Thomas Larkins was born in County Tipperary, Ireland to
Daniel and Joanna (sometimes listed as Judith) Skehan. His baptism was recorded
in the parish of Killenaule, County Tipperary. By 1848, Thomas Larkins was
living in Erie County, Erie. That year he was married to Anna Ryan, with FatherMachebeuf officiating at the service at Holy Angels.
Thomas and Anna Larkins had a large family, as seen in the 1870 U.S. Census. Sadly, Thomas Larkins was killed in a railroad accident on June 4, 1875. An article which appeared in the June 11, 1875 issue of the Sandusky Register stated that broken stay-bolts in the boiler were the cause of the tragic accident. A brief article about the death of Thomas Larkins appeared in an Annual Report of the Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs. Another man, Joseph Lees, Jr., was killed in the same accident.
The Thomas Larkins who died in this tragic
accident was the older brother of my ancestor, Patrick Larkins. Both men
married Irish young ladies with the surname of Ryan. How said for the many children
of Thomas Larkins to lose their hard working father. Thomas Larkins was laid to
rest at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, but so far a specific location has not
been determined.
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https://www.daytonhistorybooks.com/page/page/1606391.htm
DANIEL C. LARKIN, [pages 221-222] chief of the fire department of Dayton, was born in Sandusky, Erie county, Ohio, July 29, 1849, and is a son of Thomas Larkin, who was born in Connecticut. Thomas Larkin was one of six brothers who came west together in 1824, three of them settling in Sandusky, Ohio, the other three going further and locating in Detroit, Mich. Thomas Larkin was a locomotive engineer for more than thirty years, and lost his life in an accident, his locomotive exploding June 5, 1875, about two miles from Sandusky. His wife was Ann Ryne, who was born in Ireland, and who came to the United States when a child, with her two sisters, and died in 1893.
Very interesting but I think it is two different people. Notice that Daniel Larkin from Thomas Larkins' 1880 Census is spelled Danl and that he died young. Additionally Daniel Larkin's Father hailed from Sandusky while his mother was born in Ireland.
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