Mary (Moynahan) Weyburn (1829-1851)

This blog post is about Mary Moynahan of Sandwich, Ontario who married Dr William Weyburn of Detroit, Michigan in 1849 .

Like Denis Moynahan (1823-1865) of  Sandwich township Mary's life was also cut short (she died two years after her marriage at the age of 22)which means that I know so very little about her.

1849 Detroit Marriage

This is the only record of the marriage between Miss Mary Moynahan and Dr. William Weyburn.

1850 Detroit Census

Mary is on the 1850 Detroit census with her husband Dr William Weyburn and two others (Martha Dunn and William Howe both of New York)

The census indicates that both Marys were born in Ireland and her husband William Weyburn was born in New York.

United States Census, 1850," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-D8S3-V2S?cc=1401638 , Michigan > Wayne > Detroit > image 48 of 502; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

1850 A Daughter Is Born

In 1850 a daughter was born but died shortly after and the cause of death ws recorded as "unknown".

 1851 Mary (Moynahan) Weyburn Dies

Mary died on June 10, 1851 in Detroit and the funeral was held at the 

Weyburn family residence on Jefferson Ave.

Source: Detroit Free Press; 11 Jun 1851

1861: Dr Weyburn Performing Abortions

Dr Weyburn appears in the press in two more occasions when two women died from abortions: 

Mary Mosher in 1861 and Mrs. Harriet Laffargue of Kalamazoo in 1863.

Detroit Free Press 1861

 

On further research on Dr William Weyburn, I learned that the  Weyburn-Wyborn Genealogy is recorded in detail at Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000.

Sadly, there is no mention of William Weyburn's first wife Mary (Moynahan) Weyburn (1829-1851) or their daughter Mary R. Weyburn (1850-1850) in the Weyburn-Wyborn Genealogy

Until now ...