In the mid 1800's Ellen Lyons left her home in Ireland and traveled to the United States. With her were children Michael, Daniel, Catherine and Johanna. They settled in Springfield, Clark Co, Ohio.
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1860 CENSUS, CLARK CO, OHIO
4th WARD, CITY OF SPRINGFIELD
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Reading, Michael 28 b Ireland
Bridget 28 b Ireland
May A 4 b OH
Catharine 3 b OH
Michael 10m b OH
Lyons, Ellen 60 b Ireland
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Lyons, Michael 45 b Ireland
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Lyons, Patrick age 24 b Ireland
Honora 24 b Ireland
Ellen 2 b OH
Catharine 1 b OH
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Lyons, Daniel age 35 b Ireland
Catharine 30 b Ireland
John 8 b OH
Daniel 6 b OH
Mary 4 b OH
Jeremiah 2 b OH
Timothy 4m b OH
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Descendants of Unknown Lyons
Generation No. 1
1. UNKNOWN1 LYONS. He married ELLEN UNKNOWN in Ireland.
More About ELLEN UNKNOWN:
Fact 1: burial: St Raphael's Church Cemetery
Children of UNKNOWN LYONS and ELLEN UNKNOWN are:
2. i. DANIEL LYONS, b. 1825, Ireland.
ii. MICHAEL LYONS, b. 1828, Ireland; d. March 30, 1886, Clark Co, OH; m. MARY RYAN, August 24, 1861, Clark Co, OH.
More About MICHAEL LYONS:
Fact 1: Heirs: Mary Lyons (wife), Catherine Hearly (sister), Ellen Lyons (sister)
Fact 2: Heirs: Nellie Lyons (niece), Annie Lyons (niece), Mary Lyons (niece)
Fact 3: Heirs: Timothy Lyons (nephew), Jeremiah Lyons (nephew), Michael Lyons (nephew)
Fact 4: Heirs: Daniel Lyons (nephew)
iii. JOHANNA LYONS, b. 1829, Ireland; d. November 26, 1894, Clark Co, OH; m. MORGAN KENNEDY.
More About JOHANNA LYONS:
Fact 1: cause of death: "Hardships of Life" and "Ulceration of Stomach"
Fact 2: buried: St Raphael's Church Cemetery
(source: Death records, Vital Statistics, Clark Co, OH)
iv. CATHERINE LYONS, b. September 19, 1835, Ireland; d. May 25, 1890, Clark Co, OH; m. JAMES HURLEY, February 15, 1854, Clark Co, OH.
More About CATHERINE LYONS:
Fact 1: cause of death: "Phitis Pulmonary"
Fact 2: occupation: housekeeper
Fact 3: lived: 54 S Spring St, Springfield, OH
Fact 4: burial: St Raphael's church Cemetery
(source: Death records, Vital Statistics, Clark Co, OH)
Generation No. 2
2. DANIEL2 LYONS (UNKNOWN1) was born 1825 in Ireland. He married CATHERINE LEONARD August 03, 1851 in Sandusky, OH.
Children of DANIEL LYONS and CATHERINE LEONARD are:
i. JOHN3 LYONS, b. 1852, Ohio; d. October 23, 1867.
ii. DANIEL LYONS b. 1854, Ohio.
More About DANIEL LYONS:
Fact 1: Editor for Collier's Magazine, Clark Co, OH
Fact 2: Published a dictionary in New York
iii. MARY LYONS, b. 1856, Ohio.
iv. JEREMIAH LYONS, b. 1858, Ohio; d. March 04, 1929.
v. TIMOTHY LYONS, b. 1860, Ohio.
vi. ELLEN LYONS, b. 1862, Ohio; d. Detroit, MI.
3. vii. MICHAEL PATRICK LYONS, b. March 24, 1864, Ohio; d. Delray, Detroit, MI.
Generation No. 3
3. MICHAEL PATRICK3 LYONS (DANIEL2, UNKNOWN1) was born March 24, 1864 in Ohio, and died in Delray, Detroit, MI. He married BERTHA IDA DELISLE, daughter of PETER DELISLE and ADELAIDE PAYETTE.
Michael Lyons
Bertha Delisle
Children of MICHAEL LYONS and BERTHA DELISLE are:
4. i. MICHAEL DELISLE4 LYONS, b. September 26, 1901; d. August 17, 1974,
Jefferson Co, CO.
ii. FRANCIS LOUIS LYONS, b. January 08, 1903, Detroit, MI; d. April 06, 1974; m. EDWARDINE PEABODY.
iii. HELEN LYONS, b. July 04, 1908, Detroit, MI; m. CLYDE DELBERT MCQUEEN.
iv. MARGARET LYONS, b. September 06, 1910; m. JOSEPH O'NEIL.
v. LORETTA ANN LYONS, b. June 24, 1914, Detroit, MI; m. JACK W WILLIAMS.
vi. MARIE EVELYN LYONS, b. November 21, 1915, Detroit, MI; m. DANIEL R FITZPATRICK.
Generation No. 4
4. MICHAEL DELISLE4 LYONS (MICHAEL PATRICK3, DANIEL2, UNKNOWN1) was born September 26, 1901, and died August 17, 1974 in Jefferson Co, CO. He married AGNES JULIA SHAH, born July 4, 1912 in Latonah Village, Bihar, India and died May 9, 1991 in Sydney, Australia. She was the daughter of JULIUS DIDACUS and ELIZABETH SHAH.
Michael Lyons
Agnes Shah, Esther, Violet
More About MICHAEL DELISLE LYONS:
Fact 1: Michael was a Jesuit priest
Fact 2: instructor at Cass Technical College at age sixteen
Fact 3: along with his brother Frank invented the radios for police cars
Fact 4: known as "The Ham Radio Man" while living in Detroit, MI
Fact 5: editor of WWJ Radio News in Detroit, MI
Fact 6: WWJ Radio Station was set up in his backyard
Fact 7: first person to broadcast live from WWJ Radio Station
Fact 8: editor of Jesuit Mission letters in India
Fact 9: worked for the US gov't. for the war effort while a priest in India
Fact 10: had a Beryllium ore mine on property in Denver, CO
Fact 11: supplied beryllium ore to Atomic power stations
More About AGNES JULIA SHAH:
Fact 1: she was taken by the foreign nuns of the Sacred Heart at the age of nine and trained to be a nun and a teacher. Talented in music and art/played the organ and harmonium and won many state painting and embroidery competitions. Trained as a nurse and supported her children as a single parent.
Fact 2: cause of death: stroke, high blood pressure and diabetes.
Children of MICHAEL LYONS and AGNES SHAH are:
i. ESTHER MARY5 LYONS.
More About ESTHER MARY LYONS:
Fact 1: Author of UNWANTED and BITTER SWEET TRUTH autobiographies.
ESTHER LYONS
ii. VIOLET RITA LYONS.
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