Thomas Fleming

Thomas Fleming was born in probably Coolrawer but I am not sure. I think he married in about 1830-31 in that townland or thereby, because his first son was born in 1832. He was also Thomas. His second son was Austin, born in 1836, my great grandfather, 3rd son, John, in 1840, and last son, James in 1842.

The family left more than likely for Sheffied, England in maybe 1846 or so, because they are found living in their uncle's boarding house (the Brennans) in the 1851 census. But, the mother and father are not found in the 1861 census, because they went back to Ireland and lived with their son James and his wife, Ann Haran. and farmed. Austin stayed in Sheffied and married Anne Sweeney in 1861. Their daughter, Mary, was born in 1862, and they left for Scranton, PA in 1864. Anne was pregnant with the second child, James born in 1864. they had John in 66', Margaret in 68,' Mambie B. in 70', and Timothy in 72. Anne died in 1872. Austin remarried Mary Mooney in 1874. their child Teresa was born in 1875, Thomas in 1877, Genevieve in 1879, and my grandfather, Charles in 1882. Austin's brother John also went to Scranton. Brother James stayed in Sligo as did his mother and father. thomas remained in England in the coal mines. Thomas Fleming died where he began in Coolrawer, Sligo in 1875, and his wife, Margaret Lundy in 1885.this sounds easy to put together, but it took years to piece it together with few documents before 1845, but DNA began to really help[ and cousins entered my life, and we found out what happened to so many of our clan.