Agnes E. MacMahon

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Her great-granndaughter, Jennifer Fawley, emailed in May 2012 that Agnes's maiden name was MacMahon. On the California Death certificate of daughter, Dorothy, it was shown as MACK.

An Illinois death certificate was not located for Agnes Hyde, nor was information as to her maiden name listed on FindAGrave.

I was unable to find either an Agnes E. MacMahon or Agnes E. Mack, born ca 1873 in Illinois on either the 1880 or 1900 census index prepared by Ancestry.

The only Agnes E. of the correct age in that area as 1800 or 1900 was Agnes E. DUFFY, born Nov 1873 in Illinois, living in the household of the widowed Ellen Duffy of Elgin, Kane County, Illinois. Ellen Duffy was born in Nov 1843 in Illinois to Irish parents. On the 1910 and 1930 census records, Agnes E. Hyde reports her father born in England, and her mother in Ireland/South Ireland. According to the Illinois Death Certificate for Ellen Duffy, she was shown as a daughter of Pliny Lathrop Fox and Laura Riddell. Other children listed with Ellen on the 1900 census were Mary, James, Katie, Sudie and Edward, plus Eliza Dyer, a niece. It may be that Ellen Duffy was married twice, first to a MacMahon (or Mack?), and later to a Duffy. Or it might be that Agnes Duffy herself was married to a MacMahon before she married Bert Hyde. It is more likely that Agnes E. Duffy and the Agnes E. who married Bert Hyde are two different people, both living in or around Kane County, and both born in the same year, simply by chance. Granddaughter Sharon Hyde is not familar with the DUFFY name or family, so it is likely this family is not related to Agnes E. Mc???, the wife of Bert Hyde.

Agnes married Bert Lee Hyde, Sr. about 1901. Bert (son of Milton D. Hyde and Florence M. Ford) was born on 11 Jul 1872 in Batavia, Kane County, Illinois; died on 4 Aug 1939 in Batavia, Kane County, Illinois; was buried in West Batavia Cemetery, Batavia, Kane County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Jennifer Platacis, a granddaughter of Bert Lee Hyde Jr, writes that his "father was Bert Hyde Sr., who was married to a MacMahon....The Hyde's from England go back to royalty. The MacMahon's were from County Cork Ireland I think. We also have a civil war portrait.

1. Ellen Hyde was born on 18 May 1903 in Illinois; died on 14 Jun 2000 in New Glarus, Green County, Wisconsin; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Geneva, Kane County, Illinois.
2. Dorothy "Dort" Hyde was born on 11 Apr 1905 in Kane County, Illinois; died on 30 Dec 1993 in Los Angeles County, California.
3. Olive "Ollie" Hyde was born on 23 Dec 1906 in Illinois; died in Mar 1993 in Aurora, Kane County, Illinois.
4. Almeda "Meedie" Hyde was born about 1909 in Illinois; and died.
5. Bert Lee Hyde, Jr. was born about 1910 in Illinois; died on 4 Nov 1974; was buried in West Batavia Cemetery, Batavia, Kane County, Illinois.