Ida’s brother in the 1880 household

John Toland Jr.

We have now found young John beside Ida in their childhood household. The later death certificate names matching parents, giving us a strongly supported connection between that child and the man who died in Columbus in 1927.

The child in 1880

John Jr., age one, appears as a son of John R. and Mary J. Toland, alongside Marion E., Ida Jane, and Emma M. Approximate birth from that census: 1879.

Documented record statement

The later record

John’s 1927 certificate reports birth in August 1878 in West Virginia and names John R. Toland and Mary Hartman. Identification with the census child is strongly supported by the matching parents.

Strongly supported identification

Death and burial

The certificate records death April 28, 1927, at the Ohio Penitentiary, Columbus; pulmonary hemorrhage, with probable pulmonary tuberculosis contributing; informant Seth Sloan of Ravenna; burial in Ravenna May 1. It does not state why he was incarcerated.

Documented record statement

Ages that do not agree

The handwritten certificate gives 48 years, 8 months; the typed version gives 46 years, 8 months. The 1880 census gives age one. These reports remain attached to their respective records.

Conflicting evidence

1880 Toland household detail. Ida Jane, age six, is identified as a daughter; Marion E., Emma M., and John Jr. are also listed as children. View original image ↗

John Toland’s handwritten 1927 Ohio death certificate names John R. Toland and Mary Hartman and gives age 48 years, 8 months. View original image ↗

Typed version of John’s death certificate gives age 46 years, 8 months. The conflicting entry is preserved. View original image ↗

Marion E. · Ida Jane · Emma M. · John Jr.