Other Events:

• Find A Grave Memorial Number: 33542094
• Race: Irish
• Race: White
• _DEST: USA
• _ORIG: Ireland
• Departure: 1878, Glasgow, Scotland and Larne, Ireland
• Arrival: 21 Aug 1878, New York, New York, USA; Age: 6
• Residence: 1880, New York City, New York County, New York, USA; Age: 8; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
• Address: 1900, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA; on Surf Avenue at the Culver Depot of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Comp; Address:
  on Surf Avenue at the Culver Depot of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
• Residence: 1900, Brooklyn Ward 31, Kings County, New York, USA; Age: 48; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
• Address: 1905, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA; on Surf Avenue at the Culver Depot of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Comp; Address:
  on Surf Avenue at the Culver Depot of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
• Residence: 1905, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA; Age: 33; Relation to Head of House: Wife
• Address: 1910, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA; Address:
  22 Surf Ave
• Residence: 1910, Brooklyn Ward 31, Kings County, New York, USA; Age: 38; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
• Address: 1920, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA; Address:
  550 Surf Ave
• Residence: 1920, Brooklyn Assembly District 16, Kings County, New York, USA; Age: 48; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
• Address: 1929, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA; Address:
  1427 E 4th St.
• Address: 1930, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA; Address:
  1427 E 4th St.
• Residence: 1930, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA; Age: 58; Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Mother-in-law
• Address: 1935, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA; Address:
  1427 E 4th St.
• Residence: 1935, New York, Kings County, New York, USA
• Address: 1940, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA; Address:
  1427 E. 4th St.
• Residence: 1 Apr 1940, New York, Kings County, New York, USA; Age: 68; Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Mother-in-law

Notes:

Agnes was born in Northern Ireland in September, 1871.
According to the passenger list of the steamship the State of Georgia, she was the daughter of Elizabeth Magee.

Agnes arrived in New York on August 21, 1878. She came to the United States with her mother, Eliza (Elizabeth), brother Henry and sisters Sabina and Mary. Her father, Charles, must have been already here in the United States, as he is listed in the 1880 census.

On October 25, 1893, Agnes married Charles Obenland in Manhattan County, New York. The marriage certificate is #13716.

On FamilySearch, I found a record of this marriage, which showed Agnes's parents as Charles Magee and Eliza Curry. I then found marriage records for a Henry and a Sabina, both with the same parents as Agnes. This is how I verified that she was the Agnes on the State of Georgia passenger list.

Agnes and Charles had two children. Their daughter, Agnes Brooklyn, was born May 4, 1894. Little Agnes's middle name was Brooklyn because she was the first child born in the new 31st ward in Brooklyn after some city consolidation had been done.

Her birth was written up in the Kings County Journal at the time and then the story was repeated in the May 2, 1900 issue of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. It was reported that the Excise Commissioner, George B. Forrester, "felt so elated" that he gave the baby a $5 gold piece.

Her brother, Charles A, was born two years later.

The 1900 Census lists the family living on Surf Avenue in Brooklyn. They lived in what was the Culver Depot of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company. This was in the very heart of Coney Island. Charles was working as an inspector for the railway.

Charles and Agnes were living at 22 Surf Avenue during the 1910 Census. He listed his occupation as a depot master for the railway. She were still living at the Culver Depot.

By 1920, the family had moved, but they stayed on Surf Avenue. This time their address was 550 Surf Ave. According to Google Earth, this is where the New York Aquarium now stands.

Charles was killed while working in Brooklyn on June 19, 1929. An article regarding his death appeared in the Syracuse Herald in the evening edition on June 20, 1929. "Angered because he was prevented from boarding a congested street car with his wife and two children, a powerfully built man struck a blow to the jaw of Charles Obenland, veteran inspector at West Sixth Street and Surf Avenue, Coney Island, which killed him. The assailant and his family escaped in the confusion."

A longer article on the subject of his death was published in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on the same day as the one in Syracuse.

After her husband's passing, Agnes lived with her daughter, Agnes, her husband Arthur Toppin and their son in Brooklyn. They lived in the house at 1427 E. 4th St., where she and her husband Charles had lived for the last few years of his life.

Agnes passed away on June 23, 1948. She was buried three days later in The Evergreens Cemetery.


Buried:
The Evergreens Cemetery; Section Siloam, Grave 5905

Died:
at home at 1427 East 4th St.

Agnes married Charles Louis Obenland 25 Oct 1893, Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA. Charles (son of Karl Obenland and Friederike Pauline Bernecker) was born Oct 1871, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA; died 19 Jun 1929, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA; was buried 22 Jun 1929, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. Agnes Brooklyn Obenland was born 4 May 1894, Coney Island, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA; died 24 Oct 1977, New York, USA; was buried 27 Oct 1977, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA.
2. Charles Arthur Obenland was born 9 May 1896, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA; died 22 Mar 1942, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA; was buried 25 Mar 1942, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA.
3. Annie Obenland was born 8 Aug 1895, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA; died 19 Aug 1895, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA; was buried Aug 1895, Gravesend, Kings County, New York, USA.

Other Events:

• Race: White
• Arrival: 1864; Age: 20
• Residence: 1880, New York City, New York County, New York, USA; Age: 35; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self
• Residence: 1900, Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA; Age: 55; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
• Residence: 1 Jun 1915, New York, Kings County, New York, USA; Age: 70; Relation to Head of House: Head

Charles married Elizabeth Curry 1865. Elizabeth was born Jun 1841, Ireland. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Alternate Spelling of Last Name: Craig
• Departure: Glasgow, Scotland and Larne, Ireland
• Race: White
• _DEST: USA
• Birth: Abt 1844
• Arrival: 21 Aug 1878, New York, New York, USA; Age: 34; on the steamship, the State of Georgia
• Residence: 1880, New York City, New York County, New York, USA; Age: 38; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
• Residence: 1900, Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA; Age: 58; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
• Residence: 1 Jun 1915, New York, Kings County, New York, USA; Age: 65; Relation to Head of House: Wife