Allegheny County PA Archives-  Obituaries: FLANIGAN, Martha, 26 Apr 1904

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from The Pittsburgh Press dated Wednesday, April 27, 1904 (page 5):
 
Mrs Martha FLANIGAN, who for many years was a resident of the Sixth
ward, Pittsburg, died yesterday at the residence of her granddaughter,
Mrs D J MURPHY, 7712 Tuscarora street, East End. Mrs FLANIGAN was one
of the oldest residents of Pittsburg, being born on Penn avenue near
Sixth street, in 1826. She was a pew holder in St Paul's Roman
Catholic Cathedral from its erection to the time of its abandonment.
Mrs FLANIGAN was the widow of Bernard FLANIGAN, to whom she was
married in 1842. She is survived by her two sons, Frank J and James R
FLANIGAN, of the Pittsburg mail service, and two daughters, Mrs Edward
O'BRIEN and Sister Marie of the Sisters of Charity of Wilkinsburg;
also 11 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.
 
 
from the City of Pittsburgh Death Records:
 
Martha FLANIGAN, 84 years 1 month 28 days, married, died April 26,
1904; daughter of Frances and Mary TENNONS (poss TIMMONS), both of
Ireland; born in Pittsburgh; lived at 7712 Tuscarora Street; burial in
Calvary Cemetery on April 28, 1904.