Child # 2 – Sarah Jane Stoneman

Sarah was married and widowed twice. It seems that she married brothers – John and then William Carlyon.  She came to the United States in 1897, first living in Arizona and then California. Her sister, Beatrice also immigrated to Arizona, but she didn’t come until 1901. I wonder if  Sarah came to the United States by herself or if she and her brother-in-law William Clayton came together?

My mother never talked of  these great-aunts. Too bad that we didn’t know more about them.  I wonder if we saw a picture of them that they would look like my great-grandma Mary Ann.

Birth Index of England – qtr. December 1866

1871 Census of Illogan

4 years old, occupation: scholar, b. in Illogan

1881 Census of Illogan

14  years old, occupation: tin mine laborer, b. in Illogan

Marriage Index of England – qtr. March 1885

Groom: John Carlyon

1891 Census of Illogan – she is with her father’s family, listed as Sarah J. Carlyon, married

24  years old, b. in Illogan

The obituary for my great- grandmother in March of 1947  lists Mrs. Sara Carlyon of Long Beach, California as a surviving sister.

1930 Census of Long Beach, California

age 63

head of household

Her son William is living with her.

California Death Index:

I was able to find Sarah in the California Death index which gave her birth date, 6 Oct 1866 and her death date, 15 Jan 1948.

Then I found her obituary online:

Sarah Jane Carlyon, 81, or 1525 East 56th Street, died yesterday in a local hospital. She was a native of England and came to the United States 50 years ago. She moved to Long Beach 26 years ago from Globe, Arizona and was a member of the Methodist Church.
Surviving are two sons, William and Thomas of Long Beach; six sister, including Mrs. Beatrice Richards of Bellflower and a brother.
Services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. in Mottrell's Chapel with Rev. E. Clayton Burgess officiating. Interment will be in Sunnyside Memorial Park.

Then I started looking for her in Arizona.

1900 Census of Globe, Arizona:

Sarah Carlyon

age 33

head of household

widowed

immigrated to U.S. in 1897

# of children – 0

2 boarders: W N. Carlyon and James Higgins

1910 Census of Globe, Arizona

Sarah Carlyon

age 40

head of household

widowed

2 children: Wm Carlyon, age 9 and Tom Carlyon, age 6

plus 2 boarders

Western States Marriage Index:

Groom: William Carlyon

Bride: Sarah Carlyon

Marriage date: 22 January 1901

Marriage place: Globe, Gila, Arizona

I couldn’t find any info on her husband’s death. 

Sarah’s two sons:

William N. Carlyon

b. 15 May 1901 in Globe, Arizona (I got this date from the Social Security Death Index)

d. 8 August 1961 in Los Angeles, California (source: SS Death Index)

1910 Census of Long Beach, California

           age 28, living with his mother

Thomas John Carlyon

b. 22 November 1903 in Globe, Arizona

parents’ names: William Carlyon and Sarah Jane Stoneman

(source: Arizona Genealogy Birth and Death Certificates online)

d. 30 Oct 1979 in Los Angeles, California