Patsy, using the money that his sister Mary sent him, secured passage to the U.S and settled in New York City, where he worked on the construction of the subway. The conditions were deplorable and many took ill and died. Unfortunately, one of these unlucky ones was Patsy (Source: Interview, John G. Bucknum.).

      My mother's brother Patsy Leane died when I was quite young. He was working on the New York Subway and I believe was killed. My mother & father went to New York but he was already buried when they got there (Source: Letter: Florence Fayden to Delia Palmatier, February 20, 1977.).

      Patsy Leane was killed in Brooklyn when he was working on the subway - building it. When my mother and father went to New York for his burial they were too late and he was already buried. I liked Uncle Patsy Leane. He gave me a toy horse and I was crazy about it (Source: Letter: Florence Fayden to Delia Palmatier, January 5, 1978.).

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March 5, 2007, Clackamas, OR