Catherine Turley birth/emigration lookup please

[dhaskett]

I'll see what I can find for Annie's birth

[Radcliff]

Are you in Ireland ,

[dhaskett]

Yes, I'm living in Cork. Originally from Newcastle West myself. Annie's daughter Catherine had a family there.

Annie Turley (Casey) -> Catherine O'Connor (Turley) -> Joan Dwane (O'Connor) -> Zara Dwane -> Cooper Haskett.

Cooper is my son, and this research is for a document that I will give to his grandmother for Christmas. She and her brothers/sisters know very little about the family history, it was all hush hush when they were growing up, her mother never spoke about it.

[Radcliff]

I couldnt think of a nicer gift to give to  your family,

[Radcliff]

So where did Thomas the father go to I wonder,
did he remarry or die,

[dhaskett]

My brother in law did some research on him a few years back, but I believe he had the wrong Thomas. I think he based his work on Thomas's father being Thomas Snr., not Patrick like you discovered. So I don't really trust the information he has.

Once I get the marriage certificate for Thomas and Annie, that should clear the issue up a little.

So, long story short, I have no idea what became of Thomas once his wife and son died and his daughters were taken from him.

I'm hoping to speak to a relative this evening who may be able to shed a little light on a few more facts, so watch this space.

[Radcliff]

I will be back about nine so I hope you have some information,


Annie Mc Andrews plenty of them around,

Patrick Turley very few,
one death registered Abercromby ,Patrick Torley death,aged 54 1925


The lack of siblings being baptised to me ,makes me think he could be a mariner,especialy out of Liverpool

[dhaskett]

So here is what I found out:
Thomas died in 1970. He was a coal miner and also "looked after a block of flats".

His daughters would have pretty much been taken to Ireland within a couple of months after Annie's death. He never set foot in Ireland but he sent letters to his daughter Catherine which still exist. I will get to see these in 2 weeks time.

Catherine invited Thomas to his daughter's wedding in Ireland in 1968 but he never came.

Catherine visited Liverpool again in 1991 with her daughter Mary. Catherine died in 1992. This is as much information that I could get.

Also in another thread it looks like Annie may have been christened Joanna or Hanora which became Annie in Liverpool.

[dhaskett]

From information from another family member, I got this:

Thomas Turley died on May 18, 1970 - although I can't find this on freeBMD.

Nancy and Catherine lived with 2 different aunts when they returned to Ireland. Catherine went with the "Coffey family" in Rathina, Newcastle West and Nancy went to the "O'Connor" family in Boherbue, Newcastle West. The mothers in each of these families would have had Casey as their Maiden name. Catherine and Nancy only began to live together when Catherine was 9 and Nancy was 7 because the family minding Catherine "threw them out".

Also, Thomas would send home "big boxes of sweets" to the girls at certain times of the year, but there would be no note attached.

Once I get to read the letters, I will be able to get an address for where Thomas lived before he died. I believe this would be the "block of flats" which he "looked after".