In memory of Lycenia Strong, my Maternal 3rd Great-Grandmother on the DECKER branch.
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Lycenia Strong
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Birth:
1850 Oct 22
Greenfield Township, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania
Marriage:
1871 (est.)
Pennyslvania
Death:
Burial:
1927 Mar 6
Wyoming County, Pennyslvania
Prospect Hill Cemetery, Block 4, Lot 5-1/2
Peckville (Blakely), Lackawanna, PA
Biography
Lycenia Strong was born on October 22, 1850, in Greenfield Township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. When the census was taken in 1850, her family was counted in the census for the town of Asylum, in Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Lycenia was one of the five known daughters of Albert Strong (1819-1899) and Mary C. Newell (1812-1896). Her ancestry is well documented.
Lycenia married Oscar Mayo and had five known children: Lydia, Eliza, Lucy, May, and Alvin Mayo. In 1870 and 1880 they lived in Terry, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, according to the census. In 1900 they were living in Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. In 1910 they lived in Clinton, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. She died at the age of 76 on March 6, 1927, in Nicholson, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. She is buried in Peckville, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.
Children
Lycenia Strong & Oscar Mayo were the parents of my ancestor,
Records, photos, and memorabilia pertaining to the life of Lycenia Strong:
Alvin Mayo photo
Lucy (Mayo) Hunt death certificate
Lucy (Mayo) Hunt family photo
Lucy (Mayo) Hunt's daughter Rose
Lycenia (Strong) Mayo death certificate
Lycenia (Strong) Mayo standing with husband Oscar
Lycenia (Strong) Mayo with her children
Lycenia (Strong) Mayo with husband Oscar sitting
Lycenia Mayo in PA Death Index
Lycenia Strong four generation photo
Mae (Mayo) Lewis death certificate
Mae (Mayo) Lewis family photo
Olive (Ames) Henry family photo
Oscar Mayo Family Photo c1923
Oscar Mayo family photo c1922
Strong-Dickinson connection
DNA Notes:
Match with flutterby on Ancestry, descendant of Oscar & Lycenia (Strong) Mayo
Match with flutterby on Ancestry, descendant of Oscar & Lycenia (Strong) Mayo
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