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Surnames: Hanlon Scanlon Welch Welsh Reid Gray Leahy Leehy Becker
Classification: Query
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Death record information gathered from: Storey County Death Records; Gold Hill Civil
Burial Register; Gold Hill Cemetery Records; & Collections by Daughters of American
Colonists, Steve Lawrence, and Dr. Stephensin
John Hanlon, miner
Native of Ireland
d. Jan 5, 1880 of bronchitis
Aged 46 years; Buried Catholic Cemetery, Gold Hill
Jonothan Scanlan
d. April 22, 1890, stillborn; death certificate signed by: Jonothan Scanlan
William Scanlan
Native of Michigan, d. April 4, 1889
Aged 23 years, 6 months 8 days; Body shipped to location not recorded
Miriam L. Scanlan
b. Oct 12, 1890; d. May 18, 1912; Buried in ‘Marks’ plot, Gold Hill
Martha Welch
b. Dec 23, 1869; d. Aug 28, 1870
Aged 8 months 5 days; Buried Catholic Cemetery Gold Hill
Mrs. Nicholas Welsh
Native Ireland; d. Mar 29, 1875
Aged 29 years; Buried by Richard Welsh in Virginia City Cemetery
Mrs. D. A. Reid
Native Canada
b. 1841; d. Oct 5, 1880, inflammation of the bowels; Aged 39 years
Buried by friends, Catholic Cemetery Gold Hill
Thomas Welch
Native Ireland, d. Mar 25, 1908
Aged 59 years; certificate signed by: Mrs. M. Welch & Andrew Jurran
Infant Gray
b. Gold Hill; d. Jan 27, 1874, stillborn
Buried by parents in Gold Hill Cemetery
Henry Gray, miner
Native of California
d. June 28, 1889 of consumption; Aged 27 years 8 months
Certificate signed by: William Gray & John Long
Buried by parents Catholic Cemetery Gold Hill
Thomas Gray
Native England
d. July 1, 1889; Aged 44 years
Certificate signed by: Sister Rose, & Barney Cole
Catharine Gray
Native Ireland
d. Jan 25, 1902; Aged 65 years
Certificate signed by husband
Willie Gray, Jr.
Native Virginia City NV
d. July 21, 1905; Aged 3 years
Joseph Gray
Native Gold Hill, NV
d. Oct 9, 1907; Aged 27 years 3 months 6 days
Certificate signed by Francis Gray
Magdalene Gray
Native of Germany
d. Dec 7, 1909; Aged 69 years 8 months
Certificate signed by: Ed Wallis (believe he was undertaker at time)
Patrick Leahy
Native of New York
d. Aug 19, 1888; Aged 52 years
Certificate signed by Celia Madigan & Patrick Hanington
Timothy Leahy
Native of Virginia City NV
d. Mar 2, 1889; Aged 12 1/2 years
Certificate signed by: Daniel Casey & Daniel Hanifan
Thomas J. Leahy
Native of Virginia City NV
d. Sept 6, 1906; Aged 3 years 10 months 4 days
Certificate signed by: Mrs. Leahy
John P. Becker, occupation, restkeeper (proprietor hotel or boarding house)
Native of Germany
d. July 23, 1881 of accidental poison; Aged 41 years
Buried by family at vault in Virginia City NV
Jacob Becker
Native of Germany
d. July 29, 1892; Aged 58 years 8 months
Certificate signed by: cousin
Listed in Nevada Territory Directory 1862
A. Hanlon, laborer Aurora Mills, Dayton, NV
D. W. Hanlin, tinsmith, Kelly Mott & Co, Virginia NV
Joseph Welsh, boarder at Virginia Hotel, Virginia NV
Thomas E. Welsh, miner, boarder Gold Hill Hotel GH NV
J. H. Leehy, clerk, Bradford & Co, Virginia City NV
C. Becker, laborer, Phoenix Mill Silver City NV
J. Becker, feeder Pioneer Mill No. 1, Silver City NV
Peter H. Becker, millwright, Gould & Curry Mill, VC NV
I briefly reviewed the Alf Doten journals and found:
March 1873 J. M. Scanlan a reporter for the Alta up from Carson where he had been
reporting for the last three months
July 8, 1877 mentions having supper at Becker’s house in Gold Hill
June 9, 1884 mentions Capt. Ed Welch of Gold Hill
Aug 6, 1884 mentions Welch’s Comedy Troupe, played at International Hotel (Virginia City)
Troupe only wife, a pianist and a fiddler, all very good
Dec 13, 1885 mentions Jake Becker’s bakery at Virginia City
March 4, 1890 mentions a Welch being pallbearer for Jane Noble funeral
Aug 3, 1892 mentions funeral for Jake Becker in Gold Hill
You will note the different spellings of the surnames you are researching. I included the
variants because during the 1800’s many surnames were incorrectly recorded due to dialect,
and literacy level of recorder, for instance ‘welch & welsh’. Considering alternate
spellings can sometimes be a gold mine (no pun intended!)