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Hi,
I have been researching the Higgins family who originated from the Kilmovee/Kilkelly area of Co Mayo.
Ellen Doherty married Michael Higgins in Kilmovee in 1868 and they had the following children:
Martin Higgins born 1868.
Mary Ann Higgins born 1870.
(Twins) Michael & John Higgins 1872.
Martin Higgins left Ireland and settled in England. He married in Stockport Cheshire in 1895. In 1904 he is recorded on a ships passenger list on his way to visit his mother Mrs Ellen Higgins who was living at 71, Joseph Street, Newark, New Jersey. (I can't find her listed on any USA Census).
It is unknown what happened to Ellen's twin sons, but the family believe that Michael Higgins died quite young, which leaves John Higgins... but living where?
Ellen's daughter Mary Ann Higgins became a Nun.
After much research I have received an email with the following details from the Dominican Sisters of Hope, Ossining, NY USA:
Sister Mary Mannes Higgins born Mary Ann Higgins in 1870. Father: Michael Higgins Mother: Ellen Doherty
8/28/1970 baptized at Immaculate Conception Church in Kilmovee Ireland.
Entered Religious Life: 12/8/1903
Profession: 8/24/1905
Death: 5/18/1944 at New Jersey State Hospital, Greystone, NJ
Burial at Mt. St. Mary Cemetery, Newburgh, NY.
The email ended with the following: In 1983 the above information was sent to her grand niece, Mrs. Lois Jennings Tack.
I can only guess that perhaps Mrs Lois Jennings Tack is the grand-daughter of either Michael or John Higgins. Sadly to date I haven't been able to locate any of the Higgins family who went to the USA, nor can I locate Mrs Lois Jennings Tack (I presume that she lives in the USA) so as to make contact with her.
Any help, however small would be appreciated.
Lin.
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Could this be Ellen and Mary Ann going to America? Ellen is 38 and a wife from Roscommon. Mary Ann is 13 from Rathkeath?
New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 about Mary A Higgins
Name: Mary A Higgins
Arrival Date: 6 Oct 1884
Birth Year: abt 1871
Age: 13
Gender: Female
Ethnicity/Race-
/Nationality: Irish
Place of Origin: Ireland
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England and Queenstown, Ireland
Destination: United States of America
Port of Arrival: New York
Port Arrival State: New York
Port Arrival Country: United States
Ship Name: Britannic
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There's a Lois Tack in New Jersey.
I'll see if I can find more.
Rose
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Many thanks for all your replies and information. I am still no further forward in my search to locate Lois Jennings Tack.
Lin.
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1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Ellen Higgins
Home in 1900: Jersey City Ward 2, Hudson, New Jersey
[Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey]
Age: 60
Birth Date: Apr 1840
Birthplace: Ireland
Race: White
Gender: Female
Immigration Year: 1880
Relationship to head-of-house: Head
Father's Birthplace: Ireland
Mother's Birthplace: Ireland
Mother: number of living children: 2
Mother: How many children: 6
Marital Status: Widowed
Occupation: View on Image
Household Members: Name Age
Ellen Higgins 60
Mary Higgins 28
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Helen M Jennings Fox -
sister of Lois Tack -
U.S. Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection
Name: Helen Fox
Gender: Female
Age at Death: 71
Residence: Brick, New Jersey, USA
Date of Birth: 14 Apr 1935
Birth Place: Orange, New Jersey, USA
Date of Death: 19 Jan 2007
Source Location: Maplewood, New Jersey, USA
Children: Long Valley; Michael Fox, Tracey Cellitti, Kathleen Taylor, Dawn Cuozzo, Daniel Fox and Jacqueline Swan
Brothers and Sisters: Lois Tack
Full Obituary: Memorial for Helen M. Fox Born in Orange, NJ on Apr. 14, 1935 Departed on Jan. 19, 2007 and resided in Brick, NJ. Visitation: Sunday, Jan. 21, 2007 Funeral Mass: Monday, Jan. 22, 2007 Cemetery: Hollywood Memorial Park Please click on the links above for locations, times, maps, and directions.
Helen M. Jennings Fox, 71, of Brick, formerly of South Orange, died on Jan. 19, 2007, at her daughters Long Valley home. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the Funeral Mass at Our Lady of Sorrows Church, 217 Prospect St, South Orange, on Monday, Jan. 22, at 9:30 a.m. Interment is at Hollywood Memorial Park, Union. Visitation will be held at the Preston Funeral Home, 153 South Orange Ave, South Orange, on Sunday from 2 to 6 p.m. For more information or to send condolences, please visit prestonfuneralhome.net. Born in Orange, Mrs. Fox lived in South Orange before moving to Brick. She was a sales clerk for N.J. Bell Telephone from the late 1940s to the early 1950s, and from 1980 to 1989, before retiring. Mrs. Fox was the beloved mother of Michael Fox, Tracey Cellitti, Kathleen Taylor, Dawn Cuozzo, Daniel Fox and Jacqueline Swan; dear sister of Lois Tack, and is also survived by eight grandchildren, and best friend, Mildred Geherty.
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