Mary Casey Kennedy was born in County Cork, Ireland in 1850. Suffering starvation and malnutrition as a child in Ireland, she immigrated alone as a stowaway on a ship at 14 to New York in 1864. Traveling around the horn to the West Coast she became indentured as a servant to a family in San Jose for 7 years. The story was told that it was horrible, terrible and treacherous trip.
Mary Casey met and married her husband, John Kennedy around 1871 and moved to Gold Hill, Nevada, where John became a silver miner. To them four children were born; James, Jospeh, Mary and Catherine.
In 1916, Mary and John and their son Joseph along with their widowed daughter Catherine Setaro and her two children, Raymond and Jack moved to Escalon on property that Catherine had purchased. Because wood was still so scarce following the massive rebuilding effort resulting from the San Francisco earthquake, they dismantled their home in Gold Hill, Nevada and rebuilt in Atlanta (now Escalon). There Mary helped to raise her grandchildren while their mother worked in San Francisco to support the family.
In her later years she suffered from cataracts and became blind, but still walked the property on which she lived. She was a tiny woman in stature, but had an authoritative manner and loving heart. She is remembered for keeping her Irish brogue throughout her long years.
"Modesto Bee," 1945-10-15
ESCALON WOMAN DIES AFTER BREAKING HIP
"Mrs. Mary Kennedy, 95, of Escalon died in an Escalon hospital Saturday afternoon following the breaking of her hip three weeks ago. Mrs. Kennedy was a native of Ireland and had been a resident of Escalon for 28 years. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Katherine (sp) of Escalon. Final rites will be held tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock in the chapel of P.L. Fry & Son. Committal will be in the Atlanta Cemetery."
Mary Casey met and married her husband, John Kennedy around 1871 and moved to Gold Hill, Nevada, where John became a silver miner. To them four children were born; James, Jospeh, Mary and Catherine.
In 1916, Mary and John and their son Joseph along with their widowed daughter Catherine Setaro and her two children, Raymond and Jack moved to Escalon on property that Catherine had purchased. Because wood was still so scarce following the massive rebuilding effort resulting from the San Francisco earthquake, they dismantled their home in Gold Hill, Nevada and rebuilt in Atlanta (now Escalon). There Mary helped to raise her grandchildren while their mother worked in San Francisco to support the family.
In her later years she suffered from cataracts and became blind, but still walked the property on which she lived. She was a tiny woman in stature, but had an authoritative manner and loving heart. She is remembered for keeping her Irish brogue throughout her long years.
"Modesto Bee," 1945-10-15
ESCALON WOMAN DIES AFTER BREAKING HIP
"Mrs. Mary Kennedy, 95, of Escalon died in an Escalon hospital Saturday afternoon following the breaking of her hip three weeks ago. Mrs. Kennedy was a native of Ireland and had been a resident of Escalon for 28 years. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Katherine (sp) of Escalon. Final rites will be held tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock in the chapel of P.L. Fry & Son. Committal will be in the Atlanta Cemetery."
Mary Casey Kennedy was born in County Cork, Ireland in 1850. Suffering starvation and malnutrition as a child in Ireland, she immigrated alone as a stowaway on a ship at 14 to New York in 1864. Traveling around the horn to the West Coast she became indentured as a servant to a family in San Jose for 7 years. The story was told that it was horrible, terrible and treacherous trip.
Mary Casey met and married her husband, John Kennedy around 1871 and moved to Gold Hill, Nevada, where John became a silver miner. To them four children were born; James, Jospeh, Mary and Catherine.
In 1916, Mary and John and their son Joseph along with their widowed daughter Catherine Setaro and her two children, Raymond and Jack moved to Escalon on property that Catherine had purchased. Because wood was still so scarce following the massive rebuilding effort resulting from the San Francisco earthquake, they dismantled their home in Gold Hill, Nevada and rebuilt in Atlanta (now Escalon). There Mary helped to raise her grandchildren while their mother worked in San Francisco to support the family.
In her later years she suffered from cataracts and became blind, but still walked the property on which she lived. She was a tiny woman in stature, but had an authoritative manner and loving heart. She is remembered for keeping her Irish brogue throughout her long years.
"Modesto Bee," 1945-10-15
ESCALON WOMAN DIES AFTER BREAKING HIP
"Mrs. Mary Kennedy, 95, of Escalon died in an Escalon hospital Saturday afternoon following the breaking of her hip three weeks ago. Mrs. Kennedy was a native of Ireland and had been a resident of Escalon for 28 years. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Katherine (sp) of Escalon. Final rites will be held tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock in the chapel of P.L. Fry & Son. Committal will be in the Atlanta Cemetery."
Mary Casey met and married her husband, John Kennedy around 1871 and moved to Gold Hill, Nevada, where John became a silver miner. To them four children were born; James, Jospeh, Mary and Catherine.
In 1916, Mary and John and their son Joseph along with their widowed daughter Catherine Setaro and her two children, Raymond and Jack moved to Escalon on property that Catherine had purchased. Because wood was still so scarce following the massive rebuilding effort resulting from the San Francisco earthquake, they dismantled their home in Gold Hill, Nevada and rebuilt in Atlanta (now Escalon). There Mary helped to raise her grandchildren while their mother worked in San Francisco to support the family.
In her later years she suffered from cataracts and became blind, but still walked the property on which she lived. She was a tiny woman in stature, but had an authoritative manner and loving heart. She is remembered for keeping her Irish brogue throughout her long years.
"Modesto Bee," 1945-10-15
ESCALON WOMAN DIES AFTER BREAKING HIP
"Mrs. Mary Kennedy, 95, of Escalon died in an Escalon hospital Saturday afternoon following the breaking of her hip three weeks ago. Mrs. Kennedy was a native of Ireland and had been a resident of Escalon for 28 years. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Katherine (sp) of Escalon. Final rites will be held tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock in the chapel of P.L. Fry & Son. Committal will be in the Atlanta Cemetery."
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