Mary Jane Waugh 1858 - 1923
Mary with her husband Richard & son James. ~1897
1854-8. - from her age on 1901C & 1911C - Mary Jane Waugh was born Dublin to James Waugh and Sarah Jones- Myles Ancestry tree. They had married St Peters Dublin on 15/4/1852. She had a brother Aaron and a sister Rebecca, born ~ 1865. Also siblings James 1866 & Maria 1870, and likely Percival [ Ireland Civil Births at present only start 1892, but will be rolled back to 1845 in the future] No baptism on FS
1886. Mary Waugh marries Richard Lyons, draper, on 30/8/1886 in Sligo Register office . He ~42, she ~28. His address High Street, Sligo; hers Knox's Street, Sligo. His father William Lyons, merchant; hers James Allen Waugh, newspaper reporter. Witnesses Moses Barnett & Rebecca Waugh, her 7 years younger sister
1887 . James Lyons was born at Knox Street, Sligo on 4/6/1887 to Richard , merchant, & Mary , their address Ratcliffe St., Sligo . He was their only child who survived infancy
1889. William Alexander Lyons born Ratcliffe St., Sligo, 31/7/1889 - seen birth entry on irish.ie site . But he dies, aged 4 weeks on 30/8/1889 of diarrhoea & exhaustion
1894. Richard Lyons announced he had decided to retire from business , and was holding a grand sale - 10/11/1894 FMP Newspapers
1901C. Richard Lyons, 56, retired from business, b. Co. Monaghan, is living Newcastle Street, Kilkeel, co. Down with his wife, Mary, 43, b. Dublin, and sister in law Rebecca Waugh, 36. All have brethren stated for religion . Son James, 13, is at school in Somerset
| Lyons | Richard | 56 | Male | Head of Family | Bethrn |
| Waugh | Rebecca | 36 | Female | Sister in Law | Bethrn |
| Lyons | Mary | 43 | Female | Wife | Bethrn |
1908. Living 69 Warrenden Park Road, Edinburgh : Aaron Waugh visited his sister Mrs R Lyons: Information from Passenger List of Merion vessel sailing from Liverpool to Philadelphia 22 Feb 1908
1911C. Richard Lyons, 67, retired draper, born Ireland, his wife Mary, 57, & son James,23, dental student, is living at 63 Warrenden Park?Road, Edinburgh. Also Jeanie Nathern?, 25, helper . Mary had had 2 children, 1 dead
1918. Her husband dies Belfast, aged 73. living 187 Antrim Road, the home of their son James
1919. Felt it likely she dies Belfast in 1919, aged 66- her 'actual' age 61-65 from 2 censuses. But no - this death that of a widow of a tailor No death in Irish newspapers FMP