Michael Joseph Lyons

   Cause of his death was Cerebral Apoplexy.

  General Notes:

The 1900 Federal Census for McKeesport, Allegheny Co., PA, District 423, page 193A records Michael (Feb 1860) and Katherine (Jan 1861) Lyons with children Archie J. (July 1886), Mike (Mar 1888), Margaret (April 1891), Mary (Jan 1892), John C. (July 1894), Martin R. (Feb 1897), Katherine Rose (Feb 1897), and William (Aug 1899) living at 1419 Locust Street. Michael and Katherine are reported as having immigrated to the U.S.A. in 1881.

The 1910 Federal Census for McKeesport, Allegheny Co., PA, District 123, sheet 2A, dated April 18, 1910 records Michael (49) and Katherine (48) Lyons with children Michael (22), Margaret (20), Marie (18), John (15), Raymond (13), Katherine (13), and William (10) living at 1327 Locust Street. Michael and Katherine have been married for 26 years. They both indicate they immigrated in 1881.

The 1920 Federal Census for McKeesport, Allegheny Co., PA, District 199, sheet 2B records Mikel [Michael] (60 - Ireland/Ireland/Ireland) and Catherine (58 - England/Ireland/Ireland) Lyons with children William (20 - PA/Ireland/ England) and Marie (26 - PA/Ireland/ England) living at 1327 Locust Street. Michael and Katherine are reported as having immigrated to the U.S.A. in 1881 and naturalized in 1886. Also in the household is grand daughter Caroline Onfeck (2 7/12 - PA/PA/PA). Michael is a laborer in a rolling mill while William is a brakeman for the rail road and Marie is a telegraph operator.

The 1930 Federal Census for McKeesport, Allegheny Co., PA, District 669, sheet 8B records the widower Mitchel [Michael] Lyons (69 - Ireland) and his widowed son William (30 - PA) living in the home of son-in-law Joseph W. Shidel (38) with wife Marie M. (38) and their sons Joseph (7) and Edward (6) at 805 Market Street. Michael lists his date of immigration as 1882.

  Medical Notes:

Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1944
Name: Michael Joseph Lyons
Residence: 700 Market Street, McKeesport, PA
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 74
Birth Date: 2 Feb 1859
Birth Place: Ireland
Death Date: 11 Oct 1931
Death Place: McKeesport, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Burial: Oct 14, 1931 at St.Marys Cemetery, McKeesport, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Father Name: Martin Lyons
Father Birth Place: Ireland
Mother Name: Mary
Mother Birth Place: Ireland
Spouse Name: Catherine Neary Lyons
Certificate Number: 93033
Informant: Mrs. Joseph Shidel (daughter Marie) of 700 Market Street, McKeesport, PA

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Puddler (1900/1910), rolling mill (1920).

Michael married Catherine Neary circa 1884. (Catherine Neary was born on 13 Jan 1861 in Birmingham, Warwick, England, died on 16 Sep 1926 in McKeesport, Allegheny Co., Pa. and was buried on 18 Sep 1926 in St.Marys Cemetery, McKeesport, Allegheny, Pennsylvania.) The cause of her death was Paralytic Stroke.