Irish Americans

Susan Ann was born in 1811 in New Jersey.1 She married in 1838.2 The 1880 census says her father was born in Ireland.1 She died in 1895, and she was buried in Pennsylvania.3

Her daughter, Frances Leonore Martin, was born in 1841 in N.J.4 She married in 1858 in Pa.5 She was widowed in 1900.4 She died in 1928, and she was buried in Pa.6

Her son, Frank Nelson Comfort, was born in 1864 in Pa.7 He married in 1886 in New York.8 In 1900, he was a machinist.9 He was widowed in 1908.10 In 1910, he was an engineer.11 He died in 1918, his death was due to pneumonia, and he was buried in Colorado.12

His daughter, Nellie Comfort, was born in 1890 in Pa.13 In 1913, she was a schoolteacher.14 She married in 1914 in Colo.15 She died in 1919 in Colo., her death was due to influenza, and she was buried in Colo.13

Her daughter, Nellie Mary Garlick, was born in 1919 in Colo.16 In 1940, she was a clerk at a telephone company.17 She married in 1941 in Colo.18 She died in 2002 in Colo., her death was due to pneumonia, and she was buried in Colo.16

1 1880 U.S. census, Schoharie Co., N.Y., sch. 1, Richmondville, ED 191, p. 11, line 23, dwelling 112, family 126, Richard Martin.
2 Northern Christian Advocate, 19 November 1902.
3 Find a Grave, Susan A. Martin, 1895, memorial 77633212.
4 Botting and Botting, Comfort Families of America, 221.
5 Phœnix, The Whitney Family of Connecticut, 1719.
6 Find a Grave, Frances L. Comfort, 1928, memorial 68038911.
7 1880 U.S. census, Beaverhead Co., Mont., sch. 1, Trapper Gulch, ED 2, p. 22, dwelling 339, family 342, Nelson Comfort.
8 Certificate, Comfort–McCoy marriage, 11 November 1886.
9 1900 U.S. census, Luzerne Co., Pa., pop. sch., Wilkes-Barre, ED 182, sheet 1A, dwelling 8, family 8, F. M. Comfort.
10 "Mrs. F. N. Comfort Dies," The Gilpin Observer, 21 May 1908, p. 1.
11 1910 U.S. census, Gilpin Co., Colo., pop. sch., Central City, ED 53, sheet 2A, dwelling 29, family 30, Frank N. Comfort.
12 "Death of F. N. Comfort," The Gilpin Observer, 31 January 1918, p. 1, column 2.
13 "Mrs. Harry Garlick a Victim of Influenza," Arvada Enterprise, 1 March 1919.
14 "Personal Mention," The Gilpin Observer, 2 October 1913, p. 8, column 4.
15 Colo., Statewide Marriage Index, 1853–2006, 6773, Harry M. Garlick and Nellie M. Comfort, 6 August 1914.
16 Nellie M. Champion, death certificate (2002).
17 1940 U.S. census, Denver Co., Colo., pop. sch., Denver, sheet 2B, 44, Harry M. Garlick.
18 Certificate, Champion–Garlick marriage, 15 October 1941.