Margaret REYNOLDS

  General Notes:

Margaret married William Lynn, son of Nicholas Lynn and Mary Lynn. (William Lynn was born in Mar 1867 in Pennsylvania.)

1900 Census of Luzerne County of Pennsylvania states William is 33 years old, his wife Margaret is 32 years old, and his occupation is brakeman. So the Census taker erred in writing his birth year as 1877 (1900-33=1867) and writing his wife Margaret as born in 1878 (1900-32=1868 birth year. Though this still seems incorrect as the 1870 census mentioned below computes her DOB as 1864 which agrees with her death certificate shown here.

The 1870 Pennsylvania census indicates Margaret's parents were Patrick Reynolds and Catherine Lenahan and 5 children are listed: Alise (sic) age 12, Mary, age 9, Margaret, age 6 (making her born 1864), Elen, age 3, and John, age 7 months. It further delineates the parents born in Ireland; even though the 1900 census of Margaret and husband William Lynn her father is listed born in Scotland and mother born in Ireland.

Margaret's death certificate lists her date of birth as August 3, 1864, which is different from the 1900 census listed above. Her death certificate also gives her father and mother's name and place of birth as Patrick Reynolds, Ireland, and Catherine Lenahan, Ireland.

Another family tree on Ancestry.com lists children of Patrick and Catherine as: Alice Reynolds, b.1858; Mary Reynolds, b.1861; Ellen Reynolds Cuddy, 1867-1955, and Margaret A Reynolds, b.1868; as well as John, b.1870.

Margaret married William N. LYNN, son of Nicholas LYNN and Mary LYNN. (William N. LYNN was born in Mar 1867 in Pennsylvania.)