Looking for Quirke, Fogarty and Hayes

Hi Pete,

Thank you for your message. I have forwarded it onto one of our volunteers who hopefully may be able to assist or advise you.

Kind regards,

Genealogy Support

Hi Pete,

Winifred Quirke Hayes and Patrick Hayes raised their family outside The Silvermines, Nenagh,Co Tipperary. They are buried next to Killoscully Catholic Church. 

I believe Winifred and Patrick grew up in a small community called Shallee .

Larry Hayes is deceased.

Patrick Hayes had 4 Sisters. My Grandmother was a sister of Patrick Hayes. I hope this information helps.

Teresa from Philadelphia

Hello Teresa,

Thank you very much for your reply.  Yes this is the family.   They did grow up in Shallee.   My family visited in the 1950's and again in the 1980's.   I do have pictures somewhere.   I was not aware that Larry passed away.   Would you happen to know when Winifred and Patrick were married?   I am unable to locate this information.

Pete from NYC

Searching for family of Thomas Fogarty, b.1824 in Nenagh. He enlisted in the 69th Foot at Tralee on 22nd of June 1842. They were in Ireland until 1845 when they moved to Portsmouth. Thomas transferred to the 59th Foot in 1847 to serve with an elder brother in Ireland. In June 1849 they had a 8 month trip to Hong Kong and Thomas servered there for approximately 3 yrs only. He rejoined the service companies in April 1858. don. know his whereabouts just prior but my Great Grandmother, Mary Fogarty, was born March 22 in 1858 or 59 supposedly in China.

His regiment left China for the Cape of Good Hope from 1859-1861. They returned to England in December of 1861 and Thomas reached his 21st year of service and in 1863 at Aldershot he opted to discharge out to pension. His intended place of residence is shown as "Hamilton N.B." Not sure if "N.B." stands for New Brunswick? There is a Hamilton Pennsylvania, and Ohio, USA where Mary Ann is found in census records and is listed as born in China. She died in Akron, Ohio on March 11, 1950. Family legend says she came to North America when she was 6 yrs. old = 1863 plus or minus. Do not know mother's first name, why she was in China, whether or not mother died there at birth. May be relationship with Ryans or Duffys in U.S.

Another ancestor of Mary Ann Fogarty living in Lexington, KY.  Headed to Ireland this spring and looking forward to seeing the land she left early in the 1900's as a young woman. 

Karen