OBIT: Mary (HYLAND) BRACKEN, 1889, Blair County, PA

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PASSING AWAY.
Those Who Have Joined the Innumerable Host Beyond the Silent River.

Mrs. Hugh Bracken, formerly a resident of this city, died Tuesday
morning at 5 o'clock at her residence in Philadelphia, to which place
she went from here about five years ago.  She came to Altoona thirty
years ago and made her home in Logantown until her going to
Philadelphia,  She was born in county Longforth, Ireland, and at the
time of death was 55 years old.  Beside her husband she leaves four
children, who are Maggie, Joseph, Julia and Hugh Bracken, and a
brother, Mr. Michael Hyland, of this city.  The interment took place
in the Catholic cemetery at Summit, Cambria county, where four of her
children are buried.

Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Thursday, January 10, 1889, page 7

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Hugh Bracken
Age: 48
Birth Date: Abt 1832
Birthplace: Ireland
Home in 1880: Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania, USA
Street: Chestnut Street
House Number: 330
Dwelling Number: 110
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Mary Bracken
Father's Birthplace: Ireland
Mother's Birthplace: Ireland
Occupation: Laborer
Maimed, Crippled, or Bedridden: Yes
Household Members:
Hugh Bracken  48
Mary Bracken  40
Margret Bracken  16
Joseph P. Bracken  9
Julia Bracken  7
Hugh Bracken  2