He was listed as a widower, so Norah must have died in Ireland. It also mentions his two sisters Mrs Sweeney who was living in Kerry and Mrs. Donoghue, of Newbury Port, Mass., U.S.A.A letter from his sister Mrs Sweeny was published in the Mudgee newspaper in NSW Australia when his son enlisted in WWI. The priest was J Fitzpatrick and sponsors were David Mahonyand Margaret McCarthy.I stumbled across the Lyons family while researching an Australian soldier wounded at the Battle of Pozieres...Cyril James O'Brien from Mudgee, NSW. At the time of her death she lived at 1710 Burlinton St., Chicago. All our girls are busy knitting, various things for our soldiers, who are fighting for freedom." Elaine, Dungarvan/Mitchelstown Parish Liaison Thanks so much.
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I see your grandson (Cyril O'Brien) has gone to fight for this country. A whole lot of fine young fellows I knew well are laid low by the German hordes. Father Flanagan. W. Garretty (Cooyal), G. Johnson (Mudgee), W. Blackman (Flemington), and Mr. Patrick Lyons (Mudgee). His parents were Matthew Lyons and Kate. On arriving in this State the family settled at Appletree Flat, where deceased took up farming pursuits. I don't know who's related. The old gentleman retained pleasant memories of the land of his birth, and right up to the time of his death was conversing with his nephew, Mr. Con. The old gentleman retained pleasant memories of the land of his birth, and right up to the time of his death was conversing with his nephew, Mr. Con. Lyons, on matters concerning Ireland, and said he was anxiously awaiting a letter from his sister, Mrs. Sweeney, one of the two remaining survivors of the original family, the others being Mrs. Donoghue, of Newbury Port, Mass., U.S.A. During his early life he was considered one of the hardest workers in the district, and by honest toil acquired a considerable amount of property in the district, which he retained until shortly before his demise, when he divided it among his family. Finding Stephen Lyons in Cork covers the search in more detail. In 1912 a removal was made to the cottage in Short-street, where deceased resided until the time of his death. Her parents were Cornelius Lyons and Norah surname currently unknown. Catholic church has an odd division of Dioceses with a finger of Kerry Dioceses
Patrick immigrated to Chicago about 1873 with young Patrick. The interment took place in the general cemetery, the mortal remains being laid to rest alongside those of his wife, who predeceased him by two years and two months. ANd just like that, I have great father William Lyons' baptismal record!William was born in April 1842 in Ballydoyle Castletownroche. Irish records before 1820 are almost impossible.I really think that rootsireland.ie is a good idea for you and worth the charge after you pick from the index. I've worked the Chicago records pretty hard and been in contact with living relatives of Ellen Sheehan, Mary Connors (later changed to O'Connor), and William Lyons. He married a Norah McDonnell about 1840. As for my Lyons family search, though I looked throught dozens of records to obtain the above information, I did not find anything that related to my family. They moved to Kilkenny as a lad. Birth Records. It is also possible that they came from the Uí Liatháin, which was an ancient kingdom in southern Munster. Patrick died in Chicago in 1887.