Mary J. Gilroy Burns death 03 Mar 1941

Mary Jane Gilroy the next-to-youngest child of Timothy Gilroy and Eliza Boyle.

When searching FamilySearch.org recently, I found an index entry for her death record.

Mary J. Burns, "Rhode Island, Deaths and

Burials, 1802-1950"

 Name: Mary J. Burns

Gender: Female

Death Date: 03 Mar 1941

Death Place: Newport, R. I.

Age: 69

Birth Date: 1872

System Origin: Rhode Island-Easy

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8HG-2L2

Mary Jane Gilroy Picture

Mary Jane Gilroy (19 Sep 1871 - 3 Mar 1941) was the next-to-youngest child of Timothy Gilroy and Eliza Boyle. She married John Burns on 26 Nov 1895.

 

John George Gilroy Picture

John George Gilroy was born in Newport, Rhode Island on 8 Jun 1873.
He moved his family to Manhattan in the 1890s.
He worked for the New York City Department of Sanitation.

(Special thanks to Margaret Marooney for this picture.)

Timothy Gilroy's Inventory from Probate Records

Timothy Gilroy's Civil War Draft Information

Timothy Gilroy was designated Class II in the 1863 Civil War draft. My research indicates that he did not serve in the Civil War. He is listed on Line 20, at the bottom of the page.

TImothy Gilroy's Algebra Book

 

In the late 1990's I established contact with my cousin, Jack Gilbert through a Gilroy message board. It had been decades since I had seen him. He shared an image of what Timothy used to record his marriage and births. Instead of a bible, it is his algebra book.

 

 

"Timothy Gilroy was married
to Eliza Boyle on the 18th
of January 1855 by Father Fitton
Mary Born October 25th 1855
Anne Born January 12th 1857
Catherine Born April 12th 1858
Thomas Born October 14th 1859
   Bernard born April 28th 1861
James Born August 22nd, 1862
Timothy Born January 29 1864
Charles Born February 10th 1866
Elizabeth Agnes Dec 12 1867
Sarah  July 23rd 1869
Mary Jane Sept 19th 1871
John, Born June 8th 1873"

Timothy Gilroy married Eliza Boyle on 18 Jan 1855.

Here is a copy of the record from St. Mary's Church, Newport, RI.

It also contains a copy of my Great-Grandfather, John George Gilroy's, Baptismal Record.

Timothy Gilroy's Naturalization

Our line of Gilroys in the US began with Timothy Gilroy.

His Naturalization Papers yielded this data:

Birthdate: 10 May 1818

Birthplace: Sligo, Ireland

Arrived: New York 30 June 1851

Date of Naturalization: 18 Oct 1864

He had resided in RI last 13 years (since 1851)

 

 

I have not yet found the passenger manifest for his entry into the United States.

 

Family lore was that he left Ireland after publishing seditious material, and went to Holland. When he was there he realized that his children would not speak English, so he left for America. There was also a story that he attended Trinity University and studied math in Dublin, but I was unable to verify that when I contacted archivists in the mid-1990's.



Timothy Gilroy and Eliza Boyle's daughter Catherine

Tonight I have been doing some work on Catherine (Kate, Katie) Gilroy.

She was the Head of Household after her widowed Father, Timothy Gilroy, died. Katie Gilroy in the 1880 US Census in Newport, Newport, RI. (Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Newport, Newport, Rhode Island; Roll: 1210; Family History Film: 1255210; Page: 234D; Enumeration District: 096; .)

My Mother always referred to her as "Aunt Kate". Catherine Gilroy was born in Newport, Newport, RI, in 1858.

She married William Rafferty, and they moved to New York City.

The 1892 Providence directory shows my great-great grandfather, John George Gilroy, and William P. Rafferty residing at 106 Manton Ave, Providence, RI.

William Rafferty was listed in the 1910 US Census as a Supervisor in the Street Cleaning Department. My Great-Grandfather (his brother-in-law) and Grandfather worked for the Department of Sanitation. Daughters Elizabeth (born about 1890),  Henrietta (born abt 1892), Alice (born about 1893), and son Harry (born about 1895) are living with them in Queens, NY.

William Rafferty was listed in the 1920 US Census as a Manager in the stable at the Street Cleaning Department. Henrietta C. (born abt 1893 in Rhode Island) and Alice (born about 1894 in Rhode Island).

From the New York Census in 1925 does not show William Rafferty with the family, and the US Census in 1930 lists her as a widow.

She died 1939.

I knew that her daughter married Andrew Veeck from an obituary for another family member, but I was not sure of the daughter's first name. I traced through the US and New York Censuses, and thought her name was Elizabeth. However, when I found her son's (Andrew R. Veeck) death record entry on FamilySearch, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FGGK-8CJ, his parents were listed as Andrew R. Veeck and  Elizabeth Rafferty. Although he died at 201 Ransom St. Apt. # 1-B in

Fuquay-Varina, Wake, North Carolina, he is buried in Greenfield Cemetery in Hempstead, New York.

So I will be looking for some birth records of Katie Gilroy's children in Rhode Island.

And looking for death records of the Veeck's in New York City, and burials in Hempstead at Findagrave.

A Gilroy Birth in RI

Female Gilroy

birth date:

25 Oct 1855

birthplace:

Newport, Newport, Rhode Island

from "Rhode Island, Births and Christenings, 1600-1914"

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FZYW-KQ2

 

The only parent listed is Father's Name: Gilroy

 

I will have to compare this information to what I have gathered about Gilroy families in RI in that timeframe, but this looks to be a child who died at (or shortly after) birth.

Annie T. Gilroy and Maurice Crane

Their children:

Charles Edward Crane born 17 Nov 1888 Baptismal record transcript at https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FZB9-DVJ from "Rhode Island, Births and Christenings, 1600-1914" Teresa Crane born 26 Nov 1892 Baptismal record transcript at https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FZY3-FSD from "Rhode Island, Births and Christenings, 1600-1914"

Annie, Katie, and Mary Jane Marriage Information

There was no user submitted family tree for Timothy Gilroy and Eliza Boyle, but I found marriage information for three of their daughters in the index for "Rhode Island, Marriages, 1724-1916".

Annie Teresa Gilroy and Maurice Edward Crane in Rhode Island on 11 Nov 1884
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8VG-KZR

Mary Jane Gilroy and John Burns in Rhode Island on 26 Nov 1895
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8KS-87J

Katie Josephine Gilroy and William Patrick Rafferty on 04 Mar 1889
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8VG-TQ4

I already had information about Sarah Gilroy's marriage information in Massachusetts.

Annie T. (Gilroy) Crane

Today I gathered data to send for some records from the Rhode Island Archives. I started by searching for Elizabeth Gilroy Weaver's death record. Then, I searched for information about her sister, Annie T. Gilroy, who married Maurice Crane.

This is part of an effort to check Timothy Gilroy and Eliza Boyle children's records for information about the parents' place of origin in Ireland. In most records the parents list their birthplace as "Ireland".

I searched http://familysearch.org, specifically searching for records in the Rhode Island, Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950, database containing the name of Annie's husband, Maurice Crane, of Newport, Newport, RI. (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=https://familysearch.org/records/collection/1675536).

While there, I learned a sad story.

She lost a child only identified as Male on 18 Nov 1886 (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8XY-P7Rm)

:
	She lost another child only identified as Female on 09 Sep 1893 (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8XV-7SM) and she herself died at age 36 on 14 Sep 1893 (5 days after her female child) (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8XV-3WR) Annie and Maurice's 14-year-old son, Maurice V. J. Crane, died on 18 Oct 1905 (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8XD-C92) In 1892, there was another record for Morris Crane, as the father of Theresa Crane who died on 26 Nov 1892 (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8XQ-GV4) Which suggested that he had remarried. This was verified in his obituary found in Newport newspapers. Annie's husband, Maurice Edward Crane died on 19 Apr 1910 (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8XX-MM6)
	They had one son survive, Charles Crane. Maurice would be survived by his second wife and a son from that marriage, as well as Charlie.

Welcome to the Gilroy Family Research Blog

This blog is intended to document what I find out about Timothy Gilroy's roots and descendants.

Timothy Gilroy came to the US in 1851, settled in Newport, RI, and married Eliza Boyle in 1855 at St. Mary's in Newport. In an effort to learn more about this couple, their ancestors, and their descendants, this blog will also be about the associated families with them. I will also include some surname study data about Gilroys living in Rhode Island between 1850 and 1900.

My goal is to claim to be the greatest living expert about Gilroys in Rhode Island between 1850 and 1900. My desire is that someone comes along with all the data I am missing to prove I am not!