Diskin

Hi Nancy

Do you have any dates or can you estimate dates for the above?

Best wishes

Clare Doyle

Ireland XO

Clare, thanks for asking.

Delia Diskin was b 23 jan 1843, probably in Russellstown.  She emigrated before  1865, when she married James P O'Malley in Chicago.  O'Malley was probably born in Carrowmore Knock, Galway, in 1837.  

I posted an earlier reply to another post, but I'm not sure that it can be seen on the message board:
 

Delighted to find this site with so much Diskin info.   "My" Diskin search is a bit convoluted, but some of you (esp Paul) may be able to find a connection.The line is from my husband's adoptive mother, and since she and her mother worked diligently to climb Chicago's social ladder, their Irish ancestry was referred to as "English." (Her German father became "French.") Since they changed their nationalities and ages  (and even parts of their names) with every census, they were not easy to trace.  However, what I finally uncovered was that my mother-in-law's grandmother  was Delia Diskin, and her grandfather was James P O'Malley. O'Malley was from Carrowmore Knock, Galway, and Delia from Russelstown, Addergoole, Galway.   Delia was b in 1843 , emigrated in 1857 or 1858, married in about 1865, and died in Chicago in Sept of 1917.  I did find her obituary, which mentions a surviving sister named Mary Hay.  Her death index entry was transcribed and posted online, but apparently it was difficult to read.  Her parents are listed as Patrick Draking and Bridget Quart from Russ..t Based on the data in the 1855 Griffith's Index, I suspect they are Patric Diskin and Bridget Quarter. Griffiths and the 1911 cnesus show 4 Diskin families in Russellstown.  Delia's parents do not appear to be among them, and were perhaps deceased. In spite of all of the family secrets and destruction of family data, I was able to find my mother-in-law's travel diary.and an entry from one of her two trips to Ireland in 1927 states "then to Russellstown and Milltown where we located all the Diskins."  They also visited the "Mealey" family in Carrowmore Knock.   Even though this is my husband's lineage only through adoption, I have included it in my genealogy because  surely some of their values and personality were passed along...

An interesting side note:   Delia and Patrick were indeed "poor Irish" in Chicago, but their daughter  Anna (my husband's grandmother) became a prominent figure in America in the 1920's.  The Chicago Genealogical Society was so interested in her after I gave the some basic information, that they researched  and wrote a lengthy article about her for their journal.   Anna L. Smith (changed from Schmidt; she never used "Mrs. Peter Smith", only Anna L. ) became a well-know public speaker, President of the Chicago Democratic Women, Commissioner of Public Welfare for Cook Co, and the first woman to be a delegate to the Democratic National Convention.  I imagine that she was proud to return to Ireland to visit her relatives.

Hopefully one of you will be able to connect to some of this...

Nancy

Not sure where / if this helps...

http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/galway/photos/tombstones/galway-kilclooney/target6.html

PJ Rattigan

Possibly a relative, but not this family.  Thank you, though, for looking into the Diskins.