My Grandmother Rose Morrissey was born in 1884 in Holyrood. She was one of 9 born there.
Maude was 8 and Angela was 5 when they died of Branchitis. Catherine, Mary, William, Helena, Gertrude and Andrew were the others. Their parents were Peter Morrissey and Katherine (Furey)The Grand parents were John Morrissey and Margaret (Moore) The parents of Katherine were Thomas Furey and Ellen Furey (Murphy)
John and Margaret had 7 children, Ellen, Thomas, William, Patrick, John, Bridget and Peter.
I am hoping to get more information on any of the names listed for a family tree to leave to my kids and grandkids..and so far two great grandkids. Please leave message here or
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fsmith215@cogeco.ca Thank you.