Tag: peter reynolds
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John Kearns and Catherine McNulty
John and Catherine KEARNS seem to have been Irish Potato Famine Immigrants who came to America around 1850, at the tail end of the famine which lasted from 1845 to 1850 or 1852. According to the 1860 census, John was born abt. 1820 in Ireland, and Catherine was born abt. 1822. John KEARNS married Catherine/Katherine…
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Last of a Coterie of Pioneer Settlers
Patrick McNulty (also given as born 1825, died 1911 at the age of 86) may have been a cousin of Catherine. A newspaper article, titled “Last of a Coterie of Pioneer Settlers”, read: With the burial of Mr. P. McNulty passed away the last one of a class of hardy Irishmen that settled beyond the…
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Peter Reynolds and Elizabeth “Eliza” Ann Kearns
Elizabeth (Eliza) Ann KEARNS, daughter of John KEARNS and Catherine MCNULTY , was born about 1852 according to the 1860 census. There are discrepancies as to these dates, just as her brother, Michael Tearance KEARNS, is given a number of different birth dates. Elizabeth died at 11:40 P.M., September 15, 1932. Her death certificate states…