Lucy Ann Heayn Pearce was born in Cornwall, the daughter of a mariner. A life of hardship and reward awaited her. From the time of her wedding until the day she died, there was always someone to raise, someone to mourn, someone to comfort.
In 1870 Lucy emigrated to the United States with her first child Nicholas as a babe in arms. She bore five more children in America. Only two of the six children lived to adulthood.
Although Lucy's siblings settled in Philadelphia, she lived in western Pennsylvania. Photos and records show that she had close relationships with her Heayn relatives in the eastern part of the state.
During Lucy's first years in Pennsylvania, her husband was a poor coal miner. He ended up unemployed, leaving the mines and taking work in a steel mill. As time passed, and as she bore more children and watched them die, her husband gained more responsibility at the mill.
Her children William and Martha (Mattie) married and moved across town. Tragically, Mattie's husband Chal Dickson was killed in a mill accident. Mattie moved back in with her now prosperous but aging parents. Lucy helped to raise her three granddaughters, one of whom was developmentally disabled.
Toward the end of her life, Lucy's husband was labor superintendent at a large mill. He never retired, but the couple did spend time each summer in Wildwood, New Jersey, taking their granddaughters along for some time at the shore. By 1914 she was "practically an invalid," according to a news obituary that also lists her survivors, including siblings: "Mrs. Elizabeth Rodgers, Miss Eliza Heayn, and Mrs. Sarah Wolfe, of Philadelphia and Thomas and James Heayn, of Philadelphia."
Photos and Bible records from the estate of Melissa LaVerne Dickson. If you copy them, please give credit to this good lady for her meticulous care of family heritage.
Sources:
1870 US Census, Elizabeth, Allegheny, Pennsylvania.
1880 US Census, Dravosburgh [sic], Mifflin Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
1900 US Census, McKeesport, Allegheny, Pennsylvania.
1910 US Census, McKeesport, Allegheny, Pennsylvania.
News obituary, McKeesport Daily News, probably January 31, 1917
1917, Pennsylvania death certificate
In 1870 Lucy emigrated to the United States with her first child Nicholas as a babe in arms. She bore five more children in America. Only two of the six children lived to adulthood.
Although Lucy's siblings settled in Philadelphia, she lived in western Pennsylvania. Photos and records show that she had close relationships with her Heayn relatives in the eastern part of the state.
During Lucy's first years in Pennsylvania, her husband was a poor coal miner. He ended up unemployed, leaving the mines and taking work in a steel mill. As time passed, and as she bore more children and watched them die, her husband gained more responsibility at the mill.
Her children William and Martha (Mattie) married and moved across town. Tragically, Mattie's husband Chal Dickson was killed in a mill accident. Mattie moved back in with her now prosperous but aging parents. Lucy helped to raise her three granddaughters, one of whom was developmentally disabled.
Toward the end of her life, Lucy's husband was labor superintendent at a large mill. He never retired, but the couple did spend time each summer in Wildwood, New Jersey, taking their granddaughters along for some time at the shore. By 1914 she was "practically an invalid," according to a news obituary that also lists her survivors, including siblings: "Mrs. Elizabeth Rodgers, Miss Eliza Heayn, and Mrs. Sarah Wolfe, of Philadelphia and Thomas and James Heayn, of Philadelphia."
Photos and Bible records from the estate of Melissa LaVerne Dickson. If you copy them, please give credit to this good lady for her meticulous care of family heritage.
Sources:
1870 US Census, Elizabeth, Allegheny, Pennsylvania.
1880 US Census, Dravosburgh [sic], Mifflin Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
1900 US Census, McKeesport, Allegheny, Pennsylvania.
1910 US Census, McKeesport, Allegheny, Pennsylvania.
News obituary, McKeesport Daily News, probably January 31, 1917
1917, Pennsylvania death certificate
Lucy Ann Heayn Pearce was born in Cornwall, the daughter of a mariner. A life of hardship and reward awaited her. From the time of her wedding until the day she died, there was always someone to raise, someone to mourn, someone to comfort.
In 1870 Lucy emigrated to the United States with her first child Nicholas as a babe in arms. She bore five more children in America. Only two of the six children lived to adulthood.
Although Lucy's siblings settled in Philadelphia, she lived in western Pennsylvania. Photos and records show that she had close relationships with her Heayn relatives in the eastern part of the state.
During Lucy's first years in Pennsylvania, her husband was a poor coal miner. He ended up unemployed, leaving the mines and taking work in a steel mill. As time passed, and as she bore more children and watched them die, her husband gained more responsibility at the mill.
Her children William and Martha (Mattie) married and moved across town. Tragically, Mattie's husband Chal Dickson was killed in a mill accident. Mattie moved back in with her now prosperous but aging parents. Lucy helped to raise her three granddaughters, one of whom was developmentally disabled.
Toward the end of her life, Lucy's husband was labor superintendent at a large mill. He never retired, but the couple did spend time each summer in Wildwood, New Jersey, taking their granddaughters along for some time at the shore. By 1914 she was "practically an invalid," according to a news obituary that also lists her survivors, including siblings: "Mrs. Elizabeth Rodgers, Miss Eliza Heayn, and Mrs. Sarah Wolfe, of Philadelphia and Thomas and James Heayn, of Philadelphia."
Photos and Bible records from the estate of Melissa LaVerne Dickson. If you copy them, please give credit to this good lady for her meticulous care of family heritage.
Sources:
1870 US Census, Elizabeth, Allegheny, Pennsylvania.
1880 US Census, Dravosburgh [sic], Mifflin Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
1900 US Census, McKeesport, Allegheny, Pennsylvania.
1910 US Census, McKeesport, Allegheny, Pennsylvania.
News obituary, McKeesport Daily News, probably January 31, 1917
1917, Pennsylvania death certificate
In 1870 Lucy emigrated to the United States with her first child Nicholas as a babe in arms. She bore five more children in America. Only two of the six children lived to adulthood.
Although Lucy's siblings settled in Philadelphia, she lived in western Pennsylvania. Photos and records show that she had close relationships with her Heayn relatives in the eastern part of the state.
During Lucy's first years in Pennsylvania, her husband was a poor coal miner. He ended up unemployed, leaving the mines and taking work in a steel mill. As time passed, and as she bore more children and watched them die, her husband gained more responsibility at the mill.
Her children William and Martha (Mattie) married and moved across town. Tragically, Mattie's husband Chal Dickson was killed in a mill accident. Mattie moved back in with her now prosperous but aging parents. Lucy helped to raise her three granddaughters, one of whom was developmentally disabled.
Toward the end of her life, Lucy's husband was labor superintendent at a large mill. He never retired, but the couple did spend time each summer in Wildwood, New Jersey, taking their granddaughters along for some time at the shore. By 1914 she was "practically an invalid," according to a news obituary that also lists her survivors, including siblings: "Mrs. Elizabeth Rodgers, Miss Eliza Heayn, and Mrs. Sarah Wolfe, of Philadelphia and Thomas and James Heayn, of Philadelphia."
Photos and Bible records from the estate of Melissa LaVerne Dickson. If you copy them, please give credit to this good lady for her meticulous care of family heritage.
Sources:
1870 US Census, Elizabeth, Allegheny, Pennsylvania.
1880 US Census, Dravosburgh [sic], Mifflin Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
1900 US Census, McKeesport, Allegheny, Pennsylvania.
1910 US Census, McKeesport, Allegheny, Pennsylvania.
News obituary, McKeesport Daily News, probably January 31, 1917
1917, Pennsylvania death certificate
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