He was born in Cork City: baptised 27/12/1825 at St. Finbars South, father
Malachy Lyons & Bridget Leahy[ info. from Jo. Reilly in person
8/01/1817 Malachy Lyons m. Bridget Leahy .]
I have list of 3 other children baptised to them, and of 7children baptised
there to a Malachi Lyons & Mary Coleman.[1821 Malachy Lyons
m. Mary Coleman. Witness Thomas Lyons ]
1824 William Lyons to Malachy Lyons & Bridget Leahy
[info. from Jo Reilly]
1825 Stephen Lyons to Malachy Lyons & Bridget Leahy [info. from Jo Reilly-
27/12/1825: this is Devon Stephen]
1829 Margaret Lyons to Malachy Lyons & Bridget Leahy [info. from Jo Reilly]
1835 John Lyons to Malachy Lyons & Bridget Leahy [info. from Jo Reilly]. In 1851C, in Bermondsey, a Malachi 31[b~1820], Bridget 25, b.CorkIre,Thomas 4 & John 2: could this Malachi also be a son?
1822 Jane Lyons to Malachy Lyons & Mary Coleman. [info. Jo.Reilly]. Married
1821.
1824 Mary Lyons to Malachy Lyons & Mary Coleman. [info. Jo.Reilly]
1826 Daniel Lyons to Malachy Lyons & Mary Coleman. [info. Jo.Reilly]
1830 Honora Lyons to Malachy Lyons & Mary Coleman. [info.
Jo.Reilly]
1833 Margaret Lyons to Malachy Lyons & Mary Coleman. [info. Jo.Reilly]
1835 John Lyons to Malachy Lyons & Bridget Leahy [info. from Jo Reilly].
this is suspect!
1835 Catherine Lyons to Malachy Lyons & Mary Coleman. [info. Jo.Reilly]
1838 John Lyons to Malachy Lyons & Mary Coleman. [info. Jo.Reilly] . . .
. . . . . . Note: The church obviously has many more records than the NLI!.
There is a S.Lyons, 33, soldier ,b.Ireland in 1861C, in barracks
in UK ,from memory.
.Marriages Mar 1863 LYONS Stephen Stoke D. 5b 586 to Justina Louisa Dann. She would have been ~19 at the marriage. Have m.c. Stephen Lyons 35 soldier married Justina Louisa Dann 21 at Stoke Damerel, Devon,13/02/1863 .His father was Malachi Lyons labourer. Stephen & Justina were living at Mutton Cove. Protestant marriage. In 1881C, they had Thomas 11, Edward J 9, Ellen L 6, Eliz.Mary & Samuel G 11mths. At least one of these was baptised back in Cork.
a Malachy Lyons was ordinated as a Columban catholic priest in Australia in 1934! No Malachy/i on MHC site 1800-1860
Searched Censuses for Malachy and in 1851C there is a Malachi Lyons31 b.Ireland married to Bridget Caveney,with 2 young kids: have the b.c.of one!!!prob. a .Also, at St. Marys Cork, 09/09/1851 Malachy Lyons married Johanna Hartnule[NLI]. One of these two is probably the younger brother of this Stephen.
In 1871 in Plymouth,
Justiana L Lyons 27
Stephen Lyons 44 pensioner
Thomas P Lyons 1
In 1881 the family had grown to
Edward J. Lyons 9
Elizabeth Mary Lyons
Ellen L. Lyons 6
Justina L. Lyons 39
Samuel G. Lyons
Stephen Lyons 54 general labourer & pensioner , born Cork,Ireland.
Thomas P. Lyons 11
Living in Plymouth.
1888. Dies.Mar LYONS Stephen 62 Plymouth 5b 213 Age here would give a 1825/6 birth, whereas the 2 censuses he appears in suggest April 1826-April 1827 birth. And m.c-aged 35 in Feb 1863 - suggests born Mar 1827 -Feb 1828.
His widow Justina is still alive in 1891C.
Edward Lyons 19
Ellen Lyons 10, probably a mistranscibed 16
Eva Lyons 6 another birth
Justina Lyons 48
She does not appear in 1901 census
Was in contact with someone, Linda?, on Genes about him, but she was not interested as he was only in her tree through marriage.
Other Stephen Lyons deaths from JJRL list.
1868 Cork, aged 5
1873 Mallow, aged 20. Thus b.~1853
1878 Cork ,aged 48. Thus b.~1830
1901/2. Romford, aged 39. Thus b.~1862.
1917. St.Olave ,aged 54. Thus b.~1863