Mary Knight1

#2756, (circa 1832 - )

Family

Jeremiah Whelan b. c 1831, d. b 1880
Children 1.Bridget Whelan13 (c 1854 - b 1900)
 2.Jeremiah Whelan Jr.14 (c 1856 - 1858)
 3.Michael John Whelan15 (1859 - b 1900)
 4.John Francis Whelan16 (c 1861 - b 1900)
 5.William A Whelan+17 (1864 - 1921)
 6.Alexander Thomas Whelan18 (1866 - 1929)
 7.Johannah Whelan19 (1869 - 1947)
 8.Mary Ellen Whelan20 (1872 - 1947)
Mary Knight was also known as Night.2 
Her married name was Whelan.3,4 
Birth*circa 1832She was born circa 1832 at IrelandG.1 
circa 1850She migrated to United StatesG from Ireland circa 1850.5 
Baptism25 June 1850She witnessed the baptism of Mary Ellen Roche on 25 June 1850 at Basilica of St. Louis (Old Cathedral), St. Louis, Missouri.6 
14 October 1850She appeared on the census of 14 October 1850 in the household of William Roche and Mary Ann Casey at 3rd Ward, St. Louis, Missouri, age 18, no occ., b. Ireland.7
Marriage*21 August 1853She married Jeremiah Whelan on 21 August 1853 at St. Patrick's Church, St. Louis, Missouri.4,8 
1854She and Jeremiah Whelan lived in 1854 at Fourth betw. Fr. Avenue and Morgan, St. Louis, Missouri.9 
31 July 1860She and Jeremiah Whelan appeared on the census of 31 July 1860 at St. Joseph, Buchanan Co., MissouriG.10 
30 January 1871She and Jeremiah Whelan appeared on the census of 30 January 1871 at St. Joseph, Buchanan Co., MissouriG.11 
3 June 1880She appeared on the census of 3 June 1880 at Tenth, St. Joseph, Buchanan Co., MissouriG.12 
13 June 1900She appeared on the census of 13 June 1900 at 1204 South 11th Street, St. Joseph, Buchanan Co., MissouriG.5 

Citations

  1. [S20] 1850 U.S. Federal Census.
  2. [S36] Baptism record: sponsor at baptism of Mary Ellen ROCHE Old Cathedral records (Drouin); may be Nagel or other.
  3. [S55] St. Louis Missouri Marriages 1804-1876, SLGS, online www.stlgs.org, Vol. 6, p. 223; Mary Knight and Jeremiah Whealan; SLGS no. VM5091.
  4. [S271] Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002, Microfilm images, online Ancestry.com, St. Louis, 1853, record images, img 110/223; "I certify that on the 31st day of August I united in the holy bands of matrimony Jeremiah Whealan and Mary Knight. P. A. Ward Catholic Priest. Filed and recorded Sept. 15 1853" [image in exhibits]. Ward was the priest at the marriage of Patrick J. Hennessy and Catherine O'Brien at St. Patrick's Church in 1854.
  5. [S5] 1900 U.S. Federal Census. Mary J (64), wid., b. Ireland Dec 1835, 8 children, 4 living, in US 50 yrs., imm. 1850.
  6. [S56] Gabriel Drouin, compiler, Drouin Collection: Early U.S. French Catholic Church Records (Montreal: Institut Généalogique Drouin, after 1940), Mary Ellen Roche, b. 16 Jun 1850, bp. 25 Jun 1850, dau. of William Roche and Mary Ann Casey; sponsors John McMahan and Mary Night [sic]; by A. J. _____. Old Cathedral Baptisms 1844-1851, 1850, p 373, img 199/255. Online Ancestry.com.
  7. [S20] 1850 U.S. Federal Census. William (40), merchant, b. Ireland, real est. $3850; Mary (30), b. Ireland; William (7), Mary (5/12), both b. MO.
  8. [S55] St. Louis Missouri Marriages 1804-1876, SLGS, online www.stlgs.org, Vol. 6, p. 223; Mary Knight and Jeremiah Whealan; SLGS no. VM5091; recorded 15 Sep 1853; priest P. A. Ward.
  9. [S708] The Saint Louis Directory [C&K], (Republican Office, St. Louis: Chambers & Knapp, published annually), 1854-55 edition, p. 204. Jeremiah Whelan, tinner, 6 S. Main, res. west side of 4th betw. Fr. Avenue and Morgan.
  10. [S19] 1860 U.S. Federal Census. Jeremiah (30), b. Ireland, tinner, owned real estate value $800; Mary (37), wife, b. Ireland.
  11. [S18] 1870 U.S. Federal Census. Jeremiah (38), b. Ireland, tinner, owned real estate value $1,800; Mary (37), b. Ireland, housekeeping.
  12. [S17] 1880 U.S. Federal Census. MaryJ (50), wid., b. and parents b. Ireland, hardware merchant.
  13. [S56] Gabriel Drouin, Drouin U.S. 1695-1954, Bridget Whelan, dau. of Jeremia Whelan and Mary Night, b. "on the ___", bapt. 31 Jul 1854, sponsors Michael Whelan and Mary Heffernan; St. Louis Baptisms, 1851-1856, p. 230, img. 118/228.
  14. [S56] Gabriel Drouin, Drouin U.S. 1695-1954, St. Louis, Burials, 1853-1870, p. 364. Jeremiah Whalen, son of Jeremiah and Mary, aged 20 months, bur. 23 Jan 1858.
  15. [S19] 1860 U.S. Federal Census. Jeremiah (38), b. Ireland, tinner, owned real estate value $1,800; Mary (37), b. Ireland, housekeeping.
  16. [S1657] Missouri Births and Christenings, 1827-1935, index online FamilySearch.com, John Francis, son of Jeremiah Whelan and Mary Knight, bapt. 10 Nov 1861, St. Joseph's, Saint Joseph MO. FHL film 980526, no. C51174-1.
  17. [S18] 1870 U.S. Federal Census. age 9, b. MO.
  18. [S18] 1870 U.S. Federal Census. Alexr., age 7, b. MO.
  19. [S18] 1870 U.S. Federal Census. Johannah, age 2, b. MO.
  20. [S17] 1880 U.S. Federal Census. Mary, age 8, b. MO.