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Martin Curry (1818 - 1903) married Mary Berry and
brought his family to Kansas early in the 1880s
or even before. One daughter was married in
Streator Illinois in 1878. He is buried in
Abilene KS
damaged
photo from John Foy, Garryedmond in 2002. Better
copy received from Thomas Curry, October 2008.
Photo taken by J A Hansbrough, Abilene |
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Mary Berry Curry (1828 - 1901) and her husband
Martin were parents of nine children. Mary
is buried in Abilene Kansas
photo courtesy of
John Foy, Garryedmond. Taken by J A Hansbrough,
Abilene |
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John Curry and
Honorah Foy Curry holding daughter Bridget, who
was the first of their children born in the USA
(1888) Their three older children were born
in Co Mayo. ===>>
first
photo courtesy of
John Foy; better copy rec'd from Thomas Curry
2008. Taken by Bishoff Bros, Minneapolis KS |
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John and
Honora Curry's three oldest children, in a picture
taken by Bishoff Bros in Minneapolis, KS. probably
at the same time as the photo at left, circa 1889..
when the family lived in Chapman, Clay County.
Pictured l. to r.: Jack Curry, Mary Curry
Belton, and Thomas Curry, who married Mayme
Belton ===>>
photo courtesy of
John Foy |
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<<=== this photo may
be the four youngest children of John and Hannie
Curry: Martin (1892-1952), Michael (1896 -
1977), Bridget (1887 - 1976) and Norah (1893 -
1975). Further verification needed. |
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Honorah "Hannie" Foye Curry
(1854 - 1910) in a portrait received from Thomas E
Curry October 2008. Hannie strongly
resembles her grandniece, Peg Mullin Kabriski
(1912-1999) ===>> |
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Honorah "Norah" Curry (1893 -
1975) bears a striking resemblance to her mother.
Norah worked all her life for the Atchison Topeka
& Santa Fe. She lived in Las Vegas NM until she
retired back to Kansas. ===>>
Photo received from Thomas E Curry, October 2008 |
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<<=== Mary
Curry Belton as a teenager.
photo courtesy of
John Foy |
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<<=== Rose
Curry (1856 - 1910) - right rear row - became
Sister Mary Pelagia , the daughter of Mary
Berry and Martin Foy Curry. She was a Sister
of Charity at Leavenworth KS, as was her sister
Bridget (1854 - 1934) who became Sister Mary
Sophie. |
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James Noone, born County Clare
1845 married Anna Curry about 1880. He died
in Tampa Kansas in 1934 and is buried in the
cemetery there.===>>
photo from
Julie Hutton McKee Hanson November 2007 |
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Anna Curry Noone, born Knock, County Mayo 1850 married James Noone about 1880.
She died in Tampa Kansas in 1934 and is buried in
the cemetery there. ===>>
photo from Julie Hutton McKee
Hanson Nov 2007 |
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<<=== Bridget Armstrong
in a photo taken about 1900.
photo received from Julie Hutton
McKee Hanson November 2007 |
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<<=== John Armstrong in a photo
taken about 1900
photo received from Julie Hutton
McKee Hanson November 2007 |
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James Costello in an undated
photo ===>>
photo received from Julie Hutton
McKee Hanson November 2007
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Thomas E Curry at a Curry
Family reunion in 2007. Tom produced an
extended history of the Curry family extending
previous histories by Sister M DeChantal Curry and
Mary Beth Paynter. ===>>
photo received from Julie Hutton
McKee Hanson November 2007
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photo received from Julie Hutton
McKee Hanson November 2007 |
<<=== Barbara Loehr, daughter
of Edward Costello and Mary Quinn. Florence
Scanlon, daughter of Anne Curry Noone and John
Costello. Julie Hanson, daughter of
Elizabeth Hutton and Kay McKee and granddaughter
of Anne Marie Curry and Harry Lee Hutton.
Julie is continuing to research the history of the
Curry family in Kansas. |
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<<=== Edward Costello and his
sister Rosemary Costello Lewis at the family
reunion.
photo received from Julie Hutton
McKee Hanson November 2007
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Joseph
Aloysius Curry in uniform (1888 - 1948). Joe
was the son of Thomas John Curry (1857 - 1916) and
Annie Cecilia Hart Curry (1866 - 1926) ===>>
photo received from Julie Hutton
McKee Hanson November 2007 |
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Richard
Belton, a member of the Belton family which
pioneered the settling of Tampa Kansas and
attracted many other Irish families. He
lived from 1834 to 31 May 1900, and is buried
behind the Catholic cemetery in Pilsen, Kansas.
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photo received from
Warren Roby 22 Jan 2006
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Members of the Dillinger gang in the Tucson Court
for a hearing. John Belton's office and jail
was located in the courthouse.
<<=== John Dillinger
smoking in the courtroom.
photos downloaded
from Internet. |
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<<=== John
Dillinger was the first person to be labeled
public enemy #1 by the FBI. He was captured
in Tucson AZ while John Belton was Sheriff of Pima
County and held in Belton's jail until extradited
back to Indiana.
photo downloaded
from Internet |
Declaration of Intention
for Thomas John Curry
received from Julie Hutton McKee
Hanson Nov 2007 |
Citizenship
practices. Any child born in
the US was considered a US citizen. Those
who immigrated were expected to apply for
citizenship, which was readily granted.
Not every immigrant
followed through on the application, as it was
needed only for voting and holding public office.
The applicant filled out a Declaration of
Intention and about five years later applied for
Naturalization.
Women did not have the right
to vote in the nineteenth century, so most
immigrant women did not apply for citizenship.
Culturally, women were not considered rational
enough to vote. By the beginning of the
twentieth century, the argument was made that
women would only be a duplicate vote because they
would vote any way their husbands dictated.
They received the right to vote in 1920.
Military service accelerated
the waiting period for full citizenship.
Three of the Foy sisters who acted as nurses for
the US Army in France were granted citizenship
upon discharge from the Army, as was my father
Peter Joseph Foy. Some of the clan applied
for disability benefits based on service during
the Civil War, which also provided widow's
benefits. |
Naturalization
document for Thomas J Curry from Julie Hutton McKee
Hanson Nov 2007 |
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