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Mary Louisa Layton
b. California, c. 1858 · California · San Francisco
c. 1858Born in California.Proven
1860Two years old in her parents’ house, San Francisco.Proven
An English father, an Irish mother — not both Irish, as the census once said.
Proven
The 1860 census corrects the 1880 statement of both parents Irish: father English, mother Irish.
Likely
Parents: H. F. Layton, b. England c. 1827, and Mary, of Ireland c. 1820 — found in the 1860 San Francisco census. His full name hides behind his initials; her Irish county is unknown.
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Still unknown
Open questions
- H. F. Layton’s full given names.
- Mary’s county in Ireland.