Witness to Discoveries: Analysis of Witnesses and Sponsors Leading to Potential Family and Birthplace for Thomas Donnelly

Thomas Donnelly was said to have been from County Tyrone in Northern Ireland, though no evidence had been found to confirm his townland. According to multiple records, Thomas Donnelly was born about 15 Feb 1859¹ in Ireland. He immigrated to the United States sometime between 1875-1877 according to the census records^2,3 and settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

Thomas married Mary J. Campbell on 11 Oct 1885 at St. Anne’s Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  According to the marriage information, the witnesses included James McGlone and Agnes Moran.⁴  Thomas was living at 2500 N. 2d Street and Mary was living at 971 Richmond St according to the marriage license application.¹

Thomas and Mary had 4 children, two of whom, Anna and Catherine, lived to marry and have children.

Children of Thomas Donnelly and Mary Campbell	Birth	Death
Anna Mary Donnelly	2 May 1886	16 Sep 1959
Catherine R Donnelly	2 Mar 1888	Unknown
Thomas Donnelly	1 Sep 1892	12 Feb 1894
Mary Dolores Donnelly	5 Jan 1895	13 Oct 1918

The baptismal records for all four children were located on FindMyPast.com in the Philadelphia Archdiocese Roman Catholic Baptismal Records.  The dates as well as sponsors were listed for each child. All four children were baptized at St. Edward the Confessor Parish in Philadelphia.

Thomas Donnelly and Mary Campbell's Children's Baptismal Dates and Sponsors

Child	Baptism Date	Sponsors
Anna Mary Donnelly5	24 Oct 1886	James Mallon and Anna McAnany
Catherine R Donnelly6	11 Mar 1888	Jno Quinn and Catherine Campbell
Thomas Donnelly7	11 Sep 1892	William and Jane Donnelly
Mary Dolores Donnelly8	20 Jan 1895	Joseph McGurk and Catherine Campbell

The only son of Thomas Donnelly and Mary Campbell was sponsored by William and Jane Donnelly.  Employing a well known technique of researching family, acquaintances and neighbors (or FAN),and thinking there may be a relationship between Thomas initial searches of William led to interesting results. A 1900 U.S. Census record for a William and Jane Donnelly in Philadelphia⁹, in the Kensington area of Philadelphia was located and the address is close to where Thomas and Mary Donnelly lived in 1900.  William and Jane had two children in 1900, Jane, aged 8 and William, aged 6.

1900 U.S. Census William Donnelly

Name	Relation	Age	Place of Birth	Year of Immigration
William Donnelly	Head	40	Ireland	1882
Jane Donnelly	Wife	30	Ireland	1885
Jane Donnelly	Daughter	8	Pennsylvania	N/A
William Donnelly	Son	6	Pennsylvania	N/A

William is a saloon keeper.  He and Jane have been married 10 years.  They are living on Montgomery Avenue in the 18th Ward of Philadelphia.  A marriage license was located for 1890 between William Donnelly and Marion Jane Gaven.⁶  A search of the Philadelphia Catholic Baptisms on FindMyPast for Jane Donnelly, born about 1892 resulted in her baptismal record for 1891.⁷  The sponsors for Jane were identified as Thomas Donnelly and Catharine Campbell. Thomas' mother-in-law was Catharine Campbell, thus the records continue to link Thomas Donnelly and William Donnelly.


Jane Donnelly Baptismal Record (Philadelphia, 1891)

William Donnelly’s petition for naturalization was located from 1890.⁸  Thomas Donnelly, of 2500 N 2d Street in Philadelphia, signed as witness and citizen.  Thomas Donnelly, as previously indicated, was known to be living at 2500 N 2d street.  This represents the third record that links Thomas and William in some way. Though, nothing is explicit to their connection, it is likely that William Donnelly and Thomas Donnelly are related.  According to the petition, Thomas Donnelly, was a citizen by 1890 though his petition/naturalization records have not been located.

Petition for Naturalization of William Donnelly (Philadelphia, PA) 

Continued research into William Donnelly resulted in the discovery of his passport application. William Donnelly indicated he was born in Cookstown, Tyrone, Ireland on 7 Oct 1859.  The application lists his father as John Donnelly (deceased).  William was traveling to settle an estate.  Thomas Donnelly’s death certificate listed his father as John Donnelly, which if they are related might suggest that William and Thomas are brothers.  Incidentally, a passport application for William’s wife, Jane Donnelly was found as was William’s son, John Joseph Donnelly.

Passport Application for William Donnelly (1923)

William indicated his date of birth as 7 October 1859 on his passport application.⁹ Comparing William's birth date to Thomas Donnelly's birth date, which was noted to be 15 Feb 1859, would make it unlikely they could be brothers.  However, birth dates were not always accurately recorded or known. Thus, there could be evidence to indicate one birthday or the other is not correct.

Further research into Irish records resulted in a baptismal record for a William Donnelly dated 7 Oct 1859, father John Donnelly and mother, Alice McGurk.¹⁰  William was baptized on 7 Oct 1859 in the Diocese of Armagh and the Parish of Desertcraight, in County Tyrone.  Additional searching resulted in a baptismal record for a Thomas Donnelly, father John Donnelly and mother Anne MaGlone dated 15 Feb 1855 in the parish of Lissan, Tyrone, Ireland.¹¹  The townland may be Dramora or more likely Dunmore.  Cookstown is a downland situation central to both Desertcraight (Desertcreat) and Dunmore.

Map of County Tyrone from www.ulsterheritage.com Showing Relationship of the Parish of Lissan and Desertcreat

William Donnelly Baptismal Record (Ireland, 1859) 

Thomas Donnelly Baptismal Record (Ireland, 1855) 

A final record was found for the marriage of Anne Maglone to John Donnelly in the parish of Lissan, Tyrone,Ireland, dated 15 July 1852.¹² The marriage record indicates they were married in Moboy, a townland just west of Cookstown. The witnesses appear to be Lester Toal(?) Mallon and Peter Maglone.

Marriage Record (Ireland, 1852) of John Donnelly and Anne Maglone  

It is impossible to conclude from the data the exact relationship of Thomas Donnelly to William Donnelly.  However, the data is suggestive that Thomas and William knew each other well and were likely related as they sponsored each other’s children. The relationship was originally proposed to be brothers, but the birthdates being both in 1859 speak to either an issue in exact dates or different mothers. Thomas Donnelly listed a birthdate of 15 Feb 1859, so perhaps he changed the year or did not recall the exact year, or the evidence is purely coincidental and these are not the same people.

Once again focusing on witnesses and sponsors for various life events of Thomas and William, an interesting find is that a sponsor for Mary Dolores Donnelly, Thomas’ daughter, was a man named Joseph McGurk, the last name of William Donnelly’s mother from the baptismal record.  Furthermore,  James McGlone was witness to Thomas’ wedding.  This may be a spelling difference to Anne MaGlone.

In conclusion, it is likely that Thomas Donnelly and William Donnelly are related in some way.  Both were reported to have a father named John, however each also reported being born in 1859 only 8 months apart.  The two separate baptismal records may suggest different mothers if it is the same John Donnelly.  The additional names of McGurk and McGlone/MaGlone represent areas for additional research to identify the connection. A possible family tree is provided with tentative linkages.

Family Tree created with SVG Utility created by Tony Proctor of Parallax-viewpoint

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1 Philadelphia, PA, marriage certificate no. 33 (11 October 1885), Thomas Donnelly and Mary J. Campbell; Philadelphia City Archives, Philadelphia. ^↩
2 Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 18;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Philadelphia Ward 18, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1460; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0355; FHL microfilm: 1241460. ^↩
3 Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online. Year: 1910; Census Place: Philadelphia Ward 35, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1404; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0862; Image: ; FHL microfilm: 1375417. ^↩
4 St. Anne Marriage Records, 11 Oct 1885, St. Anne Church; Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center, Wynnewood, PA. Thomas Donnelly and Mary Campbell. ^↩
5 St. Edward the Confessor (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), , , Anna Donnelly Baptismal Record, 24 Oct 1886; digital images, FindMyPast.Com (FindMYPast.com : downloaded 6 July 2017). ^↩
6 St. Edward the Confessor (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), , , Catherine Campbell Baptismal Record, 11 Mar 1888; digital images, FindMyPast.Com (FindMYPast.com : downloaded 6 July 2017). ^↩
7 St. Edward the Confessor (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), , , Thomas Donnelly Baptism, 11 Sep 1892; digital images, FindMyPast.Com (FindMYPast.com : downloaded 6 July 2017). ^↩
8 St. Edward the Confessor (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), , , Mary Donnelly Baptismal Record, 20 Jan 1895; digital images, FindMyPast.Com (FindMYPast.com : downloaded 6 July 2017). ^↩
9 Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Year: 1900; Census Place: Philadelphia Ward 18, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1460; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0349; FHL microfilm: 1241460 ^↩
10 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Marriage Indexes, 1885-1951," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JJJG-1FM : 25 September 2017), William Donnelly and Gaven, 1890; citing license number 38417, Clerk of the Orphan's Court. City Hall. ^↩
11 St. Anne (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), , , Jane Donnelly Baptismal Record, 27 Sep 1891; digital images, FindMyPast.Com (FindMYPast.com : downloaded 25 November 2017). ^↩
12 National Archives; Washington, D.C.; ARC Title: Naturalization Petitions for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1795-1930; NAI Number: 6; Record Group Title: M1522. Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Federal Naturalization Records, 1795-1931 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Certificate #1160. ^↩
13 National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; NARA Series: Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925; Roll #: 2206; Volume #: Roll 2206 - Certificates: 260350-260849, 27 Mar 1923-28 Mar 1923. Volume: Roll 2206 - Certificates: 260350-260849, 27 Mar 1923-28 Mar 1923. Certificate #260397. ^↩
14 Ancestry.com. Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1655-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Catholic Parish Registers, The National Library of Ireland; Dublin, Ireland; Microfilm Number: Microfilm 05585 / 01. Year Range: 1839 - 1880. ^↩
15 Ancestry.com. Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1655-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Catholic Parish Registers, The National Library of Ireland; Dublin, Ireland; Microfilm Number: Microfilm 05585 / 01. Year Range: 1839 - 1880. ^↩
16 Lissan, Archdiocese of Armagh, Counties of Tyrone, Baptisms: July 22, 1839-Dec. 30, 1880; Marriages: Sept 1, 1839 - Nov. 20, 1880 Transcription". Online database, FindMyPast (http://findmypast.com). Database by National Library of Ireland (accessed 9 Dec 2017); page 89, John Donnelly and Anne Maglone, July 15, 1852. ^↩

An Attempt at a Genealogy Go-Over and Finding a big Oops...

I was listening to the Mondays with Myrt when I heard Thomas MacEntee talk about the genealogy "Do-Over" and the the smaller effort he termed a "Go-Over".  The "Go-Over" timed well with much of what I started to do recently or is it again?  That is, take out the old notebooks, paper files, and transcriptions and review:

1. What do I have - sourced and sad to say, unsourced (stories, hearsay, etc.)

2. What am I missing - sources, sibling information, etc.

AND

3. What did I miss - shame on me, a science person not paying attention to details.

This is a long post...

Well I missed a lot with the McAnally, Campbell, Donnelly lines in my tree.  This line is my paternal Grandmother's line, famous to my family and friends doing family history for saying when asked about her ancestor's, "Who cares, they're dead!"  Thus we were left with a few names, some family lore and not much else.  Having slowly pieced the Hurst side together (see prior post), I embarked on a "Go-Over" with the Campbell-McAnally-Donnelly lines, taking my Go-Over in turns with these families as my first, doing a slow methodical plug and chug through the accumulated material, which I though was minimal.

While routing through the files of these three connected lines, I came across my two big oops in two pieces of data I missed that I have been sitting on for an embarrassingly long time.  One piece was a cemetery lot transcription I did many years ago when starting my research and having slightly less a clue than today and the second being a note in a family group sheet from two Philadelphia city directories.

The research wall involved  Catharine McAnally who married a man with the last name of Campbell, first name was unknown. Catharine was known to be a McAnally from her death certificate¹ in which her father was listed as John McAnally. In addition, Catharine was found in the 1880 US Census²  living with her brother Daniel McAnally as well her eventual son-in-law, Thomas Donnelly, who was listed as a bartender with the family.

Catharine was noted to have two daughters, Sarah and Mary J. Campbell². Thomas Donnelly married Mary J. Campbell in 1885 as noted by the application for a marriage license³ and the 1900 US Census⁴.

Catharine Campbell (nee McAnally) died 28 November 1906 and was buried in Old Cathedral cemetery at 46^th and Lancaster Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 1 December 1906. Her brother Daniel was identified in her death notice as being deceased prior to Catherine⁵. The death certificate for Daniel McAnally listed his burial as also being in Old Cathedral Cemetery⁶.  Thomas Donnelly and Mary Donnelly (nee Campbell) were also buried in Old Cathedral Cemetery as noted in their obituaries^7,8.

The first piece of data I "missed" was from a visit I made to Old Cathedral Cemetery when first starting research and of which I made a transcription of those buried in the "Lot", see Table 1.

Table 1. Old Cathedral Cemetery Record, Lot Holder: Daniel McAnally; Section: R; Range: 2; Lot: 72 (transcribed by William C. Barrett): Note - I was so new to research that I did not even record my transcription date!

Name of Deceased	Age	Interment Date
McAnally Agnes	15	26 October 1891
Campbell Catharine	70	1 December 1906
Donnelly Thomas	65	28 December 1929
McAnally John	34	17 May 1870
McAnally Daniel	63	13 March 1895
Donnelly Mary	74	6 September 1938
Campbell Peter	71	4 October 1889
Donnelly Thomas	1	14 February 1894
Campbell Thomas J	13	23 March 1874
Campbell Charles	9	13 January 1885
Campbell Catharine	3	20 January 1885
Donnelly Mary	23	16 October 1918

The second piece of data missed was from the 1893 and 1895 Philadelphia city directory data that was originally transcribed and more recently was obtained online listing: Catharine Campbell (wid Patk), h 2500 N 2d.

1895 Philadelphia City Directory Entry for Catharine Campbell

The second piece created the first connection of identifying Catharine's husband.   It was know that she married a man named Campbell. She lived with her brother, Daniel, and eventual son-in-law, Thomas Donnelly after his marriage to Mary Campbell via the 1880 Census. Thomas Donnelly listed his residence as 2500 N 2d St. Philadelphia, PA on his marriage license to Mary J. Campbell⁹. Since it was known from the transcription above of the 1893¹⁰ and 1895¹¹ Philadelphia City directories that listed a Catherine Campbell (nee McAnally) living on 2500 N 2d Street in Philadelphia, as the widow of Patrick, it appears that I had Catharine's husband's name for many years and never realized this. Therefore, the evidence suggests that Catharine McAnally married a Patrick Campbell and together they had two daughters, Sarah and Mary Campbell who married Thomas Donnelly.

Catharine Campbell (nee McAnally) was widowed as evidenced in the 1880 U.S. Census¹. From the 1880 U.S. Census, her daughter Sarah was born about 1861 and Mary was born about 1863. An 1870 U.S. Census record indicates a Kate Campbell with two daughters, Sarah and Mary living on Pine Street in Philadelphia (Ward 7)¹². Turning to the the Philadelphia city directories, a Patrick Campbell was found living on 2210 Naudain Street (Ward 7) in 1864¹³, 1865¹⁴, and 1866¹⁵. No Patrick was found in 1867 or 1868 at this address. However, a Catharine Campbell listed as a widow of Patrick was found living at 2210 Naudain in 1867¹⁶ and 1868¹⁷ in the Philadelphia city directories.  Table 2 provides a summary of the data.

Table 2. Analysis of City Directory for Patrick and Catharine Campbell.

Name	Address	Year
Patrick Campbell	2227 Pine	1861
Patrick Campbell	2210 Naudain	1864
		1865
		1866
Catherine Campbell (widow Patrick)		1867
		1868
Catharine Campbell	2225 Pine	1870
		1871

This data suggests that Patrick Campbell died between 1866 and 1867. The Catharine Campbell in 1870 and 1871 is listed as a widow, no husband name but 2225 Pine is within close proximity to Naudain. The evidence of two daughters of the same age, with the same names, together with previously identifying Patrick Campbell as Catharine's husband suggest that this is the Catharine McAnally wife of the "newly" identified Patrick Campbell.

A search of Philadelphia death records/cemetery returns finds a Patrick Campbell death notice for 1866¹⁸, about 3 years after Mary was born. The death return notes the residence address as 2210

Naudain Street and Patrick was listed as married. In addition, the return notes that Patrick was buried at Old Cathedral Cemetery - at the time known as Cathedral Cemetery.

Since Patrick is not in Daniel McAnally's plot, it appears that a return to Old Cathedral Cemetery is in the near future.  The death certificate for Patrick identifies his parents as James Campbell and Sarah ______.  Since Patrick and Catharine had a daughter named Sarah, it might be that she was named for  for Patrick's mother. 

Thus, my first Go-Over result was identifying and sourcing the previously unknown Campbell as likely to be Patrick.  Since he was not in the same cemetery lot, it begged the question, who were all these people?

From prior work on Thomas Donnelly and his family, it was determined that the Donnelly family interred in Old Cathedral Cemetery in Daniel McAnally's lot are in Table 3.

Table 3. Donnelly Family buried in Old Cathedral Cemetery, Lot Owned by Daniel McAnally.

Name	Interment Date	Relationship
Donnelly Thomas	28 December 1929	Father
Donnelly Mary (nee Campbell)	6 September 1938	Mother
Donnelly Mary [AKA: May]	16 October 1918	Daughter
Donnelly Thomas	14 February 1894	Son

Several questions still remain, who was Agnes McAnally and how did she come to be buried with this family? Who are the remaining Campbell's in the lot owned by Daniel McAnally? Is John McAnally the brother of Catharine and Daniel?

Table 4. Unidentified Connections buried in Old Cathedral Cemetery, Lot Owned by Daniel McAnally. 

Name of Deceased	Age	Interment Date
McAnally Agnes	15	26 October 1891
McAnally John	34	17 May 1870
Campbell Peter	71	4 October 1889
Campbell Thomas J	13	23 March 1874
Campbell Charles	9	13 March 1885
Campbell Catharine	3	20 January 1885

Focusing on the McAnally line, an analysis of the inferred birth dates of Daniel McAnally and Catharine Campbell (nee McAnally) as well as John and Agnes (Table 5).  John McAnally might be a brother to Catharine and Daniel based purely on supposition from their birth years.  No U.S. Census data or city directory has shown a John McAnally living with either Catharine or Daniel.

Table 5. McAnally's buried in Old Cathedral Cemetery, Lot Owned by Daniel McAnally.

Name of Deceased	Age (from burial record)	Birth Year from Records	Death Year
McAnally Agnes	15	1876	1891
Campbell Catherine (nee McAnally)	70	1833[from 1870 Census] 1837[from 1900 Census] 1836[from Death Certificate] 1843[from 1880 Census]	1906
McAnally John	34	1836	1870
McAnally Daniel	63	1832[from 1880 Census]	1895

There is no evidence that Daniel McAnally married as evidenced in his death certificate which listed him as single¹⁹.  Thus Agnes is not likely his daughter.  A death notice in the Philadelphia Record for October 23, 1891 indicate that Agnes McAnally was the daughter "of the late John and Margaret McAnally", listing her burial in Old Cathedral Cemetery.  

This might connect Agnes and John, further research may yet provide a connection to Daniel and Catharine McAnally.

This now leaves several Campbell's unaccounted for in their relation to Catharine McAnally (Table 6).

Table 6. Unidentified Campbell's buried in Old Cathedral Cemetery, Lot Owned by Daniel McAnally.

Name of Deceased	Age	Interment Date
Campbell Peter	71	4 October 1889
Campbell Thomas J	13	23 March 1874
Campbell Charles	9	13 January 1885
Campbell Catharine	3	20 January 1885

A search resulted in the death return for Peter Campbell, in which he is listed as a widower, worked as a mill hand, and was living at 199 James St, Falls section of Philadelphia (Ward 28)²⁰. A death notice search indicated that Peter is the brother of a Henry Campbell²¹. A search of Henry Campbell in the Philadelphia city directories finds several interesting discoveries.

A Henry Campbell was found to be living at 2210 Naudain in 1863²², the exact address that Patrick Campbell lived with his wife Catharine McAnally. There are multiple Henry's throughout the directory, however focusing to James St., Falls section, Henry Campbell was found at 199 James St, Falls in 1885²³, 1887²⁴, and 1888²⁵. A Henry Campbell was found at 191 James St, Falls in 1882²⁶, 1883²⁷, and 1884²⁸ as well as at 201 James St, Falls in 1889²⁹. Focusing on the Falls section of Philadelphia, a Henry Campbell is listed at 105 Spencer, Falls in 1879³⁰ and 1880³¹, 118 Spencer, Falls in 1881³², 128 James, Falls in 1878³³ and 146 Queen, Falls in 1876³⁴. A death return was found for Henry Campbell, he died on 20 June 1889, was married and lived at 199 James St, Falls³⁵. Thus, this is likely the brother to Peter Campbell noted in his death notice.

A search of the city directories for Peter Campbell resulted in many entries. However one significant find was a Peter Campbell living at 2500 N 2d in 1884 with Catharine Campbell and Thomas Donnelly. Peter's age as ascertained from the burial information and death notice make him about 20 years older than Patrick Campbell, somewhat unlikely to be siblings but not impossible. Peter Campbell might possibly be an uncle to Patrick and thus, Catharine. There is no evidence to suggest this other than inferring from ages, being buried in the same lot with Catharine and her family and Peter living with Catharine.

Further searching of the city directories finds a few entries for a Peter Campbell in the area that Catharine and her family lived later in Philadelphia. Since Peter in 1884 was listed with the occupation liquor, a focus was paid to that in the search:

Name	Address	Year	Occupation
Peter Campbell	1508 Cadwalader	1860	liquor
	1320 N Front	1864
	1300 N 2d	1866	liquors
	500 E Dauphin	1880	bartender
		1881
	2500 N 2d	1884	liquors

The potential conclusion is that Peter Campbell buried with Catharine and her family is related, possibly as an uncle.  More research can now be done on Peter and Henry, is he Patrick's father?

There are now three names remaining in the plot that have not been analyzed.

Name of Deceased	Age	Interment Date
Campbell Thomas J	13	23 March 1874
Campbell Charles	9	13 January 1885
Campbell Catharine	3	20 January 1885

A search of the Philadelphia Death Returns find that Thomas J. Campbell was the son of a Peter Campbell and Bridget ______. The circumstantial evidence is that Thomas is possible Peter's son, buried in the some plot in the cemetery. Peter would have been approximately 43 years old when Thomas was born in about 1861.

Thomas Campbell's death certificate (d. 1874) indicated his parents as a Peter and Bridget. The US 1860 Census shows a record for Peter Campbell with wife Bridget and son Thomas in Philadelphia (17^th Ward). Thomas is listed as 1 month old. A Thomas with a Peter is in the US 1870 Census (Ward 18, District 53) but Bridget is no longer found. Since Peter was a widower at his death this might represent Peter and his son, and Bridget his wife has passed away between 1860 and 1870. Thomas is listed as 11 years old. At the time of Thomas' death, the place of residence was listed as 1327 Mascher St. in the 17^th Ward. This area was close to where Catharine Campbell lived later with Daniel McAnally and Thomas Donnelly.

A Bridget Campbell death was found in 1870 in the Philadelphia Death Certificates search however the address listed was for the Municipal Hospital.

Searching the death notices for Charles and Catherine both in 1885 indicates parent as Patrick and Bridget. No census for the family has been found. It is unsure how this Patrick Campbell and the Patrick Campbell identified as husband to Catharine McAnally are related.

Concluding this long post, it seems that the "Go-Over" resulted in several potential discoveries and identified areas to further research this McAnally-Campbell connection.  Going over:

1. What "did" I have?

• More than I realized sitting on cemetery transcript and potential relationships as well as city directory data clearly linking Catharine McAnally to a Patrick Campbell.

2. What am I now missing?

• Clear link for relationship of Patrick Campbell, Peter Campbell and Henry Campbell.  
• What is connection to Patrick identified as father of the children Charles and Catharine buried in Old Cathedral
• Is Peter and Thomas circumstantially reviewed the right Campbells buried with the McAnally, Donnelly families

3. What DID I miss?

• I missed originally the likely identification of Catharine McAnally's husband as Patrick Campbell from transcription of city directory information
• I missed searching the names originally for death notices that might have linked some of the family
• I missed the potential collateral lines

I am sure there is more but taking a step back, it seems the Go-Over will be very helpful as I review other lines and get better at proper sourcing, transcribing records immediately into my tree and logging my research better to improve accuracy and identify the next steps.

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21880 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Year: 1880; Census Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1177; Family History Film: 1255177; Page: 236C; Enumeration District: 343; Image: 0640.

3Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Marriage Index, 1885-1951 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Ancestry.com.

41900 United States Federal Census (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 18), Year: 1900; Census Place: Philadelphia Ward 18, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1460; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0355; FHL microfilm: 1241460.

5The Philadelphia Record, November 29, 1906, page 9 (accessed Google News Archive 1 January 2015, http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=QDEWnZBrHwAC&dat=19061129&printsec=frontpage&hl=en)

6"Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDLN-RLN : accessed 31 December 2014), Daniel Mcanally, 09 Mar 1895; citing cn 19014, Philadelphia City Archives and Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; FHL microfilm 1,872,272.

7Death notice for Thomas Donnelly, The Atlantic City Evening Union, December 27, 1929

8Obituary for Mary J. Donnelly, The Atlantic City Press, Atlantic City, NJ, September 5, 1938

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18Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VKD2-PVQ : accessed 1 January 2015), Pat Campbell, 24 May 1866; citing v 1 p 132, Philadelphia City Archives and Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; FHL microfilm 1,003,693.

19"Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDLN-RLN : accessed 31 December 2014), Daniel Mcanally, 09 Mar 1895; citing cn 19014, Philadelphia City Archives and Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; FHL microfilm 1,872,272.

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21The Philadelphia Record, October 3, 1899, page 3 (Google News archive accessed 1 January 2015http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=QDEWnZBrHwAC&dat=18891003&printsec=frontpage&hl=en)

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