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Visionary of Bekan by Michael Kelly |
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The Murray and Foy families are linked through the Morleys. The Murrays and Morleys lived in Bekan, near Knock. Cecelia Morley married Daniel Murray while her sister Bridget Morley married Patrick Foy of lower Garryedmond. The Murray lands were in Lissaniska, about midway along the road between Ballyhaunis and Knock. Most of the Murray children emigrated to the United States, settling in and around New York City shortly after the turn of the 19th century. Patrick Murray and his younger brother Daniel settled their families in the Bronx NY. His sister Delia married Dominic Sharkey; his sister Annie married James Quinn; and Cecelia Murray married Martin Durkin. All three of the sisters and their families settled in New Jersey, initially in Hoboken and Weehawken Patrick Murray came to New York around 1906 and helped many of the Foy immigrants to get acclimated to the city. This included Michael and Mary Mullin, and especially Patrick Foy, whom Murray introduced to work on the elevated railway and later on the police force. The Foys and Murrays remained good friends, and their immediate families kept in touch for many years.
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Bronx musings from Peter Foy, son of Peter and Virginia Foy 25 Feb 2006
Today I took a puzzle to my neighbor and we went over the Italian pastas in it. About 10 or so. While there I recalled that Gus (the neighbor) was from the Bronx. We spoke of it a bit. I mentioned that we had a cousin in his neighborhood who directed traffic on Fordham Road. He says he knew him!!! Paddy Murray was his name. I believe he was a cousin of dad. Had a very deep voice. Was fairly tall. Gus recalled hitching free rides on the back of the buses to Orchard Beach and how Officer Murray knew they were doing it but he let them. |
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Clifford John Sharkey, 84, of East Stroudsburg, Pa., passed away on Monday morning, Feb. 19, 2007, at the VNA/Hospice of Monroe County.
The viewing will be held on Thursday, Feb. 22,
at the Moriarity Funeral Home, 76 Park St., Montclair, from 2 to
4 and 7 to 9 p.m. The Funeral Mass will be held at St. Cassian's
R.C. Church, 187 Bellevue Ave., Upper Montclair, on Friday, Feb.
23, at 10:30 a.m. Interment will follow the Mass at Immaculate
Conception Cemetery. A memorial service will be held at St.
Mathew's R.C. Church, Born in County Roscommon, Ireland, Mr. Sharkey was the son of of Dominic and Delia Sharkey of County Roscommon and Montclair. He worked in the savings and loan business his entire career, the majority of the time as president of Monroe Savings and Loan, Newark. He served as chairman of the board of the New Jersey Savings and Loan League, and also as president of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board of N.Y. He retired in 1982 as executive vice president of Nutley Savings and Loan after the merger with Monroe Savings and Loan. Mr. Sharkey served in the Navy during World War II in the Pacific and fought in five major invasions, including the Battle for Okinawa, and was awarded the Good Conduct Medal, the Asiatic Pacific Medal with four stars, the Philippine Liberation Ribbon with two stars, the American Theatre Medal, and the Victory Medal. He was honorably discharged in 1946. His passions were golf, skiing and gardening. He was a member of the Forest Hill Field Club, Bloomfield, for 35 years, where he played golf with all his lifelong friends. He was an avid skier and he took his family and extended family on many ski vacations to Vermont. He began skiing in his 30's and continued skiing into his 80's. In recent years, he could be seen daily on his three acres of property in East Stroudsburg driving his Wheelhorse tractor, caring for all the lawn and garden needs. He was a member of St. Cassian's Roman Catholic Church, Upper Montclair, where he was an altar boy, a parishioner for over 50 years, and a member of the Holy Name Society. For the past 25 years, he was a member of St. Mathew's Roman Catholic Church in East Stroudsburg, Pa. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Anne Marie Sharkey and his parents, Dominic and Delia Sharkey. He is survived by his wife, Violet Hope Jones Sharkey, his children, Cli1f Jr. and his wife Janet, Marianne and her husband, John, Terry and his wife Linda, and Jim and his wife, Lisa; his sisters, Madeline, Vera, Millie and Joan; his 13 grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to
VNA Hospice of Monroe County, 502 Independence Dr., East
Stroudsburg, Pa., 18301. |
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Obituary for Daniel Quinn Daniel Quinn of Weehawken died Monday Aug 6, 2007. The funeral will be Friday 9:30 am from the Leber Funeral Home, 2000 Kennedy Blvd, Union City. Thence to St. Lawrence Church, Weehawken for the Funeral Mass at 10:30a.m. Interment will be at Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington. Visitation is on Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 on, Born in Hoboken, he lived most of his life in Weehawken. An U.S. Army veteran f World War II, Mr. Quinn became a police officer for the Port Authority for 25 years before retiring from there and becoming an investigator for the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office, where he worked for the next 10 years. He then became director of the Weehawken Housing Authority from 1980 to 1994. He was also an active member of the Weehawken Elks, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1923, and the Ninth Infantry Division Association. The beloved husband of Marie (nee Goethart), he was the devoted father of Dr. Daniel Quinn MD, Kathleen and Patricia, and the loving grandfather of Jason, Liam, Megan and Deidre Quinn and Tristan and Lucas Paine.
Addendum from a letter dated 27
August 2007 from Vera Sharkey: "He (Daniel) was drafted
into service in WW II and survived No. Africa, Sicily under Gen
Patton's supervision, went back to England for R & R at which
time we hoped he would be returning to the U.S. Instead he
went in on D Day and went through France and Germany. He was a
medic with the 47th Infantry and went through a great deal and
survived. He never talked about it as we learned that most
of the men that got through WW I & II never would reveal their
experiences. " |
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