A few years ago, I wrote a post about Raymond Brady, son of John Brady and Ann Butler. While I was writing and checking Newspapers.com for more information, I came across an article about August Brady dying in Buffalo, NY. So I quickly looked for him in my tree, and found that he would have been 23 years old. I thought it was odd that a young man would die of heart failure and so far from home. It also said he left behind a wife and two children. The last record I had for him was the 1900 census, and he was 16, living at home with his family. That would mean that in seven years he moved to Buffalo, NY, married, and had two children. That's a busy seven years for a young guy. Here's what I found out in the last two days during my Covid19 self quarentine.
I was searching August Brady on Ancestry.com and came across a family tree published by someone else that had my August Brady and his new family. This is what I pieced together.
I was searching August Brady on Ancestry.com and came across a family tree published by someone else that had my August Brady and his new family. This is what I pieced together.
August Brady was born in Gordon, Pa in 1884, fourth child born to John Brady and Ann Butler. I'm not exactly sure of the entire story, but I am guessing that he worked in the steel mill in Scranton, and when it closed and moved to Buffalo, Augustus followed to work in the mill.
Apparently, a young lady from Scranton, Margaret Finnegan also moved to the Buffalo area with her family (Father, Mother, and five siblings). Augustus and Margaret marry on 20 Feb 1902 in W Seneca, NY and on 24 Jun 1903, Margaret gives birth to a son, Allen. Gus, Margaret and Allen are listed in the 1905 NY State Census at 229 First St, W. Seneca, NY with Margaret's family on 1 June 1905. Eight days later, Margaret gives birth to a little girl, Eleanor Margaret, on 9 Jun 1905.
On Saturday August 10,1907, tragedy strikes. August goes to work at the Lackawanna Steel Plant and dies of heart failure. He leaves behind his wife and two small children, but there is more. Margaret is pregnant and eleven days later, she delivers a son, Augustine C Brady, Jr.
Margaret marries a second time in 1911, to a man named Gustave Lawrence Stoehr and together they have six more children.
As for August's three children, here is what happened to them:
Augustine C. Brady, Jr married Adele Schmatz on 13 Apr 1937 in Boston, NY and worked at the Bethlehem Steel Plant in Lackawanna, NY. In 1945 he moved to Trenton, NJ and became a restaurant manager. On 1 Dec 1945, he had a heart attack and died at age 38.
Eleanor Margaret Brady married William Murphy on 8 Dec 1923 in Buffalo, NY. William is a salesman of medical supplies, and as far as I can tell, they had three children, Thomas, William, and Judith. Eleanor dies on 3 Dec 1940, and is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Lackawanna, NY. She was 35 years old.
Last, but certainly not least, Allen Brady. As best as I can tell, Allen did not marry and have children. He did join the US Navy, and according to his obituary, he died in Vladivostok, Siberia on 4 Jun 1922. He and seven other sailors disappeared when their boat capsized, and a two day search of Amoor Bay failed to uncover any trace of the men. The seven men were in a motor launch from the gunboat USS New Orleans, and it is believed that the boat capsized in a sudden squall. He was 19 years old.
Pretty depressing story, first August dies at age 23 of a heart attack, and his three children all die before their mother.
So maybe this pandemic isn't so bad, look at what I found out with the extra time on my hands.
On Saturday August 10,1907, tragedy strikes. August goes to work at the Lackawanna Steel Plant and dies of heart failure. He leaves behind his wife and two small children, but there is more. Margaret is pregnant and eleven days later, she delivers a son, Augustine C Brady, Jr.
Margaret marries a second time in 1911, to a man named Gustave Lawrence Stoehr and together they have six more children.
As for August's three children, here is what happened to them:
Augustine C. Brady, Jr married Adele Schmatz on 13 Apr 1937 in Boston, NY and worked at the Bethlehem Steel Plant in Lackawanna, NY. In 1945 he moved to Trenton, NJ and became a restaurant manager. On 1 Dec 1945, he had a heart attack and died at age 38.
Eleanor Margaret Brady married William Murphy on 8 Dec 1923 in Buffalo, NY. William is a salesman of medical supplies, and as far as I can tell, they had three children, Thomas, William, and Judith. Eleanor dies on 3 Dec 1940, and is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Lackawanna, NY. She was 35 years old.
Last, but certainly not least, Allen Brady. As best as I can tell, Allen did not marry and have children. He did join the US Navy, and according to his obituary, he died in Vladivostok, Siberia on 4 Jun 1922. He and seven other sailors disappeared when their boat capsized, and a two day search of Amoor Bay failed to uncover any trace of the men. The seven men were in a motor launch from the gunboat USS New Orleans, and it is believed that the boat capsized in a sudden squall. He was 19 years old.
Pretty depressing story, first August dies at age 23 of a heart attack, and his three children all die before their mother.
So maybe this pandemic isn't so bad, look at what I found out with the extra time on my hands.
