Anastasia Dwyer

   Another name for Anastasia was Stacia.

  General Notes:

The 1880 Federal Census for Washington Township, Miami Co., Ohio, District 147, page 383A, dated June 14, 1880 records Stacia Dewyer (9 - Ohio) living with her parents James (50 - Ireland/Ireland/Ireland) and Mary (45 - Ireland/Ireland/Ireland) Dewyer and siblings Lawrence (16 - Ohio), Catherine (15 - Ohio), Hannah (14 - Ohio), Mary (13 - Ohio), Elizabeth (11 - Ohio), Fannie (7 - Ohio), Sarah (5 - Ohio), and William (1 - Ohio). James works in a Distillery.

The 1900 Federal Census for Piqua City, Washington Township, Miami Co., Ohio, District 92, page 151B, dated June 11, 1900 records James (June 1829 - Ireland/Ireland/Ireland) and Mary (Sept 1836 - Ireland/Ireland/Ireland) Dwyer with their children William (Oct 1872) and Sarah (Aug 1875) and grand daughter Francis Enwright (May 1890) living at 632 South Main Street. James and Mary have been married for 43 years [1856] and have had 13 children of whom 11 are still living. James immigrated in 1854 while Mary in 1855. James has no employment while William works as a molder and Sarah as a printer.

The obituary below for Anastasia O'Brien McKinney was sent to this researcher on February 15, 2010 by
Robert Byrd, MD, MPH
UC Davis Medical Center
Department of Pediatrics
Section of General Pediatrics
2516 Stockton Blvd., Ticon II, Suite 337
Sacramento, CA 95817
Mrs. Anastasia O'Brien McKinney, 91, formerly of 632 S. Main, died at her residence, 4339 Rose Hill Lane, Cincinnati, at 5:45 a.m. Monday. Born in Piqua, July 31, 1871, she was the daughter of James and Mary Furlong Dwyer. She was first married to John O'Brien. Her second husband was Pat McKinney. Both preceded her in death. Mrs. McKinney had lived in Cincinnati two years. She was a member of St. Mary Church in Piqua and its Ladies Society. Surviving are three children, Mrs. Florence Kussman of Dayton; Harry O'Brien of Washington, D.C. and James (Pete) O'Brien, with whom she made her home in Cincinnati. Also surviving are one sister, Mrs. Sarah Schneider of Piqua, 14 grandchildren, and 34 great grandchildren. Requiem High Mass will be intoned Thursday at 11:15 a.m. in St. Mary Church with burial in Forrest Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the Melcher Funeral Home from 4 until 9 p.m. Wednesday. Women of St. Mary Church will meet for Rosary at 7 p.m. Wednesday. (Obituary from the Piqua Daily Call \endash 5/14/1963)

Note \endash the obit has Anastasia's second husband's name as McKinney, but it is really McKenney. Even her son wrote it as 'McKinney' when he wrote a story of his life in 1968. The tombstones, Patrick's death notice, information about Patrick's son, Robert (who died in WW I) has the spelling otherwise (McKenney). Such discrepancies make it hard to connect the dots without a few clues.

The following burial information was taken from http://www.tdn-net.com/genealogy/piqua/f_hill-m.htm#a
Date of Burial: May 16 1963, Name: Mrs. Anastasia McKinney, Age: 91 Place of Birth: Ohio, Section 037, Lot St. Mary

Anastasia married John J. O'brien, son of Henry O'brien and Hannah Curran. (John J. O'brien was born in Dec 1866 in Ironton, Lawrence Co., Ohio and died on 10 Mar 1902 in Piqua, Miami Co., Ohio.)