Biographies

Fallon, Annie: married name of Annie Murray, d. before 3/1915 [Chronicle 03/18/1915]

Mitchell, Catherine [Murray]:
b. Ireland ca. 1858 [1880 census] - 1862 [death notice]
m. Thomas Mitchell no later than 1880 [1880 census]
children: none listed in death notice, but cf. Thomas Mitchell
d. 3/07/1895 age 32.8 [Call 03/08/1895]

Mitchell, Edward:
b. Ireland ca. 1842 [1880 census] - 1844 [death notice]
emigrated before 1870 [living with Michael Murray in 1870 census]
marriage/children: cf. Margaret Mitchell
d. SF 3/18/1890 age 45 [Chronicle 03/21/1890]
Laborer for Michael Murray [1870 census], dairyman [1880 census]
[worked/lived with Michael/Bridget Murray [1870 census], Bridget neé Mitchell; perhaps Bridget was his aunt?]

Mitchell, Margaret [O'Connor]:
b. NY 9/1853 [1900 census]
neé: variously Conners / Connors / O'Connor
r. 1870 Lewis County NY with parents James/Mary Conners and 10 siblings [1870 census]
brother Edward O'Connor, q.v.
m. Edward Mitchell no later than 1876 [Mary b. 1877] (presumably in SF, as Edward lived in SF by 1870)
children: Mary b. ca. 1877 [1880 census], Annie b. 1879, Joseph b. 1880, Catherine b. 1881, Ellen b. ca. 1882 [1910 census], Frances b. 1885, John b. 1887, Edward (Jr.) b. 1889 [all 1900 census except as noted; 8 children total, all born CA]
r. 505 29th at least through 1935 [Crocker Langley 1935]
d. after 1935 [Mary O'Keeffe death notice Chronicle 05/05/1936]
[Child Lawrence per 1890s photo donor description not found in any census.]

Mitchell, Patrick:
[1870 census: Patrick Mitchell b. Ireland ca. 1829 / wife Bridget Mitchell b. Ireland ca. 1830; might be older brother of Bridget [Mitchell] Murray]

Mitchell, Thomas:
b. Ireland ca. 1848 [1880 census] - 1850 [1900 census]
emigrated 1870; naturalized [1900 census]
m. Catherine Murray [Mitchell] not later than 1880
children John 9/1879, Thomas 4/1882, Mary 11/1883, Michael 12/1885, James 8/1887, Joseph 7/1890, Margaret 10/1893 [1900 census]
[Catherine's death notice does not mention children!]
Driver for Murray & Mitchell, r. at dairy [1880 Langley]
Milker for Bridget Murray, r. 29th/Castro (not Noe!) [1885, 1889, 1890 Langley]
r. 32nd/Castro [1891 Langley], 32nd/Diamond [1892 Langley], 29th/Sanchez [1893 Langley]
Dairyman r. 427 Munich [1900 census]
[wife Catherine's mother was Bridget Murray neé Mitchell, perhaps Catherine and Thomas were cousins?]
[Relation Thomas to Edward Mitchell uncertain; brothers or cousins?]
[1896 Langley lists Thos. Mitchell diary at Naples/Russia.

Murray, Bridget:
b. Ireland ca. 1827 [death notice] - 1832 [1880 census]
neé Mitchell; siblings Patrick Mitchell, John Mitchell, Mrs. Thomas Martin [death notice]
marriage/emigration/children: cf. Michael Murray
d. SF 4/16/1895 age 68 [Call 04/18/1895]
[Be wary: at least five different widows Bridget Murray in SF in 1892.]

Murray, Michael:
b. Ireland 1820 [1880 census]
m. Bridget Mitchell [Murray] ca. 1854 [John b. ca. 1855]
children John b. ca. 1856, Mary b. ca. 1857, Catherine b. ca. 1860, Patrick b. ca. 1866, Annie b. ca. 1867 [1870 census]
emigrated ca. 1866 [Patrick born in Ireland, Annie in CA]
d. SF 5/22/1884 age 63 [Alta 05/24/1884, Chronicle 05/24/1884]
Dairy farmer

O'Connor, Edward:
b. NY ca. 1859 [1900 census]
d. SF 2/25/1918 [death notice Chron 2/28/1918]
sister Margaret [O'Connor] Mitchell, q.v.
Dairyman; Mitchell & Connors milkranch [Langley 1886-1891]
r. 509 29th [Langley 1886], 505 29th [Langley 1892-1894]
(maybe) r. 308 Sweeney [Langley 1896]
[last name variously "Conners", "Connors", "O'Connor", confusingly]
[death notice does not mention wife / children]
[Call 5/10/1904 reports Edward/Catherine O'Connor divorce]