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  • Catherine Fogarty Cain, Convict "Asia" 1830 (1815 - 1862)
    Religion : Catholic** Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via sister Mary Ann Jeffery (born Hennessy) by SmartCopy : Aug 7 2015, 7:46:18 UTC
  • David C. Hennessy (1858 - 1890)
    Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy : Nov 16 2020, 12:37:34 UTC C. Hennessy (1858 – October 16, 1890) was a police chief of New Orleans, Louisiana. As a young detective, he made headlines in 1...
  • Elizabeth Smart (1794 - 1865)
  • Ellen Hennessy (c.1799 - 1855)
    James Hennessey was born in Ireland in 1797. He came to the United States in 1850 along with his wife, and four children. They came by way of Pennsylvania and Louisville, Kentucky, settling there tempo...
  • George Clayton Hennessy (1892 - 1963)
    1921 Census: Dungannon, Hastings East, Ontario, Canada Loranzo Nerer 78 Mathild Nerer 77 Cleyton Hennessy 28 Mabel Hennessy 26 Malson G Hennessy 3/12--------------------* Reference: MyHeritage Family T...

About the Hennessy surname

HENNESSY IS A NAME FROM THE IRISH BANK SEVERAL HUNDRED YEARS FROM COUNTY LIMERICK -CORK IN IRELAND.WE BELIEVE THE FAMILY GAME HER IN THE END OF THE 1600 TO 1700'S . OUR GRAND FATHER WAS THE WONDERFUL MR RICHARD J. HENNESSY AND HIS WIFE OUR GRANDMOTHER WAS ONE OF A KIND MARGARET THERESA FRYE..THEY HAD 9 CHILDREN AND GRANDFATHER NEVER KNEW HIS OWN FATHER HAS HE DIED WHEN GRANDPA WAS JUST 1 1/2 YEARS OF AGE AND HIS MOTHER REMARRIED , GRANDPA NEVER EVEN KNEW HE WAS A HENNESSY UNTIL HE WAS GETTING MARRIED AND ON HIS BIRTH CERTIFICATE HE FOUND HIS TRUE BLOOD AND GENII NAME..HENNESSY..AND HE WAS SO VERY PROUD OF THAT NAME..HIS MOTHER WOULD NOT ALLOW HIS TO KNOW THE HENNESSY AS MANY WERE STILL FROM IRELAND AND FRANCE AND SOME EVEN IN ENGLAND AND GERMANY..HIS REAL FATHER HENNESSY WAS REALLY A TRUE RICHARD HENNESSY SAID TO BE THE WEALTHIEST AND MUST SUCCESSFUL FAMILY IN IRELAND AND HIS GREAT GRANDFATHER TIMES 6 WAS A JACOBITE'S IRISH CATHOLIC, WHEN ENGLAND ALLOWED NO CATHOLICS TO LIVE IN IRELAND HE WAS IN THE IRISH ARMY FIGHTING THEM THE BRITISH IN BATTLE AND ALSO WAS SENT TO FRANCE TO FIGHT FOR LOUIE THE 14 AND 15 AGAINST THE ENGLISH..his MOTHER KEPT HIM AWAY FROM ALL RELATIVES OF THE TRUE FATHER AND TOLD HIM NOTHING..NEVER KNEW ANY OF THEM AND ALL WAYS DREAMED TO..IN A FAMILY OF PROUD IRISH CATHOLICS THIS PAST TO BE LEARNED AFTER HIS DEATH WOULD HAVE GIVEN HIM A TREMENDOUS FEELING OF HAPPINESS AND SATISFACTION..HE HIMSELF WAS ALLAYS A HARD WORKING MAN AND WORKED HIS OWN WAY TO THE TOP IN EVERY THING HE DID..HIS WIFE MY GRANDMOTHER WAS IN HER DAY A WELL RESPECTED GRIMMER SCHOOL TEACHER AT SAINT ANN'S RC SCHOOL IN BROOKLYN..UNTIL THE WED.IT IS WITH PRIDE AND JOY THAT THE YEARS BEHIND US KNOW WERE FILLED WITH GREAT INFORMATION ABOUT HIS IRISH ROOTS AND HIS FAMILY IN IRELAND HIS ANCESTRY GOING BACK TO THE FAMED HENNESSY FAMILY TREE WHICH YOU CAN FIND ON THE WEBSITES AS WELL..ALL THOUGH THAT PART OF THE FAMILY STILL RESISTS THE RELATIONSHIP WITH ME AND ANY ONE WHO COMES NEAR THEM AS IF WE ALL JUST WANTED FAME AND MONEY..WE DO NOT AND WE DON;T NEED IT .IT IS WHAT IT IS AND THEY ARE AS THE LEGAL TEAM HAS FOUND OUR BLOOD RELATIVES ..HIS PAST AND OUR ROOTS TO IRELAND AND WITH LOOK AND HOPE OF COMMON DECENCY IN THE FAMED SIDE OF THE FAMILY WE WILL SOON HAVE OUR CHILDREN KNOWING AND LEARNING FROM EACH OTHER EVEN AT OUR AGE THERE ARE ALL WAYS GOOD TRUE STORIED TO TELL AND GOOD LAUGHS TO HAVE..THE NEED TO FEEL THE TRUTH AS THE ORIGINAL RICHARD WOULD HAVE WANTED AND AS HE SET UP..THEY GET A LITTLE LOST IN IRELAND AS THEY THEMSELVES LEFT IT AND LIVE MOISTLY IN ENGLAND AS A LEGAL RESIDENT BUT THERE LIVES HAVE BEEN SPENT THERE LIVES IN THE USA ON WORK AND CORPORATE VISA PRO MITTS..SOME ON THE EAST SIDE OF MANHATTAN AND SOME ON THE WEST..THE OFFICES ARE ALSO IN THE CITY..IT IS A SHAME THAT THE HAIRS TO THE HENNESSY NAME IN EUROPE LIVE HERE BUT JUST USE AMERICA AND THERE RELATIONSHIP TO MR HENNESSY AS A MEANS TO AN END ALL OF WHICH IS MONEY..THEY IN THE PAST 10 YEARS BUY THE MERGERS FROM KILLIAN HENNESSY AND A BOARD VOTE OF YES TO R\PROCEED DID SELL OUT THERE IRISH SIDE AND THE NAME HENNESSY AS KNOW THEY HAVE ADOPTED NEW ENGLISH COMPANY'S AND SEE NO REAL NEED TO TREASURE THERE IRISH PAST AND A MAN THEY NEVER KNEW..BELIEVE ME HE WOULD ROLL OVER IF HE KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE DONE TO THE FAMILY BUSINESS AND CONCERNS..Hennessy THE BRAND WILL NOT BE WITH US FOR LONG NOW AND AFTER THE LENGTH OF FAME AND SECESSION OVER 200 YEARS SEANCE IT FOUNDING IT IS A DISGRACE THAT THEY SOLD OUT TO A CORPORATE MAD NAM AND WE WILL SPIT THEM OUT..Hennessy IS A NAME WITH NO SHAME AND DEVIL TAKE THE MAN WHO TRYS IT..MY GRANDFATHER WOULD SAY THAT ..AND YES WE HERE IN HENNESSY FAMILY 2018 DID SO AGREE..WE HOPE THE YEARS AND TIME LEFT TOP THE SERVICING EURO PEN HENNESSY'S WILL BE SINCERE AND TRUE TO THE MEMORY OF OUR ORIGIN....FAMILY FIRST AND HALLWAYS..IRISH CATHOLIC AND IRISH !! THE TRADITION ARE WONDERFUL AND THE NEW INFORMATION IS JUST THE SAME LET US ALL PRAY THEY ARE AS WERE ARE AND HAVE BEEN FOR CENTURY'S IN AMERICA..GOOD WONDERFUL PEOPLE ..LET US HOPE THAT THE OTHER SIDE SEE;S MORE THEN MONEY AS THEY THEM SELF'S ARE ENDING THE NAME WITH NO OR LITTLE HAIRS TO THE ORIGIN AND NO WAY TO SURVIVE THE MERGERS..i AM THE CEO OF A FAMED WALL STREET SECURITY FIRM FOR OVER 42 YEARS AND HAVE SEVERAL OTHER COMPANY'S UNDER MY WAY AND NEED LITTLE FROM ANYONE ONLY WHAT WE ALL WANT ..FAMILY FRIENDS AND LONG LONGEVITY..MAY FREDERICK AND KILLIAN AND MORICE SEE THERE WAY CLEAR AND EVEN THE RELATIVES OF BRIDGET MAY FIND CONTENTEDNESS AND PEACE IN THERE HARTS AND JOY IN WHAT EVER THE TRUTH BRINGS..WE ARE ALL FAMILY AND ALL WE HAVE IS EACH OTHER..WE CAN OUT SEND ONE ANOTHER FOR FUN BUT AT LEAST WE WILL HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER AFTER A LIFE DENIED US BUY DEATH AND A GRANDMOTHERS DECISION TO PROTECT HER SON FROM EUROPEAN AND THERE INFLUENCE..SHE BELIEVED SHE WAS DOING THE RIGHT THING,WE ALL DISAGREE AND LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT EVER HAPPENS ..WE ARE ALL SO JUST ENOUGH FOR EACH OTHER EVEN IF THE EURO PEN FAMILY THINKS MORE OF TITLES AND FAME THEN BLOOD AND FAMILY..NO SHOCK TO US..WE KNEW EUROPE AND THE EAT EACH OTHER FOR A 100 YEARS..MAYBE USA HAS HAD A GOOD EFFECT ON THEM ALL..TIME WILL TELL.....THE HENNESSY FAMILY IS GONE NOW AND I AM ALL THAT SURVIVES IN THIS TREE AND IN THIS WORLD..MAY ANY OR ALL HENNESSY'S FIND THERE WAY BACK TOGETHER AND START ANEW CHAPTER OF US EUROPEAN HISTORY TOGETHER AS ONE FAMILY...FOR THE KIDS..