LYONS, Jane Jennie

Jennie Lyons, Oct. 27, 1886

Identification on photo: Jennie Lyons, Oct.27th, 1886
Photo taken: T.M. Swem Studio, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1886
Purchased: Feb 2018 at the Palm Beach County Fairgrounds Antique Show

This is Jane "Jennie" Lyons, born Dec 1865, to Irish immigrant parents James Lyons (1829-1913) and Catherine Doyle (1829-1900). She had siblings Mary, James, Anna and Thomas. She and Mary were born in Wisconsin, and her younger siblings were born in Minnesota.

1880 Census > Minnesota > Scott Co. > Spring Lake
LYONS, James, head, 50, born in Ireland, Farmer
LYONS, Catherine, wife, 50, born in Ireland, keeping house
LYONS, Mary A., daughter, 19, born in Wisc., teaching school
LYONS, Jane, daughter, 15, born in Wisc., at school
LYONS, James, son, 13, born in Minn., at school
LYONS, Anna L., daughter, 11, born in Minn., at school

Jennie Lyons Murphy, June 1892

In June 1890, she married Dennis Murphy (1859-1943) and over the course of the next 14 years, produced seven daughters.

Identification on photo: Jennie Lyons Murphy, June 1892
Photo taken: A.E. Woollett, Farmington, Minnesota, 1892
Purchased: Feb 2018 at the Palm Beach County Fairgrounds Antique Show

1900 Census Minnesota > Scott Co. > Spring Lake
MURPHY, Dennis, head, Nov 1860, 39, born in Ireland, imm. 1883, farmer
MURPHY, Jennie, wife, Dec 1865, 34, born in Wisc of Irish parents
MURPHY, Katie, daughter, Jul 1893, 7, born in MN
MURPHY, Alice, daughter, Feb 1898, 3, born in MN
MURPHY, Annie, daughter, Apr 1900, 3mo., born in MN

Jennie died in 1946 at age 82 at Prior Lake, Minnesota. She is buried at Saint Peters Cemetery in Credit River, Scott County, Minnesota next to her husband, and near her parents.