esmare@earthlink.net wrote: > > I am seeking any information on this family -- prior or present -- > ESTHER LEIGH O'Melia was my grandmother and I have dead-ended on this. > > Either the entire family or the majority of the offspring initially > moved from Dublin to Preston,Lancashire, England for work and stayed on > there. > > JOHN LEIGH (DUBLIN) & MARY ANNE NUGENT (IE) (early 1800's) > had 4 GIRLS & 6 SONS (2 sons may have been from a prior marriage) > KATTY (RC NUN,) served in INDIA, returned to PRESTON > MARY (RC NUN) ? > DOLLY >USA > ESTHER MARRIED GEORGE O'MELIA > ALEX MARRIED ANNE SMITH (DAUGHTER OF ELEANOR > MCKERNEY (IR) & JOSEPH SMITH (ENG) > DENNIS MARRIED (?) > JOHN > ? > ? > ? > --------------------------------------------------------- > > ESTHER LEIGH & George O'Melia (DUBLIN>USA) > CATHERINE (B/D early 1900'S in flu epidemic) > LAURETTA CATHERINE married James Higgins 1938 (son of > William Higgins & Honora Twomey (Cobh, Cork) > > > DENNIS LEIGH & _____________________(PRESTON) > DENNIS, Jr. (>USA) > MAY (Preston) > > (DENNIS, JR. WWII US Army Corpsman & fought in Battle > of Bulge; lived in SACRAMENTO CA panned for gold, forrest > fire fighter, etc. D. Hartford, CT. USA) > > DOLLY LEIGH > NY,NY,USA -- she raised ALEX LEIGH until he went > to CANADA -- later married HARRY JOHNSON and lived in Tampa, FL > > ALEX LEIGH & ANNIE SMITH (Preston) Married in USA in > 1920's > Son PATRICK (b.1938/9) Preston>Yonkers,NY > > ----------------------------------------------- > MISC FAMILY INFO: > DOLLY LEIGH raised ALEX in NYC from age 10 until he went to MONTREAL, > CANADA and joined CANADIAN ARMY underage; he was telegrapher on CANADIAN > PACIFIC, the ship's radio officer at age 19. > > ALEX and Anne left home in Yonkers and returned to Preston in 1936 to > help brother JOHN LEIGH in postal business. Returned to Yonkers in > 1939. Son PAT LEIGH born in Preston 5 months prior totheir return to > USA. > ---- > LAURETTA HIGGINS (daughter of Esther Leigh O'Melia) had 2 sons, William > and Michael and 2 daughters EstherMary and Marian. She died in 1968 in > Yonkers, NY > ---- > KATHLEEN WILCOCK (WILCOX), cousin on LEIGH side/ maiden name CLITHEROE > (?)--Son Derek born in Preston -- they also settled in Yonkers, NY. Her > husband was William and the had second son Arnold. > -------- > I know that English SMITH relatives of Anne (Smith) LEIGH were doing > LEIGH research but I have no idea who except that it is was one of her > cousins. > -------- > > I know this was long so thank you for sticking with me -- any and all > help will be appreciated as I am near the end of my rope & hope on > this. EstherMary Higgins