Kathleen, My Michael Foley emigrated to Chicago to work as a stonecutter on the new skyscrapers being built after the great fire. He died at age 38 in 1898 of "stonecutters' disease", a lung disease. Do you know if your Sharkeys came to Chicago? Thanks Janice lurking in North Florida Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:33:40 EDT > From: Rafernyc@aol.com > Subject: [ROSCOMMON] Sharkeys from Boyle, Roscommon > To: roscommon@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <ce8.147ba3b0.33cfa8f4@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > Does anyone have Sharkey relatives born in Boyle, > Roscommon? My relatives > were stonemasons who emigrated in 1847. > Kathleen Sharkey > ____________________________________________________________________________________Ready for the edge of your seat? Check out tonight's top picks on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/