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I am looking for my great grandparents, Jeremiah McCarthy and Johanna Fitzgerald. I think that they were both from County Kerry, but do not know for sure. 

Jeremiah was born in Ireland to Eugene McCarthy and Bridget Sullivan. I have his birth date as November 1863. He immigrated to the US about 1887 and lived in Newport, Newport County, 
Rhode Island until his death in 1937.

I do not have definite information on siblings, but have found possibilities in Michael McCarthy, Thade McCarthy and Eugene McCarthy all born in the 1860s and 1870s to a Eugene McCarthy and Bridget Sullivan in County Kerry.

Johanna was born in Ireland to Francis/Frank Fitzgerald and Mary Sullivan. I have her birth date as March 1869. She immigrated to the US about 1888 and lived in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island until her death in 1956.

According to Johanna's obituary, she had 10 siblings. The only one I know about is her brother Frank who was born in 1863 or 1865 and also immigrated to the US and lived in Newport until his death.

Jeremiah and Johanna married on 22 Nov 1894 in Newport. They became the parents of 8 children, 1 daughter and 7 sons, one of which was my grandfather, Francis John McCarthy.

Any help would be greatly appreicated.

Sherry

SherryGS

Monday 14th Jan 2013, 11:59PM

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