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John Joseph Smith

John Joseph Smith

Born
1864-05-26 12:00:00
Died
1949-11-08 12:00:00
Gender
Male

John Smith (1864-1949) was born in Co. Letrim, the only son of Patrick and Catherine (Gookin) Smith. It seems that Patrick went to England to find work; family lore has it that he was killed in a mining accident. After his death, Kate took John and his three sisters first to England and then to Massachusetts, USA. John found work in the shoeworking industry and again, family lore states that he was pulled out of retirement during WWII to make boots for officers, because he was one of the few who could make quality boots by hand. He and his wife, whom he met in Massachusetts, had ten children, of whom one is my grandfather. Johh, his wife and nine of their ten children are all buried in St. James Catholic Cemetery in Whitman, Massachusetts. 

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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.   

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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