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O'BRIEN Mary Frances
Birth:          3 Dec 1860 Manchester, England
Death:          24 Apr 1949 Chicago, Ill.
Cause of Death: cerebral hemorrhage
Burial:         27 Apr 1949 Holy Cross Cemetery, Yeadon, Pa.

Notes
came to US 1868 with her mother (preceded by father) on a ship that was sinking

found it. Arrived in Boston 18 Nov 1868 on the Aleppo along with mother and siblings. 
See mother's entry. age 8

lived in Camden
after husband died, moved to 17th & Allegheny in Phila, then moved to Chicago
per 1900 census both her parents born in England
So if she is 4 months at time of 1861 England census, the census is taken March 1861
1920 in Phila., 1403 18th St. near Master, 47th ward naturalized 1879 parents b 
England
1910 in Upper Darby, Pa. says 15 children, 12 alive, so there's another child to fit in
1930 in Chicago, Ill. with dtr Marie, as Mary P. widow, parents b England
in birth record of Teresa, spelled O'Brien

Phila Archdiocese Archives email 2 June 2009
md by Rev. J. Fitzmaurice

ancestry has record of Cook Co., Ill., Death Idx, for Mary Francis Foley (not Frances), 
d 24 Apr 1949, Cook Co., archive collection Cook Co Genealogy Records
(record is in my files)
Ill. Death Idx on ancestry.com
Death Certificate is in folder ownanc
gives bdate, place, names of parents (Anna Wainhouse)
submitted by Marie Agnes Foley

Parents
O'BRIEN Gerrard Joseph (1830 - 4 Jul 1881)
WAINHOUSE Anne Margaret (10 Sep 1828 - 29 Dec 1906)

Siblings
O'BRIEN Mary Frances (3 Dec 1860 - 24 Apr 1949)

Marriage To FOLEY George Henry (Feb 1852 - 19 May 1910) m. 15 Aug 1881 St. Agatha, Philadelphia, Pa. Notes Parents FOLEY Michael R. (1816 - 16 Nov 1892) O'FARRELL [FARRELL] Margaret (1828 - 26 Jan 1866) Children by FOLEY George Henry Feb 1852 - 19 May 1910
FOLEY Teresa Katherine (16 Jun 1888 - 5 Sep 1944)
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