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Mary Condon
This entry is about Mary Condon (Born 1882; death not recorded). For other family members with the same first and family name, see Mary Cashin Condon (Dates not recorded), Mary Condon (1855 – 1918), Mary Condon (Born 11 July 1878; death not recorded).
Born 1882; death not recorded
Mary Condon was born about 1882 and married Patrick O'Connor of Jersey City. The 1920 census finds her there aged thirty-eight and born in Ireland, with two children, Mary and Gerard. This archive holds a second record for what may be the same woman — Mary Condon, born 11 July 1878 at Flemingstown in County Cork, daughter of Patrick Condon and Mary Ryan. The census age fits this record better than that one, but the two are kept apart until something decides it.
Family story - not yet proved
Mary Condon was born at Flemingstown, County Cork, on 11 July 1878; her proposed later identity as Mary O’Connor is unproved.
Born at Ireland
Recorded as: Mary O'Connor
Birth: From our family tree - no record found yet
How is this person related?
Andrew John Leahey’s no single word covers it — connected through Mary Ryan, who is a great-great-grandparent
Gina D. Cacace’s connected in this tree, but not by a line this tool can name
Abigail Ann Leahey’s no single word covers it — connected through Mary Ryan, who is a great-great-great-grandparent
Marie C. Fitzgerald’s no single word covers it — connected through Mary Ryan, who is a great-grandparent
Kevin Leahey’s connected in this tree, but not by a line this tool can name
Worked out from the recorded parents and marriages. No sex is recorded for anyone in this archive, so the wording stays neutral.
Life
Mary Condon was born at Flemingstown on 11 July 1878, the daughter of Patrick Condon and Mary Ryan. Her Irish civil birth entry names her father as “Patrick Condon Flemingstown,” her mother as “Mary Condon formerly Ryan,” and her father’s occupation as “Labourer.” It records the informant as “Mary Condon her mark Mother Flemingstown,” meaning her mother made a mark rather than signing, and says the birth was registered on 24 July 1878 in the Mitchelstown district.
Her parents’ marriage record places their wedding at the Roman Catholic Chapel of Castlelyons on 7 September 1865. It describes Patrick as a 25-year-old bachelor and labourer from Maghna, son of the deceased John Condon, and Mary Ryan as a 22-year-old spinster from Coole, resident with her parents and daughter of James Ryan.
Our family tree identifies the child Mary Condon as a later Mary O’Connor, wife of Patrick O’Connor and mother of Gerard and Mae. No marriage, census, or child’s record in this archive connects the Flemingstown child to that American family, so the later identity must remain a proposal.
How we know this: Strong for Mary Condon’s Irish birth and parentage; weak for her proposed marriage and later identity as Mary O’Connor. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
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Places listed on this page
- Ireland
- Castlelyons, County Cork, Ireland
- Maghna, County Cork, Ireland
- Flemingstown, County Cork, Ireland
- Mitchelstown, County Cork, Ireland
- Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey
- New Jersey
- County Cork, Ireland
- Ireland (County Cork)
- United States
- 200 18th Street, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey
- Coole, County Cork, Ireland
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Her Irish civil birth row reads “Eleventh July,” “Flemingstown,” “Mary,” father “Patrick Condon Flemingstown,” mother “Mary Condon formerly Ryan,” father “Labourer,” informant “Mary Condon her mark Mother Flemingstown,” and registration “Twenty fourth July 1878.” [9]
The record itself
Tap to open a larger copyCivil birth register, Mary Condon, 11 Jul 1878, Flemingstown
Proved by a record
Possible 1878 birth / duplicate candidate [INFERENCE]
A Flemingstown Mary born to Patrick Condon and Mary Ryan is a strong candidate, but the target’s compiled 1882 birth must not be overwritten without a later record connecting the child to Patrick O’Connor. [1]
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Born
Birth: 11 July 1878, Flemingstown; registered 24 July in the Mitchelstown superintendent registrar’s district. [9]
Proved by a record
Born
ireland
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Possible Patrick O’Connor marriage [INFERENCE]
The New Jersey bride index pairs Mary Condon with Patrick O’Connor but supplies no age or parents, so it cannot prove the Irish-child identity. [2]
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Mary Condon–Patrick O’Connor marriage-index lead
New Jersey state file 21 496 pairs a Mary Condon with Patrick O’Connor. The index gives no parents, age, birthplace, day or municipality, so neither the 1878 nor the about-1882 profile is identified as the bride. [4]
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Original records
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Tap to open a larger copyCivil marriage register, Patrick Condon and Mary Ryan, 7 Sep 1865, Castlelyons
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What the records say
9 of 10 records transcribed.
Record exhibit
Civil birth registration — Mary Condon, 11 July 1878
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Proved by a record
Verbatim transcription currently held in this archive — reproduced in full.
Eleventh July | Flemingstown | Mary | Patrick Condon Flemingstown | Mary Condon formerly Ryan | Labourer | Mary Condon her mark Mother Flemingstown | Twenty fourth July 1878.
Record exhibit
New Jersey bride index — Mary Condon and Patrick O’Connor, 1907
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Proved by a record
Verbatim transcription currently held in this archive — reproduced in full.
CONDON MARY ... OCONNOR PATRICK ... 1907.
Record exhibit
Irish civil birth register — Mary Condon, 11 July 1878
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Proved by a record
Verbatim transcription currently held in this archive — reproduced in full.
[RECORD] “Eleventh July” | “Flemingstown” | “Mary” | “Patrick Condon Flemingstown” | “Mary Condon formerly Ryan” | “Labourer” | “Mary Condon her mark Mother Flemingstown” | “Twenty fourth July 1878.” [COMPILED][CONFLICT] The separate `mary-condon-1882` profile and Patrick O’Connor spouse claim are not proved by this row and the profiles are not merged.
Record exhibit
New Jersey marriage index — Catherine Condon and Mary Condon rows
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Proved by a record
Verbatim transcription currently held in this archive — reproduced in full.
[RECORD] “CONDON CATHERINE | FITZGERALD DAVID | 9 563 | 1908.” [RECORD] “CONDON MARY | OCONNOR PATRICK | 21 496 | 1907.” [INFERENCE] The index gives no ages, parents, birthplaces, dates or municipalities, so neither Irish profile identity is proved by these rows alone.
Record exhibit
Patrick O'Connor household, 1920 United States census, Jersey City Ward 2
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Partly proved
Verbatim transcription currently held in this archive — reproduced in full.
Jersey City Ward 2, ED 123, sheet 6A, household 122. Patrick O'Connor, head, 43, born Ireland, arrived 1900, father and mother born Ireland. Mary O'Connor, wife, 38, born Ireland. Mary O'Connor, daughter, 11, born New Jersey. Gerord O'Connor, son, 9, born New Jersey.
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index
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Partly proved
Verbatim transcription currently held in this archive — reproduced in full.
Marriage of PATRICK CONDON and MARY RYAN on 07 September 1865, | Roman Catholic Chapel of Castlelyons | 25 years, | Maghna, | John Condon deceased, | 22 years, | resident with her Parents, | Coole, | James Ryan, | Marriage of PATRICK CONDON and MARY RYAN on 07 September 1865 | James Ryan | resident with her Parents | deceased,
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civil image
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Proved by a record
Verbatim transcription currently held in this archive — reproduced in full.
Marriage of PATRICK CONDON and MARY RYAN on 07 September 1865, | Roman Catholic Chapel of Castlelyons | 25 years, | Maghna, | John Condon deceased, | 22 years, | resident with her Parents, | Coole, | James Ryan, | John Condon deceased | Mary Cashin | Maghna | Coole | 200 18th | Bachelor | Labourer, | James Ryan | Labourer | Marriage of PATRICK CONDON and MARY RYAN on 07 September 1865 | Mary Ryan, | Spinster, | resident with her Parents.Show the full recordHide the full recordFull record, about 100 words
| deceased, | PATRICK CONDON … 25 years [RECORD] “September 7th 1865” | “Patrick Condon” | “25 years” | “Bachelor” | “Labourer” | “Maghna” | “John Condon deceased” | “Mary Ryan” | “22 years” | “Spinster” | “resident with her Parents” | “Coole” | “James Ryan” | “Labourer.”
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search result
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Partly proved
Verbatim transcription currently held in this archive — reproduced in full.
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Record exhibit
Irish civil birth register — Mary Condon, 11 July 1878, Flemingstown, County Cork
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Proved by a record
Verbatim transcription currently held in this archive — reproduced in full.
Eleventh July, | Flemingstown, | Mary, | Patrick Condon Flemingstown, | Mary Condon formerly Ryan, | Labourer, | Mary Condon her mark Mother Flemingstown | Twenty fourth July 1878 | CONDON MARY … OCONNOR PATRICK … 1907 | Patrick Condon | Mary Condon formerly Ryan | CONDON MARY | OCONNOR PATRICK | Labourer | Mary Condon her mark Mother Flemingstown, | Twenty fourth July 1878. | Eleventh July
Record exhibit
Mitchelstown index entry
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Partly proved
Verbatim transcription currently held in this archive — reproduced in full.
Eleventh July, | Flemingstown, | Mary, | Patrick Condon Flemingstown, | Mary Condon formerly Ryan, | Labourer, | Mary Condon her mark Mother Flemingstown | Twenty fourth July 1878 | Mary Condon her mark Mother Flemingstown, | Twenty fourth July 1878.
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What we still don't know
- Whether Mary Condon married Patrick O’Connor
- Whether she emigrated to the United States
- Whether Gerard and Mae O’Connor were her children
- Her later residences and death
- [A THIRD RECORD IS GONE, AND IT WAS THE ONE BREAKING THE RULE] Until 8 August 2026 this archive held three Marys here: the documented daughter (`mary-condon-1878`, born at Flemingstown on 11 July 1878), this documented wife of Patrick O'Connor, and a third — `mary-o-connor-1878` — which quietly asserted both at once: the 1878 birth, the Condon–Ryan parents, the O'Connor marriage and two of the couple's children. That is precisely the identification both other pages say is unproved and must not be made. It also meant Patrick O'Connor had two wives in this archive with his three children divided between them. The hybrid has been merged into this record, which is the wife role and is what the 1920 census and the New Jersey marriage index actually document. Its parent link was deliberately not carried over. Mary Arata, Mae O'Connor and Gerard O'Connor are now one woman's children. The open question is unchanged and is the whole point: is this woman the Mary Condon born at Flemingstown on 11 July 1878? The 1920 census gives her as 38 and born in Ireland, implying about 1882; the Flemingstown birth would make her 41. Four years is a lot for a census age, and it is not nothing. What would settle it: the 1907 marriage certificate, which should give her age and her father.
- [CONFLICT] The compiled profile says birth about 1882; the candidate civil birth is 11 July 1878. Preserve both until the 1907 marriage certificate or another record names Mary’s parents.
- The 11 July 1878 birth row contains neither the year 1882 nor Patrick O’Connor. Preserve the profiles separately pending a parent-naming marriage record.
- [CONFLICT] Preserve both birth readings: the record-backed Flemingstown Mary was born 11 July 1878; the separate O’Connor-spouse profile estimates about 1882. The profiles are not merged.
- [1920 CENSUS] Patrick O'Connor's household in Jersey City Ward 2 contains one wife, Mary, 38 and born in Ireland, which implies a birth about 1881-2. That fits `mary-condon-1882` better than the 11 July 1878 of `mary-o-connor-1878`. It is one enumerator's age and does not by itself decide whether these two records are one woman or two, but it is the first hard evidence either way.
References
- [1] Civil birth registration — Mary Condon, 11 July 1878Back to citation 1a Back to citation 1b
- [2] New Jersey bride index — Mary Condon and Patrick O’Connor, 1907Back to citation 2a Back to citation 2b
- [3] Irish civil birth register — Mary Condon, 11 July 1878Back to citation 3
- [4] New Jersey marriage index — Catherine Condon and Mary Condon rowsBack to citation 4a Back to citation 4b
- [5] Patrick O'Connor household, 1920 United States census, Jersey City Ward 2Back to citation 5
- [6] indexBack to citation 6
- [7] civil imageBack to citation 7
- [8] search resultBack to citation 8
- [9] Irish civil birth register — Mary Condon, 11 July 1878, Flemingstown, County CorkBack to citation 9a Back to citation 9b Back to citation 9c
- [10] Mitchelstown index entryBack to citation 10