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Jeremiah J O'Shea

Jeremiah J O'Shea

Born
1859-09-01 12:00:00
Died
1915-12-31 12:00:00
Gender
Male
Place of migration
Migrated to/Born in USA

I've been trying to track Jeremiah O'Shea, b. 1859 in Cork, who arrived in the USA in 1877 and became a US citizen in San Francisco in 1886. He has a brother Cornelius who emigrated around the same time and same place. Jeremiah's children (oldest to youngest) were James Henry, Jeremiah Francis, Irvine Thomas (my great gf and his names are the surnames of Jeremiah's naturalization witnesses), and Mary E (May). 

I also found an obit for the niece of Jeremiah and Cornelius, that lists her as 'Julia Creedon, (b. 1871) a native of Annahala (or possibly Amahala), who was visiting in SF and died at 19 y/o.' It lists what might be Jeremiah's sister as Mary Creedon and says that Mary Creedon's other children were James, Timothy, Katie, Maggie, and Mary.

Jeremiah has been easier to track, since he was very successful and quite active in politics, even having the mayor of SF (Sunny Jim Rolf) at his bedside when he died.

Related Q, I think there was a scheme for naming children, so that Mary's father and mother may have been honored with the naming of her own children. Is that likely?

Coming to Cork and Kerry in May 2022. Bringing some aloha from Hawaii.

 

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Cork

County Cork, or Corcaigh in Irish, is the southernmost county in Ireland and also the largest county.  It is known as “The Rebel County”.  We are home to the Blarney Stone and known for our beaches and beautiful scenery.  We have a population of approximately 542,196.  We look forward to helping you connect with your ancestors’ place of origin.

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    Dromineen, Drommahane Mallow

  • Graigue School

    Location: Cork

Timeline events in this community

  • 1810s

    MARY SUSAN CONNELL

    1810-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1840s

    Queen Victoria’s 1st visit to Cork Aug 1849

    <p>Queen Victoria’s 1st visit to Ireland, August 2-12, 1849.</p>

    1849-08-02 12:00:00

  • 1920s

    Kilmichael Ambush

    1920-11-28 12:00:00

  • 1610s

    West Cork mapped by John Speede 1610

    <p>Part of a map of Munster dated 1610 showing West Cork by John Speede</p>

    1610-01-01 12:00:00