Mary McAndrew : Short Biography

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Tombstone, Calvary Cemetery, Galveston, TX

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Mary McAndrew 1850

Kilcommon Erris (Mayo)

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Date of Birth	1st Aug 1850
Date of Death	26th Sep 1916
Father (First Name/s and Surname)	Patrick McAndrew
Mother (First Name/s and Maiden)	Bridget Guinty
Spouse (First Name/s and Maiden/Surname)	Henry James “Harry” Douglas
Names of Siblings	John McANDREW 1855– d. Convent of Mercy, Belmullet,1913 Catherine "Kate" McANDREW 1858–1936 Patrick "Pat" McAndrew 1861– Edward McAndrew 1864–1932 Bridget McANDREW dsp 1866–1922 Anne McANDREW 1867– James McANDREW 1869– Margaret McANDREW 1872–

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I'm looking for information about my great grandmother, Catherine McAndrews b 1843 in Lacken Parish Co. Mayo. She and her mother and brother are reported to have emmigrated to Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania USA in her teens {about 1858}. She was living with her husband, Patrick Gillespie, and she bore my Grandfather Patrick Edward Gillespie in 1869. Following the death of her husband, Patrick Gillespie in1872, she moved to Carmona-Wycoff Minnesota as a widow with one son, my grandfather Patrick Edward Gillespie, to stay with some relatives named Healy {pronounced Hay-lee} and she had a relative in Minnesota named Toole. We recently visited Lacken Parish, Co. Mayo and spoke to some McAndrews family { Not related} and noticed that there are Healy"s and Toole's in the parish as well. I believe that she was part of the number of families who emmigrated to the coal mines in western Pennsylvania as mentioned in the book "The Irish are coming: From Mayo to Scranton, Pennsylvania" by a man named James. Google The Irish are Coming: Mayo Ireland to Scranton Pennsylvania and you can download it onto your computer. It is an excellent story of about 20 families from Lacken Parish, Co Mayo to the coal mines in Pennsylvania. Some of the families were the Healy"s and McAndrews. At any rate if this makes sense to anyone reviewing this please contact me: Donald Gillespie MD email maryganddon@gmail.com and respond on messages of Ireland XO.