Hello, my husband is an O'Connor. His family is from Kanturk, Cork. -- www.corbyoconnor.com -------------- Original message -------------- From: JohnPcnnrs@aol.com > I was born at 257E 95th street in 1939. On one side of the street the rich > and famous still occupied the brownstones and the other was made up of 5 story > apartment houses. If you crossed Lexington Ave it was all upper middle class. > If you were catholic you went to St Francis de Sales school and economic > differences were ignored by the Sisters. 95th street was considered a very > respectable and desirable street to live on. The apartment houses and > Brownstones > were built before 1900 and many of the families had lived there for some > time. My parents were born in Ireland and moved to the US around 1930. What > name > are you researching? Presently the area up to and including 96th street > above 3rd avenue is still very much an upscale neighborhood. On fifth the > upscale > area extends another 10 blocks. A cousin of mine had a 2 million dollar > apartment on 105 and fifth. > > > Researching Connors, OConnor, Histon, Kennealy, Sullivan in Limerick and > OConnor, Heffernan, Foley, Palmer, deConde, Sugrue, Shackrow, Griffin, Shea, > Shay and Keating in Kerry. Conor, OConnor Roscomon. > > > > **************Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. > (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/ > 2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message