This article apeared in the Boonton Weekly Bulletin dated 17 Mar 1904. So apparently Andrew may have had a "wee bit too much" and was killed by a train. He was disemboweled and found on the east bound track near the Boonton station. My next stop is the New Jersey State Archives for a death certificate.
Then I came across another death notice in the Scranton Republican from September 1918. This one was for Miss Mary A Brady, who is the sister of Andrew and Dr. William F Brady:
You probably can'tread this, but is from the Scranton Republican 23 Sep 1918 on page 4. It says that Miss Mary A Brady, a well known resident of Scranton for years, died in New York City on Friday (20 Sep 1918). Then it goes on to say that a year ago yesterday, her brother, W. F. Brady died in his home on Adams Ave. Seems like if it weren't for W. F. Brady, the deaths of Mary and Andrew would not have made the paper. The article then goes on to give the funeral arrangements and survivors.
When I found the article about Mary it made sense. I knew when she died, when and where she was buried, but I could not find a death certificate for her. Now it makes sense, she died in New York City.
I have one more article to show you before I end tonight:
No trouble reading this one. In the 1900 census, his lives with his parents on Ripple St in Scranton and it says that he was born in June 1884 and his occupation at age 14 is Laborer (day). This was published in the Scranton Republican 14 Aug 1907 on page 5. He was only 23 years old when he died about 250 miles from his family in Scranton, PA. I wonder what he was doing in Buffalo, where he lived and with whom? When did he go there?
It is very sad, not to mention odd, for a 23 year old man to die of an attack of heart failure. It's also a strange way to put it, but this deserves some more research. I'll be making some phone calls to Buffalo cemeteries this week.
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