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Ellen Hanrahan

Ellen Hanrahan

Born
1858-05-10 12:00:00
Died
1933-03-19 12:00:00
Gender
Female
Place of migration
Migrated to/Born in UK

Ellen is my great grandmother so most of my stories come from my grandmother, Mary Gladys (O'Sullivan) Bertrand.  Ellen was born to James Hanrahan and Maria Fleming in Loughill, Glin, Shanagolden Parish, County Limerick, Ireland. Her father, James Hanrahan was a National School Teacher.  She was baptised on 10 Jun 1858 in Loughill, Limerick, Ireland.  I find her first in census in 1881 in Haslingden, Lancashire, England.  She was working as the Principal of St. Peter's Catholic school in Staybridge, England which according to paperwork in my private collection shows she was working there in 1879.  I don't know when she started working in England. On 21 April 1885, she married James O'Sullivan of Knochnagashel, County Kerry, Ireland.  Where they met or how they met is unknown to me.  They married at St. Patricks Catholic Chapel in Toxeth Park, Lancaster,  England.  There children were as follows:

1. John Francis O'Sullivan born 27 Dec 1885

2. Agnes Genevieve O'Sullvian 

3. Catherine Kathleen O'Sullivan

4. Mary Gladys O'Sullivan

5. James O'Sullivan

6.  Luke Aloysius O'Sullivan

7. twins Ethel Ann O'Sullivan and Horace Alexander O'Sullivan

9. Aileen O'Sullivan

Ellen died in Rockaway Beach, Queens, New York while visiting my grandmother who had moved to New York.  She is buried in an unmarked grave. 

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Limerick

County Limerick, or Luimneach in Irish, is located in the med-west region of Ireland.  Limerick became Ireland’s inaugural National City of Culture in 2014 with a wide variety of events happening around the city.  We have a population of approximately 195,175.  We look forward to  helping you connect with your ancestors’ place of origin.   

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  • 1860s

    St. Patrick's Graveyard

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    1861-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1880s

    Foundation of South Liberties GAA Club

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    Irish press warns against Jamaican Indentured Servitude

    <p>The theme was always the same: the pestilential climate of the island, the reduction of poor emigrants to slaves, the severity and cruelty of the planters (and planter-dominated Assembly clinging to every vestige of oppression) and, of course, the absence of priests and chapels.</p>

    1840-12-01 12:00:00

  • 1880s

    1887 All Ireland Senior Gaelic Football Final

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Shanagolden (Limerick)

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