FOLEY - SHEEHY
I am looking for information which links me to a PATRICK J SHEEHY. Who was his mother ??
C 1900 Patrick J. wrote a postcard ( undated, no address) to his Dear Uncle who was my grandfather, Timothy FOLEY .
It was written in a very fluent hand and contained mature thoughts ( Boer War, Home Rule). He mentioned another uncle still alive but not one alresdy deceased. Signed his Affectionate nephew, Patrick J. SHEEHY..
G'F TIMOTHY son of William Foley and Margaret POWER DOB 1856 migrated to Australia after 2 brothers - dates of births -
WILLIAM 1843; JAMES 1849 ; and sister CATHERINE 1854. All born Watergrasshill Cty CORK.
Another sister MARY DOB c1841 wrote a letter to my g'f Timothy from 1 Mary Street,Cork in OCT. 1918. She mentions neither husband nor children. She speaks of Australian soldiers in Cork & asks of my mother who would have been 16 in 1918. This confirms correspondence between Ireland & Australia but little else.
Was she widowed ? Did she have 1 son - Patrick J. who was unmarried ??? If so there'll be no descendants. She could have married as early as c1860 when Timothy was still very young ( 1856 dob).
OR was there another FOLEY sister maybe between 1844 - 1848 or 1850 - 1853 ; Was she named Margaret after her mother??
William FOLEY senior died in Ireland 23/05/ 1881.
Margaret POWER - FOLEY died May 1893
I have tried to access census records and even church records but no success. One census indicated I was on WRONG track. Thankyou for reading.
