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I am looking for any descendants of Margaret Hickey (b 1864) in Thurles.  She married twice - first to Edward Morrissey (d 1893) and second to William Quinn (d abt 1899).  Mary, Ellen, Kate and James were from her marriage to Morrissey and twins Margarete and Winifred (b 1894) were from the marriage to Quinn.  Margaret, Mary, Kate, James, Margarete and Winifred all emigrated to Buffalo, NY in 1907.  As far as we know her daughter Ellen remained behind.

According to the 1901 Census the family were residents of a house 23 in Ballynahow (Ballycahill, Tipperary).

Thank you!

Herlihy1

Thursday 28th Jan 2016, 03:26PM

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  • Hi,

    Currently residing in Ballynahow, Ballycahill, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, today, are two Morrissey families. Interestingly the home of one family is known as "Fort Edward". (1893 marraige)

    I have spoken to a neighbour & friend of the Morrissey families here in Tipperary, who will asertain shortly if one or both families can throw some light on Ellen, whom you claim remained here in Ireland.

    I expect to contact you shortly and trust this information will turn out to be of some assistance in your ungoing root search.

    I can be contacted personally on Hidden Tipperary [ http://www.hiddentipperary.com/ ] by the going online to the TAG link Contact Us (Top left of Home Page 1) [http://www.hiddentipperary.com/contact-us/]

    Kindest regards,

    George Willoughby

    Willo1

    Friday 29th Jan 2016, 03:52PM
  • Sorry programming has glitches; Contact link should read  [ http://www.hiddentipperary.com/contact-us/ ]

    Kindest Regards

    George

    Willo1

    Friday 29th Jan 2016, 03:57PM
  • It looks like we are cousins,my great grandmother was Ellen Morrissey who was from Fort Edward House Ballynahow  Ballycahill Thurles Co Tipperary.My greatgranfarther was James TOBIN who's second wife was Ellen,they had two children one was Kathleen who married my grandfather,peter Vaughan,they in turn shad 8 children.Please confirm if you receive this E-mail

     

    OllieV51

    Wednesday 4th Dec 2019, 09:43PM
  • Hi OllieV,

     

    Yes I think we are cousins! What year was Ellen born? She must have been an adult by the time the rest of the family left for the US. What is Fort Edward House?

     

    Jen

    Herlihy1

    Thursday 5th Dec 2019, 07:22PM
    1. FoThis is not adding up.Edward Morrissey was married to a Mary Burke .Ellen married my greatgranfarther James Tobin in 1893 the same year that her farther died .Ellen also had a sister Stasia who was a married to M Heffernan who was a member of Parliament and also played international rugby for Ireland.

    Fort Edward house is a very large house which you can google.      Still inhabited.                                                 My e-mail address is Oliver.vaughan@germinalseeds.com

     

     

     

     

     

    OllieV51

    Sunday 8th Dec 2019, 03:36PM

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