Connor
Joseph Kenny's parents are:
Dan Kenny's parents were Lee R. Kenny and G. Clare Connor
Clare Connor's parents were James Hoey Connor and Katherine May
James H. Connor's parents were Patrick Connor & Elizabeth Hoey
Patrick Connor's father was John Connor
Notes on John Connor
John Connor
had a son Patrick Connor, born and raised in Co. Down, in the Down & Connor Diocese.
Patrick was a gardener, (florist) in a village called Fane Valley.
Patrick married Elizabeth Hoey in 1830, daughter of Michael Hoey, a farmer.
The Hoeys lived 1/2 mile south of Fane Valley in a village called Cullenstown.
In 1847, they moved from Cullenstown to Dromiskin.
Patrick worked for a Protestant named Booth as a gardener/ houseman. until about 1893.
John Johnson was Patrick Connors nearest neighbor.
The Connor House in Dromiskin was built of stone, had one bedroom and one large kitchen,
possibly, six times larger that the bedroom. The bedroom had a loft over it. The bedroom had a
brick floor, but the kitchen had a dirt floor.
Dundalk- read on page 3 of James Connor dictation.
Connor time line
1785 Abt.-- birth of John Connor
1810 Abt.- birth of Patrick Connor
1829 Abt.- Patrick moves to Fane Valley from County Down.
1830 -- Patrick marries Elizabeth Hoey.
1830 -- Patrick and Elizabeth move to the Hoey Family farm in Cullenstown.
1831-1861- Patrick and Elizabeth bare several Children.
1847 - Patrick and Elizabeth move from Cullenstown to Dromiskin.
1847-1893-Patrick worked for Protestant named Booth for 45 years.
1870 - Patrick's brothers, John and Thomas move to Manchester, England.
1893 - Patrick dies in Dromiskin.
1898 - Elizabeth (Hoey) Connor, dies in Dromiskin.
All the above was a summery from reference to James Connor's dictation, in 1942.
Notes on Patrick Connor
According to notes that were dictated from Patrick's son, James, He was born and raised in county Down, in the diocese of Down and Connor. When he was about 20 years old, he moved to County Louth, and worked as a florist and game keeper in a village called Fane Valley, which is 4 miles north of Dundalk. He married Elizabeth Hoey in the year 1830 and lived on her fathers farm, one half mile south of Fane Valley, in a small village called Cullenstown.
Patrick later received a position as a gardener and a houseman and worked for a Protestant farmer named Booth, and worked for Booth till the day he died, in 1893.
Notes on James Hoey Connor
James was an executive at the Union Pacific RR. He was the General Supertendant of Motive Power. He retired from the UP in Sept. 1934.
James dictated a wonderful biography about his family and ancestors, written in 1942. I know many family members, including myself, ended up with a copy. It was dictated to his daughter Eleanor, who was a secretary and typist.
It showed his name on the letter as James M. Connor. I have noticed that many records has his name James Hoey Connor. In this letter, he mentions that he saw his birth record while visiting in Ireland. I'm assuming that it showed "M". Also, knowing how the Catholic Irish named their children, rarely was any word other than a Christian name, used.
His dictation was filled with many facts and exact locations of where they lived in Ireland. I only can wish that all my great grandparents could have done the same as Jim Connor did.
As near as James could remember, he left Liverpool about October 8, 1882 and arrived in Castle Garden on October 22, 1882 with his sister ,Rose Connor.
According to Margaret Fangman, James came to US at abouth age 24.
In 1889 he lived at 2924 Indiana
Notes on Gertrude Clare Connor
Peggy Hogan provided birth date and said her info was from Margaret Fangman.
I remember my Grandmother (Connor) Kenny. She died when I was a teenager, but we would go to her house from time to time. After her husband Lee died at a young age, she ran a
boarding house for a living. Her children were actively involved in the up-keep of the house and cooking to make things nice for the guests and
tenants. One of her tenants was a young man named Russell O'Harra, who ended up marrying one of Clare's daughter, Rosanne Kenny.
Clare loved to entertain. She always went way out with nice dinners served on lovely red china and had beautiful Lunt
Monticello Sterling silverware.
My aunt Bonnie once gave me a piece of this silverware and since then, I have collected it,
purchasing it on e-bay and now have a full set.
I remember being chewed out by her once for calling her grandma, and not grandmother. Her children, likewise could only call her mother, not mom.
Though Grandmother was stern, she was a great lady.