Tuesday, November 9, 2021

Elizabeth Delany nee OBrien (1868-1948)




Catherine Obrien is my great-great grandmother.  Aka she is the mother of Theresa Schmidt nee Delany, who was the mother of Mary, James, and Albert Schmidt.  

If you are a Cummins, Ironside, Rubeo, Spencer, Walsh, Bryant, DeLucia, Dreeke, Durivou, Healy, Hovastadt, Richter, Saake, Schmidt, Trowse, Precht, Rappold, Raucher, or Schmitt this might be one of your ancestors.

Catherine was the fifth of nine children born to Michael OBrien and Ellen Kelly at 33 Cork Street in Dublin.  33 Cork street was a public housing tenement, aka poor folks public housing.  Tenements were often one room, with shared public facilities.  You can see 33 Cork references in the 1862 Dublin directory at  https://www.libraryireland.com/Dublin-Street-Directory-1862/357.php as 'tenements'.

Catherine married Andrew Delany in March 1886.  Catherine was Andrew's 2nd wife, after his first wife, Mary Cowley, died of Tuberculosis in 1895. Catherine had three children who survived childhood, Ellen Bridge (1897), Teresa Mary (1898), and Elizabeth Lillian (1904).  She also had three children who did not survive childhood, Andrew (1899), Kathleen(1903) and Mary Monica(1903).

Tragedy struck Catherine when her husband, Andrew, died of Tuberculosis in 1904.  Catherine was eight months pregnant with Elizabeth Lillian, with no way to fend for herself.  Realizing she could not support her children, she left Sarah (11), Teresa (8) and Ellen (8) at a street corner in Ellis Quay Dublin on the banks of the river Liffey.  Catherine told them to look for a policeman and ask for help.  The children found a policeman who entered them into the Dublin workhouse / orphan system, from which they did not emerge until they were 16 years old.  Noting that one the record it shows "sent to Industrial School", meaning the St Johns Industrial School for girls.  More on that with supporting records at another time when I fully tell the workhouse tales.




Catherine emigrated to the USA in 1921 with her daughter Elizabeth Lillian in the Megantic inbound to her sister, listed as a Noonan (I haven't been able to locate who this is yet)..  Outbound contact was her sister Elizabeth Sullivan nee OBrien, living in Iveagh Towers  .




Once in the USA she lives with her daughter Lillian Precht from about 1926 to her death in 1948.

Documented Residences:

  • 1868 - 33 Cork Street, Dublin - birth to Michael Obrien and Ellen Kelly
  • 1896 - 30 Coombe, Dublin
  • 1896 - Marriage at St Catherine's Church,  Meath St Church, Dublin
  • 1897 - 18 Chamber Street, birth of Ellen Bridget
  • 1898 - 6 Geraldine Square, Dublin - birth of Teresa.  Gone but near 'Brown Street'.
  • 1899 - 6 Fitzgerald Cottages, Dublin - need to map
  • 1901 - 38 Chamber Street, Merchants Quay, Dublin - death of step-son Francis of Tuberculosis. Also address for 1901 Irish Census with Sarah (step-daughter) ellen, Teresa, Andrew.  Gone - see 18 Chamber in 1897.
  • 1904 - 38 Chamber Street, Death of husband Andrew of Tuberculosis, birth of son Andrew. Gone, see 18 Chamber in 1897.
  • 1911 - missing from 1911 census
  • 1916 - 15 Tram Terrace, from Ellen and Teresa's ship record.  Gone, see Tramway Cottages, Highfield Road — boards.ie - Now Ye're Talkin'
  • 1921 - Arrival on Megantic - 208 East 88th St, New York City - inbound ship addresss
  • 1925 - missing in 1925 nyc census, not living with Lillian
  • 1930 - 372 192 West 92nd Street with (Elizabeth) Lillian Precht nee Delany and family
  • 1936 - naturalization, record not found yet
  • 1940 - 65 Gun Hill Road, Bronx, living with the Lillian Precht
  • 1948 - 4343 91st Place, Elmhurst NY - living with Lillian Precht

Pics

The three sisters and their mother.  Catherine is 2nd from left.  Teresa is 3rd from left.


Catherine and Lillian with Walter Precht

Catherin's emigration photo.

Family Chart (click to zoom it)



Thursday, June 11, 2020

Delaney Kids - 1928

Two of the three sister that made it over from Ireland have their kids in this photo.  Mary is my grandmother!  Annotated and non-annotated below.   Thanks 3rd cousin Tracy (or 2nd cousin 1x removed, whatever) !!!  Enjoy...



From left to right - back

  • Martha "Tag" Fox nee Schmidt (1924-2008).  Daughter of Albert Schmidt and Theresa Delany.  No descendants.
  • Mary Melva Healy nee Schmidt ( 1922-2006 ). Daughter of Albert Schmidt and Theresa Delany.  Matriarch to Dreeke, Delucia, Hall, and Healy lines of cousins.
  • James Albert "Jim" Schmidt ( 1919-1998 ). Daughter of Albert Schmidt and Theresa Delany. Mother of Albert, Theresa and Stephen.  Cousins include (but may not be limited to) Richter, Saake, Durie, Pocaro, Hovastadt.
  • Esther Cummins ( abt 1921 ). Daughter of Michael Cummins and Ellen Bridget Delany.  not sure about who she married, maybe a murphy.
  • Kate Cummins ( 1923-2008 ).  Daughter of Michael Cummins and Ellen Bridget Delany.  not sure who she married.

(front row - baby) 

  • Eileen Spencer nee Cummins ( 1928-2016). Daughter of Michael Cummins and Ellen Bridget Delany. Mother of Tracey and Christine.  Cousins include Walsh.

Thursday, November 28, 2019

DNA for Robert William Sullivan (1931-2018)


Father of Anne Healy nee Sullivan, wife of blog author.

No Irish origins known for Robert, but he's 100% Irish.

Paternal names - Sullivan, Kelly, Reilly, Cleary, Brien
Maternal names - Sullivan, Callahan

DNA from ancestry as of Nov 28, 2019


Father's family tree


Mother's family tree




Monday, November 25, 2019

Patricia Bowe's latest DNA chart from ancestry

My mother in law, Patricia Bowe. Her latest DNA chart is below, as well as her family names.

 
Father, Thomas Bowe's family tree

 

 Mother, Anne Dunne's family tree
 


Family names

Paternal - All waterford - Bowe, Flynn, Powers, Walsh, McGrath, Martin
Maternal - Dunne (Tipperary) , Enright (Limerick), Quigley (Tipperary), Ryan (Limerick), Morrissey (Waterford), Lawley (Limerick), Lynch (Limerick)

Thursday, November 22, 2018

My Lithuanian Heritage - Laukaitis, Varanauskas, Zvingys, Balvocius and more

Thought some folks might be interested in this.  Below is my Lithuanian genealogy from my mother's parents and back.  Thanks to this list and esp Vincas Bundza who did a ton of the the doc research for me on the epavaldys items..  Yellow items are the immigrants...


o   GEN1 (father) - Edward Anthony Laukaitis, b. 1915 Brooklyn NY USA, d March 8 1991 East Quogue, NY
§  GEN2 (grandfather) – Antanas Vincent “Tony” Laukaitis, born 23 JUNE 1887 -  Šaltinėnai Village, Jieznas Locality, Birštonas City, Nemanu Parish, Kaunas County, Vilnius Gub, Lithuania. Death 11 FEB 1975 • Riverhead, Suffolk, New York, United States of America.
·        GEN3 (great-grandfather) – Aleksandras Laukaitis, b about 1840 Jeiznas locality, Kaunas County, Lithuania. Died 12 April 1920 Nemanjunai, Alytus District, Lithuania
o   GEN4 (2x-great -grandfather) – Antanas Laukaitis.  Born about 1818 Puzonys, Nemanjunai Parish, Lithuania.  Died 7 Dec 1885 Saltinenai Village, Jeiznas locality, Birstonas City, Nemanu Parish, Kaunas County, Vilnius Gubernaria, Lithuania
§  GEN5 (gggreat-grandfather) – Mykolas Laukaitis.  Referenced in docs, dates unknown.
§  GEN5 (3x-great -grandmother) – Rozalija Gecionis. Referenced in docs, dates unknown.
o   GEN4 (2x-great -grandmother) – Leva Slegeviciute.  Birth ABT 1821 • Šaltinėnai Village, Jieznas Locality, Birštonas City, Nemanu Parish, Kaunas County, Vilnius Gub, Lithuania.  Death 2 NOV 1880 • Šaltinėnai Village, Jieznas Locality, Birštonas City, Nemanu Parish, Kaunas County, Vilnius Gubernaria, Lithuania
§  GEN5 (3x-great -grandfather) Antanas Slegevicius.  Referenced in docs, dates unknown.
§  GEN5 (3x-great -grandmother) Magdelena Zukas. Referenced in docs, dates unknown.
·        GEN3 (great-grandmother) Judity “Justina” Mikuleviciute.  Birth ABT 1840 • Jeiznas Locality, Kaunas County, Lithuania.  Death 3 NOV 1904 • Šaltinėnai Village, Jieznas Locality, Birštonas City, Nemanu Parish, Kaunas County, Vilnius Gub, Lithuania
§  GEN2 (grandmother) Cecilia Edwega Varenauskas.  Birth 01 JAN 1890 • Mankunai, Alytaus, Lithuania.  Death 28 SEPTEMBER 1952 • 675 Central Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
·        GEN3 (great-grandfather) Konstantinas Varnanauskas.  Birth 1846 • Mankunai, Alytaus, Lithuania. Death 23 MARCH 1923 • Mankunai, Alytaus, Lithuania.
o   GEN4 (2x-great -grandfather) Laurynas Varanaskaus.  Birth Mankunai, Alytaus, Lithuania.  Death BEFORE 1923 • Mankunai, Alytaus, Lithuania
o   GEN4 (2x-great -grandmother) Eleonara Matelioniute.  Birth Unknown.  Death BEFORE 1923 • Mankunai, Alytaus, Lithuania
·        GEN3 (great-grandmother) Morta Jesniute.  Birth ABT 1844 • Mankunai, Alytaus, Lithuania.  Death 13 APRIL 1928 • Sipuleiskiu, Miroslavas, Lithuania
o   GEN4 (2x-great-grandfather) Vaitekus Jeznas.   Birth Cigoniskes, Lithuania.  Death Unknown
o   GEN1 (mother) – Martha Bronislava “Bertha” Laukaitis.  Birth 27 AUG 1918 • Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York.  Death 28 DEC 2002 • Whiting, Ocean, New Jersey, United States of America
§  GEN2 (grandfather) Juozas Anthony Zvingys.  Birth 20 APRIL 1883 • Tirkšliai, Mazeikin, Lithuania .  Death JULY 1934 • Laizuva, Mazeikiai, Lithuania.
·        GEN3 (great-grandfather) Juozapas Zvingis.  Birth ABT 1852 • Plugoai, Lithuania. Death ABT 1904 • Tirksliai, Mazeikiai, Lithuania
o   GEN4 ( 2x-great-grandfather) Jonas Zvingis.  Birth ABT 1837 • Lithuania.  Death Unknown
o   GEN4 ( 2x-great-grandmother) Marijona Davidauskaite.  Birth ABT 1860 • Pluogai, Mazeikai, Lithuania. Death Unknown
·        GEN3 (great-grandmother) Morta Mileskaite.  Birth 23 FEB 1858 • Tirksliai, Viekeniai, Mazekai, Lithuania. Death AFT. 1930
o   GEN4 (2x-great-grandfather ) Juozapas Mileska.  Birth ABT 1835 • Viekeniai, Mazekai, Lithuania. Death Unknown
o   GEN4 (2X-great-grandmother) Monika Vaitiekute.  Birth ABT 1840 • Vieksniai, Matzeikai, Lithuania.  Death Unknown
§  GEN2 (grandmother) Martha Balvocius.  Birth 12 MARCH 1893 • Maigai, Vieksniai, Lithuania. Death 11 AUG 1943 • Kings, New York, USA
·        GEN3 ( great-grandfather ) Leonas Balvocius.  Birth ABT 1847 • Maigai, Vieksniai, Lithuania. Death Unknown
o   GEN4 ( 2x-great-grandfather) Juozapas Balvocius. Resident of Maigai, Vieksniai, Lithuania.  Referred to in docs, dates unknown.
o   GEN4 ( 2x-great-grandmother) Ona Perminaite.  Resident of Maigai, Vieksniai, Lithuania.  Referred to in docs, dates unknown.
·        GEN3 ( great-grandmother) Ona Petrauskas.  Birth ABT 1847 • Buknaiciai, Mazeikiai, Lithuania.  Death UNKNOWN • Lithuania
o   GEN4 ( 2x-great-grandfather ) Petras Petrauskas. Resident of Buknaiciai, Mazeikiai, Lithuainia at birth of daughter Ona.
o   GEN4 ( 2x-great-grandmother ) Elena Norkute. Resident of Buknaiciai, Mazeikiai, Lithuainia at birth of daughter Ona.

Tuesday, February 13, 2018

1909 Wedding photo for Anna Balvocius and Stanislaus Mickevicius

1909 Wedding photo for Anna Balvocius, my great-grandmother's sister, and Michael Butkus. My great-grandmother was not in the USA at this point.

Top row, L-R - Michael Butkus, Ana Butkus nee Balvocius (great grandparents of Helen Miklas), ? Barbar Balcocius and ?, ? and ?.

Front row - Zematis, bride: Amelia Balvocius, groom Stanley Metskas, and ? and ?. Butkus died in 1929...



Stanley also listed in various records as Stanislaus MICKEVICIUS METSKAS METSKUS METAKS MICKUS.

Amelia / Emily, Born Feb 5 1888, Magai, Vieksniai, Mazekiai, Lithuania

Amelija Balvočiūtė was born 5 of February, 1888 in Maigai village Viekšniai parish and was baptize 8 of February in Viekšniai Catolic curch. Parents were peasants Leonas Balvočius and Ona, maiden name Petrauskaitė.  God parents were Antanas Petrauskas and Barbora Petrauskaitė.


Arrived Jan 16 1907 on Ryndham from Rotterdam, travelling with sister Ana / Ona.  Age 18. From "Wecheney".  Inbound to Kazimir Balwocz (later Bauch) at 215 Avenue C, NY.


1909 Wedding Photo , Brooklyn, NY
Top Row L-R
NY Marriage Cert # 9510 on 7 Oct 1909
Stanislaus Mickevicius and Emilia Balvocius

1914 living at 295 Kent Avenue, Brooklyn.  Sister Martha is inbound to her on immigration record

1930, 1935, 1940 - 59 Van Nostrand, Great Neck, New York.  Wife to gardener of private family.
Died before 1954. 

Left house to Fanny Cibas nee Steponis, daughter of Barbara Balvocius.

Thursday, June 22, 2017

1876 marriage of my 3x grandparents - Petrauskas and Balvocius - Leckava

Received this great doc from my researcher, Vincas Bundza today. The doc identifies my 3x great grandparents.

Petras Petrauskas and Elena Norkute (Leckava)  // Juozapas Balvočius and Ona Perminaite (Maigai).

A few reasons this is significant for my research.



Year 1876, 15 of May. Priest of Leckava church Bartkevičius registered marriage between peasant Leonas Balvočius, single, 29 years old from Maigai village Viekšniai parish and Ona Petravičiūtė, single, 19 years old from Buknaičiai village Leckava parish Viekšniai eldership.
Son of peasant Juozapas and Ona Perminaitė, legitimate spouses Balvočius and daughter of peasants Petras and Elena Norkutė, legitimate spouses Petrauskas. Witnesses were Kazimieras Šimkus, Antanas Tupikas, Antanas Krūtinis and others.

My trace into this is as follows:
Me > Christine Laukaitis > Bertha Laukaitis > Martha Balvocius > Ona Balvocius

Any ideas or thoughts, I'd love to hear them.

Thanks to my 'doc digger' Vincas Bundza...