tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86701333870845203642024-03-06T01:07:48.949-06:00Thompson/Reidy GenealogyInformation includes documents and other information related to the John Thompson (Thomas) and Bridget Reidy (Riedy/Ready) family. For additional information on the family, visit my Website at: http://McIntyreGenealogy.com Please add your stories and comments on this Blog about the Thompson/Reidy familyElaine McIntyre Beaudoinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08954477776680496307noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670133387084520364.post-38149261060218303732017-01-02T20:44:00.000-06:002017-03-18T17:57:04.756-05:00James Thomas baptismal record, 1860<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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February A. D. 1860<br />
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[Entry:] 10, 081<br />
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28th<br />
Rev. Wm.(?) Shanahan [baptizing priest]<br />
James of John Thomas and Bridget Reedy<br />
Sponsor Catherine Maher<br />
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Notes:<br />
1. This is the first time I see Bridget's name spelled Reedy<br />
2. Catherine Maher was also the sponsor of Patrick Thomas, b1857<br />
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Source: St. Mary's Church, Diocese of Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland; National Library of Ireland, accessed online at registers.nli.ie, microfilm: 02413/02; record coverage: 06 Jan 1837 to 24 June 1862;<a href="http://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000635019#page/321/mode/1up"> http://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000635019#page/321/mode/1up</a><br />
Accessed January 2, 2017Elaine McIntyre Beaudoinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08954477776680496307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670133387084520364.post-7461506119065317162017-01-02T19:38:00.002-06:002017-01-02T19:38:51.589-06:00Patrick Thomas baptismal record, 1857<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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August A. D. 1857<br />
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[Entry:] 9328<br />
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Rev. Wm Fitzgerald [baptizing priest]<br />
Patrick of John Thomas and Bridget Riedy<br />
Sponsor: Catherine Maher<br />
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Source: St. Mary's Church, Diocese of Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland; National Library of Ireland, accessed online at registers.nli.ie, microfilm: 02413/02; record coverage: 06 Jan. 1837 to 24 June 1862; <a href="http://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000635019#page/294/mode/1up">http://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000635019#page/294/mode/1up</a><br />
Accessed January 2, 2017.Elaine McIntyre Beaudoinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08954477776680496307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670133387084520364.post-89686080483882549392017-01-02T18:57:00.000-06:002017-01-02T20:28:03.815-06:00(Mary) Ellen Thomas baptismal record, 1855<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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April 1855<br />
29<br />
Rev Daniel O'Connor baptized<br />
Ellen, legitimate daughter [of]<br />
John Thomas and Bridget Riedy,<br />
Anna Madigan, godmother<br />
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Notes:<br />
1. "fil. legit." is an abbreviation for either legitimate son or daughter. Son = filium/filius; Daughter = filia/filiam.<br />
2. Helenam or Helena is Latin for the following names: Helen, Ellen, Nell, Aileen, Eileen<br />
3. Thanks to Dan Moore for locating this document in the Parish of Parteen.<br />
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Source: Parteen Parish, Diocese of Limerick, Counties Clare and Limerick, Ireland; National Library of Ireland; accessed online at registers.nil.ie; microfilm 021410/03; record coverage: 26 Sep 1831 to 14 Feb 1877;<a href="http://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000634992#page/123/mode/1up"> http://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000634992#page/123/mode/1up</a><br />
Accessed January 2, 2017.Elaine McIntyre Beaudoinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08954477776680496307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670133387084520364.post-85920897498235424502017-01-02T15:52:00.002-06:002017-01-02T20:28:17.196-06:00Bridget Thompson's baptismal record, 1852<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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October A. D,. 1852<br />
[Entry] 7747:<br />
10th<br />
Rev. Wm. O'Brien [Assumed to be priest that baptized Bridget]<br />
Bap[tism]<br />
Bridget of John Thompson and Bridget Riedy [Note spelling of Riedy]<br />
Sponsor Ellen Forrest (spelling of last name not clear)<br />
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Source: St. Mary's Church, Diocese of Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland; National Library of Ireland, accessed online at registers.nli.ie, microfilm: 02412/02; record coverage: 06 Jan. 1837 to 24 June 1862; <a href="http://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000635019#page/238/mode/1up">http://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000635019#page/238/mode/1up</a><br />
Accessed January 2, 2017.Elaine McIntyre Beaudoinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08954477776680496307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670133387084520364.post-77160541192441954602016-10-13T18:52:00.002-05:002016-10-13T19:17:05.511-05:00James Thomas Becomes a Naturalized U. S. CitizenOn October 6, 1886, at the age of 26, 21 years after <a href="http://thompsonreidy.blogspot.com/2011/01/bridget-reidy-thomas-and-family.html">arriving as a small child</a> in the U. S., James Thomas became a U. S. Citizen. He filed his naturalization papers in the Superior Court of Cook County, Illinois.<br />
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In 1886, naturalization was still being coordinated at the local level and, unfortunately, the papers do not provide much genealogical information.<br />
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This document is from a Superior Court docket book.<br />
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Thanks to Dan Moore for identifying the existence of this document and providing me with the information to locate it.<br />
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Source: Cook County Archives, Superior Court, Cook County, Illinois, Volume 13, page 219. Date of naturalization, October 6, 1886.Elaine McIntyre Beaudoinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08954477776680496307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670133387084520364.post-78358083221328793902016-10-13T18:52:00.000-05:002016-10-13T19:17:48.055-05:00Martin Thomas' Naturalization PaperOn March 27, 1894, Martin Thomas, third son of John and Bridget (Reidy) Thomas/Thompson, became an American citizen. He was approximately 32 years old when he was granted his citizenship. On the document, he states he was a native of Ireland and he arrived in the United States as a minor. This is confirmed on the <a href="http://thompsonreidy.blogspot.com/2011/01/bridget-reidy-thomas-and-family.html">passenger list</a> where he is listed as traveling with his Mother and siblings, arriving in New York City on September 8, 1866 at the recorded age of 3. It is sad to think, within 4 years from becoming a U. S. citizen, he would <a href="http://thompsonreidy.blogspot.com/2013/04/martin-thompson-c1863-1898-death.html">die of tuberculosis on May 7, 1898</a>.<br />
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James E. Gillan, 5805 S. Carpenter, Chicago, signed Martin's naturalization papers as a witness to his "good moral character." At this point, James E. Gillan is not a known family associate.<br />
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Thanks to Dan Moore for locating in the U. S. Department of Labor, Immigration and Naturalization Service index the information that allowed location of Martin's naturalization papers.<br />
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Source: Circuit Court, Cook County, Illinois; Certificate no. R 47 P 10 Minor.Elaine McIntyre Beaudoinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08954477776680496307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670133387084520364.post-71293906149247853732015-12-12T16:09:00.000-06:002015-12-12T16:09:14.602-06:00John and Bridget Thomas Gravestone, Mt. Olivet CemeteryIn an earlier post, I noted there was no grave stone on the John/Bridget Thomas grave at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Chicago. My gift for my birthday this year from my husband was a stone that lists all the individuals buried in Lot S 112; Block/Section 41.<br />
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Buried in the same set of graves:<br />
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<li>John Thomas (Thompson) born c 1831 in County Limerick, Ireland; died March 21, 1904 in Chicago, Illinois. Married Bridget Reidy in Ireland c 1851.</li>
<li>Bridget (Reidy) Thomas born c 1831 in County Limerick, Ireland; died May 3, 1900 in Chicago, Illinois.</li>
<li>Martin Thomas baptized November 11, 1862 at St. Mary's Church, Limerick City, County Limerick, Ireland; died May 7, 1898 in Chicago, Illinois. Never married.</li>
<li>Ellen (Thomas) Halloran/Hallaran baptized April 29, 1855 Parteen and Meelick Church, St. Patrick Civil Parish, County Clare, Ireland; died January 10, 1906 in Chicago, Illinois. Married Charles Hallaran on December 2, 1877 at St. John's Church, Chicago, Illinois (Charles was born c April, 1855 in Canada; died December 2, 1902 in Chicago, Illinois; buried in Calvary Cemetery, Evanston, Illinois)</li>
<li>John L. Valley born January 8, 1868 in Newry, County Down, Ireland; died August 7, 1941. He married Lillian Thomas on December 26, 1886 and they divorced prior to March, 1892 when he married Edyth Beder who died in the Iroquois Theatre fire of 1903.</li>
<li>Lillian Thomas (Vallely) Davis born June 11, 1869 in Chicago, Illinois; died July 22, 1928 in Chicago. Married first John L. Valley in 1886 and then George Davis on June 27, 1903. George was born c 1873 and died before 1920. </li>
<li>William Vallely, grandson of John L. Vallely and Lillian Thomas Vallely Davis; son of William Vallely and Bernice Cunningham, was born December 28, 1918 and died on September 20, 1919 in Chicago, Illinois.</li>
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Elaine McIntyre Beaudoin inspecting the new gravestone, December 7, 2015.</div>
Elaine McIntyre Beaudoinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08954477776680496307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670133387084520364.post-67850709857903669812013-04-03T15:22:00.000-05:002013-04-03T15:22:00.331-05:00Martin Thompson, c1863-1898, Death CertificateThe third child of Bridget and John Thomas, Martin, was born c1863 in Ireland and died single at age 35. Although the death certificate states he was born in America, both the 1870 and 1880 US Census states he was born in Ireland.<br />
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His place of death was 3802 Parnell Avenue, Chicago and he was buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetey, Chicago in the same grave as his parents which is section 41, lot S112. GPS coordinates: N 41 degrees, 41 minues, 11 seconds; W 87 degrees, 41 minutes, 38.8 seconds; Altitude: 636 feet. There are no markers on the grave.<br />
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Document image: Courtesy of Elaine M. Beaudoin Elaine McIntyre Beaudoinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08954477776680496307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670133387084520364.post-12661685563243621692013-03-03T15:44:00.000-06:002013-03-03T15:44:00.169-06:00John Thompson, c1867-1879, Death CertificateJohn Thompson, fifth child of Bridget and John Thomas, was born
c1867/1868 in Chicago, Illinois, and died January 1, 1879. He died at
304 21st Street, Chicago. Cause of death appears to be bronchitis and
congestion of the brain. He was buried at Calvary Cemetery, Evanston,
Illinois.<br />
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Document image: Courtesy of Elaine M. BeaudoinElaine McIntyre Beaudoinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08954477776680496307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670133387084520364.post-78898582856965490172013-02-03T15:42:00.000-06:002013-02-03T15:42:00.179-06:00James Thomas (1863-1932) and Bridget Kennedy (c1864-1939), Death CertificatesJames, fourth child, died of acute dilation of the heart, or a heart attack, at home.
He had had a cerebral hemorrhage on August 12, 1930, nearly two years
prior to his death. The informant on the death certificate is his son,
John Thomas, who was living with his father at 5725 S. Fairfield Avenue,
Chicago. James had been a superintendent of a cold storage meat
packing company. His son provided the information that James' parents
were from County Limerick, Ireland.<br />
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Bridget Kennedy Thomas died June 13, 1939 at her home located at 5725 S. Fairfield, Chicago. Three weeks before her death, she fell in her kitchen, fracturing her left hip. She had a history of myocarditis. Her son, John Thomas, is the informant on her death certificate. At the time of her death he was living on S. Ellis Avenue and most likely married. Even though her death certificate states her birthday was January 22, 1875, I believe she was born 1864. She is the baptismal sponsor for her nephew, Alexander Sullivan, in 1880. It is unlikely she was a godparent and only 5 years old. She is buried with her husband at Holy Sepulchre, Cemetery, Alsip, Illinois.<br />
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Bridget Thomas [nee Kennedy], beloved wife of the late James, darling mother of John and Patrick, sister of Mrs. Ellen O'Leary, Mrs. John Kennedy, and the late Patrick, Mrs. Thomas O'Shea, Winifred and Cornelius Kennedy. Funeral Saturday, 9:30 a.m., from late residence 5725 S. Fairfield avenue, to St. Clare of Montefalco church, 55th and Talman. Solemn requiem mass will be celebrated. Interment Holy Sepulcher. Information, Haymarket 0365. <i>Chicago Tribune</i>, June 16, 1939.<br />
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The grave markers are side-by-side at Holy Sepulcher Cemetery. Bridget's prayer card was located in Nell Sullivan's missal.<br />
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Elaine McIntyre Beaudoinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08954477776680496307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670133387084520364.post-25760566666406592852013-01-06T15:42:00.000-06:002013-01-06T15:42:23.512-06:00James Thomas and Bridget Kennedy, Marriage, 1893, etc.John and Bridget's fourth child, James, born c1860, and Bridget Kennedy, born c1864, applied for a marriage license on October 14, 1893 in Chicago. James is listed as being 30 years old and Bridget is listed as being 29.<br />
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On October 22, 1893 they were married by Rev. P. O'Dwyer of St. Marry's Catholic Church in Chicago.<br />
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On page 412-413 of the Marriage Register of St. Mary's Church it lists James Condon and Annie Kennedy as witnesses to the marriage.Elaine McIntyre Beaudoinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08954477776680496307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670133387084520364.post-61564684970621625232012-02-07T16:04:00.000-06:002013-01-06T15:27:30.136-06:00Mary Thomas, born 1865Bridget Reidy and John Thomas (Thompson) appear to have an additional daughter, Mary/Marion. She is registered as born on September 12, 1865 while her mother was living on Convent Street in Limerick City and her father was in America. Mary and her mother were living in the district of St. Munchin's at the time of her registration. It is noted that Bridget Reidy could not sign her name on the registration as it shows an "X" and states "mark" where Biddy Thomas' name is entered as mother.<br />
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Source: Irish Birth Records, St. Munchin's, County Limerick, Ireland, vol 20, page 393, no. 29. FHL# 101119.Elaine McIntyre Beaudoinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08954477776680496307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670133387084520364.post-80126772694931417752012-01-08T16:29:00.000-06:002013-01-06T15:32:02.747-06:00Convent Street, Limerick CityWhen Bridget Reidy Thompson gave birth to Mary/Marian Thompson, her sixth child, in Limerick City, she was living on Convent Street per the birth registration for Mary/Marian. In July 2011 I took a video of Convent Street. It had been revitalized in 1996, but as you look around the area, older buildings from the 18th century and earlier can be viewed.<br />
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The plaque that is on the far wall of the new housing complex:<br />
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A view down Convent Street as it appears in 2011:<br />
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A view of St. John's Castle from the river, note the modern entrance way in the rear of the photo that was also seen at the end of Convent Street in the video above:<br />
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Photos: Elaine Beaudoin, July 2011, Limerick City, IrelandElaine McIntyre Beaudoinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08954477776680496307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670133387084520364.post-15364068926060262822011-01-04T19:54:00.002-06:002013-01-06T15:27:16.144-06:00Bridget Reidy Thomas and Family, Passenger List, 1866Bridget Reidy Thomas and her children, Bridget, Ellen, James and Martin sailed from Queenstown, Ireland arriving at Castle Garden, New York City, New York on September 8, 1866. It is believed that two other children, Patrick and Marian/Mary Thomas died in Ireland prior to the family's immigration. Bridget's husband, John Thomas, is not on the passenger list. On the 1900 US Census, it states he immigrated in 1865, possibly to establish a home in the US prior to the rest of the family arriving. <br />
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On page three of the 13 page passenger manifest, the Thomas Family is listed:<br />
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The ship they sailed on was the SS Virginia, part of the National Shipping Line. It was built by Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Co., Newcastle, England. The ship had three masts and one funnel, an iron hull and a clipper bow. In 1872, the ship was renamed <i>Greece</i>. The following is a photo of the ship from 1863 with the name it would eventually get in 1872.<br />
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The entire passenger list of approximately 630 passengers on the sail that arrived in New York harbor on September 8, 1866, was steerage. About one quarter were Irish and the rest were mostly English citizens.<br />
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Lillian Thomas married George Davis on June 27, 1903. They were married by a Justice of the Peace in Chicago. This further goes to confirm that Lillian and her first husband were divorced.<br />
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On her death certificate she is listed as a widow, so George died prior to her death.<br />
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Lillian, the eigthth child of John and Bridget (Reidy) Thomas married John Vallely on December 26, 1886. They were married by a Rev. J. M. Castan (sp?), a Catholic Priest, however, no church name is provided. Note on this document, Lillian's last name is spelled Thompson.<br />
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Lillian died at her residence, 7838 S. Union, Chicago. Her son, William Vallely is the informant and his address is the same as hers. Her mother's last name is listed as "Ready" but I think this was just a misspelling and it should be Reidy, which is a much more common way of spelling the name. She died of a heart attack. Of note is the name of her doctor, J. Linton Vallely. The same name as her first husband. Since she is one year old in the 1870 US Census, she was born in 1869, not 1872 as reported on the death certificate.<br />
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1. <b>Bridget (Bessie) Thompson</b> was born October 8, 1852 and baptized on October 10, 1852 at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Limerick City, County Limerick, Ireland. She married Patrick Madigan on February 24, 1878 in Chicago. She died in Chicago, December 31, 1935. For additional information about the Madigan/Thompson family see the <a href="http://madiganthompson.blogspot.com/">Madigan/Thompson Genealogy Blog</a>.<br />
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2. <b>Mary Ellen Thomas</b> was born c1855, most likely in County Limerick, Ireland. She married Charles Hallaran on December 2, 1877 in Chicago. On January 10, 1906, she died of bronchial pneumonia. Charles and Mary Ellen had ten children. Refer to the <a href="http://draft.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=8670133387084520364&postID=7268974341326458328">Thompson/Hallaran Marriage</a> post for a list of their children. Mary Ellen Hallaran is buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Chicago.<br />
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Hallaran - Ellen (nee Thomas) wife of the late Charles Hallaran, mother of Mrs. Berr (sic Burr), Mrs. Parent, Mrs. Hannah and John Hallaran. Funeral Friday at 9 a.m. from late residence 375 29th St. to St. James Church, where high mass will be celebrated, thence by cars to Mount Olivet, 49th and Halsted Sts depot. <i>Chicago Daily News</i>, January 11, 1806, Page 18. Thursday.<br />
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3. <b>Patrick Thomas</b> was baptized August 26, 1857 at St. Mary's Church, Limerick City, County Limerick, Ireland. It is believed Patrick died in Ireland prior to the immigration of the Thomases on September 8, 1866.<br />
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4. <b>James Thomas</b> was baptized at St. Mary's Church, Limerick City, County Limerick, Ireland on February 28, 1860. He married Bridget Kennedy at St. Mary's Church, Chicago, Illinois on October 22, 1893. They had two children:<br />
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<li>Raymond Patrick born June 11, 1899, married Bertha in 1920s, died January, 1973. He is buried in St. Mary's Cemetery, Evergreen Park, Illinois. Children: James Thomas</li>
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James died on February 15, 1932 and is buried in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Worth, Illinois<br />
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Thomas - James Thomas, beloved husband of Bridget (nee Kennedy) father of John and Patrick, brother of Mrs. B. Madigan. Past president of division 19 A.O.H. Funeral Thursday at 9:30 a.m. from late residence, 5725 S. Fairfield to St. Clare of Montefalco Church. Interment Holy Sepulchre, Yards 0662. <i>Chicago Daily News</i>, February 16, 1932, Tuesday,<br />
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5. <b>Martin Thomas</b> was baptized on November 11, 1862 at St. Mary's Church, Limerick City, County Limerick, Ireland. He contracted tuberculosis and died single on May 7, 1898 in Chicago, Illinois. He is buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Chicago. Unable to locate death notice.<br />
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6. <b>Marian/Mary Thomas</b> was baptized on September 19, 1865 at St. Mary's Church, Limerick City, County Limerick, Ireland. It is believed she died in Ireland sometime before the Thomases immigrated in September, 1866. <br />
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7. <b>John Thompson </b>was born in Chicago, c 1867 and died at age 11 on January 1, 1879 in Chicago. He is buried in Calvary Cemetery, Evanston, Illinois. Unable to locate a death notice.<br />
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8. <b>Lillian Thomas</b> was born on June 22, 1869 in Chicago, Illinois. She married twice. First to John Linton Vallely on December 26, 1886. They had one child: William Vallely born October 9, 1887. It is believed she and John Linton Vallely were divorced. She married George Davis on June 27, 1903. When Lillian died on July 22, 1928, she is listed as a widow. It is of note that the doctor who signed her death certificate is J. Linton Vallely. Lillian is buried with her parents in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Chicago.<br />
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Davis - Lillie Thomas Davis, of 7837 S. Union Av., beloved mother of William Vallely. Funeral from chapel, 1503 W. 51st St, Tuesday, July 24 at 9 a.m. to St. Leo's Church. Interment Mount Olivet. Reservations call Yards 4765. <i>Chicago Daily News</i>, July 23, 1928, page 32Elaine McIntyre Beaudoinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08954477776680496307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670133387084520364.post-72689743413264583282010-08-09T19:20:00.001-05:002014-11-16T20:31:34.140-06:00Mary Ellen Thompson and Charles Hallaren, Marriage, 1877Charles O'Holleren (Hallaran) born 1857 married Mary Ellen Thompson, second child of John and Bridget Thompson, on August 2, 1877. They married at St. John Catholic Church. The license states that Charles was 22 and Mary Ellen was also 22 when they married. They were married by Rev. John Waldron.<br />
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<li>Alice born May 17, 1884</li>
<li> Charles born October 24, 1886</li>
<li>Lilly born July 1889</li>
<li>Anna born September 1891</li>
<li>Cecelia born March 1894</li>
<li>Agnes born April 1895</li>
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Hallaran - Dec. 7, Charles, Husband of Ellen Thomas Hallaran, aged 45 years, father of John, Mrs. George Burr, Ella, Mrs. Tom Hanton, Charley, Lilly, Annie, Ceclia, Agnes, and Willie; brother of Mrs. Mary Donegan, Mrs. Bridget Ahern, Michael, John, Rodger, Patrick, and Mrs. Susie Donegan.<br />
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Mary Ellen died on January 10, 1906, also of pneumonia. At the time of death she was living at 375 E. 29th Street, Chicago. She was buried at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.<br />
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The family is living at 3802 Parnell Street, Chicago. John is still listed as a laborer. As in the 1880 US Census, it states that John cannot read nor write, i.e., he is illiterate. His birth date is given as August, 1831 and that the home in which they live is rented. Also, on John Thomas' entry, it states that he immigrated in 1865 and that he is a Naturalized Citizen. I have not yet located his naturalization papers.<br />
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Lillian does housework, perhaps in the home and her son, William, is a messenger boy.<br />
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The 1880 US Census places the John Thomas family living at 2626 Portland Avenue, Chicago. Living with John and his wife Bridget are their sons James, age 20 and Martin, age 17 and their youngest daughter, Lizzie (Lillian) age 11. Their oldest daughter, Bridget, married in 1878 and Mary Ellen married in 1877. Their son John, born in 1867, died on January 1, 1879, the year prior to the census.<br />
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John Thomas is still listed as a laborer and Bridget is listed as keeping house. James and his brother Martin are both working in a packing house, most likely in or near the Chicago Stockyards. Lizzie is currently attending school.<br />
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However, in the 1871 "Merchants' Chicago Census Report" sometimes referred to as the "Edward's Directory" which is similar to the Chicago City Directory and was taken immediately after the Chicago Fire (October 8-10, 1871), notes that a family that meets the description of the Thompsons lived at 36 Finnell [Today, this would be 22nd Place, 200 to 350 West]. It further notes that John was born in Ireland and is a laborer, living in the 6th Ward with four males and four females in the household. This address on Finnell is most likely where/or close to where they were living at the time of the 1870 US Census.<br />
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There is no John "Thomas" listed in the 1871 "Merchants' Chicago Census Report" which tracks the same size family and distribution of males and females.<br />
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Images courtesy: Elaine M. Beaudoin Elaine McIntyre Beaudoinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08954477776680496307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670133387084520364.post-29827503094007895182010-07-20T16:14:00.000-05:002010-07-20T16:14:12.294-05:00Origin of Thompson and Reidy Names<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Thompson</b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This famous name is one of the patronymic forms of the name Thom or Tom, diminutives of the male personal name Thomas. The given name is of Biblical origin, being an Aramaic byname meaning "twin", borne by one of Christ's disciples; in England the name Thomas was found only as the name of a priest before the Norman Conquest of 1066, but thereafter became one of the most popular male personal names, generating a wide variety of surnames. The patronymic forms from diminutives, such as Thomson (the Scottish form) and Thompson, found mainly in England and Northern Ireland, appear in the 14th Century, the first recording being from Scotland. The intrusive "p" of the English and Irish forms was for easier pronunciation, although there are two old wives tales that the 'p' meant 'prisoner', or in Ireland 'Protestant', both are incorrect. Examles of early recordings include John Thompson in the Charters of the Abbey of Whitby, Yorkshire, in 1349, and Thomas Tomson, who married Elizabeth Harris at the church of St Jon the Evangelist, Dublin, on December 12th 1631. The earliest Coat of Arms is probably the following granted in Yorkshire in 1559. Per fess silver and black, with a fesse embattled between three falcons counterchanged, belled, beaked and jessed in gold. The crest is an arm holding a gold truncheon . One of the very earliest settlers in the New World, was William Thompson recorded as 'living at Elizabeth Cittie, Virginea', before February 16th 1623. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of John Thomson, which was dated 1318, in the "Annals of Scotland", during the reign of King Robert 1 of Scotland, known as "The Bruce", 1306 - 1329. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Source <a href="http://www.surnamedb.com/">The Internet Surname Database</a> accessed July 20, 2010</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Reidy</b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The name has been recorded as REIDY,RIEDY, REEDY, and READY . These surnames are derived from the Irish name <b>O'RIADA</b>.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">O'Reidy, Mulready. Members of the Dalcassian sept of O'Riada are to be found in considerable numbers in all the three counties of west Munster, particularly Clare and Kerry; in 1659 the "census" enumerators found them chiefly in counties Kerry and Limerick. The Four Masters under date 1129 describe the chief of the sept as king of Aradh, a designation applied to the O'Donegans up to 1100 and to O'Brien in the fifteenth century.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Matheson states that in 1890 Reidy occured in birth registrations as a synonym of Roddy (q.v.), though there is no relation between the names. Reidy, however, does not appear ever to have been treated as interchangeable with Reddy or as an abbreviation of Mulready, which is a rare name belonging to a sept of the Ui Maine, located in the southern part of Co. Roscommon bordering that part of east Galway known as Keogh's country, from which in fact they were gradually displaced by the MacKeoughs. They are still to be found in that part of Connacht and in Co. Clare.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Source: MacLysaght, Edward. </span><i style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">More Irish Families</i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982, pg</span></span> 180.Elaine McIntyre Beaudoinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08954477776680496307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670133387084520364.post-84193431390347139302010-07-20T16:13:00.001-05:002017-03-18T17:54:25.214-05:00John Thomas (Thompson) c1831-1904, Death CertificateJohn Thomas, born c 1931 in Ireland, died in Chicago on May 21, 1904. At the time of his death, he lived at 1338 W. 49th Place. His death certificate states he was 71 years old, giving him a birth date of around 1833. However, in the 1900 U.S. Census, his birth year is given as August, 1831. He was a laborer and died of lobar pneumonia. John was buried at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Chicago on March 23, 1904 along side his wife Bridget who died four years earlier. As of 2010, there are no grave markers.<br />
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The grave is in section 41, lot S112 of Mt. Olivet. GPS coordinates: N 41 degrees, 41 minues, 11 seconds; W 87 degrees, 41 minutes, 38.8 seconds; Altitude: 636 feet.<br />
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