Felton's Cork Ireland, Boston USA & New York USA
Hi I am trying to find details of ancestors and descendants of a Felton Family from Cork City Ireland and later USA.
A James or John Felton married a lady called Ellen around 1850 they had 4 children. (1)William, (2)James, (3)Patrick & (4)Hannah.
(1) William married Mary Murphy in 1875 and they had one child James 1877.James married Elizabeth (LIzzie) Clothier 1876, on Q 30 sep 1899 in Cork City and they had the following children; a) Harry (Henry?), b)Noreen (Nora), c) William, d) Julia 1910 & e) James.William died in 1914 and Lizzie did not remarry and emigrated to Boston USA and then onto New York, she took all the children with her except c) William.
a) Harry married Kate from Germany and had two girls Elizabeth 1935? and Katherine 1937?, both didn't marry and I would love to her from both.
b) Noreen married Thomas Knox in NYC and had four children; Lillian, Mary Lou and a pair of twins.They moved to California, possibly LA area.
d) Julia married Patrick Quinlan from Cork in NYC and had three children; Robert, Elizabeth (Betty) and Shelia.
e) James married Joan (Buckley?) in NYC no more info.
(2) James married Mary Clothier in Q 30 Sep 1894 they had four children; f) Ellen (Nellie) 1896?, g) Hannah 1898, h) James (Jimmie)1899? & i) John (Johnnie) 1900?
f) Nellie married James Hornibrook in Cork City Q 31 jun 1918, and had six children; Theresa, Mary, Seamus, Edward, John & Unknown. They emigrated to Boston in the 1920's and set up a Boarding house later moving to Lexington Mass.They then returned to Ireland where Nellie died around 1933.
g) Hannah married Matthew Mulcahy 1922 in Cork City and had 7 children; Mary Christine (Maisie) 1923, Seamus died as infant, Denis died as infant, Ellen (Eily)1928, Matthew 1929, Hannah, 1933 & Elizabeth (Lillian) 1936.Matthew died in 1940 and the family moved to Birmingham England. Then Maisie m Jeremiah Moyniham,& Matthew m Sarah Firmo moved to NYC & Eily m Thomas Falvey moved to Perth Australia.
h) James never married. served in the British royal navy.Migrated to NYC in 1920's died around 1940.
i) John (Johnnie) married Margaret (Peg) Barry ex Midleton Co Cork in NYC 1927and had two children Mary and Rita 1928.
If you know anyone in this exhaustive list or can help me trace back or foreward I would love to hear from you.
Thanks
Matt Falvey
PerthW Australia