John Lynch

  Noted events in his life were:

• Residence: From 1855 New York State Census, 1855, Troy, Rensselaer, New York. Possible match. From Family Search org

John Lynch
Age 17
Estimated Birth Year: 1838
Patient of Sister of Charity, Sarah Ayres is listed as the head
Born in Ireland
Resident of Troy for 1 year
No Occupation

Note: This may not be correct for this John Lynch

• Immigration: From Roots Ireland org, 8 Jan 1857, Port of New York. Ship: Ship
Date: 08-Jan-1857

From: Liverpool
To: New York DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK.

I, Edward G Trinked do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear that the following List, or Manifest of Passengers, subscribed with my name, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs for the District of New York, contains, to the best of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account of all the Passengers received on board the Ship Southampton.

whereof I am Master, from Liverpool
So help me God. Sworn to this 8th Janury 1857

Before me [M?] [Montgomery?] E.G. Trinked

Names Age Sex Occupation From To
John Lynch 20 M Labourer Ireland U.S.A.

Note: Age is correct as is time period for immigration.

• Immigration: Castle Garden org search, 29 May 1857, New York, New York. Search of ship passenger lists for John and Ellen Lynch. Assumes they were married before coming to the US. Their daughter Julia was born in the US in 1859.

Only John and Ellen Lynch who arrived on the same ship - 1855 to 1859 with correct ages within a year.

List of passengers named Lynch on the ship AUSTRALIA, leaving Liverpool and arriving in New York on 29 May 1857. John and Ellen were born in Ireland and both listed their occupation as laborer.

LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX ARRIVAL DATE
LYNCH LETHTUM 5 F 29 May 1857
LYNCH MARY 7 F 29 May 1857
LYNCH JAMES 9 M 29 May 1857
LYNCH TERANCE 13 M 29 May 1857
LYNCH ELLEN 19 F 29 May 1857
LYNCH JULIA 20 F 29 May 1857
LYNCH JOHN 20 M 29 May 1857
LYNCH ANN 40 F 29 May 1857
LYNCH CATHERINE 45 M 29 May 1857

• Occupation: From 1858 Troy City Directory, 1858, Troy, Rensselaer, New York. Lynch, John, Boilermaker, boards First, cor. Madison

• Occupation: From 1859 Troy City Directory, page 175, 1859, Troy, Rensselaer, New York. Linch, John, Boilermaker, House 1 Hill

• Occupation: Boiler Maker, 1860, Troy, Rensselaer, New York. From US Census
Jahn Lynch
United States Census, 1860
Name Jahn Lynch
Event Type Census
Event Date 1860
Event Place 8th Ward Troy City, Rensselaer, New York, United States
Gender Male
Age 22
Race White
Birth Year (Estimated) 1838
Birthplace Ireland
Page 59

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Jahn Lynch M 22 Ireland
Ellen Lynch F 21 Ireland
Juliett Lynch F 0 New York

• Education: From 1860 Census, 1860, Troy, Rensselaer, New York. Question 13 Persons over 20 years of age who can not read and write? Entry = 1, indicating that he does not know how to read or write.

1870 Census indicates that he can read and write.

• Occupation: From Troy City Directory, Page 67, 1865, Troy, Rensselaer, New York. Lynch, John, Boilermaker, house 17 N. Fourth

• Residence: From 1865 New York State Census, 15 Jun 1865, Troy, Rensselaer, New York. Ward 4 East
Dwelling Number 84
Family Number 134

Surname First Age Relation Born N X S
Linch John 25 head Rens 1 m
Linch Ellen 25 wife Ireland 7 1 m
Linch Julia 6 dgt Rens s
Linch Francis 4 son Rens s
Linch Maria 1y1m dgt Rens s

Occupation for John is listed as boiler maker. John is also listed as a Native voter, not Naturalized which is consistent with his listing of being born in Rensselaer. This record is assumed to be in error as all other census records show him being born in Ireland.

Indicates Maria was born in May 1864.

TABLE HEADINGS:  C-number of children born to women; X-number of times married; S-current marriage status (w-widow, m-married, s-single); N-citizenship of foreign born (NA-naturalized, AL-alien); W-ward; D-dwelling number; F-family number

• Occupation: From Troy City Directory, 1866, Troy, Rensselaer, New York. Lynch, John, Boilermaker, house 17 North Fourth

• Occupation: From Troy City Directory, 1867, Troy, Rensselaer, New York. Lynch, John, boilermaker, house 72 Green

• Occupation: From Troy City Directory, 1868, Troy, Rensselaer, New York. Lynch, John, boilermaker, house r. 15 N. Fourth

• Occupation: From Troy City Directory, page 86, 1869, Troy, Rensselaer, New York. Lynch, John, boilermaker, house Federal corner North Fourth

• Occupation: From Troy City Directory, 1870, Troy, Rensselaer, New York. Lynch, John, boilermaker, house Federal corner North Fourth

• Occupation: Boiler Maker, 1870, Troy, Rensselaer, New York. From US Census

John Lynch
United States Census, 1870
Name John Lynch
Event Type Census
Event Year 1870
Event Place New York, United States
Gender Male
Age 34
Race White
Race (Original) W
Birth Year (Estimated) 1835-1836
Birthplace Ireland
Page Number 55

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
John Lynch M 34 Ireland
Ellen Lynch F 33 Ireland
Julia Lynch F 11 New York
Frances Lynch M 9 New York
Mary Lynch F 5 New York
Joseph Lynch M 3 New York

• Naturalization: From 1870 Census, 1870, Troy, Rensselaer, New York. Question 19: Male citizens of United States of 21 years of age and upwards. Answer = 1, indicating he is a citizen of the United States.

Note: This is consisstent with a Record of Persons Naturalized, October 24, 1867 which lists a John Lynch, Troy, New York.

Name: John Lynch
To whom he owed allegiance: Queen of England, Ireland
Date of Declaration: Oct. 24, '67
Where Made: Troy, Im Court
Names of his Witnesses: John O'Brien and James O'Brien
Their Place of Residence: Troy
Date of Naturalization: Oct. 24, '67
By Whom Sworn: W Donohue

• Occupation: From Troy City Directory, 1871, Troy, Rensselaer, New York. Lynch, John, boilermaker, house Federal corner North Fourth

• Occupation: From Troy City Directory, 1872, Troy, Rensselaer, New York. Lynch, John, boilermaker, h. 102 Green

• Occupation: From Troy City Directory, 1873, Troy, Rensselaer, New York. Lynch, John, boilermaker, h. 71 Jay

• Occupation: From Troy City Directory, 1874, Troy, Rensselaer, New York. Lynch, John, boilermaker h. 71 Jay

• Occupation: Boiler Maker, 1875, Troy, Rensselaer, New York. From 1875 NY Census

Ward 10, District City, Dwelling 73, Family 124

Surname First Age Relation Born Occupation
Lynch John 34 head Rens boiler maker
Lynch Julia 15 dgt Rens
Lynch Frank 13 son Rens
Lynch Mary 11 dgt Rens
Lynch Joseph 9 son Rens

Known to live at 73 Jay Street from City Directory listings.

Boilermakers in Troy from newspaper advertisements include:

William McCune, 675 River Street
Everingham and Hogg, corner of North and Mount
Knowison and Kelly, 58 River Street
Thomas S. Sutherland, corner of River and Hutton

• Occupation: From Troy City Directory, 1875, Troy, Rensselaer, New York. Lynch, John, boilermaker, h. 71 Jay

• Occupation: From Troy City Directory, 1876, Troy, Rensselaer, New York. Lynch, John, boilermaker, h. 71 Jay

• Occupation: Boilermaker, 1877, Troy, Rensselaer, New York. From 1877 City Directory, Page 109

Lynch, John, boilermaker, h. 71 Jay

From 1877 City Directory, Page 283, Business Directory

Boiler Makers
Everingham & Hogg, North corner Mount*
Sutherland, T. S., 481 River**

Notes:
* The corner of North and Mount is about 0.3 miles (two blocks) North of 71 Jay Street where he lived.
** 481 River Street is about 0.4 mile from 71 Jay Street where he lived. See information on Thomas S. Sutherland company below.

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From Mary E. Lynch Gray's research notes:

1877 City Directory lists John Lynch living at 71 Jay Street.

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From Troy's one hundred years, 1789-1889 (1891)
Author: Weise, Arthur James, 1838-1910 or 11
Publisher: Troy, N.Y. : W.H. Young

J. C. Henderson & Co., on the south-west corner of Sixth Avenue and North Street, are manufacturers of tubular cone and dome furnaces for heating buildings with steam, hot water, or hot air. J. C. Henderson, previously a member of the firms of Shavor & Henderson, stove manufacturers, 1869; Sheldon, Greene, & Co., 1870; Shavor & Henderson, 1872; in 1876, individually engaged in the manufacture of his popular furnaces. In April, 1885, he and his son, James A., became associated in the business under the name of J. C. Henderson & Co.

The location of the Henderson & Co. factory is about four blocks from his address at 71 Jay Street, making it a likely place of employment. Google maps shows it being a six minute walk. Henderson & Co. is the only manufacturer listed in the book that manufactures steam furnaces.

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From the City of Troy and its Vicinity, by Arthur James Wise, Published by Edward Green, 1886.

Boilers, Steam.

THOMAS S. SUTHERLAND, at the Franklin Iron Works, on Center Island. between Troy and Green Island, manufactures steam boilers for steamboats, factories, mills, and furnaces. Twenty years experience in the business has highly qualified him to merit the large patronage acquired by him. Employing only skilled workmen, he is enabled to make boilers which commend his work in all points for its excellence and perfection. He also manufactures water and steam tanks, gasometers,oil stills, filters, paper bleachers, and smoke stacks. For welding heavy shafting and forging ponderous parts of machinery, he possesses facilities which give him no little distinction in this line of work. On June 11, 1866, he began manufacturing steam boilers in a building on the north side of North Street, between River and Mount streets. In 1867, he moved to the building No. 481 River Street, comer of Hutton Street. In 1878, his son Charles H., became associated with him in the business, under the fim name of Thos. S. Sutherland & Son. On the burning of the establishment, on December 7, 1879, the firm occu pied, for a short time, a part of the Starbuck Building, on Center Island whence the firm moved to the new building, erected in 1880, on the northwest comer of River and Hutton streets. In 1883. the firm occupied
the Hannibal Green Spring Works, on Smith Avenue. After the dissolution of the firm, Thomas S. Sutherland, in May, 1885, moved to the present buildings occupied by him, on the south side of Center Island. His post-oftice address is
Troy, N. Y.

Boiler Manufacturer

M. Mahony, manufacturer of boilers for steam and hot water heating, office and foundry, northwest corner of Liberty and Fifth Streets; warerooms No. 143 River Street, Troy and 85 Center Street, New York.

Steam Engines.-

WILLIAM COUTIE & SONS, manufacturers of compound steam engines, Nos. 10 to 14 Front Street, near Federal. The high favor in which Coutie's compound steam engines are held by those using them is a public attestation of their excellence and serviceableness. They embody a simplicity of construction and an economic action which make them preferred to all others for factory work. The high and low pressure engines made by the firm disclose in their
scientific mechanisms the secret of their long popularity. The compound engine running at the works, made in 1862, is the oldest in America. William Coutie engaged in the business in 1850, in the building, on the Southeast corner of Mechanic (now Front) and Federal Streets, burned in the fire of 1862. That year, he purchased the site of the present establishment, and erected the three story, brick building, 50 by 60 feet. The firm of William Coutie & Sons (William and George), also makes, as a specialty, tools for stove manufacturers.
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The Evening Register, Hudson, New York, Wednesday, May 19, 1880

The New Troy Ferryboat.

The new ferryboat built by Meters, Van Loon, & McGee of Athena, for the Marks ferry company, of Troy, was taken to Troy yesterday by steamer Washington. It is a trim looking craft, and will cost when completed about $10,000. William Coutie & Sons are making an engine and Geo. Marshall & Co. a boiler for the boat. Both the manufacturers named are of Troy. The boat will be ready about July 1.

Note: This indicates that George Marshall & Company manufactured boilers. Work is continuing on identification of where John Lynch worked as a boilermaker, but George Marshall and Company appears to be another possibility.

• Neighborhood: Building at River and North Street: Troy, Rensselaer, New York. Much of the neighborhood near 71 Jay Street has been torn down. This building, located on the South East corner of River and North Streets is one of the few remaining buildings from the period when John and Ellen Lynch lived in Troy. The first floor is a bar, The Ale House, and the bartender said it had been a bar before prohibition, making it likely that John Lynch had stopped there, especially if he worked at the iron works at North and Mount, one block away. It is only about three blocks to where he lived on Jay Street.

City property records indicate this building was built around 1900.

• Occupation: From Troy City Directory, 1878, Troy, Rensselaer, New York. Lynch, John, boilermaker, h. 71 Jay

• Occupation: From Troy City Directory, 1879, Troy, Rensselaer, New York. Lynch, John, boilermaker, h. 71 Jay

• Occupation: Boiler Maker, 1880, Troy, Rensselaer, New York. From US Census

Lynch Jay Street, Ward 10, Page 445a

First Age Relation Occupation Born Father Mother
Frank 18 Son Tailor New York Ireland Ireland
John 38 Head Boiler Maker Ireland Ireland Ireland
Joseph 12 Son At School New York Ireland Ireland
Mary 16 Daughter Keeping House New York Ireland Ireland

• Occupation: From Troy City Directory, 1880, Troy, Rensselaer, New York. Lynch, John, boilermaker, h. 71 Jay

• Occupation: From Troy City Directory, 1881, Troy, Rensselaer, New York. Lynch, John, boilermaker, h. 71 Jay

• Occupation: Boilermaker, 1882, Troy, Rensselaer, New York. 1882 City Directory lists John Lynch living at 71 Jay Street.

Rensselear County Historical Society letter.

• Occupation: Boilermaker, 1883, Troy, Rensselaer, New York. 1883 City Directory lists John Lynch living at 71 Jay Street.

Rensselear County Historical Society letter

• Occupation: From Troy City Directory, 1884, Troy, Rensselaer, New York. Lynch, John, boilermaker, h. 71 Jay

• Occupation: Boilermaker, 1885, Troy, Rensselaer, New York. 1885 City Directory lists John Lynch living at 71 Jay Street.

Rensselear County Historical Society letter.

• Occupation: From Troy City Directory, 1886, Troy, Rensselaer, New York. Lynch, John, boilermaker, house 71 Jay

• Occupation: From Troy City Directory, 1888, Troy, Rensselaer, New York. Lynch, John, boilermaker, b. 2297 Fifth av.

• Death: Based on City Directory and family history, Abt 1892, Troy, Rensselaer, New York. He is listed in 1886 directory, but not listed in 1887 directory. A listing in 1888 directory indicates he is living at 2297 Fifth Avenue. His son, J. Frank, is listed in 1887 directory as John F. cutter at 336 River and home is given as 2729 Sixth Avenue. There is also an entry for Joseph Lynch, clerk, living at the same address. Joseph is John Lynch's youngest son. In 1888, J. Frank (John F.) is listed as having removed to Buffalo. The 1888 City Directory for Buffalo, New York lists J. Frank Lynch, cutter, 822 Main Street.

Mary E. Lynch Gray has a family history note as follows "My father told me that his grandfather was a blacksmith and visited them in Erie when he was living on Myrtle Street, between Eighth and Ninth Streets. House is still there, South of the alleyway." The 1889 Erie City directory lists J Frank Lynch living at 817 Myrtle Street. This is the first record of him living in Erie. In 1892, they are living at 315 West 11th Street. So, John Lynch's visit to Erie must have occurred between 1889 and 1892.

John married Ellen Brislin. (Ellen Brislin was born about 1837 in Dublin, Ireland and died After 1870 before 1875 in Troy, Rensselaer, New York.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Family: Decendants of John Lynch and Ellen Bresslen.