Michael McCloskey
Born: Around 1822, Ireland
Married:About 1854
Died: About 1880
Father: Unknown
Mother: Unknown
Wife: Ann Devine b.c.1833
Children
Mary McCloskey b.1855
Margaret Theresa McCloskey b.c.1857
Anna Elizabeth McCloskey b.c.1859
Frank P. McCloskey b.c.1862
Michael McCloskey b.c.1865
Susanne Octavia McCloskey b.1868
James Edward McCloskey b.1870
Notes:
-First children were born in Pennsylvania. Moved to Delaware between
1865 and July 1868 when Susanne was baptized in Delaware.
-Son James's baptism record names both his parents full names.
-Daughter Mary's marriage record names both parents full names.
-Daughter Anna witnessed her cousin Francis Callahan's marriage.
Sources:
-Birth Source: 1860/1870 census
-1860 Census: Labourer in Philly worth $100 with wife Ann, daughters
Mary, Margaret, Ann. Living in Ward 2.
-There is a Michael McCluskey, labourer, living at 905 Atherton in
Philly in 1860. No way to know if this is the same Michael.
-1870 Census: Family in Wilmington, Delaware. Although instead of
"Michael" is listed as "Thomas". Probably census error. Brother Thomas
lived next door?
-1879-1880 Wilmington directory: Michael McCluskey, laborer Heald
above Lobdell. Also in the directory at that address is "Miss Annie,
teacher"
-1880-1881 Wilmington: Michael McCluskey, Labourer
-1881/1882 Wilmington: Mrs. Michael McCluskey h. Lobdell n w cor
Townsend. Also at same address are Frank, Mary (dressmaker), Margaret
(teacher), and Annie (teacher #14 school).
-1882/3: Ann McCluskey
-1889 Wilmington: Ann McCloskey h. 623 E. 5th. Also at address are
Annie, Frank, James, Maggie
-1892 Wilmington Directory, Ann McCloskey
-1893 Wilmington Directory, Ann McCloskey
-Ann does not appear in 1894 directory, since Ann died June 21, 1892
of a Tumor of the Spleen.
Buried in Cathedral Cemetery in Wilmington, Sec 12A, Row EP/ES Lot 26,
although a search of this area did not find the gravestone