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     Anna Latham was born in 1767 at Noank, New London County, CT. She married (1) Elihu Palmer. Anna Latham married (2) Capt. Benjamin Ashbey in 1798.³ Anna Latham died on 26 August 1864.³

     Anna Latham, age 94, was living with Latham Ashbey at the time of the 1860 Census.⁴ Married name: Palmer. Married name: Ashbey.

General source(s) for this information, see footnotes.^1,2

     William Slocum Latham Jr was born in 1765 at Groton, New London County, CT. He died on 29 January 1849 at Ledyard, New London County, CT.

     General source(s) for this information, see footnotes.¹

     Isidore P Latour married Sarah C Latour.¹ Isidore P Latour died on 21 April 1886 at Fort Lee, NJ.¹

      Text on filecard
     Isidore P Latour died 21 Apr 1886 at Fort Lee, NJ, leaving widow Sarah C and 1 daughter. Sarah C Latour executrix, John S. Watkins executor.¹

     Abigail Laurence was born circa 1716 at Cedarville, NJ.¹ She married Daniel Elmer, son of Daniel Elmer and Margaret Parsons, in 1738.¹ Abigail Laurence died on 2 July 1770.¹

     Nathan Lorrance came from New England to Long Island before 1720. He settled in Cedarville, NJ and Cohansey.¹ Name variation: Abigail Lorrance.¹ Married name: Elmer.

     Abigail Laurence married Theophilus Elmer, son of Daniel Elmer and Margaret Parsons.¹ Abigail Laurence died in 1775.¹

     Married name: Elmer.

     Neeltjien Laurens married Theunis Gijsbertszn in den Boogaertman, son of Gijsbert in den Boogaertman. Neeltjien Laurens died before 1646.¹

     NOTE: The Bogert File (DeWitt) had a marriage with Cornelius Bastiaens after 1647, while there was a death date of 1646! It is unclear where this comes from, and while it is certainly possible there was a Neeltje Laurens married to a Cornelis Bastiaens, it seems unlikely to be this one.^2,3 Married name: in den Boogaertman.

     Tryntje Laurens was born on 14 November 1650 at Amsterdam, The Netherlands.² She married David Provoost.¹ (Banns for Tryntje Laurens and David Provoost publ. On 29 July 1668.)²

     Married name: Provoost.

     Maren Lauritzdatter was born on 18 March 1764 at Jels Sogn (Parish), Haderslev Amt, Denmark.¹ She married Thomas Madsen on 16 September 1786 (Jels (Sogn) Pari, Haderslev Co., Den.)¹ Maren Lauritzdatter died on 14 October 1839 at Jels Sogn (Parish).¹

     Married name: Madsen.

     Margarethe Hanssen Lauritzdatter was born circa 1727 at Schohuus, Aller Sogn (Parish), Haderslev Amt., Denmark.¹ She married Tonnes Jorgenssen circa 1753.¹ Margarethe Hanssen Lauritzdatter died on 10 May 1805 at Skodborg Sogn (Parish), Haderslev Amt., Denmark.¹

     Married name: Jorgenssen.

     Barbara Lauten was born on 6 January 1837 at Trebeledorf, Germany.¹ She married Phillip Dietz.¹ Barbara Lauten died on 4 August 1917 at Ridgefield, NJ.¹

     Name variation: Barbara Wolf? Married name: Dietz.

     Agnes Lavelle was born in 1877.¹ She died in 1966 unmarried.¹ She was buried in Calvary Cemetery in Woodside.¹

     She studied at Maplehurst.¹

     Elise Lavelle died circa 1964.¹

     Among her things when she died was a book of clippings about her mother who had been a sculptor.¹ Married name: McDonald.

     Florence Lavelle was born on 27 August 1894 at Tannersville, Greene County, NY.¹ She died on 12 December 1894 at 170 St Boston Av, Bronx, NY, at age 4 mo, 16 ds.¹ She was buried on 13 December 1894 in Calvary Cemetery in Woodside, Mullen plot, Grave 16.¹

     General source(s) for this information, see footnotes, and Death Certificate #39332 Bronx 1894. Florence Lavelle.¹

     Francis J Lavelle was born in 1872 at New York, NY.¹ He died on 16 July 1953 at New York.¹

     He was a priest.¹ Name variation: Father Francis Lavelle.¹

     Francis Michael Lavelle was born on 29 April 1890 at New York, NY.¹ He married Elizabeth Regina Callanan, daughter of Michael J Callanan and Emma L Rogers, on 25 June 1921 (Church of the Ascension, 107th St., NYC, NY.)¹ Francis Michael Lavelle died on 27 April 1935 at Brooklyn, NY, of a cerebral hemorrage, and nephritis.¹ He was buried in Calvary Cemetery in Woodside.¹

     George Lavelle was born in 1868.¹ He married (1) (?) Columbani.¹ George Lavelle married (2) Elizabeth Poole.¹

     George Lavelle was born after 1900.¹ He married Mary Genevieve Heaney on 21 November 1926 (City Island, NY.)¹

     George Lavelle was born in 1909.¹ He died in February 1969.¹

     He graduated from Fordham, and was a Captain in the Air Force.¹

     Helen (Ellen?) Marie Lavelle was born in March 1880 at New York.¹ She died at New York.¹ She was buried on 24 October 1955 in Calvary Cemetery in Woodside.¹

     From a note in the Calvary plot list: Helen Marie Lavelle was also known as Margaret Burns, she was 90 when buried in grave 11/12, Section 7, Range 6, Plot C.
     Helen, or Ellen was listed in the 1880 census as 1/2 year old. If the Helen Lavelle, also known as Margaret Burns in the Calvary plot is the same person listed as ago 90, she would have been born in 1865. Either this is not the same person, or age at burial would have been 75.¹

     James Lavelle was born in August 1873 at New York, NY.¹ He died on 29 July 1903 at 121 Lexington Ave, New York City, NY, of typhoid fever.¹ He was buried in Calvary Cemetery in Woodside, Patrick Lavelle plot, grave 5.²

     James Lavelle was a builder.²

     Loretta Lavelle was born in 1894.¹ She died on 22 May 1895 at New York.¹ She was buried in Calvary Cemetery in Woodside.¹

     A Loretta Lavelle appears in Patrick's cemetery plot, she is too young to be third wife Margaret's child (Error in Calvary records?)¹

     Michael Lavelle was born in 1800 at Ireland.¹ He married Rose (?)¹ Michael Lavelle died in 1860 at New York, NY.¹ He was buried in Calvary Cemetery in Woodside.¹

     Michael Joseph Lavelle was born on 30 May 1856 at New York.¹ He died on 17 October 1939 at New York.¹ He was buried in St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City.¹

     He was Vicar General of St. Patrick's Cathedral.¹ Name variation: Msgr. Lavelle.¹

General source(s) for this information, see footnotes.^1,2

     Patricia Lavelle was born circa 1916.¹ She died in 1974 at Montreal, Canada.¹

     Married name: Cudahy.

General source(s) for this information, see footnotes, and from Eleanor Lavelle, widow of George of River Edge, 1987..¹

     Patrick Lavelle was born in 1827 at Forkhill, County Armaugh, Ireland.¹ He married (1) Rose Fitzsimmons in 1855 (New York, NY.)¹ Patrick Lavelle married (2) Catherine Bough in 1867 (New York, NY.)¹ Patrick Lavelle married (3) Margaret (?) circa 1876 at New York City, NY.¹ Patrick Lavelle died on 8 March 1900 at New York, NY, of appendicitis (in his home on Lexington Ave.)² He was buried in Calvary Cemetery in Woodside.¹

     According to his own testimony (stated in his application 27672 when opening an account at the Emigrant Savings Bank on Dec. 29, 1861 in N.Y.C., and a second account (36400) on September 19, 1863 when he was still living at 356 Broome St.), Patrick Lavelle was born in 1826 in Forkhill, County Armagh, Ireland. He was the son of Michael and Rose, by trade a carpenter, and arrived in New York in 1849 on the 'Falchion'.
     The potato blight first appeared in Ireland in 1847 and destroyed most severely the potato crops of the west coast of Ireland, later affecting other parts of the country at different times. In County Armagh the effects of the Famine were not as severe. The chief crop in that area was not potatoes but flax which is used to make the still high prized Irish linen. Armagh is part of Northern Ireland, where the majority of the population was Protestant.
Patrick's descendants always implied that he came from Connemara in western Ireland, where there are many Lavelles- a name which can be traced back to the Norman invasion of Ireland in 1174. The fact that he came from Northern Ireland was not something he probably spoke of often to his large Catholic family. Most immigrants were only too happy to forget their impoverished pasts as they made better lives for themselves in the U.S. If he and his family were directly affected by the Famine, or if he emigrated because as a Catholic his prospects were not good, can only be surmised.
     Patrick was not found in the 1850 U. S. Census. It was not until 1855, six years after his arrival in New York and the year he first married that his name appears in the New York City Directory as Patrick Lavell, a carpenter living at 119 Spring Street. Nothing is known of his mother or if he had any siblings, but a Michael Lavell - possibly his father with whom he may have been living - had been listed in 1853 living in 223 Elizabeth St. in lower Manhattan. It is likely that before 1853 they lived in a boarding house, where individual tenants were not listed by name.
     The First Marriage
     In 1855 Patrick married 19 year old Rose Fitzsimmons, who was born in Ireland in 1836. Their parish church was Old St. Patrick's, at Mulberry and Mott Streets. In their nine years of marriage, Rose gave birth to Michael in 1856, Rose in 1858, and Mary, probably in 1859 and Peter, who was born in 1860 when the family was living first at 336 Broome St. They then moved to 856 Broome St. where Catherine was born in 1862. Catherine died at the age of 2 in December 1864.
     When Rose died in May of 1864 she left Patrick with many small motherless children: Michael 8, Rose 6, and Peter 4. (How long Mary lived was not recorded. Catherine survived her mother by only seven months.) The causes of the deaths of Catherine and Rose are not known, but with the poor sanitation of the times and disease rampant, unfortunately the deaths of infants and mothers in childbirth were all too common at the time.
     The Second Marriage
     For three years Patrick remained widowed. Between 1865 and 1870 the family lived at 356 Broome St. In 1867 at age 31 he married 35 year old Catherine Bough. This marriage produced five more children: George was born in 1868, and Margaret was born in 1869.
     George Sarsfield Patrick was born in 1871. His unusual name later (in the 1900 and 1910 Censuses) appears as his middle name- Patrick Sarsfield. He was apparently named for the famous Irish patriot Patrick Sarsfield (1650-1693) who was made a general in the French Army, later defended Limerick and died at Landen.
Francis was born in 1872 and James in 1873.
Between 1868 and 1870 in addition to his home address, business addresses were found for Patrick, first at 125 Elizabeth St., and then at 251 28th St., indicating that he had become prosperous enough to maintain his own business establishment.
     Catherine died in 1874 after seven years of marriage, leaving Patrick with her own five and Rose's three children orphaned once again. Now Patrick was left with at least eight motherless children: Michael 18, Rose 16, Peter 14, George 6, Margaret 5, Sarsfield 3, Francis 2, and James just one year old. The family was then living at 236 Broome St.
     The Third Marriage
     Not surprisingly, once again needing someone to mother his brood, Patrick two years later married Margaret, another immigrant who was born in Ireland in 1843. Twenty-four years younger than Patrick, Margaret at 33 became his third wife in 1876 and the mother of Agnes in 1877 and Helen (Ellen) in 1880.
Fourteen years later Loretta was born in 1894, dying at age 9 months and and buried in May 1 1895, a year before her mother Margaret who died at the age of 53.
By this time Michael had been an ordained priest since 1879 and had become the rector of St. Patrick's Cathedral. Rose now 38, had married John Mullen. Peter 36, had married Mary Bowe.
The children of the second marriage were now also adults: George was 28, Margaret 26, Sarsfield 25, Francis 24 and probably by then a seminarian, and James was 23. Of the third marriage Agnes was 19 and Helen 16.
     The NYC Directory lists the family at 121 Lexington Ave. by 1898, Patrick's occupation now given as contractor-builder-carpenter. Relatives remembered the house at this address, which was said to have contained furniture that had been built by Patrick. It was located on the east side of Lexington Ave. between 28th and 29th Streets, the only one with a stoop, and was around the corner from St. Stephen's Church. Patrick's business address was close by, at 251 28th Street. 'He was known to have been a contractor and a man of moderate means, maintaining a comfortable home for his large family.' (1983 letter from St. Joseph's Seminary where his eldest son Michael studied.)¹ Patrick Lavelle and Catherine Lavelle appeared on the census of 1870 at Broome Street (14th Ward), New York City, NY. Listed: Patrick Lavelle (carpenter, age 42, b. Ireland), Catherine (age 27), Michael (14), Rosanah (Rose Anna, 12), Peter (10), Mary (no age given, daughter Mary would have been 11.) Margaret, Catherine's daughter, was born
in 1869 and is not named, yet she is in the 1880 Census and Mary is not. (NOTE: The image at FamilySearch shows Mary as 8 y.o, and Margaret (indexed as Mayert) as 11 mo.)^1,3,4,5 Patrick Lavelle appeared on the census of 1880 at 121 E. 28th St., New York City, NY. Listed were (indexed and written as Lovell!): Patrick Lavelle ( white, male, 45 (actually 53) b. Ireland), Margaret (wife, 36, b. New York), Agnes (daughter, 3, b. NY), Ellen (daughter, 1/12, b. NY), Rosanna (Rose Anna) (daughter, 22, b. NY), Peter (son, 20, b. NY), George (son, 12, b. NY), Margaret (daughter, 10, b. NY), Sarsfield (son, 9, b. NY), Frank (s, 7, b. NY), James (son, 6, b. NY), and a Catherine Lynch (75, b. Ireland, a relative? At 75 she would have been too old to have been a servant, yet she was not buried in the family plot.)^1,6
     Obituaries in New York Irish American newspapers (The Irish World and American Industrial Liberator, Mar.17, 1900, p.2) listed all of bishops and priests who attended, led by his sons Msgr. Michael Lavelle and Rev. Francis Lavelle, but there was no mention of his birthplace in Ireland, and the year he arrived was given incorrectly as 1848. ('He was born in Ireland in 1827. He came to the United States about 1848.)'
     To bury his deceased family members, on January 1860 Patrick purchased in Calvary Cemetery Section 3, Range 28, Plot N graves for: Michael Lavelle, 60 born Ireland, bur. 29 January 1860 (his father?), Mary Lavelle, 65 born Ireland, bur. 31 January 1860 (a step-mother? aunt?), Rose Lavelle, 28, born Ireland, bur. 23 May 1864 (his first wife), Catherine Lavelle, 2, born NY, bur. 6 Dec. 1864
     Upon the death of Catherine, his second wife, in 1874, Patrick purchased a larger plot in Calvary Cemetery, moving those who had died earlier into Plot C, Range 6, Section 7. The data given about those buried there has provided much information about the Lavelle family. A Julia Harvey who died December of 1882 could possible be the mother of Patrick's third wife Margaret, whose maiden name is not given. Also in the plot are a Rose Reilly, who was born in Ireland and buried in the plot in 1896 at the age of 90, and Eugene Reilly most likely her son, who was born in the U.S. and died at the age of 64 in 1902. The relationship of the Reillys to the Lavelles has not been established. An asterisk next to the name of Helen Marie Lavelle, who was buried October 24, 1955 at the age of 90, indicated that she was also known as Margaret Burns, her death date does not correspond to any of Patrick's known children, possibly she was a remarried widow of one of his sons.
     The Lavelle plot in Calvary has one of the tallest gravestones in that section with an inscription reading:
     From Emigrant Savings Bank records, Reel 6, Test Book 2A, #27672 Dec. 29, 1861
Another entry for a second account in the bank records, #36400 Sept. 19, 1863
These bank records were found in the New York Public Library, 9/12/1997. They are also online on Ancestry.com.

     Patrick Sarsfield Lavelle was born in 1871.¹ He married Emma S Buchanan.^1,2

     Patrick Sarsfield Lavelle appeared on the census of 1900 at 129 East 29th Street, New York City, NY. Listed were: Sarsfield Lavelle (b. Sept. 1870, age 29, b. NYC), Emma S. (wife, b. Feb 1880, age 21), and Andrew Buchanan (father-in-law, b. Aug 1830, age 69, b. Ireland). Acc. to Hoffstetter-Lavelle File the address was 121 Lexington Ave.^1,3,2 He and Emma had no children.¹ 1897/98 and 1898/99 NYC Directory lists him as Lavelle, Sarsfield P. plumber 162 E. 28th St. h.121 Lexington Ave.¹

     Peter J Lavelle was born in 1860 at New York, NY.¹ He married (1) Mary E Bowe circa 1889 at New York, NY.¹ Peter J Lavelle married (2) Mary Brady.¹ Peter J Lavelle died on 2 April 1923 at Bronx, NY.¹ He was buried on 5 April 1923 in Calvary Cemetery in Woodside.¹

     Born in lower Manhattan, son of Patrick Lavelle and Rose Fitzsimmons, he was a graduate of De La Salle Institute of NYC. Family members say he was a builder; his NYT obituary refers to him as a retired box manufacturer.
He was married to Mary Bowe by 1889.

NYC Directory 1897/98 and 1898/99 lists
Lavelle, Peter J - stable- 224 Mulberry h.170th n.Boston Rd.
This would indicate he had a stable (livery?) business at the time .
Probably in 1899 he married Mary A. Brady, as he was a widower with 2 small children. Mary Brady's brother was Judge John Brady of Albany.

1900 Census- (some discrepancies with other sources)
Peter J. Lavelle v.184 E.O.1025 Sheet 11 Line 53
White male b. May 1863 Age 37
985 E. 170th St. Bronx NY.(685 is the correct address)
Mary A. wife, b. Jan 1873 NY age 26 (Second wife)
Frank M son, b. Apr 1891 NY age 9
Rose dtr, b. Jun 1893 NY age 6
also in household- Smith, Katherine H.K.(housekeeper?)age 35, b.Ireland not registered citizen
By this time, the address was merely 170th St, and Boston Rd. was not mentioned.

Peter Lavelle was appointed by Mayor Gaynor as a member of NYC Board of Education 12 Sep 1912 to 12 Jan 1916 (confirmed in a letter from NYC Bd of Ed, 17 Jun 1980). This appointment could well have been influenced by the fact that his brother, Msgr.Michael Lavelle was rector of St. Patrick's Cathedral.

When his son Francis was married on June 25,1921, he was living at 685 E.170th St., according to to the announcement in the paper.

Death certificate #2735
d. Apr. 2 1923 at 480 Mott Ave. Bronx NY age 62
cause myocarditis - hypertension, angina pectoris.

NY Times obit.
Peter J. Lavelle Dies Suddenly
Peter J. Lavelle, a retired box manufacturer and brother of the Rt. Rev. Mnsr.
Michael Lavelle, Rector of St. Patrick's Cathedral, died suddenly yesterday afternoon of heart disease. Mr. Lavelle was inspecting property in which he was interested at 480 Mott Ave.,the Bronx, when he was stricken.
Born in lower Manhattan sixty-three years ago, Mr. Lavelle was educated in the parochial schools. Under Mayor Gaynor, he served as a member of the Board of Education.
Mr. Lavelle is survived by his wife, two sons, Francis and George, and a daughter, Mrs. William Dougherty.

Another local NY newspaper obituary(a clipping with the name of the paper -local? Diocesan?- not shown was found among his deceased daughter in law's effects):
Funeral of Peter Lavelle Attended by Many Friends
Attended by Archbishop Hayes, five monsignors of the Catholic Church, more than 30 priests and nearly 1,000 people, the funeral of Peter J. Lavelle, 55 (??) 685 E. 170th St., Bronx contractor, was held at the Church of St. Thomas Aquinas, 1903 Daly Ave. Interment followed at Calvary Cemetery.
Lavelle died suddenly Monday while inspecting work on a building in the course of construction at 480 Mott Ave. Death was due to heart failure.
A solemn high mass was celebrated at the church by Right Rev. Monsignor Michael J. Lavelle, brother of the deceased Bronxite, who was assisted by Rev. Francis Lavelle, another brother, as deacon, and Rev. Francis Barry as sub-deacon. Rev. Denis Coyle, pastor of the church, with his assistants, Rev. Daniel Sullivan and Rev. Nicholas Rimelli, also assisted.
Archbishop Hayes with the five monsignors remained within the altar rail during the mass as did many of the priests present. All were robed in black cassock and white surplices.
Among the nearly 1,000 others at the mass, were representatives of the Knights of Columbus, Catholic Benovelant Legion and other organizations with which the Bronxite was affiliated.
Archbishop Hayes with the monsignors journed to the cemetary and participated in the services for the dead at the grave, an unusual honor. The monsignors present were Right Rev. Daniel Burke, Francis Wall, William Livingston, Joseph Dineen and John Evers. Pastors of practically all the churches in the borough were present with those from churches in the entire city.
Coming to the Bronx with his wife Mary 32 years ago, Lavelle became one of the pioneers of the West Farms sections and because of his association with charities and organizations in the borough had many friends. He was a trustee for the Church of St. Thomas Aquinas for 25 years and was at all times prominent in that church's functions.

At time of death, his residence was 685 E 170 St Bronx, NY.

Burial plot- The Mullen Plot
Purchased by John J. Mullen Apr. 1889 (Peter's sister Rose's father-in-law)
Calvary Sec. 10, plot 113, grave 15
Buried April 5, 1923 from Fordham Mortuary
Grave marker- Mary E. Lavelle (First wife)
Died Feb 28 1898
in the 38th year
of her age

Peter J Lavelle His sister Rose A Mullen (1857-1921) wife of John Mullen(1859-1913)
in the 63rd year is buried with her husband and inlaws in this plot with his sisters and some of
of his age Rose and John's infant children

Mary A Lavelle (second wife)
Born June 17, 1872
Died Dec. 14, 1955

Florence Lavelle
born July 27, 1894
died Dec 12, 1894

Raymond Lavelle
born July 10, 1892
died Aug 11, 1892.¹

General source(s) for this information, see footnotes, and census, obituary, and death certificate (they do not agree on date of birth).¹

     Raymond Lavelle was born on 11 July 1892 at New York.¹ He died on 13 August 1892 at New York at age 1 mo, 2 ds.¹ He was buried in Calvary Cemetery in Woodside, Mullen plot, Grave 16, with his parents and sister.¹

     Rose Lavelle was born on 9 June 1893.¹ She married William I Dougherty on 27 October 1915.¹ Rose Lavelle died on 6 July 1964.¹

     Married name: Dougherty.

     Rose Anna Lavelle was born on 13 December 1857 at New York.¹ She married John J Mullen, son of John Mullen and Catherine (?).¹ Rose Anna Lavelle died on 6 September 1921 at 420 E. 84th St., Manhattan, NY.¹ She was buried on 9 September 1921 in Calvary Cemetery in Woodside, Section 10, Plot 113, grave 13/14.¹

     Married name: Mullen.

General source(s) for this information, see footnotes, and Death Certificate 21188 Manhattan 1921 (NYC Archives 28 Jan 1992). Rose A. Mullen.¹