Ned, Are you related to Jimmy Flynn a singer in NY in the 1920's? I used to know of someone who was related to him-- grandson?? Alanna

Thank you Declan for all you do, and have a happy holiday season to all of you. Don ----- Original Message ----- From: "Declan Barron" <newparkhouse.ennis@eircom.net> To: <irl-clare@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 11:17 AM Subject: [IRL-CLARE] Crime in Co. Clare > > > Hi, > > came across this today at > http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/mss/online/online-mss-catalogues/cats/newc_5thduke2cat.html > Catalogue of the Papers of Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle > under Lyne in the Newcastle Collection > Political Papers as Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, > 1846 > > Ne C 9194/3 11.1845 (c) Newspaper cutting from 'The > Clare Journal'; n.d. > [c. Nov. 1845] > > Reports public meeting at > Ennis, co. Clare setting > up central committee and giving > details of > membership. 1 f > > Ne C 9525 1.1845-5.1846 Printed report of Criminal > Offenses in Co. Clare, > Ireland; Jan. 1845-May 1846 > > Gives details of offenses > committed in co. Clare > with some manuscript additions. > > The reports in Ne C 9524-9532 > appear to be in the > same format and may originally > have been a single > document but the severe fire > damage suffered by the > papers makes it difficult to be > certain of their > connection. 2 ff > Ne C 9534 1.1846-5.1846 Printed abstract of crime in > the counties of > Tipperary, Limerick, Clare, > Leitrim and Roscommon, > Ireland; Jan.-May 1846 > > Gives figures by county and > month showing numbers > and types of offenses. 2 ff > > Ne C 9535 1844-1845 Printed abstract of crime in > the counties of > Tipperary, Limerick, Clare, > Leitrim and Roscommon, > Ireland; 1844-1845 > > Happy Christmas to all, > Declan > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CLARE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

To all Listers Greetings from "The Land Down Under" at this special time of year. May everyone have a happy and holy Christmas and many blessings come your way in the New Year of 2007. (Including finding all the answers to our genealogy questions). Many Thanks to all who have given assistance throughout the year. It has been truly appreciated. Pray for those parts of Australia now experiencing terrible bushfires, for the families who have lost everything; for the unselfish fire fighters who look as though they won't be with their families this Christmas; most of all may there be Peace on Earth. God Bless, Kay - in God's Own Country in Northern NSW where it is trying to rain....

In addition to my query which follows, I'd also like to wish my fellow listers a very Merry Christmas and the best that 2007 can offer! My gr gr grandparents were MICHAEL ROHAN & ELIZABETH DOLAN. Of their seven children, only one remains to be found. He is...... PATRICK ROHAN baptized November 1, 1840 Parteen/Meelick Parish Derry More Godmother: Honor Moloney The entire Rohan family, other than Patrick, were in Chicago IL by 1875. In the 1901 census of Ireland there is a Patrick Rohan aged 63, b.1838. He's a grocer living in Scariff. Although he's married, no wife is listed. Children are Elizabeth, Emma, Anthony and Genevieve. Hmmmmm....could this be my missing Patrick? Is there anyone with any additional information for this family? Once again, Happy Holiday to all! Judie Mason Chicago

What? I sent the full URL list - did you scroll through all to find the County? I see two for Galway on the first page, one states 'Loughrea' in error as the county, but that Galway. ***** Reply to the LIST ONLY - Please ***** ***** Thanks for your consideration ***** Pádraig Mór, An Sean Gabhar ----- Original Message ----- From: <DLCulhane@cs.com> To: <irl-clare@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 5:44 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-CLARE] Irish Re-Productive Loan Records > Can you tell me how to get to the records for Galway? It looks like my > ancestors' parish is included, but the only link I can find is for > Limerick. Thanks! > > Diane

Can you tell me how to get to the records for Galway? It looks like my ancestors' parish is included, but the only link I can find is for Limerick. Thanks! Diane

Isn't this a valuable resource? I wonder how come we never heard of it before now! It's kind of equivalent to Griffiths, but provide such valuable information in the Defaulters List from the notes of the local constabulary: He die, etc. was buried in such and such a graveyard in 18 xx ; was Transported; Went to America, etc, etc. I am searching every day, and for Limerick and I am at File# 280 of about 1200! I have found three of my name in locations that I would not have thought about - of course, I can not relate them directly to my people yet, I might never achieve that goal. Too bad Co.Clare is not included - Pity! How are you guys finding it? ***** Reply to the LIST ONLY - Please ***** ***** Thanks for your consideration ***** Pádraig Mór, An Sean Gabhar

"Dr. C.J. Cooney is a native of Iowa and was born January 16, 1873, in Buchanan county, where his parents, Patrick and Honora (Costello) Cooney, settled as early as the year 1857. Both Patrick Cooney and wife wife were natives of county Clare, Ireland...The former came to America in 1846 and located first in Vermont, where he worked for some time on a farm...During his younger years hea was employed in railway construction in the Green Mountain state, thence worked westard trhough New York and Pennsylvania, and for a while was head blaster in the construction of the great tunnel through the mountains...Leaving Pennsylvania, Mr. Cooney went to Steubenville, Ohi, forn which place he went by boat to the Mississippi river, up which stream he proceeded to Dubuque, Iowa, the trip requiring six weeks. He located in the eastern part of Buchanan county, the nearest town being Dubuque, to which he would sometimes walk in one day, starting very early in the morning and arriving late at night... Mrs. Cooney... arrived in this country in 1847...Mr. and Mrs. Cooney still ive in Buchanan county, he having reached the age of eighty-four and she in her seventy-ninth year... Dr. C.J. Cooney is one of eleven children...all but one living and all except the Doctor residents of Buchanan county...[After practicing at Jessy[and Westgate] the Doctor, in 1904, moved to Oelwein... Doctor's Cooney's domestic life dates from 1897, when he [wed] Susan G. McSweeney, daughter of John and Bridget McSweeney...Doctor and Mrs. Cooney have five children, Rolla, Charles, Edmund, Paul, and Iona... The family are faithful members of the Catholic church..." pp. 1302-03 Past and present of Fayette County, Iowa Indianapolis, Ind.: B.F. Bowen & Co., 1910

"Roswell L. Branson, the proprieto of the Hotel Nasha, is numbered among Montana's early day cowboys and pemanent settlers. He is strickly a man of the West, born at Walla Walla, Washington, August 8, 1864, and he was reared as a farmer there, where the family home had been established in 1858. His father, thomas Banson, was a native of Illinois, and crossed the plains...with his parents...Thomas Branson led a company of volunteers...at the time of the Nez Perce [Indian] outbreak, and the wound which he received...caused his death four years later...Thomas Branson married Amanda Church, who was born in County Clare, Ireland, a daughter of Andrew Church. She was brought to the United States when a child of twelve years, and the family crossed the plains and settled in the Williamette Valley of Oregon. Mrs. Branson...survived her husband many years. Her children were...: Otis P., of Lewiston, Idaho; Roswell L., whose home is in Nashua, Montana; Alfred M., of Kalispell, Montana; Fannie, who became the wife of Almon Jones and died in Umatilla County, Oregon; Ella, who married John Gratz and died in Arizona; Mazine died as Mrs. Bird at Baker City, Oregon; Alta married a Mr. Musgrove, of Walla Walla Valley; Charles e., of Glacier park, Montanta. Mrs. Branson married for her second husband Charles Lewis,and her final home was at Leston, Idaho. .... Mr. Branson was married while in Glasgow, Montana, July 20, 1897, to Miss Rosa Stiler, who was born in Minnestoa in December, 1876. A son, Earl Otis, has been born..." pp. 1118-19 Montana, its story and biography : a history of aboriginal and territorial Montana and three decades of statehood Chicago: American Historical Society, 1921,

"Thomas Kelley...was born at Flint, Michigan, October 16, 1870. His father, Patrick Kelley, was born in County Clare, Ireland and married there Martha Carey. Prior to the Civil war Patrick Kelley broughr his family to the United States, and spent his active life as a brick and cement contractor at Flint, Michigan, moving to that city from Mew York State. He died at Flitn in 1899, when past sixty years of age. his widow is stil living, a resident of Chicago...His children were: Sarah, who became the wife of Tom Margison and died at Elkhart, Indiana; Martha, who became the wife of Eugene Henderson, of Tuscola County, Michigan; Thomas; Selma, wife of James Hugan [sic], of Chicago; and Lizzie, Mrs. Jack Cargill. Thomas Kelly lived at Flint to the age of twenty...Leaving Michigan in 1890, he went to Chciago, worked at his [cigarmaking] trade several months, and successively made cigars at St. Louis, at Piqua, Ohio, at Boston, Massachusetts, Nashua, New Hampshire, and thence north through Montreal and Toronto. Returning to Michigan, he worked at Tecumsh, and his last occupation at rolling cigars was in Minneapolis. In May, 1895, he came to Montana, where his did his first work as a section hand at Culbertson. [He then did ranchwork around the state.] A few years later he identified himself with Plentywood, which at that time was just beginning to take on life as a town. He built one of the first business houses on the townsite, and entered the retail liquor business, which he continued until state wide prohibition became effective. Mr. Kelley took advantage of the opportunities to acquire a farm by entering public land...The home for himself and wife was a frame shack of two rooms...After securing title he left the farm as a place of residence, but still owns it...He joined in the movement for the telephone system, the Farmers Store, the creamery, and the drug store, taking stock in all those enterprises...[H]is family are communicants of the Catholic Church. Mr. Kelley found his wife while she was a homesteader in the Plentywood locality. her maiden was Johanna Armstrong. Mrs. Kelley was born at Anoka, Minnestoa, in 1872, the daughter of William T. and Sarah (Farrington) Armstrong, the former still living and at the Kelley home. Mrs. Kelley has one sister, Mrs. Arthur Charlesworth. Mr. and Mrs. Kelley were married at Glasgow, Montana, June 19, 1911. They have an adopted son, Gerald." pp.1053-54 Montana, its story and biography : a history of aboriginal and territorial Montana and three decades of statehood Chicago: American Historical Society, 1921

"The M.H. & W.E. Crowley company is know far and wide as one connected with the vital industry of agriculture...Michael Henry Crowley, the senier member of this firm of brothers, was born at Grafton, Ohio, on Feburary 2, 1872, a son of James Crowley, a native of County Clare, Ireland, where was born on February 2, 1818. He died at Logan, Montana, in June, 1919. Until he was seventeen years old James Crowley lived in his native county, but left it to enlist in the British Army and fought in British India all through the Sepoy rebellion, during which campaign he was wounded three times and received a medal for carrying off two wounded officers from the battlefield during heaby fire. This medal has three clasps, and is among the cherished possession of his family. He was at the siege of Lucknow and at Koilkonda, India, and then returned to Ireland, was married in County Clare, after which he and his wife came to the United States, arriving here in 1859, and for five years thereafter he was engaged inwroking in the rolling mill at Portland, Maine....He moved to Cleveland, Ohio, and continued working in rolling mills until 1869, when he bought a farm at Grafton, Ohio. Oil was later discovered on his farm...and he sold it, realizing a comfortable fortune. In 1876 he went to Knox County, Missouri, and and bought a farm, in which he lived for five years, then sold it at a profit, and in 1882 came to Montana and was a rancher in the Logan district until his death. He was...a Roman Catholic...His wife bore the maiden name of Maria Bennett, and she was born in...the same county as he, and she died at Logan, Montana. Their children were as follows: John H., who is a rancher of Saint Peter's Mission, Cascade County, Montana, was born in Ireland; Patrick, who was born in Scotland, where his parents spent a year, is a business man of Seattle, Washington; Mary, who was born at Portland, Maine, married C.M. Wilson, a rancher of Logan, Montana; Ellen, who was born at Portland, Maine, lives at Helena, Montana; James, who was born at Portland, Maine, is a carpenter and builder of Butte, Montana; Margaret, who was born at Cleveland, Ohio, married John B. Sloan, was a pioner of Montanat, and now is an extensive rancher and stock raiser ... near Logan, Montana; Catherine, who was born at Grafton, Ohio, married Joseph M. Malin, an extensive rancher...Of the lgan district; Michael H...; and William E...mentioned...below [born March 17, 1875 at Grafton OH]. .... In 1900 [Michael] Crowley was married...[for the first time, with his wife dying after the birth of one child in 1903]. On Feburary 8, 1910, Mr. Crowley was married to Miss Stella Coleman, a daughter of Michael and Margaret (Corcoran) Coleman. Mr. Coleman was born in County Clare, Ireland, in 1850, and died at Miles City, Montana, in 1913, having come to Montana in 1879. He first lived at Miles City, and was in the employ of the Northern Pacific Railroad company. Mr. Coleman's wife was born in Kentucky in 1851, and died at Livingston, Montana, in 1901. Mrs. Crowley attended Butte Business College...Her brother-in-law, J.W. Goodall, was foreman of the stock at the Roosevelt Ranch at Medora, North Dakota, during the time the late Colonel Roosevelt was engaged in ranching. Mr. and Mrs. M.H. Crowley have the following children: Margaret, who was born October 17, 1912; and Robert, who was born on July 12, 1916. .... William E. Crowley was married to Mary Donaghy born at Ogden, Utah, and their children are...: William...born in May, 1912; Mary Virginia...born in December, 1913; June...born in June, 1916; and Raymond...born on June 21, 1918." pp.994-95 Montana, its story and biography : a history of aboriginal and territorial Montana and three decades of statehood Chicago: American Historical Society, 1921

"Aloysius Dolan was born in Morris, Grundy County, Illinois, on December 6, 1871, and is the eldest of the three children born to James and Julia (Fizsimons) Dolan. James Dolan was born in County Clare, Ireland, on May 3, 1841, and in young manhood was brough to the United States by his mother, the trip, which was made by slowing-going sailing vessel, requiring eight weeks, during two weeks of which time they were practically without fresh water. Landing at New York City, they soon came west to Rockford, Illinois...His first employment was with the Rockford Fire Insurance Company...Mr. Dolan has remained with this company...His wife was born in Chicago, Illinois, on May 3, 1841. Aloysius Dolan, who is the only survivor of the chidlren born to these parents...was a student in St. Mary's College at St. Mary's, Kansas, where he was graduated with the class of 1893...He was then a student in Loyola Univesity, chciago, where he was graduated in 1895...[H]e matriculated...[at] the University of Illinois, where he graduated in 1898, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine...specializing in diseases of the eye, ear, nose, and throat....In 1912 Doctor Dolan came to Great Falls [Montana]... .... On October 10, 1900, Doctor Dolan was married to Georgiana Sexton, a native of Chicago, and they are the parents of one daughter, Marie Julia... [H]is religious affiliation is wit hthe Roman Catholic Church..." p. 830 Montana, its story and biography : a history of aboriginal and territorial Montana and three decades of statehood Chicago: American Historical Society, 1921

James F. O'Connor "Judge O'Connor was born at California Junction, Iowa, May 7, 1878. His father, Patrick O'Connor, was born in County Clare, in 1827, and at this writing is ninety-two years of age...He was reared and married in his native Irish county and came to the United States in 1852. He did his first work as a railroad man in Wisconsin. Subsequently he became a prioneer in California Junction, Iowa, and has spen the greater part of his life as a farmer. He has developed several handsome farms which he still owns in the vicinity of California Junction and is now living at Missouri Valley, Iowa. He...is a member of the Catholic Church. He married Bridget O'Brien, who was born in County Clare in 1836. The record of their children is an unusual one. there were ten in all, and the first eight were daughters. Every one of these daughters married a railroad man. The only two sons chose the profession of a law. Judge O'Connor is the youngest of the family. His brother was Maurice O'Connor, who died in 1917, at the age of forty-two, at Fort Dodge, Iowa. A brief record of the daughters... is...: Mary, wife of James H. clark, of Lincoln, Nebraska; Ellen, wife of Martin Burke, of Missouri Valley, Iowa; Anna, wife of William Mahoney, of Casper, Wyoming; Agnes, who married Michael O'Connor (not related) and lives at Missouri Valley; Elizabeth, wife of W.M. Kelley, of Spokane, Washington; Susan, wife of Charles Shinkle, of St. Louis, Missouri; Johanna, wife of John Dougherty, of Topeka, Kansas; amd Emma, wife of J.P. Finucane, of Houston, Texas. ... Judge O'Connor married Miss Kate Adams at Council Bluffs, Iowa, in 1898. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Adams, are both deceased, her father having been a farmer. To their marriage were born two children: Miles James, now a freshman in Mt. St. Charles College at Helena, and Geneva, a member of the junior class of Park County High School." 368-69 Montana, its story and biography : a history of aboriginal and territorial Montana and three decades of statehood Chicago: American Historical Society, 1921

"John Normile is an old time Montana resident, has been in the state thirty years, was a rancher and cattle man for many years in Carbon County, and is now proprietor of the only hardware and lumber business in Boyd... Mr. Normile was born at Cleveland, Ohio, June 29, 1869. His father, Michael Normile, was born in County Clare, Ireland, in 1844, and came to the United State about 1863. for several years he was employed as an engineer by the Standard Oil company at Cleveland. In 1875 he moved to Northeast Missouri, and for about forty years was a farmer in the vicinity of Edina, but is now living retired in that town. He married Elizabeth Scanlon, who was born in County Clare, Ireland, in 1911. John is the oldest of a large family of children...: Kate, who died at age of eighteen; Elizabeth, living with her father at Edina; James, a confectioner at Seattle, Washington; Joseph, who died at the age of eight years; Michael, who is an under sheriff of Carbon County and lives at Red Lodge; Mamie, a trained nurse at St. Louis, Missouri; Charles, a farmer at Edina; Levena, a stenographer employed at St. Louis; Leo, a farmer at Boyd, Montana, and Frank, who was an American soldier and particopated in the great Battle of Argonne Forest and returned to the United States in 1919. John Normile was aobut six years old when his parents moved to Knox County, Missouri...Oncoming to Montana in 1888 he was employed one year on a farm near old Gallatin. For six months he was on railroad construction work at Cheney, Washington, and for three years worked in a sawmill at Bozeman, Montana. In 1892 he came to the Crow Indian Reservation in Carbon County, homesteaded 160 acres, proved it ip and made it his home for twelve years before he sold it. There he started in the cattle business and up to 1910...was one of the prominent livestock men of Carbon County. Mr. Normile bought a general merchandise store at Boy in 1910. but sold it after three years. He established his prsent business in 1915, the only hardware and lumber esblishment in Boyd... .... Mr. Mormile married at Billings February 23, 1910, Miss Agnes Ross. Her mother is Mrs. Mary Ross of Red Lodge. for six years Mrs. Normile was superintendent of the school of Carbon County..." p.250 Montana, its story and biography : a history of aboriginal and territorial Montana and three decades of statehood Chicago: American Historical Society, 1921

"Patrick Keefe is the son of John and Mary, and is now residing on a fine farm in Elmira township. His father John came to America in 1836 and for eight years remained in New York. He was born in County Clare, June 18, 1820, and at the age of sixteen years came to this country. While in New York he married Miss Mary Carney, soon after which he came West to Michigan. In that state they lost three of their children. They finally moved to Appleton, Wisconsin, and resided there fourteen years. In 1865 they came to Olmsted county and located on farm and were thus situated until the fall of 1889, when he moved to Chatfield and resided there until his death, July 11, 1899. His widow followed him to the grave February 11, 1899. Everybody who knew him liked him... He and his wife were devout Catholics...Patrick Keefe was born at Appleton, Wisconsin, March 17, 1854...At the age of twenty-two years he married, at Ann Arbor, Miss Mary E. O'Hara, daughter of John and Mary, November 5, 1878, and at once brought his bride to his father's residence in Elmira township. He had learned the carpenter trade...With [his own money] and with the help of his father he finally bought a farm in Rock county, but a year later sold the ame same in 1881 went to Bismarck, North Dakota, and there wokred at his trade for nine years...In 1889 he came here...and has been engaged in mixed farming and stock-raising...His children are: John A., a lieutenant of the Detroit fire department; George P., in college; Edward L; Mary E.; Ellen Victoria, and Margaret Alice..." pp. 654-55 History of Olmsted County, Minnesota Chicago: Goodspeed Historical Association, 1910 transcribed by Sharon Carberry not researching Keefe

If anyone wishes to save this to their search list for personal browsing, here is the full on-line list of catalogue entries: http://www.movinghere.org.uk/search/hitlist.asp?Phase=&keywords=reproductive+AND+loans&fuzzy=true&format=1&community=4&theme=0&date_from=&date_to=&source=1&section=c&person=N&searchType=advanced&url=&linkback=&PageMove=Goto&PageNo=1&ParentRecordIden=&RecordID=0&SubRecordID=&Link=CatAnchor#CatAnchor ***** Reply to the LIST ONLY - Please ***** ***** Thanks for your consideration ***** Pádraig Mór, An Sean Gabhar

Sharon, Thank you, Sharon! But my family was in the area of Lissycasey and Cappanagera. In 1864 the name was still Scanlan. As I have said, I do not know what happened to most of each set of siblings for each generation. What is interesting is that my father knew in the last half of 1900's a fellow named McCormack from NY, I think. I just knew he knew him and that was all. Thank you Sharon for posting all these scraps of information. That tiny scrap could be just the right one for someone. It has been for me many times on both sides of my family. Alanna Sharon Carberry <sm8carberry@comcast.net> wrote: The New York Herald, (New York, NY) February 24, 1861 Died "Mary McCormack, wife of John McCormack, native of Killaloe, county Clare, Ireland, aged 28 years, 8 months, and 13? days. The friends of the family, and her brother, John Scanlon, are res- pectfully invited to attend the funeral, from her late residence, 87 Mulberry street..." 1860 NY Manhattan, 6th Ward McCormick John 27 Ire sailor Mary 27 Ire John 5 months NY Scanlon, Sarah 62 Ire ?? 1870 NY Manhattan, 6th Ward Scanlon, Mary 72 Ire in house of Jane Sullivan, age 50 b. Ire next to: Scanlan James 40 Ire lab'r Mary 45 " Stephen 14 England apprentice Kate 13 " Scanlan, Thomas 30 Ire lab'r posted by Sharon Carberry not researching Scanlon

The Weekly Herald, (New York, NY) May 03, 1856; pg. 144 Died "In Brooklyn, on Tuesday, April 29, at N. 10 Karl street, of pulmonary consumption, Elizabeth, wife of Michael F. Keehan, Esq. of Green Law, Kings County, Ireland. Deceased was grand-niece to Right Rev. Dr. O'Shaughnessy, late R.C. Bishop diocess [sic] Killaoe; niece to Dean O'Shaughnessy, P.P., late of Enis, county Clare, and first cousin to Professor Wm. B. O'Shaughnessy, M.D., of Calcutta, Superintendent of all Irish telegrpahs belonging to the English government." posted by Sharon Carberry not researching O'Shaughnessy

The New York Herald, (New York, NY) February 24, 1861 Died "Mary McCormack, wife of John McCormack, native of Killaloe, county Clare, Ireland, aged 28 years, 8 months, and 13? days. The friends of the family, and her brother, John Scanlon, are res- pectfully invited to attend the funeral, from her late residence, 87 Mulberry street..." 1860 NY Manhattan, 6th Ward McCormick John 27 Ire sailor Mary 27 Ire John 5 months NY Scanlon, Sarah 62 Ire ?? 1870 NY Manhattan, 6th Ward Scanlon, Mary 72 Ire in house of Jane Sullivan, age 50 b. Ire next to: Scanlan James 40 Ire lab'r Mary 45 " Stephen 14 England apprentice Kate 13 " Scanlan, Thomas 30 Ire lab'r posted by Sharon Carberry not researching Scanlon

"CAREY, JOHN M. (deceased). Many of the present generation of Irish-Americans in Springfield will readily remember the late John M. Carey, for many years a city employee and business man, whose death occurred November 8, 1909. It was not so many years before, on the night of July 4th, that he had saved the midnight train from plunging from the Chicago & Alton bridge into the Sangamon River, after a heavy storm had caused a flood that washed one of the piers away. Mr. Carey was born near Queenstown, Ireland, the son of John and Mary Carey, both of whom died in Ireland. John M. Carey came to the United States as a young man with his two brothers, Thomas and William, and after landing in New York City came direct to Springfield. John became watchman at the Chicago & Alton railroad bridge, where he remained many years, and it was while holding this position that he performed the deed that saved many lives. On the night above mentioned during a heavy storm, which had continued for several days, Mr. Carey became suspicious that the rain would damage the bridge and taking a lantern, started out to investigate, finding that one of the piers had washed away. He managed to stop the midnight train in time to save it and for his services received the sum of $25. Later he accepted a position with the watch factory, where he was employed for nine years, but subsequently went into the grocery business. He finally became a miner for a few years and then retired, his death occurring at his home in Springfield November 8, 1909. He was a member of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church. He was a Democrat in politics and served for a time as trustee and for years as Justice of the Peace of Ridgely, before that town was incorporated with Springfield. On November 22, 1877, Mr. Carey was married to Catherine Rohan, who was born near London, Ohio, October 17, 1856, a daughter of Patrick and Catherine (Sheehan) Rohan, both of whom are deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Carey there were born the following children: Nellie M., who is deceased; Margaret J., who married Jacob Owens; William J., of Tacoma, Wash.; Elsie C., Alice L. and Mary C., at home; and John A. and Walter M., deceased." Page 1109, Vol. II Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Sangamon Chicago: Munsell Pub. Co., 1912 http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilsangam/1912/carey.htm 1860 OH Madison Co London Roohan John 35 Ire grocer Catharine 27 Ire [children may have been omitted] Illinois Statewide Marriage Index CAREY, JOHN ROAHEN, ELIZABETH 11/22/1877 SANGAMON Co. 1880 IL Sangamon Co. Springfield Casey [sic] John M. 28 Ire night watchman Catharine 23 OH pars: Ire Mary E. 1 IL 1900 IL Sangamon Co. Springfield twp, Ridgely village Cary John 45 Ire b. Jun 1854 day lab'r Catharine 44 OH Oct 1855 pars: Ire mar'd 20 yrs, 9 ch b/7 living Mary E. 21 IL b.Oct 1878 stenographer Margaret J. 19 IL Nov 1880 at school William J. 17 day lab'r Edward C. 14 Allice L. 12 Mary C. 7 Walter M. 4 Formatting for the above was causing spacing problems. posted by Sharon Carberry, Georgia USA