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Subject: Re: [IRL-MAYO] Flynn
Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2005 12:34:44 -0500
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Hi again, Whitechapel and Holborn are both in Middlesex. I have traced Maurice until his death in 1879 and his family also Thomas he had three sons two died as infants and the third age 21. Kevin you are dealing with someone who did all my research by writing letters, reading microfilms and running around to libraries. Only had a computer the past four years and don't subscribe to Ancestry. A cousin in Calif found the Freeman on Ancestry but I believe you have alot more info on the name. I have Maurices brother Patrick on the 1851 in Holborn with a Callaghan family visiting so I worked on them also. As for Shepherd Ave in New Lots I took a girlfriend for a ride in the 1980's and it looked like London in the Blitz. I recently corresponded with a gentleman in London and he said he came to the US in 2001 and stayed at a YMCA on Shepherd Ave in the Brooklyn. I wrote back that would be the last place a tourist from England would stay. I also did my daughter in-laws family and was
so surprised when I found her family on the same page on Shepherd Ave,in the 1892 Census as my Flynns. My great grandmother on my mothers side was Honora McCormak married a Batterbee also lived in New Lots I beliebe it was Butler and Belmont. Dolores

----- Original Message -----
From:
Date: Sunday, December 4, 2005 11:27 am
Subject: Re: [IRL-MAYO] Flynn

> Hi Dolores,
>
> Yes, sorry for the wrong date on Brian's death. I had read it,
> then browsed
> the ancestry files for a half hour or so looking for him, so had
> forgotten
> the exact date.
>
> Also, the traveling I referred to was noticed in the mid 1800s
> around the
> various counties in Ireland.
>
> Interestingly, the first American born child (Joseph in 1886) of
> my family
> (Twigg) got married and lived on Shepard Street in Brooklyn with
> his wife's
> family (McCormack). I know this because he had children very late
> in life, and
> both of his daughters are still living. He died shortly after
> they were born.
> One daughter tells me that when Joe was young, his job was to
> turn on the
> lights in the homes of the Jewish neighbors, because they were
> forbidden to
> touch the light switch due to their religion.
>
> I did another search for Maurice Flynn this
> morning(Familysearch.org and
> Ancestry.com 1851 England census), but realize that I don't know
> what county
> Whitechapel or Holborn are in. Trying mapquest.com didn't help me
> without the
> county. They narrowed it down to Lancashire or Devon, but neither
> town may
> exist today.
>
> However, out of the few Maurice Flynn's that turned up, I didn't
> find any in
> the towns you mentioned. I found two born in Kerry. I found one
> who's wife
> was Honoria. Both were born in the 1830s. Same luck when
> searching for a
> Thomas. I just couldn't verify that I was looking at the same
> records you
> mentioned.
>
> All I can say regarding that, is that Internet search engines
> have their
> good and bad days. It will be worth it for you to continue to
> try. Also, more
> and more records are available on the Internet every day, thanks
> in part to the
> nice people that transcribe them.
>
> If you really think that Brian (Freeman J.?) Flynn had a brother
> named
> Thomas, I would track him down, along with his descendants. You
> may have long lost
> cousins in the area of Whitechapel. They may very well have the
> information
> and/or original documents that you want.
>
> Kevin
>
>
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