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     Tryntje Laurens was born on 14 November 1650 at Amsterdam, The Netherlands.² She was baptized on 17 November 1650 at Amsterdam, The Netherlands, (Lutheran Church) (sponsors are hard to read; father Lourens Andriess, mother not listed.)³ She married David Provoost, son of David Provoost and Margrieta Jellis.^1,4 (Banns on 29 July 1668. He was David Provoost, jm from Kanitteret; she Tryntie Laurens, jd from Amsterdam.)^2,5,6

     David and Tryntie are listed in the NYDC member list of 1686 as "David Provoost and his wife Tryntje Laurens" (member #474-5, name #594-5.)^7,8 Tryntje Laurens and David had two more children, who died young:
Willem (bp. 4 Aug 1672, sp. Jacobus Van de Water and Marritie Kips) and Cathryntie (bp. 14 Oct 1676, sp. Jacob Van de Water and Engeltje Jeuriaens).⁹ Name variation: Tryntie Couriers.¹⁰ Married name: Provoost.

     Zacharias Laurenszen was baptized on 30 December 1663 at New York City (DRC) (sponsors: Cornelis Pluvier and Neeltje Van Couwenhoven; father Laurens Van der Sluys, mother Annetje.)^2,3 He married Aeltje Uyttenbogert, daughter of Gysbert Elbertsen Uytten Bogaert and Willeptje Claes, on 1 January 1686 at New York City (DRC.)^1,4,5,6 (Banns on 7 December 1685. He was Zacharias Laurenszen, jm from N. Yorck; she Aeltje Van Loenen, jd from Mitspadt, both liv. here.)¹ Zacharias Laurenszen died before 1695.^7,8

     Zacharias Laurenszen and Aeltje had one more daughter:
Maryken (bp. 7 Apr 1689, NYDC; parents Zacharias Laurenszen and Aeltje Gysberts; sp. Marten Clock, Assuerus Hendrickszen, and Neeltje Gysberts).^8,9,2 Name variation: Zacharias Laurenszen VanderSluys.⁷

     Maren Lauritzdatter was born on 18 March 1764 at Jels Sogn (Parish), Haderslev Amt, Denmark.¹ She married Thomas Madsen on 16 September 1786 (Jels (Sogn) Pari, Haderslev Co., Den.)¹ Maren Lauritzdatter died on 14 October 1839 at Jels Sogn (Parish).¹

     Married name: Madsen.

     Margarethe Hanssen Lauritzdatter was born circa 1727 at Schohuus, Aller Sogn (Parish), Haderslev Amt., Denmark.¹ She married Tonnes Jorgenssen circa 1753.¹ Margarethe Hanssen Lauritzdatter died on 10 May 1805 at Skodborg Sogn (Parish), Haderslev Amt., Denmark.¹

     Married name: Jorgenssen.

     Barbara Lauten was born on 6 January 1837 at Trebeledorf, Germany.¹ She married Phillip Dietz.¹ Barbara Lauten died on 4 August 1917 at Ridgefield, NJ.¹

     Name variation: Barbara Wolf? Married name: Dietz.

     Agnes Lavelle was born in 1877.¹ She died in 1966 unmarried.¹ She was buried in Calvary Cemetery in Woodside.¹

     She studied at Maplehurst.¹

     Elise Lavelle died circa 1964.¹

     Among her things when she died was a book of clippings about her mother who had been a sculptor.¹ Married name: McDonald.

     Florence Lavelle was born on 27 August 1894 at Tannersville, Greene County, NY.¹ She died on 12 December 1894 at 170 St Boston Av, Bronx, NY, at age 4 mo, 16 ds.¹ She was buried on 13 December 1894 in Calvary Cemetery in Woodside, Mullen plot, Grave 16.¹

     General source(s) for this information, see footnotes.^1,2

     Francis J Lavelle was born in 1872 at New York, NY.¹ He died on 16 July 1953 at New York.¹

     He was a priest.¹ Name variation: Father Francis Lavelle.¹ Name variation: Frank Lavelle.²

     Francis Michael Lavelle was born on 29 April 1890 at New York, NY, (1900 census has Apr 1891.)^1,2 He married Elizabeth Regina Callanan, daughter of Michael J Callanan and Emma L Rogers, on 25 June 1921 (Church of the Ascension, 107th St., NYC, NY.)¹ Francis Michael Lavelle died on 27 April 1935 at Brooklyn, NY, of a cerebral hemorrage, and nephritis.¹ He was buried in Calvary Cemetery in Woodside.¹

     Name variation: Frank M Lavelle.³

     George Lavelle was born in 1868.¹ He (1) married (?) Columbani.¹ George Lavelle (2) married Elizabeth Poole.¹

     George Lavelle was born after 1900.¹ He married Mary Genevieve Heaney on 21 November 1926 (City Island, NY.)¹

     George Lavelle was born in 1909.¹ He died in February 1969.¹

     He graduated from Fordham, and was a Captain in the Air Force.¹

     Helen (Ellen?) Marie Lavelle was born in March 1880 at New York.¹ She died at New York.¹ She was buried on 24 October 1955 in Calvary Cemetery in Woodside.¹

     From a note in the Calvary plot list: Helen Marie Lavelle was also known as Margaret Burns, she was 90 when buried in grave 11/12, Section 7, Range 6, Plot C.
     Helen, or Ellen was listed in the 1880 census as 1/2 year old. If the Helen Lavelle, also known as Margaret Burns in the Calvary plot is the same person listed as ago 90, she would have been born in 1865. Either this is not the same person, or age at burial would have been 75.¹

     James Lavelle was born in August 1873 at New York, NY.¹ He died on 29 July 1903 at 121 Lexington Ave, New York City, of typhoid fever.¹ He was buried in Calvary Cemetery in Woodside, Patrick Lavelle plot, grave 5.²

     James Lavelle was a builder.²

     Loretta Lavelle was born in 1894.¹ She died on 22 May 1895 at New York.¹ She was buried in Calvary Cemetery in Woodside.¹

     A Loretta Lavelle appears in Patrick's cemetery plot, she is too young to be third wife Margaret's child (Error in Calvary records?)¹

     Michael Lavelle was born in 1800 at Ireland.¹ He married Rose (?)¹ Michael Lavelle died in 1860 at New York, NY.¹ He was buried in Calvary Cemetery in Woodside.¹

     Michael Joseph Lavelle was born on 30 May 1856 at New York.¹ He died on 17 October 1939 at New York.¹ He was buried in St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City.¹

     He was Vicar General of St. Patrick's Cathedral.¹ Name variation: Msgr. Lavelle.¹

General source(s) for this information, see footnotes.^1,2

     Patricia Lavelle was born circa 1916.¹ She died in 1974 at Montreal, Canada.¹

     Married name: Cudahy.

General source(s) for this information, see footnotes.²

     Patrick Lavelle was born in 1827 at Forkhill, County Armaugh, Ireland.¹ He (1) married Rose Fitzsimmons in 1855 (New York, NY.)¹ Patrick Lavelle (2) married Catherine Bough in 1867 (New York, NY.)¹ Patrick Lavelle (3) married Margaret (?) circa 1876 at New York City.¹ Patrick Lavelle died on 8 March 1900 at New York, NY, of appendicitis (in his home on Lexington Ave.)² He was buried in Calvary Cemetery in Woodside.¹

     According to his own testimony (stated in his application 27672 when opening an account at the Emigrant Savings Bank on Dec. 29, 1861 in N.Y.C., and a second account (36400) on September 19, 1863 when he was still living at 356 Broome St.), Patrick Lavelle was born in 1826 in Forkhill, County Armagh, Ireland. He was the son of Michael and Rose, by trade a carpenter, and arrived in New York in 1849 on the 'Falchion'.
     The potato blight first appeared in Ireland in 1847 and destroyed most severely the potato crops of the west coast of Ireland, later affecting other parts of the country at different times. In County Armagh the effects of the Famine were not as severe. The chief crop in that area was not potatoes but flax which is used to make the still high prized Irish linen. Armagh is part of Northern Ireland, where the majority of the population was Protestant.
Patrick's descendants always implied that he came from Connemara in western Ireland, where there are many Lavelles- a name which can be traced back to the Norman invasion of Ireland in 1174. The fact that he came from Northern Ireland was not something he probably spoke of often to his large Catholic family. Most immigrants were only too happy to forget their impoverished pasts as they made better lives for themselves in the U.S. If he and his family were directly affected by the Famine, or if he emigrated because as a Catholic his prospects were not good, can only be surmised.
     Patrick was not found in the 1850 U. S. Census. It was not until 1855, six years after his arrival in New York and the year he first married that his name appears in the New York City Directory as Patrick Lavell, a carpenter living at 119 Spring Street. Nothing is known of his mother or if he had any siblings, but a Michael Lavell - possibly his father with whom he may have been living - had been listed in 1853 living in 223 Elizabeth St. in lower Manhattan. It is likely that before 1853 they lived in a boarding house, where individual tenants were not listed by name.
     The First Marriage
     In 1855 Patrick married 19 year old Rose Fitzsimmons, who was born in Ireland in 1836. Their parish church was Old St. Patrick's, at Mulberry and Mott Streets. In their nine years of marriage, Rose gave birth to Michael in 1856, Rose in 1858, and Mary, probably in 1859 and Peter, who was born in 1860 when the family was living first at 336 Broome St. They then moved to 856 Broome St. where Catherine was born in 1862. Catherine died at the age of 2 in December 1864.
     When Rose died in May of 1864 she left Patrick with many small motherless children: Michael 8, Rose 6, and Peter 4. (How long Mary lived was not recorded. Catherine survived her mother by only seven months.) The causes of the deaths of Catherine and Rose are not known, but with the poor sanitation of the times and disease rampant, unfortunately the deaths of infants and mothers in childbirth were all too common at the time.
     The Second Marriage
     For three years Patrick remained widowed. Between 1865 and 1870 the family lived at 356 Broome St. In 1867 at age 31 he married 35 year old Catherine Bough. This marriage produced five more children: George was born in 1868, and Margaret was born in 1869.
     George Sarsfield Patrick was born in 1871. His unusual name later (in the 1900 and 1910 Censuses) appears as his middle name- Patrick Sarsfield. He was apparently named for the famous Irish patriot Patrick Sarsfield (1650-1693) who was made a general in the French Army, later defended Limerick and died at Landen.
Francis was born in 1872 and James in 1873.
Between 1868 and 1870 in addition to his home address, business addresses were found for Patrick, first at 125 Elizabeth St., and then at 251 28th St., indicating that he had become prosperous enough to maintain his own business establishment.
     Catherine died in 1874 after seven years of marriage, leaving Patrick with her own five and Rose's three children orphaned once again. Now Patrick was left with at least eight motherless children: Michael 18, Rose 16, Peter 14, George 6, Margaret 5, Sarsfield 3, Francis 2, and James just one year old. The family was then living at 236 Broome St.
     The Third Marriage
     Not surprisingly, once again needing someone to mother his brood, Patrick two years later married Margaret, another immigrant who was born in Ireland in 1843. Twenty-four years younger than Patrick, Margaret at 33 became his third wife in 1876 and the mother of Agnes in 1877 and Helen (Ellen) in 1880.
Fourteen years later Loretta was born in 1894, dying at age 9 months and and buried in May 1 1895, a year before her mother Margaret who died at the age of 53.
By this time Michael had been an ordained priest since 1879 and had become the rector of St. Patrick's Cathedral. Rose now 38, had married John Mullen. Peter 36, had married Mary Bowe.
The children of the second marriage were now also adults: George was 28, Margaret 26, Sarsfield 25, Francis 24 and probably by then a seminarian, and James was 23. Of the third marriage Agnes was 19 and Helen 16.
     The NYC Directory lists the family at 121 Lexington Ave. by 1898, Patrick's occupation now given as contractor-builder-carpenter. Relatives remembered the house at this address, which was said to have contained furniture that had been built by Patrick. It was located on the east side of Lexington Ave. between 28th and 29th Streets, the only one with a stoop, and was around the corner from St. Stephen's Church. Patrick's business address was close by, at 251 28th Street. 'He was known to have been a contractor and a man of moderate means, maintaining a comfortable home for his large family.' (1983 letter from St. Joseph's Seminary where his eldest son Michael studied.)¹ The 1870 census lists Patrick Lavelle and Catherine at Broome Street (14th Ward) at New York City, with their children Michael, Rose, Peter, Mary and Margaret (NOTE: The image at FamilySearch shows Mary as 8 y.o, and Margaret (indexed as Mayert) as 11 mo.)^1,3,4,5 The 1880 census lists Patrick Lavelle and Margaret at 121 E. 28th St. at New York City, with their children Agnes, Helen, Rose, Peter, George, Margaret, Sarsfield, Frank and James, and a Catherine Lynch (75, b. Ireland. They were indexed as Lovell.^1,6
     Obituaries in New York Irish American newspapers (The Irish World and American Industrial Liberator, Mar.17, 1900, p.2) listed all of bishops and priests who attended, led by his sons Msgr. Michael Lavelle and Rev. Francis Lavelle, but there was no mention of his birthplace in Ireland, and the year he arrived was given incorrectly as 1848. ('He was born in Ireland in 1827. He came to the United States about 1848.)'
     To bury his deceased family members, on January 1860 Patrick purchased in Calvary Cemetery Section 3, Range 28, Plot N graves for: Michael Lavelle, 60 born Ireland, bur. 29 January 1860 (his father?), Mary Lavelle, 65 born Ireland, bur. 31 January 1860 (a step-mother? aunt?), Rose Lavelle, 28, born Ireland, bur. 23 May 1864 (his first wife), Catherine Lavelle, 2, born NY, bur. 6 Dec. 1864
     Upon the death of Catherine, his second wife, in 1874, Patrick purchased a larger plot in Calvary Cemetery, moving those who had died earlier into Plot C, Range 6, Section 7. The data given about those buried there has provided much information about the Lavelle family. A Julia Harvey who died December of 1882 could possible be the mother of Patrick's third wife Margaret, whose maiden name is not given. Also in the plot are a Rose Reilly, who was born in Ireland and buried in the plot in 1896 at the age of 90, and Eugene Reilly most likely her son, who was born in the U.S. and died at the age of 64 in 1902. The relationship of the Reillys to the Lavelles has not been established. An asterisk next to the name of Helen Marie Lavelle, who was buried October 24, 1955 at the age of 90, indicated that she was also known as Margaret Burns, her death date does not correspond to any of Patrick's known children, possibly she was a remarried widow of one of his sons.
     The Lavelle plot in Calvary has one of the tallest gravestones in that section with an inscription reading:
     From Emigrant Savings Bank records, Reel 6, Test Book 2A, #27672 Dec. 29, 1861
Another entry for a second account in the bank records, #36400 Sept. 19, 1863
These bank records were found in the New York Public Library, 9/12/1997. They are also online on Ancestry.com.

     Patrick Sarsfield Lavelle was born in September 1870 at New York.^1,2 He married Emma S Buchanan.^1,2

     The 1900 census lists Sarsfield Lavelle and Emma S at 129 East 29th Street at New York City, with his father-in-law Andrew Buchanan (b. Aug 1830, age 69, b. Ireland). Acc. to Hoffstetter-Lavelle File the address was 121 Lexington Ave.^1,3,2 Patrick Sarsfield Lavelle and Emma had no children.¹ 1897/98 and 1898/99 NYC Directory lists him as Lavelle, Sarsfield P. plumber 162 E. 28th St. h.121 Lexington Ave.¹ Name variation: Sarsfield Lavelle.²

     Peter J Lavelle was born in 1860 at New York, NY.¹ He (1) married Mary E Bowe circa 1889 at New York, NY.¹ Peter J Lavelle (2) married Mary Brady.¹ Peter J Lavelle died on 2 April 1923 at Bronx, NY.² He was buried on 5 April 1923 in Calvary Cemetery in Woodside, Sec. 10, plot 113, grave 15.¹

     The 1900 census lists Peter J Lavelle and Mary at 985 E. 170th St. at Bronx, New York County, NY, with their children Frank M and Rose. The birthdates are all off: Peter is listed as May 1863; Mary A. as Jan 1873; Frank as Apr 1891.³ The 1910 census lists Peter J Lavelle and Mary at 685 East 170th Street at Bronx, New York County, NY, with their children Frank, Rose and George.⁴
     He was a graduate of De La Salle Institute of NYC. Family members say he was a builder; his NYT obituary refers to him as a retired box manufacturer.
     Peter Lavelle was appointed by Mayor Gaynor as a member of NYC Board of Education 12 Sep 1912 to 12 Jan 1916 (confirmed in a letter from NYC Bd of Ed, 17 Jun 1980). This appointment could well have been influenced by the fact that his brother, Msgr. Michael Lavelle was rector of St. Patrick's Cathedral.
     When his son Francis was married on June 25, 1921, he was living at 685 E.170th St., according to the announcement in the paper.¹
Peter J Lavelle's obituary appeared in the New York Times


     Burial plot- The Mullen Plot Calvary Sec. 10, plot 113 (was purchased by John J. Mullen (Peter's sister Rose's father-in-law) in Apr. 1889
Grave markers
     Mary E. Lavelle (First wife) Died Feb 28 1898 in the 38th year of her age
     Peter J. Lavelle in the 63rd year of his age (Buried April 5, 1923 from Fordham Mortuary), grave 15
     Mary A. Lavelle (second wife) Born June 17, 1872 Died Dec. 14, 1955
     Florence Lavelle born July 27, 1894 died Dec 12, 1894
     Raymond Lavelle born July 10, 1892 died Aug 11, 1892
     His sister Rose A Mullen (1857-1921) wife of John Mullen (1859-1913) is buried with her husband and inlaws in this plot with his sisters and some of Rose and John's infant children.¹

General source(s) for this information, see footnotes.⁶

     Raymond Lavelle was born on 11 July 1892 at New York.¹ He died on 13 August 1892 at New York at age 1 mo, 2 ds.¹ He was buried in Calvary Cemetery in Woodside, Mullen plot, Grave 16, with his parents and sister.¹

     Rose Lavelle was born on 9 June 1893 at New York.^1,2 She married William I Dougherty on 27 October 1915.¹ Rose Lavelle died on 6 July 1964.¹

     Married name: Dougherty.

     Rose Anna Lavelle was born on 13 December 1857 at New York.¹ She married John J Mullen, son of John Mullen and Catherine (?).¹ Rose Anna Lavelle died on 6 September 1921 at 420 E. 84th St., Manhattan, NY.¹ She was buried on 9 September 1921 in Calvary Cemetery in Woodside, Section 10, Plot 113, grave 13/14.¹

     Burial plot- The Mullen Plot Calvary Sec. 10, plot 113 (was purchased by John J. Mullen (Peter's sister Rose's father-in-law) in Apr. 1889
Grave markers
     Mary E. Lavelle (First wife) Died Feb 28 1898 in the 38th year of her age
     Peter J. Lavelle in the 63rd year of his age (Buried April 5, 1923 from Fordham Mortuary), grave 15
     Mary A. Lavelle (second wife) Born June 17, 1872 Died Dec. 14, 1955
     Florence Lavelle born July 27, 1894 died Dec 12, 1894
     Raymond Lavelle born July 10, 1892 died Aug 11, 1892
     His sister Rose A Mullen (1857-1921) wife of John Mullen (1859-1913) is buried with her husband and inlaws in this plot with his sisters and some of Rose and John's infant children.¹ Married name: Mullen.

General source(s) for this information, see footnotes.^1,2

     Annie Eliza Lawrence was born on 9 September 1848 at Dobbs Ferry, NY.¹ She married Albert Ackerman, son of John D Ackerman and Elizabeth Remsen, on 8 May 1867.¹ Annie Eliza Lawrence died on 24 February 1930.¹

     Married name: Ackerman.

     Benjamin Lawrence was born in 1664.¹ He married Mary (?)¹ Benjamin Lawrence died in 1775.¹

     Charles E Lawrence was born on 4 October 1897.¹ He married Jenny Agnes Tyndale, daughter of Charles E Tyndale and Jennie Agnes Byington, on 6 October 1918 (The Peoples Tabernacle.)¹

     Elisha Lawrence was born on 17 February 1666.¹ He married Lucy Stout.¹ Elisha Lawrence died on 25 April 1724.¹

     Lucy was from Shrewsbury, NJ.¹

     Elizabeth Lawrence was born on 17 November 1745 at Eastchester.¹ She married John Jewel, son of William Jewel and Elizabeth Buckhout, on 21 October 1770.¹ Elizabeth Lawrence died on 3 October 1831.¹

     Married name: Jewel.