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Her necrology states:
"Our dear Sister Augustine possessed the exemplary gifts of Faith and self-sacrifice in an eminent degree. Her life was entirely devoted to the care of God' little ones, the orphans, and for these she sacrificed everything in order to make them happy. Day and night found her ministering to the wants of the Sisters and the orphans, with that whole souled generosity that characterized her every act. To utilize every moment in the interests of the Community was her great desire.
Her example of faith, reverence for authority and devoted sympathy for the sick were ever an impetus to her companions with whom she so lovingly and patiently worked. God alone knows and can reward her deeds of charity and self-sacrifice. May she rest in peace!"
We have no information regarding siblings, no pictures of Sister that I could find.
Her service to the orphans was testimony to her self-sacrifice. As anyone who cares for little children knows it is a 24/7 labor of love and her necrology certainly testifies to that.
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SO starting after researching the (RC) Parish of NEWPORT, TIPPERARY which is about 30 miles from THURLES I discovered some nearby (RC) Parishes as well. It was apparently not uncommon to move between parishes in this area. Using
http://www.rootsireland.ie/ I determined all the Fogartys born in the Parish and nearby Parishes and isolated those with the parents of MATTHEW OR MATHEW FOGARTY and MAry KENNEDY. This is the list I came up with:
….FATHER……. PARISH DATE ...NAME…. NOTES
Matthew with TT Newport 1825 Thomas
Matthew with TT Newport 1826 Mary
MATHEW with T Newport 1828 Mathew x
MATHEW with T Newport 1830 Onny
Matthew with TT Newport 1832 Mary
Matthew with TT Newport 1834 John x
Matthew with TT Newport 1836 Thomas
MATHEW with T Newport 1838 Jeremiah x
Matthew with TT Newport 1841 Catherine
Matthew with TT Newport 1843 Michael x
Matthew with TT Newport 1846 Margarite
MATHEW with T Newport 1848 Bridget
MATHEW with T Newport 1848 Johanna
Matthew with TT Youghalarra 1849 Daniel
Matthew with TT Youghalarra 1851 Patrick
MATHEW with T Newport 1852 Ellen
Matthew with TT Youghalarra 1853 Matthew
Matthew with TT Youghalarra 1855 John
Matthew with TT Youghalarra 1858 Mary
Matthew with TT Youghalarra 1858 Ellen Died 2 yrs old?
Matthew with TT Youghalarra 1859 Michael BISHOP OF KILLALOE
Matthew with TT Youghalarra 1861 Ellen Married
YOUGHALARRA Parrish is about 18 miles from NEWPORT
NENAGH Parish is 15 miles from Newport
THURLES is 30 miles from NEWPORT
It appears the YOUGHALARRA FOGARTY's are in another TREE. MICHAEL born in 1859 became quite well known as the BISHOP of KILLALOE. Lots of Kennedys in this general area and not uncommon for similar names to be found, even within the same family.
SO IF THe NEWPORT FOGARTYS are in our TREE then we have some things to sort out.
AGES reported on US CENSUS do not seem to match MATTHEW or JOHN. Then again they were off a few years for ELLEN as well. These Are BAPTISM years as reported ( OR MISREAD) from Church records.
ELLEN and EDWARD are missing. Was ELLEN living here but BORN elsewhere? Perhaps she was born in another County or the records were just missed. EDWARD is a puzzle. Could THomas #1 or Thomas #2 go by a middle name of Edward?
ONLY 1 Marriage between MAT FOGARTY and MAry KENNEDY comes up on the ROOTSIRELAND.IE site dating 1824 in Tipperary. Perhaps there were two the same year.
This Newport parish also had a number of COFFEYS which according to "Family verbal history" married another Fogarty gal.
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