Biographical Information:
According to her daughter, Agnes, Mary Josephine Armstrong was born April 15th 1868 in Tubbercurry or Tobercurry, County Sligo, Ireland. No official record of birth with this birthdate and name could be found for her in County Sligo records.
According to census records, Mary Josephine Armstrong married Patrick Conboy in 1892. A record of Patrick's marriage to Mary in Rockland County however was not found by archivist Scheiber. Marriage records at St. Ann's in Nyack appear to begin with 1920. Had they married elsewhere?
Early records of Mrs. Conboy's activities:
OPENED BY TRUSTEE KING
"St. Ann's Church Fair is Now Underway.
A List of Tables and Attendants
...The Bazar Will Continue, Afternoon and Evening, Until August 22...
OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP TABLE
This pretty booth is under the management of Mrs Peter Nelson... articles including...handsome plush work box, plush cushion, table covers, a big variety of toys and small articles and a stock of doll's rubber coats, all sizes, Paris styles warranted waterproof, sold at less than cost of importation and sent home free if desired... assistants are : Mrs. John Holley, Mrs. John Kane. Mrs. M. Broe, Mrs. J. J. Sullivan, Mrs. P. Conboy, the Misses Maggie Reiily, Sarah Foley..."
Source: Nyack Evening Star, 10 August 1892, page 2
FIRST NIGHT AT ST. ANN'S .
ARTISTIC DISPLAY OF BEAUTIFUL IMPORTED ARTICLES
The Heat Keeps Many Away, But a Large Number Attend on the First Night.
"...The names of those presiding at the tables are as follows:
Our Lady of Perpetual Help - Mrs. P. Conboy, Maggie Reilly, Sarah Foley, T. Conklin..."
Source: Rockland County Journal, August 13th 1892, p. 1.
Mary Josephine went to America (before the 1901 Irish census) and all of her six Armstrong brothers were said to have "returned" to England from the Tubbercurry area. The 1920 U.S. Census recorded her arriving in America in 1886 and being naturalized in 1893, the same year as her husband. According to this census she would have been born about 1865 to parents who were born in Ireland.
"Mrs. Josephine Conboy, a prominent resident of Nyack, died at her home there on Sunday evening. She is survived by her husband, Patrick Conboy, and five daughters, Mrs. William Brady, Mrs. Bertram Leitner, Mrs. Timothy Hanley, Mrs. Thomas Furey, and Miss Agnes Conboy."
Source: Rockland County Times, 19 March 1927, page 8
Ancestry
Agnes, her daughter, claimed Mary Josephine's parents were Mary and Michael Armstrong of Tubbercurry. Were Mary Josephine's parents born in the same town? No less than 5 Michael Armstrongs were born in Tubbercurry between 1830 and 1855:
a. born 1831 - died 1906,
b. born 1835 - died 1903,
c. born 1840 - died 1929,
d. born 1841 - died 1865,
e. born 1852 - died 1922.
Which of these had a wife, Mary?
There were two possible parent pairs living in County Sligo around the time of Mary Josephine's birth, one in Carrownaleck and one in Ballyglass. Mary Josephine's great granddaughter sought an Armstrong she had heard of who was living in Ballyglass and stopped along the way for directions. She was told by neighbors she looked just like the daughter of said Mr. Armstrong. The descendant of Michael and Mary Armstrong of Ballyglass turned out to look like her own father and his sister, Pat Monahan.
Could the Ballyglass and Carrownaleck families have been related? The people who gave directions said the family in Carrownaleck had "died out". That impression may have been made after the brothers of Mary Josephine went to England.
A Hanley granddaughter claimed that among Patrick's and/or his wife's ancestors there were O'Quigley's and McKenna's. McKenna's have yet to be found in the Tubbercurry - Sligo areas at Find A Grave.
John Conboy, a relative of Mary Josephine's husband, married Jane Grey, daughter of Lizzie (Armstrong) Grey (apparently also from Tubbercurry and related to Mary Josephine), at St. Stephen's (also called Church of Our Lady) in N.Y.C. in 1894.
Between 1900 and 1910 Mary and Patrick may have lost 2 or 3 sons. Any records found would be appreciated. Armstrong, Brady, Conboy, Furey, Hanley and Leitner descendants are welcome to contribute information!
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"If you listen I'll sing you a sweet little song of a flower that's now droped and dead,
Yet dearer to me, yes than all of its mates, though each holds aloft its proud head.
'Twas given to me by a girl that I know, since we've met, faith I've known no repose.
She is dearer by far than the world's brightest star, and I call her my wild Irish Rose."
According to her daughter, Agnes, Mary Josephine Armstrong was born April 15th 1868 in Tubbercurry or Tobercurry, County Sligo, Ireland. No official record of birth with this birthdate and name could be found for her in County Sligo records.
According to census records, Mary Josephine Armstrong married Patrick Conboy in 1892. A record of Patrick's marriage to Mary in Rockland County however was not found by archivist Scheiber. Marriage records at St. Ann's in Nyack appear to begin with 1920. Had they married elsewhere?
Early records of Mrs. Conboy's activities:
OPENED BY TRUSTEE KING
"St. Ann's Church Fair is Now Underway.
A List of Tables and Attendants
...The Bazar Will Continue, Afternoon and Evening, Until August 22...
OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP TABLE
This pretty booth is under the management of Mrs Peter Nelson... articles including...handsome plush work box, plush cushion, table covers, a big variety of toys and small articles and a stock of doll's rubber coats, all sizes, Paris styles warranted waterproof, sold at less than cost of importation and sent home free if desired... assistants are : Mrs. John Holley, Mrs. John Kane. Mrs. M. Broe, Mrs. J. J. Sullivan, Mrs. P. Conboy, the Misses Maggie Reiily, Sarah Foley..."
Source: Nyack Evening Star, 10 August 1892, page 2
FIRST NIGHT AT ST. ANN'S .
ARTISTIC DISPLAY OF BEAUTIFUL IMPORTED ARTICLES
The Heat Keeps Many Away, But a Large Number Attend on the First Night.
"...The names of those presiding at the tables are as follows:
Our Lady of Perpetual Help - Mrs. P. Conboy, Maggie Reilly, Sarah Foley, T. Conklin..."
Source: Rockland County Journal, August 13th 1892, p. 1.
Mary Josephine went to America (before the 1901 Irish census) and all of her six Armstrong brothers were said to have "returned" to England from the Tubbercurry area. The 1920 U.S. Census recorded her arriving in America in 1886 and being naturalized in 1893, the same year as her husband. According to this census she would have been born about 1865 to parents who were born in Ireland.
"Mrs. Josephine Conboy, a prominent resident of Nyack, died at her home there on Sunday evening. She is survived by her husband, Patrick Conboy, and five daughters, Mrs. William Brady, Mrs. Bertram Leitner, Mrs. Timothy Hanley, Mrs. Thomas Furey, and Miss Agnes Conboy."
Source: Rockland County Times, 19 March 1927, page 8
Ancestry
Agnes, her daughter, claimed Mary Josephine's parents were Mary and Michael Armstrong of Tubbercurry. Were Mary Josephine's parents born in the same town? No less than 5 Michael Armstrongs were born in Tubbercurry between 1830 and 1855:
a. born 1831 - died 1906,
b. born 1835 - died 1903,
c. born 1840 - died 1929,
d. born 1841 - died 1865,
e. born 1852 - died 1922.
Which of these had a wife, Mary?
There were two possible parent pairs living in County Sligo around the time of Mary Josephine's birth, one in Carrownaleck and one in Ballyglass. Mary Josephine's great granddaughter sought an Armstrong she had heard of who was living in Ballyglass and stopped along the way for directions. She was told by neighbors she looked just like the daughter of said Mr. Armstrong. The descendant of Michael and Mary Armstrong of Ballyglass turned out to look like her own father and his sister, Pat Monahan.
Could the Ballyglass and Carrownaleck families have been related? The people who gave directions said the family in Carrownaleck had "died out". That impression may have been made after the brothers of Mary Josephine went to England.
A Hanley granddaughter claimed that among Patrick's and/or his wife's ancestors there were O'Quigley's and McKenna's. McKenna's have yet to be found in the Tubbercurry - Sligo areas at Find A Grave.
John Conboy, a relative of Mary Josephine's husband, married Jane Grey, daughter of Lizzie (Armstrong) Grey (apparently also from Tubbercurry and related to Mary Josephine), at St. Stephen's (also called Church of Our Lady) in N.Y.C. in 1894.
Between 1900 and 1910 Mary and Patrick may have lost 2 or 3 sons. Any records found would be appreciated. Armstrong, Brady, Conboy, Furey, Hanley and Leitner descendants are welcome to contribute information!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"If you listen I'll sing you a sweet little song of a flower that's now droped and dead,
Yet dearer to me, yes than all of its mates, though each holds aloft its proud head.
'Twas given to me by a girl that I know, since we've met, faith I've known no repose.
She is dearer by far than the world's brightest star, and I call her my wild Irish Rose."
Biographical Information:
According to her daughter, Agnes, Mary Josephine Armstrong was born April 15th 1868 in Tubbercurry or Tobercurry, County Sligo, Ireland. No official record of birth with this birthdate and name could be found for her in County Sligo records.
According to census records, Mary Josephine Armstrong married Patrick Conboy in 1892. A record of Patrick's marriage to Mary in Rockland County however was not found by archivist Scheiber. Marriage records at St. Ann's in Nyack appear to begin with 1920. Had they married elsewhere?
Early records of Mrs. Conboy's activities:
OPENED BY TRUSTEE KING
"St. Ann's Church Fair is Now Underway.
A List of Tables and Attendants
...The Bazar Will Continue, Afternoon and Evening, Until August 22...
OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP TABLE
This pretty booth is under the management of Mrs Peter Nelson... articles including...handsome plush work box, plush cushion, table covers, a big variety of toys and small articles and a stock of doll's rubber coats, all sizes, Paris styles warranted waterproof, sold at less than cost of importation and sent home free if desired... assistants are : Mrs. John Holley, Mrs. John Kane. Mrs. M. Broe, Mrs. J. J. Sullivan, Mrs. P. Conboy, the Misses Maggie Reiily, Sarah Foley..."
Source: Nyack Evening Star, 10 August 1892, page 2
FIRST NIGHT AT ST. ANN'S .
ARTISTIC DISPLAY OF BEAUTIFUL IMPORTED ARTICLES
The Heat Keeps Many Away, But a Large Number Attend on the First Night.
"...The names of those presiding at the tables are as follows:
Our Lady of Perpetual Help - Mrs. P. Conboy, Maggie Reilly, Sarah Foley, T. Conklin..."
Source: Rockland County Journal, August 13th 1892, p. 1.
Mary Josephine went to America (before the 1901 Irish census) and all of her six Armstrong brothers were said to have "returned" to England from the Tubbercurry area. The 1920 U.S. Census recorded her arriving in America in 1886 and being naturalized in 1893, the same year as her husband. According to this census she would have been born about 1865 to parents who were born in Ireland.
"Mrs. Josephine Conboy, a prominent resident of Nyack, died at her home there on Sunday evening. She is survived by her husband, Patrick Conboy, and five daughters, Mrs. William Brady, Mrs. Bertram Leitner, Mrs. Timothy Hanley, Mrs. Thomas Furey, and Miss Agnes Conboy."
Source: Rockland County Times, 19 March 1927, page 8
Ancestry
Agnes, her daughter, claimed Mary Josephine's parents were Mary and Michael Armstrong of Tubbercurry. Were Mary Josephine's parents born in the same town? No less than 5 Michael Armstrongs were born in Tubbercurry between 1830 and 1855:
a. born 1831 - died 1906,
b. born 1835 - died 1903,
c. born 1840 - died 1929,
d. born 1841 - died 1865,
e. born 1852 - died 1922.
Which of these had a wife, Mary?
There were two possible parent pairs living in County Sligo around the time of Mary Josephine's birth, one in Carrownaleck and one in Ballyglass. Mary Josephine's great granddaughter sought an Armstrong she had heard of who was living in Ballyglass and stopped along the way for directions. She was told by neighbors she looked just like the daughter of said Mr. Armstrong. The descendant of Michael and Mary Armstrong of Ballyglass turned out to look like her own father and his sister, Pat Monahan.
Could the Ballyglass and Carrownaleck families have been related? The people who gave directions said the family in Carrownaleck had "died out". That impression may have been made after the brothers of Mary Josephine went to England.
A Hanley granddaughter claimed that among Patrick's and/or his wife's ancestors there were O'Quigley's and McKenna's. McKenna's have yet to be found in the Tubbercurry - Sligo areas at Find A Grave.
John Conboy, a relative of Mary Josephine's husband, married Jane Grey, daughter of Lizzie (Armstrong) Grey (apparently also from Tubbercurry and related to Mary Josephine), at St. Stephen's (also called Church of Our Lady) in N.Y.C. in 1894.
Between 1900 and 1910 Mary and Patrick may have lost 2 or 3 sons. Any records found would be appreciated. Armstrong, Brady, Conboy, Furey, Hanley and Leitner descendants are welcome to contribute information!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"If you listen I'll sing you a sweet little song of a flower that's now droped and dead,
Yet dearer to me, yes than all of its mates, though each holds aloft its proud head.
'Twas given to me by a girl that I know, since we've met, faith I've known no repose.
She is dearer by far than the world's brightest star, and I call her my wild Irish Rose."
According to her daughter, Agnes, Mary Josephine Armstrong was born April 15th 1868 in Tubbercurry or Tobercurry, County Sligo, Ireland. No official record of birth with this birthdate and name could be found for her in County Sligo records.
According to census records, Mary Josephine Armstrong married Patrick Conboy in 1892. A record of Patrick's marriage to Mary in Rockland County however was not found by archivist Scheiber. Marriage records at St. Ann's in Nyack appear to begin with 1920. Had they married elsewhere?
Early records of Mrs. Conboy's activities:
OPENED BY TRUSTEE KING
"St. Ann's Church Fair is Now Underway.
A List of Tables and Attendants
...The Bazar Will Continue, Afternoon and Evening, Until August 22...
OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP TABLE
This pretty booth is under the management of Mrs Peter Nelson... articles including...handsome plush work box, plush cushion, table covers, a big variety of toys and small articles and a stock of doll's rubber coats, all sizes, Paris styles warranted waterproof, sold at less than cost of importation and sent home free if desired... assistants are : Mrs. John Holley, Mrs. John Kane. Mrs. M. Broe, Mrs. J. J. Sullivan, Mrs. P. Conboy, the Misses Maggie Reiily, Sarah Foley..."
Source: Nyack Evening Star, 10 August 1892, page 2
FIRST NIGHT AT ST. ANN'S .
ARTISTIC DISPLAY OF BEAUTIFUL IMPORTED ARTICLES
The Heat Keeps Many Away, But a Large Number Attend on the First Night.
"...The names of those presiding at the tables are as follows:
Our Lady of Perpetual Help - Mrs. P. Conboy, Maggie Reilly, Sarah Foley, T. Conklin..."
Source: Rockland County Journal, August 13th 1892, p. 1.
Mary Josephine went to America (before the 1901 Irish census) and all of her six Armstrong brothers were said to have "returned" to England from the Tubbercurry area. The 1920 U.S. Census recorded her arriving in America in 1886 and being naturalized in 1893, the same year as her husband. According to this census she would have been born about 1865 to parents who were born in Ireland.
"Mrs. Josephine Conboy, a prominent resident of Nyack, died at her home there on Sunday evening. She is survived by her husband, Patrick Conboy, and five daughters, Mrs. William Brady, Mrs. Bertram Leitner, Mrs. Timothy Hanley, Mrs. Thomas Furey, and Miss Agnes Conboy."
Source: Rockland County Times, 19 March 1927, page 8
Ancestry
Agnes, her daughter, claimed Mary Josephine's parents were Mary and Michael Armstrong of Tubbercurry. Were Mary Josephine's parents born in the same town? No less than 5 Michael Armstrongs were born in Tubbercurry between 1830 and 1855:
a. born 1831 - died 1906,
b. born 1835 - died 1903,
c. born 1840 - died 1929,
d. born 1841 - died 1865,
e. born 1852 - died 1922.
Which of these had a wife, Mary?
There were two possible parent pairs living in County Sligo around the time of Mary Josephine's birth, one in Carrownaleck and one in Ballyglass. Mary Josephine's great granddaughter sought an Armstrong she had heard of who was living in Ballyglass and stopped along the way for directions. She was told by neighbors she looked just like the daughter of said Mr. Armstrong. The descendant of Michael and Mary Armstrong of Ballyglass turned out to look like her own father and his sister, Pat Monahan.
Could the Ballyglass and Carrownaleck families have been related? The people who gave directions said the family in Carrownaleck had "died out". That impression may have been made after the brothers of Mary Josephine went to England.
A Hanley granddaughter claimed that among Patrick's and/or his wife's ancestors there were O'Quigley's and McKenna's. McKenna's have yet to be found in the Tubbercurry - Sligo areas at Find A Grave.
John Conboy, a relative of Mary Josephine's husband, married Jane Grey, daughter of Lizzie (Armstrong) Grey (apparently also from Tubbercurry and related to Mary Josephine), at St. Stephen's (also called Church of Our Lady) in N.Y.C. in 1894.
Between 1900 and 1910 Mary and Patrick may have lost 2 or 3 sons. Any records found would be appreciated. Armstrong, Brady, Conboy, Furey, Hanley and Leitner descendants are welcome to contribute information!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"If you listen I'll sing you a sweet little song of a flower that's now droped and dead,
Yet dearer to me, yes than all of its mates, though each holds aloft its proud head.
'Twas given to me by a girl that I know, since we've met, faith I've known no repose.
She is dearer by far than the world's brightest star, and I call her my wild Irish Rose."
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1868-1946
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1869-1927
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