On May 3, 1848 in Knox County, Indiana, Susan Bayard and Marie-Ambrose Pilard welcomed to this world their second of three daughters, Mary Ann.  Mary was sandwiched between her older sister Suzanne and younger sister Clotilde.  in 1854, Marie-Ambrose passed away at the age of forty, leaving Susan well provided for to raise the girls into adulthood.

In 1885 at the age of 37, Mary Ann met and married an Irishman by the name of John T Young on August 25 in Knox County.  They immediately started their family which consisted of four children who all lived to adulthood.  Thomas and Helen were born in Vincennes.  Around 1889 or 1890, John and Mary Ann moved the family to Colorado where Bayard and Ambrose were born.  Not long after the birth of the boys, it had been reported that John suffered from a ruptured appendix and did not recover.

Mary Ann went on to raise the family in Denver.  As the years passed, all but Ambrose married and started families.  On August 2, 1932, while visiting friends in Roseville, California, Mary Ann passed away at the age of 84.  She was laid to rest in Denver.

Mary Ann Pilard was my 5th cousin 4x removed on my mom’s side.

REFERENCES

• United States Census, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1910, 1930
• California Death Index
• Indiana Marriage Index
• Indiana Select Births and Christenings
• The Press-Tribune, Roseville, CA, August 5, 1932 via Newspapers.com