Seeking parentage of Elizabeth Sheridan

Hi Alice! Thank you for responding and thank you for the welcome. Here is all the information I have on Elizabeth Sheridan. She was married, I believe, in September 1893 in Mt Vernon NY. The names listed as Bride and Groom are Lizzie Sheridan and Matthew Kirnan. I often see Kiernan spelled incorrectly in the census. I am not positive this is my relative but it seems likely. The second source and as to why I looked for marriage records dating from 1891-1893 was due to the 1900 Census estimating the marriage to be 1892. From 1900 through 1940 all the census records indicate Lizzie living in Manhattan. I have the actual addresses if you need them.

Her death certificate lists Philip Sheridan as her father and born in Ireland but no information on her mother. Most of the census records indicate both her parents having been born in Ireland. I have not been able to locate a census record that includes Phillip and Elizabeth together that makes sense with the other information I have on her. I am only assuming that they came in through NYC port but I don't know.

I have done the ancestryDNA and followed some of the Baptism God Parents names making the assumption that you wouldn't allow a stranger to be your childs God Parents. So, I don't know how they fit but I have also done a partial tree for the God Parents of my grandmother.

OK Here we go: =)

Elizabeth "Lizzie" Sheridan

Born: July 1, 1868 (Death Record)

Died: April 10, 1948 in Manhattan

Married Mathew Kiernan 1892/93 Only guessing the Mt Vernon is the place

They had 5 living children. 3 unknown deceased children prior to the 1900 census

Children of Lizzie and Matthew:

John Joseph Kiernan July 26, 1894 (?) Died July 10, 1968

Frances "Fannie" Kiernan September 4, 1897 (Mass Card) Never married

Matthew Edward Kiernan May 13th, 1901 (He changed his name to Edward sometime in the late 30's)

James Kiernan April 7, 1903

Josephine Kiernan September 8,1910 (My grandmother)

Please let me know how else I can help. Thank you SO much. I have been stuck at this brick wall for literally 5 years.

Most Sincerely,

Aly

Cara,

Thank you for you suggestions. I have been in contact with the Mount Vernon city clerk and currently awaiting a response. Unfortunately, I don't have the resources (money) to ask for the Archives to search the years and variant names of Lizzie. I found in the 1868 directory a mention of only one Philip Sheridan. I tried using the database you suggested but I was having a hard time navigating it. In the end, the ED for the 1870 census can't be used due to the NYC 1870 census not listing home numbers. When using the map provided, naturally, Philip Sheridan was directly on the cut off line of 18 and 20. I'm guessing those numbers are Wards.

Doing a general 1870 Census search I was unable to find a Philip Sheridan with an "appropriate" age to have a 2 year old child. Also, there weren't any Philip Sheridans with a daughter around 2 years old having Lizzie or any other Elizabeth name variant that I found.

Using your suggestion I will try the Naturalization Records and hope that I find something.

Thank you for your help and interest in my endeavor.

Aly