Hello Janet
I found another post of yours and I apologise for not replying.
James Gerard Bolger (my grandfather) and your father Joseph are brothers.
James Bolger and Johannah known as Annie and married as Ann Delaney are there parents.
James parents are Simon Bolger and Ellen Hennessy
Simons parents are Stephen Bolger and Mary Walsh
Stephen came from Ballyogan, Graiguenamanagh, Kilkenny, Ireland
Simon and his siblings lived in Whiteshall and now called Paulstown.
Simon was a Master of a school and I have documents about him when he started at a Model School.
When Ellen his wife died in 01 Sep 1881 Simon remarried to Mary Sheehan 18 April 1898 Paulstown, Kilkenny
Simon also had a brother Patrick who was a shoe maker.
Another brother John Bolger born 1832 Graignamangh, Kilkenny was also a shoe maker.
He went to Liverpool and I found him living with a Hennessy family at 29 Gilbert Street, St Thomas, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
In 1861 census he lived at 60 Jordan St, St Thomas, Liverpool, Lancashire, England until 1901 the family lived at 32 Bridgewater Street, St Thomas, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
John died Sep 1903, Liverpool he married 1865 to Mary Doyle born Kilkenny, Ireland they had Stephen, Ellen, Elizabeth, Mary
Kindest regards
Kristina