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Sheehan
MARY ANN (TOOMEY/TWOMEY) AND JAMES PATRICK
SHEEHAN, WOOL DYER, OF IRELAND AND LAWRENCE
James Patrick Sheehan, son of Julia (Buckley)
and Patrick Sheehan, was possibly born in Nashua,
New Hampshire, as he indicated on his marriage certificate;
or he may have been born in Ireland, as recorded
on his death certificate. James is not listed in
the state-wide "New Hampshire Index of Births."
Some family members think that James was born in
County Cork, Ireland. However, his daughter, the
late Mary Ellen Sheehan, when questioned in her
declining years, said that she though that her father
had been born on the boat taking the family from
Ireland to America. She did not know the name of
the ship but thought it had an "Italian sounding
name.
Searches for documentation of their grandfather's
birth by John "Jack" William Sheehan,
and his sister, Madeline (Sheehan) Burke, have not
produced any results. However, the information extracted
from the birth certificates of his children, all
place his birth in Ireland. Almost all of the documentation
I have received on this Sheehan family, and the
related Toomey family, has been collected by Madeline
or Jack.
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JAMES
PATRICK SHEEHAN
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MARY
ANN (TWOMEY) SHEEHAN
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James Patrick Sheehan married Mary Ann Toomey, according
to their marriage certificate, on 28 Oct 1877, at
Lawrence. They were married in the Immaculate Conception
Church by the Reverend D.D.Regan,O.S.A. Witnesses
names were transcribed as James Quane (Crane, perhaps?)
and Bridget McQuade.
JULIA (CRANE) AND CORNELIUS TOOMEY/TWOMEY,
GARDNER, OF IRELAND AND LAWRENCE
Julia (Crane) and Cornelius Toomey are the parents
of Mary Ann Toomey of Lawrence.
A search of the Lawrence Town Hall Clerk of Records
Office,by Madeline (Sheehan) Burke, produced a
marriage record for Mary Ann's parents: Julia
Crane, age 23, married Cornelius Twomey, age 40,
8 Mar 1868, at Lawrence. Julia was the daughter
of Margaret and Timothy Crane. Cornelius was the
son of Margaret and Henry Twomey. It was the first
marriage for Julia and the second for Cornelius
(which could indicate there are children from
Cornelius's first marriage of whom we know nothing.)
According to the marriage record, both Julia and
Cornelius were born in Ireland. Officiating at
the wedding was the Reverend C.T. McGrath, a Roman
Catholic priest. No record of Cornelius's prior
marriage was found in Lawrence.
On the religious certificate of marriage, Julia's
name was spelled "Creehan", and Cornelius's
name was spelled "Toomey". Witnesses
were Thomas Toomey and Ann Toomey.
I have no record of children, other than Mary
Ann, for Julia and Cornelius. Julia (Crane) Toomey
died before Cornelius, but Madeline could find
no record of her death in Lawrence. Cornelius,
with his surname spelled Twomey, was recorded
as a widower when he died.
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