Ellen Healey/Healy was born in County Cork, Ireland, in about 1810. Her son Patrick put Ellen's birth date on the obelisk he had erected on his plot at St. Mary's Cemetery. Patrick had a sense of history as he also put the exact birthdate of his father James, birth and death dates for his sisters Mary and Margaret, same for his wife Mary Jane Reed, and for his children who predeceased him. One of Ellen's great-granddaughters in Stuttgart, Arkansas, knew Ellen's maiden name and place of birth--she was son Thomas' granddaughter. One of Patrick's sons also knew Ellen was born in County Cork--as was her husband and their children.
A genealogist at the National Archives in Dublin told me the Irish in the past didn't know how old they were. A prominent man in our Coffey family--born about 1830--stated on his passport application that he didn't know how old he was. It is remarkable that Patrick knew his father's birthdate. In records Ellen always is shown as a year older than James (who was born in 1811) so she was born about 1810. Irish priests were told to begin recording baptisms in 1835, but not all complied right away. The Protestant English government kept no birth records for Catholics--began keeping them in 1874 for Protestants.
In 1851, Ellen, her husband and children set sail from Liverpool, England, on the "John Haven". Ellen was with child and gave birth on the sea voyage. Baby Ellen was the only one to be born on the voyage where she also was the only one to die. The "John Haven" arrived in New Orleans on 7 April 1851. A handwritten copy of the ship's manifest is on my Coffey family tree on Ancestry.com. Our Buckley family members were James and his wife Ellen plus their sons Patrick and Thomas and their daughters Mary and Margaret.
By the 1860 Federal Census, our Buckley family were living in Cincinnati where father James and sons Patrick J. and Thomas J. were employed. Members of the household were James and wife Ellen, sons Patrick J. and Thomas J. and daughters Mary and Margaret. The 1860 census was the last official record for Mary and Margaret. Patrick recorded their birth and death dates on his obelisk at St. Mary's. It is assumed they died and are buried in Cincinnati, but no record was found in the Catholic cemeteries there.
One day in 1863 during the Civil War, Patrick, age 20, and his mother Ellen went across the Ohio River to Covington,KY, where each bought a two story business building on the main street of the city and a residence on Center nearby between Bakewell and Philadelphia. All these buildings are extant.
Patrick bought a handsome Victorian business building at 702 and 704 S.Main with an apartment on the side on Seventh plus a residence on Center. Ellen bought a more ordinary two story business building in the middle of the block and across the street in the 600 block of Main plus a residence on Center next door to Patrick's. Before marriage Patrick, his brother Thomas, and a Michael Buckley lived in his residence with his parents next door. Ellen soon deeded the properties she bought to husband James.
James and Ellen appear annually in Covington in tax records.
I was told by the genealogist at the Kenton County Library in Covington that there are no extant records of Civil War service for local men. However, the year he turned 21, Patrick was listed on his parents' tax record as serving in the local Union militia. The next year his younger brother Thomas apparently turned 21 and also is in the local Union militia. One cannot fall in love with any birth date for Patrick and Thomas as various are given--Patrick is more consistent than Thomas. There was a Union Fort just across the Licking River which was the eastern border of Covington in the city of Newport.
Soon both sons married. Patrick J. married Miss Mary Jane Reed, also born in County Cork, at St. Mary's Catholic Church. Thomas married Miss Rose E. Coffey up the hill at St. Ann's Catholic Church near the home of her mother, Mary (Ward) Coffey, in West Covington.
Several grandchildren were born during Ellen's lifetime. Two born the year she died eloped together and married on their way to the vaudeville stage in San Francisco. George was Patrick's youngest and Agnes was Thomas'--Rose turned Agnes' picture to the wall.
Son Patrick opened a tin and slate shop at 702 Seventh--his corner Victorian building--and for awhile the family lived at 704 until he bought a house on Philadelphia. Patrick sold tin for Victorian tin ceilings and slate, etc. for roofs. As a young man he had been a tinner. He did well until the depression of the 1890's.
Thomas was a blacksmith--which is more like an applied engineer today. So both sons followed skilled occupations whereas their father had been a laborer. Then one of Rose's
Coffey cousins who had controlling interest in the Peoria Gas, Light and Coke Company, owned part of a distillery, and owned rental houses asked Thomas to move to Peoria and come to work for him. Tom and Rose moved to Peoria where they bought a large craftsman bungalow and raised their children. Tom rose in the Gas Works to the position of Superintendent. They raised several children--losing only one as a baby in Covington. Everyone worked hard and did well--several great-grandchildren are attorneys and vice-presidents of major corporations.
The Coffey family followed Irish naming patterns for both their sons and daughters--so first son was named James for both James Buckley and Rose's father, James Coffey. Third daughter was named for father's mother, Helen, Ellen, Nell.
Patrick J. also named a daughter Ellen for his mother. This little Ellen died of smallpox just before her 11th birthday.
Ellen had a long life, came to America, saw her sons do well in business and the birth of many grandchildren. She had hardships--losing at least three daughters at early ages. She and her descendants have had better lives and more opportunities because of her courage to come to America. As one of her great-grandsons, an attorney, said, "The English did the Irish a favor by denying them food during the Famine. It forced the Irish to come to America."
A genealogist at the National Archives in Dublin told me the Irish in the past didn't know how old they were. A prominent man in our Coffey family--born about 1830--stated on his passport application that he didn't know how old he was. It is remarkable that Patrick knew his father's birthdate. In records Ellen always is shown as a year older than James (who was born in 1811) so she was born about 1810. Irish priests were told to begin recording baptisms in 1835, but not all complied right away. The Protestant English government kept no birth records for Catholics--began keeping them in 1874 for Protestants.
In 1851, Ellen, her husband and children set sail from Liverpool, England, on the "John Haven". Ellen was with child and gave birth on the sea voyage. Baby Ellen was the only one to be born on the voyage where she also was the only one to die. The "John Haven" arrived in New Orleans on 7 April 1851. A handwritten copy of the ship's manifest is on my Coffey family tree on Ancestry.com. Our Buckley family members were James and his wife Ellen plus their sons Patrick and Thomas and their daughters Mary and Margaret.
By the 1860 Federal Census, our Buckley family were living in Cincinnati where father James and sons Patrick J. and Thomas J. were employed. Members of the household were James and wife Ellen, sons Patrick J. and Thomas J. and daughters Mary and Margaret. The 1860 census was the last official record for Mary and Margaret. Patrick recorded their birth and death dates on his obelisk at St. Mary's. It is assumed they died and are buried in Cincinnati, but no record was found in the Catholic cemeteries there.
One day in 1863 during the Civil War, Patrick, age 20, and his mother Ellen went across the Ohio River to Covington,KY, where each bought a two story business building on the main street of the city and a residence on Center nearby between Bakewell and Philadelphia. All these buildings are extant.
Patrick bought a handsome Victorian business building at 702 and 704 S.Main with an apartment on the side on Seventh plus a residence on Center. Ellen bought a more ordinary two story business building in the middle of the block and across the street in the 600 block of Main plus a residence on Center next door to Patrick's. Before marriage Patrick, his brother Thomas, and a Michael Buckley lived in his residence with his parents next door. Ellen soon deeded the properties she bought to husband James.
James and Ellen appear annually in Covington in tax records.
I was told by the genealogist at the Kenton County Library in Covington that there are no extant records of Civil War service for local men. However, the year he turned 21, Patrick was listed on his parents' tax record as serving in the local Union militia. The next year his younger brother Thomas apparently turned 21 and also is in the local Union militia. One cannot fall in love with any birth date for Patrick and Thomas as various are given--Patrick is more consistent than Thomas. There was a Union Fort just across the Licking River which was the eastern border of Covington in the city of Newport.
Soon both sons married. Patrick J. married Miss Mary Jane Reed, also born in County Cork, at St. Mary's Catholic Church. Thomas married Miss Rose E. Coffey up the hill at St. Ann's Catholic Church near the home of her mother, Mary (Ward) Coffey, in West Covington.
Several grandchildren were born during Ellen's lifetime. Two born the year she died eloped together and married on their way to the vaudeville stage in San Francisco. George was Patrick's youngest and Agnes was Thomas'--Rose turned Agnes' picture to the wall.
Son Patrick opened a tin and slate shop at 702 Seventh--his corner Victorian building--and for awhile the family lived at 704 until he bought a house on Philadelphia. Patrick sold tin for Victorian tin ceilings and slate, etc. for roofs. As a young man he had been a tinner. He did well until the depression of the 1890's.
Thomas was a blacksmith--which is more like an applied engineer today. So both sons followed skilled occupations whereas their father had been a laborer. Then one of Rose's
Coffey cousins who had controlling interest in the Peoria Gas, Light and Coke Company, owned part of a distillery, and owned rental houses asked Thomas to move to Peoria and come to work for him. Tom and Rose moved to Peoria where they bought a large craftsman bungalow and raised their children. Tom rose in the Gas Works to the position of Superintendent. They raised several children--losing only one as a baby in Covington. Everyone worked hard and did well--several great-grandchildren are attorneys and vice-presidents of major corporations.
The Coffey family followed Irish naming patterns for both their sons and daughters--so first son was named James for both James Buckley and Rose's father, James Coffey. Third daughter was named for father's mother, Helen, Ellen, Nell.
Patrick J. also named a daughter Ellen for his mother. This little Ellen died of smallpox just before her 11th birthday.
Ellen had a long life, came to America, saw her sons do well in business and the birth of many grandchildren. She had hardships--losing at least three daughters at early ages. She and her descendants have had better lives and more opportunities because of her courage to come to America. As one of her great-grandsons, an attorney, said, "The English did the Irish a favor by denying them food during the Famine. It forced the Irish to come to America."
Ellen Healey/Healy was born in County Cork, Ireland, in about 1810. Her son Patrick put Ellen's birth date on the obelisk he had erected on his plot at St. Mary's Cemetery. Patrick had a sense of history as he also put the exact birthdate of his father James, birth and death dates for his sisters Mary and Margaret, same for his wife Mary Jane Reed, and for his children who predeceased him. One of Ellen's great-granddaughters in Stuttgart, Arkansas, knew Ellen's maiden name and place of birth--she was son Thomas' granddaughter. One of Patrick's sons also knew Ellen was born in County Cork--as was her husband and their children.
A genealogist at the National Archives in Dublin told me the Irish in the past didn't know how old they were. A prominent man in our Coffey family--born about 1830--stated on his passport application that he didn't know how old he was. It is remarkable that Patrick knew his father's birthdate. In records Ellen always is shown as a year older than James (who was born in 1811) so she was born about 1810. Irish priests were told to begin recording baptisms in 1835, but not all complied right away. The Protestant English government kept no birth records for Catholics--began keeping them in 1874 for Protestants.
In 1851, Ellen, her husband and children set sail from Liverpool, England, on the "John Haven". Ellen was with child and gave birth on the sea voyage. Baby Ellen was the only one to be born on the voyage where she also was the only one to die. The "John Haven" arrived in New Orleans on 7 April 1851. A handwritten copy of the ship's manifest is on my Coffey family tree on Ancestry.com. Our Buckley family members were James and his wife Ellen plus their sons Patrick and Thomas and their daughters Mary and Margaret.
By the 1860 Federal Census, our Buckley family were living in Cincinnati where father James and sons Patrick J. and Thomas J. were employed. Members of the household were James and wife Ellen, sons Patrick J. and Thomas J. and daughters Mary and Margaret. The 1860 census was the last official record for Mary and Margaret. Patrick recorded their birth and death dates on his obelisk at St. Mary's. It is assumed they died and are buried in Cincinnati, but no record was found in the Catholic cemeteries there.
One day in 1863 during the Civil War, Patrick, age 20, and his mother Ellen went across the Ohio River to Covington,KY, where each bought a two story business building on the main street of the city and a residence on Center nearby between Bakewell and Philadelphia. All these buildings are extant.
Patrick bought a handsome Victorian business building at 702 and 704 S.Main with an apartment on the side on Seventh plus a residence on Center. Ellen bought a more ordinary two story business building in the middle of the block and across the street in the 600 block of Main plus a residence on Center next door to Patrick's. Before marriage Patrick, his brother Thomas, and a Michael Buckley lived in his residence with his parents next door. Ellen soon deeded the properties she bought to husband James.
James and Ellen appear annually in Covington in tax records.
I was told by the genealogist at the Kenton County Library in Covington that there are no extant records of Civil War service for local men. However, the year he turned 21, Patrick was listed on his parents' tax record as serving in the local Union militia. The next year his younger brother Thomas apparently turned 21 and also is in the local Union militia. One cannot fall in love with any birth date for Patrick and Thomas as various are given--Patrick is more consistent than Thomas. There was a Union Fort just across the Licking River which was the eastern border of Covington in the city of Newport.
Soon both sons married. Patrick J. married Miss Mary Jane Reed, also born in County Cork, at St. Mary's Catholic Church. Thomas married Miss Rose E. Coffey up the hill at St. Ann's Catholic Church near the home of her mother, Mary (Ward) Coffey, in West Covington.
Several grandchildren were born during Ellen's lifetime. Two born the year she died eloped together and married on their way to the vaudeville stage in San Francisco. George was Patrick's youngest and Agnes was Thomas'--Rose turned Agnes' picture to the wall.
Son Patrick opened a tin and slate shop at 702 Seventh--his corner Victorian building--and for awhile the family lived at 704 until he bought a house on Philadelphia. Patrick sold tin for Victorian tin ceilings and slate, etc. for roofs. As a young man he had been a tinner. He did well until the depression of the 1890's.
Thomas was a blacksmith--which is more like an applied engineer today. So both sons followed skilled occupations whereas their father had been a laborer. Then one of Rose's
Coffey cousins who had controlling interest in the Peoria Gas, Light and Coke Company, owned part of a distillery, and owned rental houses asked Thomas to move to Peoria and come to work for him. Tom and Rose moved to Peoria where they bought a large craftsman bungalow and raised their children. Tom rose in the Gas Works to the position of Superintendent. They raised several children--losing only one as a baby in Covington. Everyone worked hard and did well--several great-grandchildren are attorneys and vice-presidents of major corporations.
The Coffey family followed Irish naming patterns for both their sons and daughters--so first son was named James for both James Buckley and Rose's father, James Coffey. Third daughter was named for father's mother, Helen, Ellen, Nell.
Patrick J. also named a daughter Ellen for his mother. This little Ellen died of smallpox just before her 11th birthday.
Ellen had a long life, came to America, saw her sons do well in business and the birth of many grandchildren. She had hardships--losing at least three daughters at early ages. She and her descendants have had better lives and more opportunities because of her courage to come to America. As one of her great-grandsons, an attorney, said, "The English did the Irish a favor by denying them food during the Famine. It forced the Irish to come to America."
A genealogist at the National Archives in Dublin told me the Irish in the past didn't know how old they were. A prominent man in our Coffey family--born about 1830--stated on his passport application that he didn't know how old he was. It is remarkable that Patrick knew his father's birthdate. In records Ellen always is shown as a year older than James (who was born in 1811) so she was born about 1810. Irish priests were told to begin recording baptisms in 1835, but not all complied right away. The Protestant English government kept no birth records for Catholics--began keeping them in 1874 for Protestants.
In 1851, Ellen, her husband and children set sail from Liverpool, England, on the "John Haven". Ellen was with child and gave birth on the sea voyage. Baby Ellen was the only one to be born on the voyage where she also was the only one to die. The "John Haven" arrived in New Orleans on 7 April 1851. A handwritten copy of the ship's manifest is on my Coffey family tree on Ancestry.com. Our Buckley family members were James and his wife Ellen plus their sons Patrick and Thomas and their daughters Mary and Margaret.
By the 1860 Federal Census, our Buckley family were living in Cincinnati where father James and sons Patrick J. and Thomas J. were employed. Members of the household were James and wife Ellen, sons Patrick J. and Thomas J. and daughters Mary and Margaret. The 1860 census was the last official record for Mary and Margaret. Patrick recorded their birth and death dates on his obelisk at St. Mary's. It is assumed they died and are buried in Cincinnati, but no record was found in the Catholic cemeteries there.
One day in 1863 during the Civil War, Patrick, age 20, and his mother Ellen went across the Ohio River to Covington,KY, where each bought a two story business building on the main street of the city and a residence on Center nearby between Bakewell and Philadelphia. All these buildings are extant.
Patrick bought a handsome Victorian business building at 702 and 704 S.Main with an apartment on the side on Seventh plus a residence on Center. Ellen bought a more ordinary two story business building in the middle of the block and across the street in the 600 block of Main plus a residence on Center next door to Patrick's. Before marriage Patrick, his brother Thomas, and a Michael Buckley lived in his residence with his parents next door. Ellen soon deeded the properties she bought to husband James.
James and Ellen appear annually in Covington in tax records.
I was told by the genealogist at the Kenton County Library in Covington that there are no extant records of Civil War service for local men. However, the year he turned 21, Patrick was listed on his parents' tax record as serving in the local Union militia. The next year his younger brother Thomas apparently turned 21 and also is in the local Union militia. One cannot fall in love with any birth date for Patrick and Thomas as various are given--Patrick is more consistent than Thomas. There was a Union Fort just across the Licking River which was the eastern border of Covington in the city of Newport.
Soon both sons married. Patrick J. married Miss Mary Jane Reed, also born in County Cork, at St. Mary's Catholic Church. Thomas married Miss Rose E. Coffey up the hill at St. Ann's Catholic Church near the home of her mother, Mary (Ward) Coffey, in West Covington.
Several grandchildren were born during Ellen's lifetime. Two born the year she died eloped together and married on their way to the vaudeville stage in San Francisco. George was Patrick's youngest and Agnes was Thomas'--Rose turned Agnes' picture to the wall.
Son Patrick opened a tin and slate shop at 702 Seventh--his corner Victorian building--and for awhile the family lived at 704 until he bought a house on Philadelphia. Patrick sold tin for Victorian tin ceilings and slate, etc. for roofs. As a young man he had been a tinner. He did well until the depression of the 1890's.
Thomas was a blacksmith--which is more like an applied engineer today. So both sons followed skilled occupations whereas their father had been a laborer. Then one of Rose's
Coffey cousins who had controlling interest in the Peoria Gas, Light and Coke Company, owned part of a distillery, and owned rental houses asked Thomas to move to Peoria and come to work for him. Tom and Rose moved to Peoria where they bought a large craftsman bungalow and raised their children. Tom rose in the Gas Works to the position of Superintendent. They raised several children--losing only one as a baby in Covington. Everyone worked hard and did well--several great-grandchildren are attorneys and vice-presidents of major corporations.
The Coffey family followed Irish naming patterns for both their sons and daughters--so first son was named James for both James Buckley and Rose's father, James Coffey. Third daughter was named for father's mother, Helen, Ellen, Nell.
Patrick J. also named a daughter Ellen for his mother. This little Ellen died of smallpox just before her 11th birthday.
Ellen had a long life, came to America, saw her sons do well in business and the birth of many grandchildren. She had hardships--losing at least three daughters at early ages. She and her descendants have had better lives and more opportunities because of her courage to come to America. As one of her great-grandsons, an attorney, said, "The English did the Irish a favor by denying them food during the Famine. It forced the Irish to come to America."
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