Richard Gough and Julia Ryon/Ryan
Richard Gough was the first child of Peter Gough and Letitia Naulty to be born in the United States; according to his obituary, he was born in the village of Beaver Meadows, which is just over the line in Carbon County. He apprenticed as a tailor with his older brother, John, in Philadelphia, appearing there in the 1860 census with John and his wife, Susan; they lived at #2 Nonnater's Court, a street that no longer exists but that appears to have been in what is now the historic downtown by the river.
After the Civil War broke out, Richard and John returned to the Hazleton area, where Richard married Julia Ryon in 1867 at St. Gabriel's church. We do not know the name of Julia's father, but her mother was Susan (b. 1807, Ireland - d after 1880); two of her sisters were Mary and Bridget.
Richard and Julia had five children, but by 1900 all but one had died; we only know the names of two -- Peter Joseph and Elizabeth -- who were both baptized at St. Gabriel's. Richard and Julia appear to have had a tumultuous home life, probably made more difficult by the deaths of their four children. In 1870, they were enumerated in Hazleton, but by 1880 had separated. While we have not yet located Julia in the census, Richard was living in the Hazleton area, while their son Peter was living with his aunt -- Julia's sister -- in Schuylkill County, where he was enrolled in school.
By 1885, when Richard died, Julia and son Peter had moved to Philadelphia, where Peter also took up the tailoring and upholstery trade. After Peter married around 1897, Julia continued to live with her son and his young family, along with her unmarried sister, Bridget Ryan.
Richard Gough (b. 1844, Beaver Meadows, Carbon, PA - d. 11 Jan 1885, Hazleton, Luzerne, PA)
m. 18 Jan 1867, St. Gabriel's, Hazleton, Luzerne, PA
Julia Ryon/Ryan (b. 1845, PA - d. aft 1900)
Children:
i. Peter Joseph Gough (b. 18 Jun 1870, Hazleton, Luzerne, PA - d 10 April 1912, Philadelphia); m. Jennie Readdie
ii. Elizabeth Gough (b. 27 Oct 1874, Hazleton, Luzerne, PA - d bet 1874/80)