Jeremiah Driscoll

Jeremiah Driscoll emigrated from County Cork sometime prior to 1841.    I have no clue as to the location of their home county, parish or township in County Cork. He was in Louisville, Kentucky, USA by  9 Feb 1841.    The 1841 date is the date of his marriage in Louisville to an American, Martha Jane Townsend b 1828.  Yes, she was age 13.  The wedding was performed by a priest but not by a Driscoll priest.   Jeremiah died @ 1847 leaving a son behind, Shandy or Chaundy Holland Driscoll b 1842.  Jeremiah was my maternal grandmother's grandfather.   

Jeremiah's son, Shandy, interestingly enough, also died young.  He was in a trainyard in Ohio, USA and stepped out of the way of an oncoming train directly into the path of another train.   My grandmother was five months old.   Her mother raised seven children alone scrambling to make ends meet.  These were tough people.