Daniel and Margaret (Flynn) Bermingham

Presumably, Daniel married Margaret Flynn, but I have not found a marriage reference.

On Feb.15, 1898 their son John was born.  His birth is listed in the New York State Birth Index, 1881-1942;  Daniel and Margaret are listed as his parents on John's marriage certificate, so that's how we know who we're talking about here.

Margaret Flynn was born about 1874, the last of eleven children of Patrick and Ellen (Sullivan) Flynn.  She first appears in the records in the 1880 U.S. Census, at six years old.

Her parents were both born in Ireland and emigrated to the U.S. sometime before 1865.

In that year, they were living in Elmira and enumerated for the New York State Census, along with their children:  Hanora, John, Mary and Marian, as well as Patrick's father Daniel.

Five years later, on the 1870 U.S. Census, Patrick and Ellen have two more children, Thomas and Morris.  There is also one child, ten years old, named Kate who I think is actually Marian from the former censuses.  It's not likely that a family would have a Mary and a Marian, when they are so similar.  Probably confusion or information misheard.  I have searched for Marian Flynn and not see any record of her.  

Patrick is working as a laborer, and the family is living in Ward 3 of the city.

The birth years on these two censuses show 1825 for Patrick and 1815 for Ellen, but I don'tthink these are correct.  Again, somebody in the household took a guess, probably.  The 1880 U.S. Census and the Joyce Tice website indicate that she was born in 1840.

Ellen is included on a list of "Elmira Deaths" on Joyce Tice's website.  The date of her death is Jan.19 1874, at the age of 34.  I wonder if she died giving birth to Margaret, or from complications thereof  She was buried in the Catholic Cemetery, which later became Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery.  

On the 1880 U.S. Census, Patrick is now a widower, still living at 703 Third St., along with his children John, Mary, Morris and Maggie.  There are also two "new" children Timothy, 8 and Annie 7.  Makes my head spin.  Interesting to note that Patrick's father is living with him again and is 100 years old.  Thomas, Hanora and Catherine are no longer living there.  

Hanora married Timothy McElligott sometime between 1870 and 1880.  They were living at 505 Madison Ave. Elmira with their two-months-old daughter Ella on the 1880 U.S. Census.

Catherine married Stephen Watts on May 23 1888.

Where Catherine and Thomas went, I don't know yet.

And where did Timothy and Annie come from?  There are always more questions!