At that time he was not living with his family at the Alder Avenue home in East Cleveland. Earl was living in University Heights with his sister Edna and her husband Bill Wicks. They found Earl hanged in their garage.
Aunt Elizabeth told Roberta that she knew when Mary and Earl were “having difficulties” because he would stutter. The story goes that “when they would fight, she would throw him out of the house. Further, Roberta said “she was sleeping at Aunt Elizabeth’s, when in the middle of the night Elizabeth heard a loud noise that woke her up. She got up and could not identify the noise. The next morning they learned that Earl had died by suicide. Elizabeth always believed the noise she heard in the middle of the night was when Earl died.”
For more about this episode in our family’s history, please see:
The Bond Line, A Narrative — Seven.
First Row: Alton Loebsack, Dean Bond, Roberta Loebsack, Edward Bond
Second Row: Elizabeth McCall, Margaret (McCall) Taylor, Mary Jane (McMahon) McCall/Davin,
Teresa (Davin) Loebsack, Mary A. (McCall) Bond.
Third Row: Robert Loebsack (holding Luanne Loebsack), Malcolm “Buck” Taylor, Oscar Taylor, Al Bond, Bill Taylor, Robert Bond. (Family photograph).
1940-1949 Pre and Post World War II
On the April 5, 1940 Census, Elizabeth McCall and Mary Jane Davin, aged 76, were living at 1751 Clarkstone Road in Cleveland in a home that Elizabeth owned. Elizabeth indicated that she had completed seventh grade. Mary Jane implied that she had completed eighth grade, however, it had to have been in Scotland. Elizabeth continued working as an assembler at the “Lamp Works” (General Electric at Nela Park) and made a monthly salary of $1,172. Before taxes it would have been $14,064 which in 1940, was a very good living for a single woman with a seventh grade education. Elizabeth McCall remained a single woman throughout her life. This is the last census we have available to glean information about Mary Jane.
We do know her son, John Davin served his country in two World Wars as an officer in the United States Navy. Also during World War II, several of her grandsons served honorably. Dean and Edward Bond and Alton Loebsack served in the United States Navy. Malcom “Buck” Taylor served in the United States Army. Robert Bond served in the American Field Service.
1950-1954
On October 17, 1950 Margaret (McCall) Taylor, aged 64, died from uterine cancer. She is buried at the East Cleveland Township Cemetery, Cuyahoga County, along with her husband Oscar, son William, and Oscar’s parents. Four months later on February 12, 1951, Elizabeth McCall, aged 66, died from cerebral venous thrombosis, a blood clot in her brain. She is also buried with her sister Margaret at the East Cleveland Township Cemetery. Lastly, Mary Jane (McMahon) McCall/Davin died on February 16, 1954, aged 89 (and six months). We don’t have a copy of her death certificate but one could agree that she may have died of old age!
Mary Jane McMahon lived her first 18 years in the Central Belt of Scotland before immigrating to Ohio. There she spent 71 of her 89 years living in and around Cleveland, Ohio. She left a long line of descendants living all over the United States (and maybe the world). She is buried in Knollwood Cemetery in Mayfield Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
1965
Mary Jane’s third daughter, Mary Adele (McCall) Bond died, aged 76, on March 12. Her cause of death was congestive cardiac failure caused by cerebral vascular hemorrhage. She is buried with her husband Earl Bond at Whitehaven Cemetery in Mayfield Village, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
1976
Mary Jane’s fourth daughter Teresa (Davin) Loebsack, aged 79, died on May 3. She in Knollwood Cemetery near her mother. Buried with Teresa is her husband Robert Loebsack, died in 1970, and son Alton Loebsack, died in 1987. Three months before Teresa died, Mary Jane’s son, John Martin Davin, aged 84, died on February 23, in San Diego California. John is buried at Mountain View Cemetery in Fresno, Fresno County, California.
December 25, 1931, aged 67. (Family photograph).
When viewing the photograph of Mary Jane (McMahon) McCall Davin from 1931, it’s intriguing to see that the photographer chose the prop of a spinning wheel lamp to accompany her. She was descended from men who worked to build communities by freeing stone from the earth, and from mothers who spun threads, worked looms, and raised families.
The narrative of our Irish ancestors is built from their history. Like a piece of well-crafted Irish linen, it is woven carefully from the threads of family stories, their long lost records, and our desire to connect with them through time. (2)
Following are the footnotes for the Primary Source Materials,
Notes, and Observations
Their Immigration to The United States
(1) — seven records
We looked at ship manifests for the New York harbor area and found this:
The Parthia, the ship they traveled on, is found in this file at the very top of the list:
https://stevemorse.org/cgi-bin/boat.php?series=&rollStart=&rollEnd=&volumeStart=&volumeEnd=&monthStart=&dayStart=&yearStart=&monthEnd=&dayEnd=&yearEnd=&boatkind=starts&boat=Parthia&&portkind=starts&port=&pageSize=50&database=all&local=yes&auth=&offset=51
Then follow this link for the manifest record: https://stevemorse.org/ellis2/mmminus.html?back=https://stevemorse.org/cgi-bin/boat.php?series=&rollStart=&rollEnd=&volumeStart=&volumeEnd=&monthStart=&dayStart=&yearStart=&monthEnd=&dayEnd=&yearEnd=&boatkind=starts&boat=Parthia&&portkind=starts&port=&pageSize=50&database=all&local=yes&auth=&offset=51&series=0&roll=435&frame=213&display=true
Note: Further guidance for this footnote:
- At the bottom of the page, buttons are shown >
- Series M237 Roll 435 Frame 213 >
- The Display button is located below the Series M237 button. Frame and Display are the only important buttons. >
- You enter the frame number and then hit display to see data as follows:
- Frame 217: The ship manifest Frame 222: Patrick and his sons James and Phillip are listed as having traveled in steerage (about 2/3’s of the way down the page.)
Elza Mc Mahon
in the New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957
Date > 1881 > November > 17 > Bothnia
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=7488&h=11711370&tid=&pid=&queryId=427de71394a3060e85ccd472fd5aaffd&usePUB=true&_phsrc=BnY39&_phstart=successSource
Digital Page: 2/6: (bottom of page)
Note: Elizabeth and her children are listed near the bottom of the page.
and here:
Elza Mc Mahon
in the New York Port, Ship Images, 1851-1891 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/2442696:8644?tid=&pid=&queryId=427de71394a3060e85ccd472fd5aaffd&_phsrc=BnY38&_phstart=successSource
Amherst Historical Society
Quarry Story
https://amhersthistoricalsociety.org/quarry-story/
Larsen Fine Maps Gallery
Range 19 Brownhelm TWP 6
https://larsenfinemaps.com/products/819
Note: For Brownhelm township map title detail.
Patrick Joseph McMahon,
Kentucky death certificate #9269
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9TF-H3GF-F?cc=1417491&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AN9VP-XSM
Digital page: 2293/3534
Note: This document provides his birth place and date.
Pat Mcmahon
Death – Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6VG-1ZF
Digital page: 222/701, Left page, bottom, line 7.
Mary Jane McMahon, Our Scottish Ancestor
(2) — forty four records
John McCall & Mary Jane McMahon marriage license
Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016
Marriage records (Cuyahoga County, Ohio), 1810-1941; indexes, 1810-1952
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939K-BJ7Z-H?i=154&cc=1614804
Book page: 220, Digital page: 155/322, Left page, 3rd entry.
Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness
Fate of the 1890 Population Census
https://raogk.org/census-records/1890-fire/
Encyclopedia of Cleveland History
Bluestone Quarries
https://case.edu/ech/articles/b/bluestone-quarries#:~:text=The%20BLUESTONE%20QUARRIES%20were%20situated,a%20church%2C%20and%20boarding%20houses
Euclid Historical Museum
Bluestone Quarry
https://clevelandhistorical.org/index.php/files/show/5508
Note: For photograph.
The Proud Heritage of South Euclid Ohio; Golden Jubilee 1917-1967
https://www.garrisonhousebooks.com/product/19167/The-Proud-Heritage-of-South-Euclid-Ohio-Golden-Jubilee-1917-1967
Real Photo South Euclid Ohio Store Front Downtown Postcard
https://www.ebay.com/itm/372726256823
Baptismal Certificates, for the McCall Daughters
Note: These copies of the original St. Paul Church baptismal certificates are written in Latin:
Ego infrascriptus baptizavi = I baptized the undersigned,
nat = born / birth,
ex = from,
ex loco = from the place,
et = and,
Patrini fuerunt = we are sponsors
John Coll (McCall) death record
Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001, Cuyahoga
Record of deaths, 1868-1908
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6LS-Y5G
Book Page: 303, Digital Page: 384/701, Left page, middle, entry 3.
Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016, Cuyahoga
Marriage records 1890, vol 35
Michael Davin and Mary Jane McCall marriage record
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939K-BP9S-PC?i=168&cc=1614804&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AZZ1P-NSPZ
Book page: 243, Digital page: 169/319, Right page, entry 3.
1900 — Dawn Of The Century
“New inventions meant exciting prospects for the 1900s”
Sheet music illustration by Edward Taylor Paull
From the article: Summing Up, Looking Forward and The Paris Exposition
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/1900-forward-exposition/
1900 census, Michael and Mary Jane Davin
United States Census, 1900 Ohio Cuyahoga
Ed 218 Euclid Township (south half)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DZK3-QG1?i=9&cc=1325221&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMMZZ-YG5
Book Page: 5/5B, Digital Page: 10/34, Entries 72 through 78.
Image of Roberta (Loebsack) Fumich, circa 1996.
(Family photograph).
Elizebeth C McMahon
Census – United States Census, 1900, Joliet Township, Illinois
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSCQ-JQ5
Digital page: 36/51, Entries 68 through 71.
1940 Kentucky census, Patrick Joseph McMahon
United States Census, 1940, Kentucky, Boyd, Magisterial District 4
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9M1-S7JY?i=69&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AK7R9-QDF
Book Page: 35B, Digital Page: 70/85, Entry line 60.
Patrick Joseph McMahon, Kentucky death certificate https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9TF-H3GF-F?cc=1417491&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AN9VP-XSM
1910 census, Mary Jane Davin and family
United States Census, 1910 Ohio Cuyahoga, Cleveland Heights, Ed 435
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRKQ-9HPR?i=4&cc=1727033&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMLZ5-8QJ
Digital Page: 5/14 Entry lines 46 through 50.
Two examples of 1910 American wedding dress fashions:
witness2fashion
Butterick Wedding Dress, May 1910
https://witness2fashion.wordpress.com/2019/05/02/butterick-wedding-dress-may-1910/
and
Huffington Post
The Story of the Seven Sisters: Women’s Magazines at NYPL, October 1910
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-story-of-the-seven-si_b_2989101
Margaret Ann McCall and Oscar Taylor marriage record
Ohio County Marriages, 1789-2016, Cuyahoga Marriage records 1910, vol 76
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939K-BPS2-LJ?i=223&cc=1614804&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AZ832-4YPZ
Book Page: 355, Digital Page: 224/298, Right page, top entry.
Mary Adele McCall and Earle A. Bond marriage record Ohio County Marriages, 1789-2016, Cuyahoga Marriage records 1910, vol 76
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939K-BPSG-XL?i=209&cc=1614804&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AZ8Q7-XW6Z
Book Page: 327, Digital Page: 210/298, Right page, last entry.
Elizabeth (McGuire) McMahon
Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953, 1911 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GPJR-BVT?i=1550&cc=1307272&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AX8D5-F6D
Digital page: 1551/2865
Note: Her actual birth year is 1846, not 1848 as listed.
Mary Jane Davin
in the 1920 United States Federal Census
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/33247675:6061?tid=&pid=&queryId=11f7c7ecd1f87166c178004c58b1f5f0&_phsrc=qGQ3620&_phstart=successSource
Book Page: 2B, Digital Page: 4/29, Entry lines 63 through 65.
Teresa Davin and Robert Loebsack marriage record
Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016, Cuyahoga
Marriage records 1919-1920, vol 115
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939K-BJ34-D3?i=158&cc=1614804&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AZ8WM-R2N2
Book Page: 220, Digital Page: 159/201, Left page, entry 4.
Mary Jane Davin
in the 1930 United States Federal Census
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/73457206:6224
Book Page: Sheet 5B, Digital Page: 9/20, Entry lines 81 and 82.
Penny Postcard image of
Cleveland, Ohio, Huron Road Hospital (ClevOH297) https://www.ebay.com/itm/385218122138
Roberta Fumich death, email notes between
Thomas Harley Bond to Susan Deanna Bond on June 15, 2024:
Two quick questions about Roberta Fumich:
What does the “J” stand for in her middle name?
“- The J stands for Jane…”
She died in 2020. Do you know the date and do you have a file for this?
“… and she died on Jan. 8, 2020 – age 97! I don’t have a file for her death — I went to her memorial service.”
Alton H. Loebsack
in the U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/138034360:60525
Luanne Terese Tarro
in the U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/152515702:60525
Newsboy Selling ‘Grit’, Irwinville Farms, Georgia, USA (photo)
John Vachon for Farm Security Administration, May 1938
https://www.alamy.com/newsboy-selling-grit-irwinville-farms-georgia-usa-john-vachon-for-farm-security-administration-may-1938-image185170684.html?imageid=FAF7CE37-F79C-489E-B60A-C781AD84410D&p=240905&pn=5&searchId=fff6f73450e69a474356b250d67936d7&searchtype=0
Ohio History Central
Electricity https://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Electricity#:~:text=1929.,to%20light%20cities%20at%20night
National Archive photo from the United States Census Bureau article,
Radio In The 1930s
https://www.census.gov/library/photos/radio-in-the-1930s.html
Great Depression History
https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/great-depression-history
Short video (2:18) from the FDR Library titled The Great Depression.
Note: If the video does not load, here is the url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgmeL7sp4hw
Earl A. Bond death
Vital – Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKPN-8YQ
Mary J Davin
in the 1940 United States Federal Census
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/32051230:2442
Book Page: Sheet 2B, Digital Page: 4/22, Entry lines 71 -72.
Margaret McCall Taylor (death)
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/161288506/margaret-taylor
Elizabeth McCall (death)
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127229270/elizabeth-mccall
Mary Jane Davin (death)
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/172552545/mary-jane-davin
Note: There is an error for her birth year. Her actual birth year is 1863.
Mary Adele (McCall) Bond
Note: The above document is unsourced and certain important information such as her death date is cropped off. See this file for more complete information:
Mary A Bond in the Ohio, U.S., Death Records, 1908-1932, 1938-2022
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/3132441:5763?tid=&pid=&queryId=07feb666-c93b-4a3c-9f62-f1ac3be52813&_phsrc=ZSs1&_phstart=successSource
Teresa A Loebsack (death)
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/172554197/teresa-a-loebsack
John Martin Davin (death) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/167944586/john-martin-davin
Ohio Postcards for Sale
OH.jpg
https://www.oldpostcards.com/uspostcards/ohio.html
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