Murray / Sharkey / Quinn / Durkin

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<<===  Delia neé Murray and Dominic Sharkey, probably a 1919 wedding photo.

photo rm009 courtesy of
Regina McManus

<<===  Dominic Sharkey was one of many of the family immigrants to USA who served in the World War I.

photo rm010 courtesy of
Regina McManus

Delia and Dominic Sharkey.  After World War I, the Sharkeys returned to the family farm in Roscommon and then reentered the USA in 1924   ===>>

photo rm003 courtesy of
Regina McManus

Celia neé Murray and Martin Durkin.  Martin ran a bar in Hoboken until prohibition closed it down, then became a longshoreman with Holland America Line  ===>>

photo rm004 courtesy of
Regina McManus

<<===  Patrick Murray (1883 - 19660  and Mary Gormley ?? - 1968) were married in New York City at the main altar of Saint Patrick's Cathedral.  Man at left is Patrick Foy; woman at right is Mary Ellen's sister Ellen, also called Nell, Gormley.

photo rm007 courtesy of
 Regina McManus

<<===  After a stint as a ticket taker on the elevated trains, Patrick Murray became a New York City policeman.  He was instrumental in having Patrick Foy follow him in both endeavors.

photo rm001courtesy of
 Regina McManus

Mary and Patrick Murray's family circa 1915 with sons Daniel (standing) and twins William and James.  Unsure which is which.  William died at age 2 of pneumonia.  ===>>

photo rm005 courtesy of
 Regina McManus

Daniel Murray (seated) and Jim Murray in a photo about 1920-1921.  Daniel was making his Confirmation and Jim his first Holy Communion  ===>>

photo rm006 courtesy of
 Regina McManus

Patrick and Mary Murray's family circa 1915.  l. to r.: Daniel, Eleanor, Vincent and James.

 photo rm014 courtesy of
 Regina McManus

<<===  Vincent Murray, Ed McManus and Jim Murray in a photo taken about 1939

photo rm008 courtesy of
 Regina McManus

Daniel Murray (1890 - 1974) was Patrick Murray's younger brothers.  He came to the USA and married Catherine Corbett (1895 - 1984).  The couple raised six children in their home in Bronx, New York.  ===>>

photo rm011 courtesy of
 Regina McManus

Like many of his immigrant relatives and so many other Irish immigrants, Daniel served in the Army during World War I.   Such service granted immediate citizenship ===>>

photo rm012courtesy of
 Regina McManus

<<===  The McManus family, children of Eleanor Murray (1919 - 1997) and Ed McManus (1910 - 1977)  l. to r.:  Kim Siegfried, Eileen McManus Siegfried, Julia McManus, Edward McManus. 

photo rm002 courtesy Regina McManus was taken in Phoenix AZ at Christmas 2002.

<<===  Margaret Murray of Bekan Co Mayo was a sister of Patrick and Daniel Murray. She married  William McGuinness. Michael Kelly gave this photo to Regina McManus.

photo rm015 courtesy of
 

 Regina McManus

Group photo circa 1921 of Murray/Sharkey/Quinn/Durkin children given by Josephine Mullin White (1902 - 2002) to Regina McManus.  Click on picture to see who we think the individuals might be, and notify Regina or Richard Foy (foy@telutopia.com) if you can identify anyone in the picture.  ===>>

photo rm017 courtesy of
 Regina McManus

Mary Murray Kelly was the daughter of Luke Murray and niece of Patrick and Daniel Murray.  She married John Kelly and the couple live in Bekan, County Mayo. Their son, Michel Kelly, is tracking the history of the Murrays of Lissaniska.  ===>>

photo rm013 courtesy of
 Regina McManus

<<===  This photo was with the other Murray photos in Regina McManus' collection.  It may have been one of Paddy and Dan Murray's sisters.

photo rm016 courtesy of
 Regina McManus

<<===  Jim Quinn, Vera Sharkey O'Connell and Billy Durkin at a family gathering at the house of Eileen and Ed Zysk in Livingston NJ.

photo ex011 dated May 1981
courtesy Eileen Foy Zysk

 Dominic Sharkey, Jimmy Reilly and Thomas O'Grady share a fun moment at an October 1950 photo. ===>>

jfa017— joseph foy
archive collection

 

 

Members of the Sharkey and Quinn family in a New Jersey photo taken circa 1965.  See blowup to learn identities of those pictured.  ===>>

 

 bk005 circa 1965 received15 Apr 2006 from Billy King

 
<<=== Mildred (Quinn) and Vernon Brady in Claremorris about 1984 where they spent the summer.

bk006 received August 2006
from Billy King

<<===James Quinn married Gloria Hyland during World War II.  After Gloria's death around 1955, Jim remarried Margeret Burke.

bk301 received August 2006 from Billy King who discovered the clipping in his mother's belongings.

Vera Sharkey married Daniel O'Connell 22 Jan 1955, so this notice appeared in late 1954 or early 1955. ===>>

bk306 received August 2006 from Billy King who discovered the clipping in his mother's belongings.

 

Mildred Sharkey married Walter O'Brien on  16 October 1954, so this notice appeared sometime in 1954 ===>>

bk307 received August 2006 from Billy King who discovered the clipping in his mother's belongings.

 
 
most recent revision: 15 November 2003
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