(Cross-posted to the Kilgarvan, Knockane, and Aghadoe, Co. Kerry, parish boards and also to the general Co. Kerry message board) My great-grandmother Margaret Lynch Wall, born 1886, was the daughter of Thomas Lynch and Honora Sullivan, and her siblings (from what I can tell) were Denis, Daniel, Jeremiah, Thomas, John (Jack), Nora, Mary (Minnie), Catherine (Daisy), and Johanna (Joan). Margaret emigrated to America in 1911 and joined her sister Minnie in Chicago, who had come a few years before. Their uncles Daniel and Henry Lynch had also emigrated and lived in Chicago. I recently located an index for the death certificate of the same Daniel Lynch, who died in the Chicago area, which stated his parents were Denis Lynch and Margaret Healy (sic) and that he was born 10 January 1865. churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie turns up a Denis Lynch and Margaret Haley (sic) in Kilgarvan who had sons named Thomas (baptized Aug 1855) and Daniel (baptized 12 Jan 1865), which squares with what little I know of them. The Thomas Lynch I found in Meelick, Kilgarvan, in the 1901 and 1911 Irish Censuses I estimated to be born around 1856 or so. It's a bit mystifying since in the 1901 Census he and Honora are 45 and 43 years of age respectively, but in the 1911 Census they are 58 and 60 years old. Margaret's other siblings, Joan and Daisy also went to the U.S., though Joan went back to Ireland around 1930 and eventually married a Sullivan and had a daughter, Peggie. She took care of Thomas and Honora until they died in their 90s, within a short time of each other, my grandmother thinks six months to a year apart. In the early 1960s she sent for Daisy when Peggie was leaving home to get married, who went back and would have been in her mid-60s by that point. The letters from Joan Sullivan have an address of Tomies, Beaufort, Killarney. Another brother, Jeremiah (Jerry), also went to the U.S. and worked briefly for the Chicago Surface Lines before setting out westward, perhaps for Arizona, and dropping out of any further contact. Nora (Nonie) went to England, married, and had children, but my grandmother says she and her husband "died early," perhaps of TB. My grandmother has a picture of a little girl on a rocking horse that she thinks is her Aunt Nonie's daughter. John (Jack) went to England, my grandmother believes he was in London at some point, but does not know much about him. My grandmother says that when Joan was in Chicago for a year (she had been in New York for some years prior to that), before she went back to Ireland around 1930, she told Margaret and Daisy that one of their brothers had been arrested and put in prison by the Black and Tans. Any contact from anyone who has information about this family would be welcomed and greatly appreciated!
Wednesday 18th Jul 2012, 04:04PM
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Hi Kimberly,
Ireland Reaching Out is currently rolling out across the country and as yet not all areas are completely online. I have forwarded your request for information and one of our volunteersin Kerry should get back to you.
Best of luck with your search.
Please make sure you link anyone else in your family who is interested in their Irish heritage to our site - and indeed anyone else you know of Irish heritage.
Kind regards,
Cynthia O'Connor
Genealogy Support
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