HUDDY, O'GORMAN and FLANIGAN
My ggrandmother was Mary Ann HUDDY, from Dublin, IRE, b. abt. 1860-70, d. December 1944, Columbus, Indiana. (Some family members think she was born in County Cork, so Dublin is not a sure thing.)
She came to the US around the turn of the century, as a late teen or early 20's unmarried woman. I have found two ship manifests that might match "my" Mary Ann HUDDY's transit from Ireland to the US. One is the "City of Chester" that departed from Liverpool and arrived in the US on Aug 20, 1892. The Mary Ann HUDDY aboard was 20, unmarried, from Galway, IRE. The other ship is "Teutonic," that sailed from Cork, arrived June 9, 1897. The Mary Ann HUDDY aboard was 18 and from Ballinrobe. Her marital status is not indicated. I do not know if either of these Mary Anns is "my" Mary Ann. Mary Ann had a male relative named Thomas living in Louisville, KY. She may have had a brother named James back in Ireland.
When she arrived in the USA, Mary Ann worked as a maid to pay off her passage. Mary Ann HUDDY married Edmund O'GORMAN, born Co. Cork, IRE, d. Louisville, KY 1902. They lived both in Louisville, KY or Columbus, IN.
My mother thinks Edmund O'Gorman was born in Co. Cork, IRE. His family had a hat company, O'Gorman Hat Company, somewhere in Cork County. Edmund immigrated to the US before 1900, and first worked as a prop man in a theatre in Louisville, KY, where he lived most of his life. He married Mary Ann HUDDY before 1900. He gradually rose to being a play Producer and met many stars of stage and screen. I don't know anything else about him. He died in Louisville, KY, in about 1902.
They had four children that I know of:
Mary Margaret O'Gorman(my grandmother)
Edmund O'Gorman, Jr.
Thomas O'Gorman
Lillian O'Gorman
Mary Ann's daughter, Mary Margaret O'GORMAN b. Aug 30, 1900, Louisville, KY., m. Hovey Albert LIND around 1916-17. They had 8 children. Mary Margaret d. June 22, 1949, Columbus, IN. One of their children was my mother, Mary Frances LIND.
My mother married Thomas S. FLANIGAN.He is descended from Andrew Conner Flanigan, born in Ireland around 1840.Andrew's parents were John Flanigan and Margaret CONNER.
I would love to share information on these folks with anyone in Ireland who would like to know where their descendants ended up.