 1840 - 1878 (38 years)
Set As Default Person 
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| Name |
Mary Jane Madden |
| Born |
26 Feb 1840 |
Sligo, Ireland  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] |
- Alternate Dates may be 12 Feb 1840 or 26 Feb 1841
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| Gender |
Female |
| Emigration |
17 Nov 1851 |
Liverpool, England to New York, USA [7] |
| Ship: John And Lucy |
- There is probably no way to determine exactly which ship Mary came over on. That said, of 44 options, this is the only one that has her age correct, that came in the correct time-frame, and has no other family with her. If better information should surface, it should certainly be judged accordingly.
The fact the record says her destination is Wisconsin, should be of note, but does not preclude the record from being her.
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| Residence |
1860 |
Morrisania, Westchester, New York [8] |
| Living with the Lawrence family and listed as a "Domestic" |
- Probable, but needs confirmation
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| Residence |
1870 |
Tooele, Tooele, Utah, USA [9] |
| _UID |
BE953E8ABEE89E4981967F585A8210931513 |
| Died |
5 Apr 1878 |
Tooele, Tooele, Utah, USA [2, 10, 11] |
| Buried |
7 Apr 1878 |
4-19-30, Tooele City Cemetary, Tooele, Tooele, Utah, USA [2, 10] |
| Notes |
- John Lawrence cannot be Mary's Uncle, as he was born in Germany, and Ann was born in Maine as per the 1860 Census records.
- A note about the William Tapscott as and coming over with the Gordon family:
I believe that it is very probable that Mary traveled cross country in the wagon train with the Gordon family. I do not dispute this. I also do not dispute her relationship with the Gordon family as being close.
What I do dispute is her being rescued by the ship that the Gordon family came over on while underway. The ship is the "William Tapscott" and the Gordon family is well documented to have been on that ship.
Despite the recollections to the contrary, it would have been nearly impossible, certainly a very strange circumstance, for Mary to have been anywhere near that ship.
Mary was baptized in New York in both 1854 and 1855. This means she had to have immigrated prior to this date. The Gordon's came over in 1859, as much as 5 years later.
It is possible that Mary was rescued at sea, but not by the Tapscott, or it is possible that somehow Mary and another rescue by the Tapscott have been merged in memory into one event. Whatever the case, Mary Jane Madden's crossing and the William Tapscott are mutually exclusive. She cannot have been picked up by that ship short of attempting to return to England and having that ship sink at the time the Tapscott was emmigrating. This is a highly unlikely scenario.
Please also note the 1860 Census record which very reasonably places her as a "Domestic" with the Lawrence family, also in contrast to the stories that are out there.
Again, I believe it is likely she did travel with them cross country, but not transoceanic.
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| Person ID |
I39 |
Watson Clan Tree |
| Last Modified |
7 Jul 2014 |
| Family |
 James Stirling Dunn, b. 12 Jul 1836, Kirkintilloch, Dunbarton, Scotland , d. 6 Jan 1923, Tooele, Tooele, Utah, USA (Age 86 years) [12] |
| Married |
17 Mar 1863 |
Tooele, Tooele, Utah, USA [13] |
| _UID |
723C7348393C2B42A49C2D0DE9F59DB4F4FA |
| Children |
| + | 1. John Madden Dunn, b. 3 Mar 1864, Tooele, Utah, USA , d. 4 Feb 1943, Salt Lake, Utah, USA (Age 78 years) |
 | 2. Mary Jane Dunn, b. 30 May 1866, Tooele, Utah, USA , d. 8 Aug 1945, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA (Age 79 years) |
| | 3. Clara Madden Dunn, b. 14 Jun 1868, Tooele, Utah, USA , d. 2 Sep 1869 (Age 1 years) |
| + | 4. James Madden Dunn, b. 23 Apr 1870, Tooele, Utah, USA , d. 4 Feb 1943, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA (Age 72 years) |
| | 5. Martha Madden Dunn, b. 14 Jan 1872, Tooele, Utah, USA , d. 9 May 1949, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA (Age 77 years) |
| + | 6. Margaret Madden Dunn, b. 24 Feb 1874, Tooele, Tooele, Utah, USA , d. 22 Feb 1959, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA (Age 84 years) |
| 7. Ada Madden Dunn, b. 14 Feb 1876, Tooele, Utah, USA , d. 10 Aug 1958, Tooele, Tooele, Utah, USA (Age 82 years) |
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| Last Modified |
10 Jul 2012 |
| Family ID |
F14 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S168] UHS Burials Index (Reliability: 3).
Burial Information: DUNN, MARY JANE MADDEN
Birth: //1840
Death: 4/5/1878
Burial: 4/7/1878
Place of Birth: SLIGO, IRELAND
Place of Death:
Cause of Death:
Grave Location: Tooele City Cemetery , 4-019-30
Source:
Comments:
Relatives:
DUNN, JAMES STIRLING (Spouse)
- [S42] Utah Cemetery Inventory, (Ancestry.com) (Reliability: 3).
Name: Mary Jane Madden Dunn
Birth Date: 1840
Birth Place: Sligo, Ireland
Death Date: 5 Apr 1878
Burial Date: 7 April 1878
Cemetery: Tooele City Cemetery
Source: Sexton Records / Grant
Grave Location: 4-19-3
Relatives: Spouse Dunn, James Stirling
- [S11] LDS Membership Records, (LDS Church) (Reliability: 3).
Contributor 4
Contact name: LDS Church Membership Records
- [S351] Endowment House Sealings (Reliability: 3).
1865, Microfilm 0,183,405, lists on page 108, Mary Madden Dunn’s first-hand information as: Birth: 26 Feb 1841; Country: Ireland; Baptism: 12 Aug 1855; Spouse: James Dunn; Marriage: 17 Mar 1865; Parents: Burnet Madden and Mary Madden. For James Dunn, page 109, it shows: Birth: 12 July 1836; Country: Scotland; Baptism: 12 Aug 1854; Spouse: Mary Madden; Marriage: 17 Mar 1865; Parents: John Dunn and Jean Stirling Dunn.
- [S88] Headstone (Reliability: 2).
- [S386] FamineShips.info Irish Immegrant Records (Reliability: 1).
record id
521733
name
Mary Madden
date arrived
11-17-1851
gender
Female
age
11 years
approx. birth year
1840
occupation
Cultivator or Farmer
destination
Wisconsin
native country
Ireland
embarkation port
Liverpool
ship name
John And Lucy
abstract
Mary Madden - overview of immigrant details, family members, history, etc
There is probably no way to determine which ship exactly Mary came over on. That said, of 44 options, this is the only one that has her age correct, that came in the correct time-frame, and has no other family with her. If better information should surface, it should certainly be judged accordingly.
- [S386] FamineShips.info Irish Immegrant Records (Reliability: 1).
record id
521733
name
Mary Madden
date arrived
11-17-1851
gender
Female
age
11 years
approx. birth year
1840
occupation
Cultivator or Farmer
destination
Wisconsin
native country
Ireland
embarkation port
Liverpool
ship name
John And Lucy
abstract
Mary Madden - overview of immigrant details, family members, history, etc
- [S107] 1860 United States Census (Reliability: 2).
Name: Mary Madden
Age in 1860: 20
Birth Year: abt 1840
Birthplace: Ireland
Home in 1860: Morrisania, Westchester, New York
Gender: Female
Post Office: Mount Vernon
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members:
Name Age
John Lawrence 40
Ann E Lawrence 37
Geo T Lawrence 14
John J Lawrence 11
Russell B Lawrence 7
Sarah J Lawrence 4
Mary Madden 20
- [S35] 1870 United States Census (Reliability: 2).
Name: Mary Dunn
Birth Year: abt 1842
Age in 1870: 28
Birthplace: Ireland
Home in 1870: Tooele, Tooele, Utah Territory
Race: White
Gender: Female
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members:
Name Age
James Dunn 33
Mary Dunn 28
John Dunn 6
Mary J Dunn 4
James Dunn 1/12
- [s314] Utah Cemeteries and Burials Database (Reliability: 3).
Burial Information: DUNN, MARY JANE MADDEN
Birth: //1840
Death: 4/5/1878
Burial: 4/7/1878
Place of Birth: SLIGO, IRELAND
Place of Death:
Cause of Death:
Grave Location: Tooele City Cemetery , 4-019-30
- [S16] Deseret News (Reliability: 3), 17 Apr 1878.
In Tooele City, April 5th, deeply regretted, MARY JANE MADDEN, wife of James Dunn, aged 38 years.
She leaves a family of six children, besides a large circle of friends to deplore or mourn her loss.
- [s314] Utah Cemeteries and Burials Database.
Burial Information: DUNN, JAMES STIRLING
Birth: 7/12/1837
Death: 1/6/1923
Burial: 1/9/1923
Place of Birth: KIRKINTILLOCH, DUMBARTON, SCOT
Place of Death:
Cause of Death:
Grave Location: Tooele City Cemetery , 4-019-10
Source:
Comments:
Relatives:
STIRLING, JEAN (Mother)
DUNN, JOHN (Father)
FRASER, JEAN/ MADDEN, MARY,/YOUNG,JESSIE (Spouse)
- [S41] All Utah Since Statehood, (Ancestry.com) (Reliability: 2).
On the 17th of March, 1863, Mr. Dunn was married to Mary Jane Madden and their children were: John, who was born in March, 1864, and married Maggie Scott; Mary, who was born in May, 1866, and became the wife of John McKellar; James, who was born in April, 1870, and married Susie Colman; Martha, who was born in January, 1872, and assists her father in the publication of the Tooele Transcript; Maggie, who was born in February, 1874, and is the wife of Farnham Kimball; and Ada, who was born in February, 1876, and is the wife of Charles Alvin Orme, mentioned elsewhere in this work. Mr. Dunn's second wife was Jean Frazier, a childhood playmate of his in Scotland. Mr. Dunn's third wife was Jessie Young, whom he wedded in June, 1883 Their children are: Archibald Y. Dunn, who was born February 12, 1885; Robert James, born December 27, 1886; Marion Y., born November 29, 1889; Jessie, born June 20, 1891, and now the wife of L. L. Bush; Catherine, born in April, 1894, and now the wife of William Thomas Manning; and Alexander F., who was born July 20, 1895. He has just returned from a three years' mission in the central states, laboring principally in Oklahoma, and has taken charge of the publishing business, which will give his father a chance to retire. Mr. Dunn's second wife is living, the others having passed away.
Utah Since State: Historical and Biographical. Volume II.
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