THE CHILDREN OF
THOMAS HICKEY AND ELLEN ALLEN
Thomas
Hickey married Ellen (sometimes called Nell) Allen 26 August 1823 in Bruff,
Co. Limerick, Ireland. Thomas was listed as being of Lough Gur, and Ellen
was of Bruff. They lived a few miles east in the townland of Lough
Gur, Knockainy parish. Thomas and Ellen had the following children:
1.
Mary
was christened 11 January 1825 in Knockainy. She died young.
2.
Patrick
was christened 4 March 1825 in Knockainy. He married Bridget, and had a
son, Thomas in 1855. Thomas married Mary, and they had the following children:
Bridget (1899), John (1901), and Michael. Thomas is mentioned in the book
"The Farm by Lough Gur" which is quoted in this record. The descendants
of Patrick Hickey still occupy the family farm in Lough Gur.
3.
Thomas
was christened 16 March 1829 in Knockainy. He married Catherine Ryan, another
Lough Gur resident, in about 1857 in Ireland or Chicago, and they had the
following children: Ellen (1858), and Thomas (1862) who married Ellen Cleland.
Thomas, Sr. died in about 1865 in Chicago, and was buried in Calvary Cemetery.
Catherine then married James Daly, and had a son, John. James' obituary
reads: ""Daly, James, Husband of the late Katherine (nee Ryan), father
of John Daly, stepfather of Thomas and the late Ellen Hickey, brother of
Mrs. John Cooper, Mrs. John Helen, and Michael Daly, native of Parish Loughgur,
Co. Limerick, at residence, 601 S. Jefferson St. Funeral from Holy
Family Church to Calvary Cemetery." March 16, 1905 from Chicago
Irish Families, 1875-1925, citing Chicago Daily News, in ancestry.com.
4.
Catherine
was christened 6 March 1832 in Knockainy.
5.
Bridget
was christened 6 April 1833 in Knockainy. Bridget immigrated to Chicago
and married John Farrell 12 February 1861 in St. Mary's parish, Chicago.
John and Bridget had three sons, Thomas, born 20 December 1863 in Chicago,
baptized 25 December 1863 in Holy Family parish, John Henry, born 26 July
1865 in Chicago, baptized 6 August 1865 in Holy Family, Maurice Edward,
born 4 September 1870 in Chicago, and baptized 11 September 1870 in Holy
Family parish. Bridget died 16 March 1887 in Chicago. Her obituary read
"Farrell, Bridget, nee Hickey, on March 16, 1887 at 1613 S. Dearborn St.,
wife of John, of Laughguir, Co. Limerick, aged 50 yrs. Funeral from St.
John's Church to Calvary." Chicago Irish Families, 1875-1925,
citing Chicago Daily News, at ancestry.com.
6.
Mary
was christened 10 June 1836 in Knockainy.
7.
Maurice
(or Morris) was christened 26 December 1838 in Knockainy. He emigrated
to America in 1857. He married Margaret Leddin 5 February 1872 in Chicago,
and they had four children: Ellen, Mary, Mary Ellen (Margaret), and Joseph.
Maurice died 1 July 1914 in Chicago, and was buried 3 July 1914 in Calvary
Cemetery.
8.
John
was christened 15 November 1840 in Knockainy. He immigrated to Chicago,
and was the sponsor at the baptism of his brother Maurice's son, Joseph,
in 1883.
9.
Ellen
was christened 10 July 1844 in Knockainy. Ellen immigrated to Chicago with
her brother, Maurice in 1857. She was the sponsor at the baptism of Maurice's
first child, Ellen, in 1873. Ellen lived with her brother Thomas and his
family at 21 Liberty in Chicago. After Thomas' death in 1865, she continued
to live with Thomas' wife, Catherine, and her nephew, Thomas, and niece,
Ellen. She died on 28 July 1892.
Sources: Knockainy parish register, Bruff parish register, Holy Family
parish register, Sacred Heart parish register.