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for such a small place ... Ellwood City seems to have had a whole other clan of Haydens

if you google

hayden "ellwood city"

there are numerous results relating to the surname ... here is a family in information at rootsweb

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1927688&id=I111488544

the father was a John Denny Hayden born 1885 in Pennsylvania and all of the results seem to relate to that clan except for your own information about your Samuel Hayden and his letter ... for example I see you have had a message posted here, in 2008

http://www.ellwoodcitymemories.com/wordpress/tag/cole

possibly those other Haydens were related to Samuel back a generation ...

I would certainly try the historical society !


of course I agree that contacting the Ancestry user is important, that person is surely a family member

Ellwood is even smaller now than it was in World War II :-)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellwood_City,_Pennsylvania

a letter ( or email ) to the municipality could get your answer

http://www.ecboro.com/

http://www.ecboro.com/historical.htm

it has an historical society too, you could ask whether anyone has memories or records of the family

http://www.ellwoodhistory.com/

First I would like to thank every one for taking the time to find and send me all of this wonderful information, your kind help is greatly appreciated. It seems I'm on the right track as most of the information fits in with what i have, and sorting it out will keep me busy for a while. I hope you do'nt think me rood but there is a another question i would like to ask, but first i'll give you a brife over view of the letter.

The letter was sent on the 8th of October 1945 and gives a brife description of life around Mr Hadens home at the time, the return address is given simply as Rout 7 Ellwood City PA USA. Mr Hayden seems to know the family well as he states in the letter "When next you see your granddad tell him I say long time no see". The letter also sends the news that Mr Haydens grandson Joe has returned home safe from WW2 and includes a poem writen by Mr Hayden dedicated to the safe return of his grandson and to those familys who were not so lucky.

The other thing I'd like to discover is the location of Mr Haydens home in the Ellwood City area. I have looked on Google Earth but can find no trace of a Rout 7. I can of course understan that road systems and numbering may have changed over the past 60 years but I would like to discover where this old road ran in relation to Ellwood City. Is there any way of finding this old road or the location of Mr Haydens house if it still exists.
Once again thanks to every one for your kind assistance.

So he's still alive at this point:

New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
about Samuel Hayden
Name: Samuel Hayden
Arrival Date: 14 Jun 1948
Birth Year: abt 1874
Age: 74
Gender: Male
Port of Departure: Southampton, England
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Queen Elizabeth
Search Ship Database: Search the Queen Elizabeth in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database

1870 United States Federal Census
about Mary Riley
Name: Mary Riley
[Mary Reiling]
Birth Year: abt 1868
Age in 1870: 2
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1870: Pittsburgh Ward 17, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Race: White
Gender: Female
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members: Name Age
Felix Riley 46
Cath Riley 42
Kate Riley 18
John Riley 17
Teckla Riley 14
Maggie Riley 9
Sophy Riley 6
Mary Riley 2


1880 United States Federal Census
about Mary M. Reiling
Name: Mary M. Reiling
Home in 1880: Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Age: 12
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1868
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relation to Head of Household: Dau (Daughter)
Father's name: Phelix Reiling
Father's birthplace: Germany
Mother's name: Cathrine Reiling
Mother's birthplace: Germany
Neighbors: View others on page
Occupation: Going To School
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Gender: Female
Household Members: Name Age
Phelix Reiling 55
Cathrine Reiling 52
John Reiling 26
Maggie A. Reiling 19
Sophia C Reiling 16
Mary M. Reiling 12
Annie Reiling 9





It might be worth getting in touch with the person who corrected this census:

Reiling rather than Riley
The original data on the record is incorrect.
Submitted by marijane601 on 26/06/2010

A tree on Ancestry seems to have a lot of detail about Samuels wife


Birth: 13 Apr 1868 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (Allegheny), Pennsylvania
Marriage: About 1898
Death: 21 April 1924 (21 Apr 1924) - Allegheny County (Allegheny), Pennsylvania
Parents: Felix Reiling, Catharina Hofmann
Spouse: Samuel Hayden



Going home just after the death of is wife. Going to 4 Wilton Ter, Durham

UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960
about Samuel Hayden
Name: Samuel Hayden
Birth Date: abt 1874
Age: 50
Port of Departure: New York, New York, United States
Arrival Date: 11 Jul 1924
Port of Arrival: Southampton, England
Ship Name: Olympic
Search Ship Database: View the 'Olympic' in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Shipping line: White Star Line
Official Number: 131346



Tree owner: rjdahlquist

Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-1999
about Samuel Hayden
Name: Samuel Hayden
Veteran of Which War: World War I
Cemetery Location: Somerset


Theres no other info on the card. Quite misleading as he id not die in WW1

U.S. Naturalization Records Indexes, 1794-1995
about Samuel Hayden
Name: Samuel Hayden
Birth Location: England
Issue Date: 22 Sep 1899
State: Pennsylvania
Locality, Court: Western District of Pennsylvania, U.S. District Court

1900 United States Federal Census
about Samuel Hayden
Name: Samuel Hayden
[Samuel Haydon]
Home in 1900: Pittsburgh Ward 17, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
[Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania]
Age: 22
Birth Date: Jan 1871
Birthplace: England
Race: White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year: 1894
Relationship to head-of-house: Head
Father's Birthplace: England
Mother's Birthplace: England
Mother: number of living children: 1
Spouse's Name: Mary Hayden
Marriage year: 1898
Marital Status: Married
Years married: 2
Occupation: View on Image
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Samuel Hayden 22
Mary Hayden 30
Hannah Hayden 1

1920 United States Federal Census
about Samuel Hayden
Name: Samuel Hayden
Home in 1920: Pittsburgh Ward 9, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Age: 46
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1874
Birthplace: England
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Mary Hayden
Father's Birth Place: England
Mother's Birth Place: England
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Sex: Male
Home owned: Rent
Year of immigration: 1895
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Samuel Hayden 46
Mary Hayden 50
Anna Hayden 21
Joseph Hayden 19
Charles Hayden 15
Edward Hayden 13

Pennsylvania 1910 Miracode Index about Samuel Hayden
Name: Samuel Hayden
Birthplace: England
State: PA
Age: 36
Colour: W
Enumeration District: 0385
Visit: 0208
County: Allegheny, Pittsburgh
Relation: Head of Household
Other Residents:
Relation Name Age Birth Place
Wife Mary M 42 Pennsylvania
Daughter Hanah 11 Pennsylvania

World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 about Samuel Hayden
Name: Samuel Hayden Boiler maker
City: Pittsburgh
County: Allegheny
State: Pennsylvania
Birth Date: 17 Jan 1874
Race: White
FHL Roll Number: 1908357
DraftBoard: 7

Thank's to all who've relyed. I'm new to using these threads and do'nt know the ropes yet.

The Samuel Hayden metioned by Marie looks promising and may well be the man I'm looking for.

Ginny asks what I'm looking for. Well there 's an historical mystery I've discovered in the course of researchin my family history. In our family album there is evidence of some connection to the UAS and or Canada. This evidence consists of the photo of a man wearing buck skins and holding a winchester rifle. The second pice of evidence is a letter sent to a member of the family by Mr Samuel Hayden on the 8th of October 1945 from Ellwood City PA. The letter suggests that the sender knows the family well and specificaly mentions one of our GT grandfathers. Unfortunatly the generation who compled the album and recived the letter have all passed away so I'm unable to identify the man in the photo or dicover what connection Mr Hayden had with the family.

I have proved however that the photo was taken in a photographic studio in Toronto and the fact that Ellwood City lays within a 200mile radius of Toronto posses a fascinating coincidence. This mystery has me fascinated and I would love to get to the bottom of it.

Don't know if this is your Samuel returning to USA after a trip to England:

First Name: Samuel
Last Name: Hayden
Ethnicity:
Last Place of Residence: Pittsburg, Pa.
Date of Arrival: Oct 28, 1924
Age at Arrival: 50y Gender: M Marital Status: W
Ship of Travel: Cedric
Port of Departure: Liverpool
Manifest Line Number: 0001

Info free from Ellis Island - http://www.ellisisland.org

The ship's manifest says his residence is USA is 276 School Lane, Pittsburgh. Date of naturalisation is 22/09/1899.

What is it that you would like to know specificly as you seem to have a lot of info already?

Hello George, might be an idea to edit your thread title to reflect that you're looking for USA info. (Click "Edit" on your post and you can then access the title).

This might fetch it to the attention of people who have access to the appropriate records.

Good luck.

I'm looking for any information on, or descendents of Samuel Hayden.
Borne in Tudhoe County Durham England about 1873. He immigrated to the USA in 1893 and was naturalised in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania in1899.
He married Anna ? and had four children Hanna, Joseph, charles and Edward. The US census puts him Allegheny County in 1930.
He may have been living in the Ellwood City area of Lawrence County in 1945
Any assistence would be appreciated