Monday, February 2, 2026

James and Catherine on the 1880 Census

On  the 1880 U.S. Census, they are shown living at 218 Eldridge St., on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.  They have two children, Andrew, 4, and James, 2.



Also living at this address, next door to James and Kathy,  are the "Martindahl's".  Actually, this family are the Doyle's:  Martin, and his wife, Elizabeth (Dunn), sister to James' wife Kathy, their three children, and Mary Dunn, 76 years old, who is probably Elizabeth and Kathy's mother, Mary Hand.  The enumerator heard "Martindahl," instead of "Martin Doyle" when he asked for the name of the head of the household, because of someone's Irish accent.

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