Aunt Mary's Memoirs, Chapter 2: IV
As my grandfather grew to manhood in Dunlavin, County Wicklow, in the early 1800's, he was instilled with an appreciation of his heritage and pride in his forebearers and he passed this down to his children. He was the son of a surveyor and a land-measurer; he fell in love with Mary Keating from County Kildare. After their marriage they came to America, settled on a farm in South Philadelphia, and were blessed with many children, my father being third to the youngest.
My grandmother's parents, brothers and sisters, also emigrated to this country, as did some of grandfather's relatives. There are records in the Journal of the Early American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia of a Mrs. Mary Byrne O'Toole, who died at the age of 105 years and is buried in Old Saint Mary's Graveyard, 4th & Spruce Strs., Philadelphia, Pa,
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There is a little more background on that family name at Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byrne.
Thanks for that information, John. It would never occur to me to look for "Byrne" in wikipedia.
I was surprised to see that "Byrne" is the seventh most common name in Ireland. Actually, brother Frank said that practically everywhere you look in a cemetery in Ireland, you see the name on a tombstone. Interesting that a James and a Patrick settled in Philadelphia.
The Byrne site has reference to Fiach O'Byrne, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byrne, which gives an interesting 16th century history of the clan. Don't overlook the Glenmalure url while you are at it.
Came upon all this since noontime.
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He then asked me if I had any clothespins in the house and I told him apologetically, no. John looked at me with tearful eyes.
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