Mostly McLaughlins of Brooklyn

While at my sister's house, I have been trying to do work on various members of the family. I worked today on the McLaughlin family of Brooklyn. Ellen McLaughlin is my great-great-grandmother, married to Hugh Donnelly. They lived in Belleville, Essex Co., NJ. She was probably the brother of Henry McLaughlin (1813-1892) of Dromore, Co. Tyrone. I have put my findings on WeRelate.org

Another 1908 Curley Death in Wilkes-Barre

Margaret, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Martin Curley, died in Wilkes-Barre on 31 March 1908, the same day as Margaret, daughter of Michael and Delia Curley. Coincidence? Or was she also at the ill-fated birthday party?

Curleys in Dublin

A Mary Curley lived at 42 Old Kilmainham Road, Dublin, in 1908.

Michael Curley born in Dublin?

The marriage licenses of  both William Curley (1921) and Joseph Curley (1940) state that their father Michael J. Curley was born in Dublin.

Dimond/Diamond Family Connection to Donnellys

Recently going through old family photos I came upon a photograph of a 20-or-so-year-old Mary Dimond inscribed "To Aunt Mary and Margaret Donnelly". Was she related to them through her father Hugh Diamond's first wife, Mary [last name unknown], who was born in New York? Or was this simply an "honorary" relationship? Both families were living in Belleville, and both have connections to Brooklyn.

More progress on the Kilcommons Family

The other day I checked the archives of the Wilkes-Barre paper to see what I could find.

On March 7, 1895, the paper reported that "Michael Curley of Oliver's Mills was calling on Georgetown friends last evening."

On August 18, 1896, it reported that "A son arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Curley."

On January 1, 1897, it reported that "The Misses Kilcummins and Miss Mame Kane of New York are being entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Michael Curley of Spruce Street, Georgetown."

Reporting on Delia's funeral, the paper noted that the flowers were carried by Edward Leslie. He most likely was a relative, since the marriage of Mary Kilcommons, a minor, was consented to by a John Leslie. Or perhaps John Leslie was named guardian of the three Kilcommons children after the death of their mother.

Delia Curley's death

The Pennsylvania Death Index also includes an entry for a stillborn, unnamed Curley in Luzerne County on October 2, 1911, the date of Delia Curley's death. But curiously she is not listed.