DIANE ............. Following is what I know at this time of Bridget Joyce, my paternal grandmother. I notice that you also have Lynch's in your "tree", So I've added a bit of my Lynch's. Nancy Haggerty & Thomas Lynch were , respectively, my grand aunt & granduncle (he, by marriage). Have fun & please let me know if there is a "connection". All The Best, ED COSTELLO, 1009 Blenheim Dr Raleigh NC 27612 , tel: 919-782-6058; COSTELLO (FAHEY): Co Mayo Ireland > CT, MA, ME USA > USA; JOYCE (DOWER): Co Mayo Ireland > MA USA; HAGGERTY (McGUIRE): Co Donegal Ireland > NB Canada > ME USA > USA; LAVERTY (BROWN), (KELLY): Co Armagh Ireland > NB Canada > ME, CA USA > USA, Canada. THOMAS RICHARD COSTELLO & BRIDGET JOYCE; b: He: 1848/1850 Ballindine, Co Mayo, Ireland b: She: 1850 Co Mayo, Ireland Ballindine: a small villiage 3 miles south of Claremorris on the N17 in Annagh parish, Costello Barony & Poor Law Union of Claremorris m: 6 February 1875, St Mary's RCCh, Thorndike MA USA by Rev. FJ Lynch; m: 11 years As attested to by AA Gage, Monson MA Town Clerk: "The intention of marriage between Thomas Costello and Bridget Joyce both of Monson was duly entered this 26th day of April 1874" 7 children: Catherine Costello m: Franklin T Hibert 1875-1918 ?? Mary Costello m: not 1877-1897 Edward Costello m: not 1879-1881 John Patrick Costello m: Martha Anna Haggerty 1881-1966 1885-1972 Thomas Richard Costello Jr m: Joanna Louise Hanson 1883-1972 1882-1934 m: Kathleen McKenney ?? Bridget Costello m: ?John Rourke? 1886-? ?? Ellen Costello m: not known ?? d: He: 8 April 1900, Mercy Hosp, Springfield, MA USA, pithisis pulmanalis, 52 years old According to the Springfield Daily Republican newspaper on Tuesday, April 10, 1900: "Thomas Costello, who has been a the House of Mercy hospital for treatment for some time, died there Sunday. He was a well known resident of Monson, and his body will be taken there for burial." d: She: 9 March 1886 Monson MA USA; 36 years old, pneumonia Interred together in Bethany RCCem, Monson MA, along w/3 of their children: Mary, Edward & Ellen in the Dower family plot There are three additional unidentified sets of burial remains located in this plot, possible Costello children: still-born male & Bridget; also, possibly John Dower, husband of Catherine Costello |* Bridget Worked in the Monson woolen mills according to the 1870 USA census MA | * The Joyces, Bridget at 9 years old, her sister Kate at 11 years old & brother Martin at 6 years old arrived in the USA in 1859. They may have been orphaned. Possible Joyce family members have not been located in Ireland. | * Catherine (Joyce) Dower served as surrogate mother in keeping the family together when her sister Bridget d: young. They were placed with relatives during their early years,then re-united when they could embark on their own. The relatives who supported them during these years have never been identified or located PARENTS: RICHARD COSTELLO & CATHERINE FAHEY Records indicate they were from the town of Ballindine, Annagh parish, Costello Barony & the Poor Law Union of Claremorris MARTIN & MARY JOYCE Both of Co Mayo, Ireland (probably) SIBLINGS: CATHERINE A (JOYCE) DOWER b: 1847 Ireland, d: 18 January 1915, USA; arterio sclerosis; domestic servant for the Holmes family, Monson MA; no known children MARTIN JOYCE b: 22 June 1853 Co Mayo Ireland, d: 26 December 1881 Monson MA USA; painter; single (probably never married); arrived NYC 6 May 1859, USA/naturalized 7 October 1876 or 3 November 1876 THE FAMILY OF:...PETER HAGGERTY & NANCY McGUIRE CHILDREN: NANCY HAGGERTY & THOMAS LYNCH: b: 1835 Bangor ME m: Thomas Lynch, Bangor ME; (b: Ireland), According to the "Bangor Maine, Vital Records: 1850-1864" they obtained a marriage license 10 July 1861; probably m: at St John's RCCh Charles Lynch m: __________ 1863-? ?? John Lynch m: Mary McAulay(?) 1864-? ?? Margaret Eva Lynch m: Mathias Doyle, (2) below 1867-1937 1863-1947 Mary J Lynch m: ___________ 1870-? ?? Theresa Lynch d: young 1872- 1880 Peter F Lynch m: ___________ 1875-? ?? Michael Lynch d: young 1876-1882 d: Boston MA Included in the 1870 & 1880 National Census for Bangor, Penobscot Co ME was the following: THOMAS LYNCH was noted as a USA citizen, employed as a hotel waiter, age 28 (1870), b: Ireland, parents foreign born; NANCY was ME born, age 30, housekeeper, parents foreign born; they, in 1870 had 4 kids: CHARLES, age 7; JOHN, age 4 (March 1864); MARGARET, age 3 & MARY J, 6 months (12 January 1870). In the 1880 census, his age increased from 28 to 41, while hers increased only from 30 to 38; he is still a hotel waiter, she a homemaker while the following kids are at home: MARGARET age12; MARY J. age 10; THERESA, age 8; PETER F, age 5; & MICHAEL,age 4 (8 May 1876); no mention is made of CHARLES or JOHN. >From the Bangor City Directory in 1882: Thomas Lynch lives at the Bangor House, 2 Carol St, Bangor (boarder, 1882, 1884, 1886, and is head waiter at Bangor House. Also living at 2 Carol St are: Charles Lynch, plumber (boarder, 1882, 1884) Edward Lynch, plumber (boarder, 1884) John Lynch, waiter, Bangor House ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.