On her birth certificate Grace is named Sarah, after her grandmother, because after giving birth Grace’s mother Lulu indicated this name to the doctor, but at baptism the baby was given a different name. Gertrude was her first name, being a saint’s name, as opposed to Grace, which is the name she always used. She was the daughter of Michael J. Shreenan and Louisa "Lulu" Agnes McGrath, widow of James G. Bennett. Grace attended grades 1 to 5 at St. Stephen’s and grades 6 to 8 at St. Thomas Aquinas, before attending South Park high school. As a clerk, she worked (like her father) for the South Buffalo Railway. She married Albert F. (Fred) Leary on Nov. 7, 1953. They had two children, Eileen and Timothy (Tim).
On her birth certificate Grace is named Sarah, after her grandmother, because after giving birth Grace’s mother Lulu indicated this name to the doctor, but at baptism the baby was given a different name. Gertrude was her first name, being a saint’s name, as opposed to Grace, which is the name she always used. She was the daughter of Michael J. Shreenan and Louisa "Lulu" Agnes McGrath, widow of James G. Bennett. Grace attended grades 1 to 5 at St. Stephen’s and grades 6 to 8 at St. Thomas Aquinas, before attending South Park high school. As a clerk, she worked (like her father) for the South Buffalo Railway. She married Albert F. (Fred) Leary on Nov. 7, 1953. They had two children, Eileen and Timothy (Tim).
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