Sweeney and Morley in Kansas

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<<===   Ellen Morley married John Sweeney in County Mayo in 1883.  Their daughter Margaret was born in Tampa KS in 1888, which places this photo circa 1889.

photo eb001 circa 1889
from Eleanor and
Wendell Burns

 

 <<===  A later photo of Ellen and John Sweeney seems to be of the snapshot variety, with both individuals having aged substantially. Their house may form the background …

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Wendell Burns

This is a Chicago studio portrait of Luke Morley.  We have been unable to identify which  Luke Morley this is, despite the great  number of Luke Morleys in the family listing.  ===>>

 

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from Eleanor and
Wendell Burns

Luke Morley with his daughter Bridget, according to the caption on the back of the snapshot.  ===>>

photo eb006 circa 1889
from Eleanor and
Wendell Burns

<<===   This is probably a photo of John and Honorah Foy Curry, who were married in County Mayo in 1881.  Their daughter Bridget, pictured here, was born in 1888.  The studio photo was probably taken at the same time as that of the Sweeneys in 1889 or 1890.

photo eb002 circa 1889
from Eleanor and
Wendell Burns

 

<<===  Cecelia Sweeney was a daughter of Ellen Morley and John Sweeney.  She married Ted Boone. Their three children are shown here:  Eleanor in front;  Dan and Ted Jr in middle, and parents Ted and Cecelia Boone in back.

photo eb003 circa 1935
from Eleanor and
Wendell Burns

Wendall and Eleanor Burns photographed in Donegal in 1994  ===>>

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from Eleanor and
Wendell Burns

Three generations of the family of Eleanor and Wendall Burns.  Eleanor is the granddaughter of Ellen and John Sweeney.  ===>>

photo eb008  circa 2002
from Eleanor and
Wendell Burns

<<===  Grandma Ellen Morley Sweeney with her grandson Francis Murphy, in a photo taken about 1921.

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from Eleanor and
Wendell Burns

 <<===  Gertrude Berry with her friend Mary Francis McHenry

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from Eleanor and Wendell Burns

Members of the Berry and Murphy families, each of which lived in Tampa KS
front row: l-to-r:  Gertrude Berry, Eleanor Shwartzman Murphy, Francis Murphy,
 Tom Murphy
back row: l-t0-r:  Suzie, John Murphy,
 Margaret Murphy
This may have been at the wedding of Eleanor Shwartzman and Francis Murphy  ===>>

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from Eleanor and
Wendell Burns

A 1909 postcard of the school at White Pine Montana, where Aunt Margaret Greeley lived. ===>>

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from Eleanor and
Wendell Burns

<<===  A postcard with a view of Tampa KS sent to Ellen Morley Sweeney

photo eb010 circa 1910
from Eleanor and
Wendell Burns

<<===Members of the Boone, Sweeney and Murphy family  l-to-r:  Eleanor Boone Burns, Delia Sweeney, Margaret Murphy, Cecilia Vanderhoof Boone, Jack Sweeney, Eleanor Murphy, Tommy Murphy

photo eb0016 circa 1950
from Eleanor and
Wendell Burns

 
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