--------- Forwarded message ---------- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 14:28:00 -0500 Subject: James and Julia Donnelley Message-ID: <[email protected]> To MASSUFFOL subscribers, I am looking for information regarding my great aunt, Julia ( Murphy ) DONNELLEY ( sic ) ( or, Donnely , sp ?). She was born in Macroom, Ire. , Aug 6, 1852, to Michael and Ellen ( Cronin ) Murphy, one of nine children. She, along with her brother, my great grandfather, Patrick E. Murphy ( b. Jul 29, 1860 ) immigrated to Boston in the SS CEPHALONIA on Sept 22, 1883. Patrick settled in Atlantic ( North ) Quincy, worked as a blacksmith, and married Catherine Donovan, daughter of John and Catherine Donovan, of Atlantic. Another sister, Margaret ( b. Sept 8, 1866), immigrated to Boston sometime later , I presume. Margaret married Mr. James Alexander Carver, son of Thomas and Anna Carver, of PEI, Canada, on June 27, 1889, at the Most Precious Blood Catholic Church, Hyde Park, MA., in the presence of a [Mr.] James Castle ( rel. unk ) and [ Miss ] Julia Murphy ( her sister, presumedly ). At this time, Margaret was about 23 years old, and Julia would have been 37 years old. Margaret and James had several children while living in Hyde Park, before removing permanently to PEI to live, and having several more children there. As for Julia, I am still looking for information about her. According to the obit of her late brother,( my G-GF ) Patrick E. Murphy , aged 74 yrs, ( Quincy Daily News, Thurs., Jan 17, 1935, p2 ), .. '.He is also survived by a sister, Mrs James Donnelley ( sic ) of Hyde Park ' [ Mass.]. At this time, Julia would have been 83 years old, and her husband, 78 years old, or she may have been a widow, or, even possibly living with a married son ( or daughter ? ). According to the Mass. Census Index of 1900, there is listed a James T. ( or F ? ) Donnely ( sic ), age 40 years, b.1860, Born Mass....living at ( # 539 ? or # 534 ? ) Hyde Park Ave, Boston, [ Roslindale ] along with his wife Julia...b Aug 1854, age 54 yrs, Born Ire...nat. cit............... along with a .son, Thomas H.... b Apr 1891...age 9 yrs , Born Mass....... a second son, James A.... b. Sept 1892,... age 7 yrs, Born Mass... and a third son, Stephen H., ... b Dec 1893, age 6,...Born Mass. There is only a two year difference in the birth years noted from St. Colman's Church records in Macroom, Ire ( 1852 ), and of that stated on the 1900 Census ( 1854 ). Also, the two differing spellings of the surname, DONNELLEY ( Quincy Evening News and, again, the 1900 Census), DONNELY, is more pronounced, but easily explained as possible human error, one way or the other. To date, I have not had any success finding more information on the DONNELLEY ( or DONNELY, or other similar spelling of same ), either in the birth records of the three sons ( and / or any other siblings, miscarriages, infant deaths, etc. ? ), nor , the marriages of the three ( or more ? ) children, nor death and burials of the parents, presuming they passed away in Mass., of course. I am also presuming for the time being that Julia, and her husband, James, and their children lived their lives in the Roslindale area, possible remaining on Hyde Park Avenue, as well. I do not know which parish they may have been enrolled in, possibly Most Precious Blood, where her sister married ? I would be most grateful to anybody who could help me find any further information regarding Mrs Julia Murphy Donnelley, et al (or Donnely, or similar sp.). Thankyou, Joe, Pembroke, MA