Michael was born in Sneem, County Kerry Ireland, and had at least five siblings, a brother Timothy,and sisters Ellen, Bridgit, Hannah and Julia. His parents were Cornelious and Margaret MacCarthy Foley, and he was born in Sneem, Kerry, Ireland. Although his birth date on his headstone is 6 September 1879, the birth record in Ireland shows him to have been born 22 September 1870.
He traveled to America on the White Star Liner Germanic, and it's said he served in the US Navy during the war with Spain. He married Mary (Miriam) Rowe in Kentucky, Ohio, or West Virginia, and they brought 13 children into the world there, He worked as a blacksmith and in the coal mines there, alongside his namesake son, Michael, who died in a mining accident in 1928. His wife Mary died in 1927, and when his son Michael was killed in 1928, he moved his remaining 7 children to Connecticut and raised them during a terrible depression, working for the Railroad, machine shops, and wherever he had to to keep food on the table. He took care of his family; they came first to him.
He died on 9 July 1951, the birthday of his daughter Mary (Miriam). You can stand at his grave now, and within sight are the graves of two of his daughters and one son, Mary, Margaret, and James. It seems like he may be watching over them still.
He traveled to America on the White Star Liner Germanic, and it's said he served in the US Navy during the war with Spain. He married Mary (Miriam) Rowe in Kentucky, Ohio, or West Virginia, and they brought 13 children into the world there, He worked as a blacksmith and in the coal mines there, alongside his namesake son, Michael, who died in a mining accident in 1928. His wife Mary died in 1927, and when his son Michael was killed in 1928, he moved his remaining 7 children to Connecticut and raised them during a terrible depression, working for the Railroad, machine shops, and wherever he had to to keep food on the table. He took care of his family; they came first to him.
He died on 9 July 1951, the birthday of his daughter Mary (Miriam). You can stand at his grave now, and within sight are the graves of two of his daughters and one son, Mary, Margaret, and James. It seems like he may be watching over them still.
Michael was born in Sneem, County Kerry Ireland, and had at least five siblings, a brother Timothy,and sisters Ellen, Bridgit, Hannah and Julia. His parents were Cornelious and Margaret MacCarthy Foley, and he was born in Sneem, Kerry, Ireland. Although his birth date on his headstone is 6 September 1879, the birth record in Ireland shows him to have been born 22 September 1870.
He traveled to America on the White Star Liner Germanic, and it's said he served in the US Navy during the war with Spain. He married Mary (Miriam) Rowe in Kentucky, Ohio, or West Virginia, and they brought 13 children into the world there, He worked as a blacksmith and in the coal mines there, alongside his namesake son, Michael, who died in a mining accident in 1928. His wife Mary died in 1927, and when his son Michael was killed in 1928, he moved his remaining 7 children to Connecticut and raised them during a terrible depression, working for the Railroad, machine shops, and wherever he had to to keep food on the table. He took care of his family; they came first to him.
He died on 9 July 1951, the birthday of his daughter Mary (Miriam). You can stand at his grave now, and within sight are the graves of two of his daughters and one son, Mary, Margaret, and James. It seems like he may be watching over them still.
He traveled to America on the White Star Liner Germanic, and it's said he served in the US Navy during the war with Spain. He married Mary (Miriam) Rowe in Kentucky, Ohio, or West Virginia, and they brought 13 children into the world there, He worked as a blacksmith and in the coal mines there, alongside his namesake son, Michael, who died in a mining accident in 1928. His wife Mary died in 1927, and when his son Michael was killed in 1928, he moved his remaining 7 children to Connecticut and raised them during a terrible depression, working for the Railroad, machine shops, and wherever he had to to keep food on the table. He took care of his family; they came first to him.
He died on 9 July 1951, the birthday of his daughter Mary (Miriam). You can stand at his grave now, and within sight are the graves of two of his daughters and one son, Mary, Margaret, and James. It seems like he may be watching over them still.
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Michael C. Foley 1879-1951
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Buried among strangers, but now close by 2 daughters, one son, and two sisters.
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