Caveney & Salmon

Patrick James “PJ” Caveney

Patrick was born in March of 1855 in a town near the Pin Hook post office in Virginia. In the 1860's it became known as Bluefield in Tazwell County just south over the line from the West Virgina border. Patrick's nicknames were documented and he was referred to as "PJ" or "James"
His family moved to Taylor County, WV which in today's drivable distance is three hours north of Bluefield. Patrick spent most of his years in Grafton, West Virginia before moving to Belmont County, Bridgeport, Ohio about 1886 where all of his children except his oldest were born. Patrick appears in a newspaper article noting in December of 1894 being elected President at St. Anthony of Padua RC Church in Bridgeport Ohio for the C.H. and D.A. Mutual Benefit Association.

Bridgeport News in the Wheeling register 12-16-1894

The family relocated and appeared in the census of 1900 in Cuyahoga County, Cleveland, Ohio.
His job description in records is a Molder for the railroad. This job required strength, stamina and artisan skills plus knowledge of how iron flowed and cooled.

In 1882 according to the 1900 census Patrick was wed to Anna Salmon.

Children

The children of Patrick and Anna were:

1. John Thomas Caveney born August 12,1884 in Grafton, WV and died January 9, 1938. He was wed August 21st, 1906 to Elizabeth B. "Bessie" McDermott and had 4 children. This direct line has its own page that can be accessed by the menu at the bottom of this page.

2. Catherine Caveney Gundelach was born in January 12, 1888 in Bridgeport, Ohio. She wed Ambrose Gundelach who was of German descent. He was employed as an electrician. Katherine died March 20th, 1963. Her husband died several years later in 1969. No children were reported from this union.

3. Anna Patricia Caveney Blepp, born August 26, 1889 in Bridgeport, Ohio and married Theodore Bernard Blepp on June 5th, 1915 in Cleveland, Ohio. He started out as a stone cutter then worked in his father's knitting mill business at 6820 Superior Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio. Ted ended up running a successful business as President of his company : Blepp-Coombs Sporting Goods. They provided uniforms for major and minor league teams as well as other knit products.
They had two children;

Anthony Blepp (born December 25, 1925-died July 19, 1995)
Jacqueline Marie Blepp (born September 27, 1931 and died on her birthday September 27, 2005)
Jacqueline's daughter Karen was the DNA match that led me to this line and subsequently to finding out my mother's paternal family.

4. Mary Kate "Margaret" “Marie” Caveney Elliott born May 26,1886 in Bridgeport, Ohio and died November 6th, 1967. Marie married John Patrick "Jack" Elliott on September 12th, 1912 in Cleveland, Ohio. Marie is listed as her father's informant on his death certificate and has her address listed as Memphis TN in that year of 1918. Marie and her husband appear to be estranged with him living separately in 1940 with a Patrick Downs in an East 9th. Cleveland apartment building. On his draft card he has documented that three toes are missing. Married is crossed out but I found no legal divorce form. They had two boys:

Daniel Elliott (July 1,1913-June 1966). Born in Ohio and died in Dade County, Florida. He was married to a Lucille C.
John Richard "Jack" (1917-April 1963). He was born in Ohio and died in Miami, Florida. He married a Mary Ann and had at least one son,

L. A. E. born September 10, 1946 in Miami, Florida married June 4, 1971 and divorced April 7th, 1975 to Annette Beaver (February 3, 1947 FLA who died March 31, 2017 in Woodstock, Georgia). They had two girls who are living; J.S.E.M. and D.M.E.W. Matching on DNA.

5. Loretta Cecelia Caveney was born May 14th, 1891 and died February 28, 1949 in Cleveland, Ohio. Her birthplace said Memphis, TN in one document and Ohio on others . She was baptized in Ohio. She married Bernard Kroeckel and divorced him in 1923. Then in 1935 married and divorced in 1940 Gilbert Huddilston. Loretta attended St. Edwards and St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic churches. Loretta died of cancer of the Pharynx. On her death certificate it has birth year as 1894. This is incorrect. It is 1892. She had no children documented.

6. Angela J. "Dolly" Caveney Flinspach was born December 20, 1894 in Bridgeport, Ohio. She died in Summit County, Ohio on June 6th, 1993. She was married about 1924 to Walter C. Flinspach (1899-1962). They lived mostly in Cleveland and the surrounding areas. Walter was a production expeditor for the Ford Motor Company . Previously he worked for the Federal Housing Administration. No children were listed in their obituaries nor census'.

7. James Francis "Jim" Caveney was born November 12th, 1892 in Bridgeport, Ohio and died in Cleveland Ohio in September of 1964. Jim served in World War 1 in France. Jim lived with his sisters for some time then the Allerton Apartments which was converted from a grand hotel. In his WW2 registration Jim is documented as working at the Paddock Club. Jim never married and appeared childless. His occupation was listed as salesman in his later years.

8. Agnes "Marie" Caveney Adrian born June 17th in 1897 in Bridgeport, Ohio. She died in May of 1977. Her husband was Sam B. Adrian and they married in 1926. Marie was listed as a real estate agent in Cleveland.