Christine J Kenney

• Reference: MyHeritage Genealogy - SmartCopy: Oct 24 2021, 7:44:25 UTC

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GEDCOM Note

Family story (from one of Christina's children) said that she left Ireland around the age of 12, worked in England and then came to the US.
"As my mother put it, they were knocked from pillar to post". </line><line /><line>"My mother often told of his saying that his children should remember that 'although poor, they were of gentile stock'."</line><line /><line>"My mother often told of sneaking onto the grounds of this castle and playing (Charleville Castle). She told of dancing on iron plates on the grounds, only to find out years later that they were the plates covering the graves of the members of the royal family who used the castle as a home. Anne Boleyn's children are supposed to be buried there."</line><line /><line>http://charlevillecastle.ie/
https://www.facebook.com/CharlevilleCastlePage/</line><line /><line>"My mother went to a 'National School'. It was staffed by nuns but they were addressed as 'Miss' not 'Sister'. She would tell of the times she and her play mates would see the priest coming up the road and they would run in another direction because 'the old buggar' would clobber them with his blackthorne stick if they didn't curtsy to his satisfaction."</line><line /><line>Indicated that Christina's son, Tom, found Edward and Essy's graves in a cemetery about 18 miles outside of Tullamore (possibly Birr) when he went to visit Ireland in 1975.</line><line /><line>1901 Ireland Census (March 31):
Children are living with Essy's sister and her husband, as Essy passed away recently:
19 Barrack Street Lower, Tullamore Urban, King's Co.
Stephen Garry, 56, head, born in Co Kings
Mary Garry, 50, wife, born in Co Kings
Patrick Garry, 14, son, born in Co Kings
Richard Walsh, 15, nephew, born in Co Kings
Elizabeth Walsh, 12, niece, born in Co Kings
Christina Walsh, 9, niece, born in Co Kings
Hanna Walsh, 5, niece, born in Co Kings
Edward Walsh, 3, nephew, born in Co Kings</line><line /><line>1915 Immigration Record:
Last permanent residence:
Birmingham, England
Name and address of nearest relative in country whence alien came:
Father, Edward Walsh, Shannon Harbour, Banagher, Kings Co.
Final destination:
Chicago, Illinois to be with sister, Annie Keoghan, 7213 S. Paulina St.
4' tall, dark complexion, black hair, blue eyes
Born in Banagher, Ireland.</line><line /><line>1920 Fed Census:
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