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Catherine Joan Early

Catherine Joan Early

Born
1910-10-06 12:00:00
Died
1966-01-01 12:00:00
Gender
Female
Place of migration
Migrated to/Born in USA

Catherine J. Early was born on 6/10/1906 in Leitrim.  Her father Owen was 37 and her mother, Elizabeth Bessie) Farrelly was 27.  

Her sisters are:  Mary Ann Early, Elizebeth Early, Susan Julia Early, Ellen (Nellie) Early, Bridget (Bee) Early, and Bernard Early.

Catherine migrated to Massachusetts, USA, in 1925 and married Robert Francis Miller. in 1939.  They had one child, a daughter, Mary Francis Miller.

Catherine's mother passed on 3/10/1919 in Drumreilly, Leitrim at the age of 40. Her father passed away in March of 1921 in Drumreilly, Leitrim at the age of 50.

Both Catherine and her sister Mary were Nurses in the state of Massachusetts, USA.  Catherine worked at the Canton School for disabled children and Mary at Worcester State Hospital, where she met her husband George Warren Davis.

Associated communities

Leitrim

County Leitrim, or Liatroim in Irish, is located in the north-western region of Ireland.  It is famous for its many beautiful lakes.  Carrick-on-Shannon is our county town and we have a population of approximately 31,972.  We look forward to  helping you connect with your ancestors’ place of origin.   

Other ancestors in this community

Buildings in this community

  • R C C

    Location: Leitrim

  • Drumlea, Drumreilly Old School House

    Location: Leitrim

    Drumlea, Drumreilly, Co. Leitrim

  • Carrickslavan TOWNLAND

    Location: Leitrim

    Carrickslavan, Leitrim, Co Leitrim

  • Laheen House

    Location: Leitrim

    Leitrim, Ireland

Timeline events in this community

  • 1930s

    Travelling Folk in the 1930s

    <p>Between 1937 and 1939, primary school pupils across the Republic of Ireland interviewed the elderly in their neighborhood to collect and record local stories and folklore from the 19th century. "The Schools Collection" as it became known is held by the Dúchas Folklore Collection in UCD and is and has been digitized online at duchas.ie. One of the topics schoolchildren were asked to write about were "Travelling Folk" or An Lucht Siúil. </p> <p>Here is a selection of what "settled" children wrote about travelers in the late 1930s.</p>

    1938-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1960s

    John McGahern's Book 'The Dark' is banned

    1965-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1830s

    Sligo Death Notices From Cholera, Ireland

    <p>DEATH NOTICES (from the Enniskillen Chronicle and Erne Packet) during the height of the cholera pandemic in Ireland.</p>

    1832-09-13 12:00:00

  • 1830s

    County Leitrim in the 1830s

    <p>A snapshot of pre-famine local history, as described in the "Topographical Dictionary of Ireland" by Samuel Lewis, 1837. (The information collected here was submitted by members of the local gentry and clergy of the time).</p>

    1837-01-01 12:00:00