Thomas Francis Greene was born ca. 1865-1870 in Waterford, the son of Thomas Greene and Margaret McGrath who farmed near or on the property of Mount Mellory Abbey. He had two brothers who came to the USA ahead of him, one of whom was in the furniture business in Kentucky. Thomas arrived in Chicago from Waterford about 1888-1889, was hired immediately to work on the Chicago streetcars, later became head of the streetcar motormen's union. When the streetcars moved north he moved to Edgewater and then to the Ridge/Lunt area of Rogers Park. Among his friends from Waterford was an attorney named Slattery. Thomas died in Chicago in 1943. He married Julia Clare Callaghan (born in Bloomington, IL ca. 1873) in Chicago in June 1891. Her father was Jeremiah Callaghan from Kanturk, County Cork, and her mother was Mary Fitzgerald. Their surviving children included Vincent, Thomas, Agnes (Sr. M. Thos. Aquinas, BVM), Marcella, Beatrice, Vivian, Frances, and Winifred (Sr. Mary Julia Clare, BVM). Julia died in Chicago in 1932. I seek information on these McGrath and Greene families and their ancestors in Waterford, as well as living relatives with whom to share. ------------------------------- Researching: Costello (Galway and Mayo), Cotter, Durcan/Durkin, Higgins, Kelly, Lynch, McCarthy, Raftree/Raftery (Galway), Shannon, Sullivan, Welsh, Amacher, Baur, Bove, Cremer, Ehlen, Fischer, Gansberg (Bremen), Giefer, Hamacher, Hense/Henseler, Hofmann/Hoeffeler, Jackler/Jackelen, Jaegers, Koch, Kratz, Krebs, Morlot/Morlo/Morloh, Mueller/Meller, Mertes, Pick, Reetz, Rheinges, Reichardt/Reichert, Rick, Schmieden, Seitz/Zeidt, vonAlleman/Vollerman, vonMeer, Weiskopf, Zens, Albright, Compton, Corselius (PA>IA), Clemens/Clements (OH>MO), Daly/Daily (Galway), Derrick (Roscommon), Desponit/Dispennett, Early, Fallon (Galway), Greene (Waterford), Callaghan (Cork), Fitzgerald, McCarthy, McGrath (Waterford), McSweeney (Galway/Roscommon), Moss, Mullenix/Mullinax, Prichard, Reilly/O'Reilly (Galway, Roscommon), Shelly (PA), Shook (PA), Tye.