Tree # 22

Dunnamaggan is in the middle of Co Kilkenny about halfway between Callan and Knocktopher. There was no sign of a Hayde or anything similar in this area in the 1659 census or the Hearth Money Records.

There only reason to devote time to researching this area is that a Hayde family was present in this area in the 1827 Tithe records.

The history of the area is well described in an article in the Old Kilkenny Review published by the Kilkenny Archaeological Society. The Rev James Brennan, in a 1992 article, outlined the history from 1650 to 1800 in pages 958 to 967. This publication is in the library at Kilkenny.

It describes the Gaelic history of the name as originally being Dun-im-e-gain. Which meant the Dun (or Fort) of Imgan. Imgan being a person of some importance at the time.

The article referred to the area as being fertile with fine parks and woodlands. The article however does not provide any clues as to why a Hayde family suddenly appeared in the early 1800s.

James and John Hayde b circa 1800

John and James Hayde were farming 17 acres at Moanmore in 1827.

Moanmore is at the foot of a mountain that stretches into Tipperary. They probably came from a Tipperary family and moved around the mountain.

The location can be seen below:

John and James were probably brothers. They both had children in the 1820s and 1830s and James was still in the area when he died in 1872. There are no births in this area after the 1840s and after James died in 1872 there is no trace of any other family members in the parish, civil or census records.

Some researchers have assumed John and James were children of James and Catherine Dinsdale who had a family in Urlingford in the early 1800s. This is unproven. I suspect however that the link is more to Fethard or Clonmel/Cloneen however the records do not exist in order to prove this.

The families of John and James were:

John and Mary Cahill. They were at Moanmore in 1827 with James and #6 Moanmore in 1850. In 1850, John was farming 10 acres owned by William Morris-Reade Esq, a descendant of a Cromwellian settler. He owned all of Moanmore. The Dunamaggan parish records (which started in 1826) contain the baptisms of:

David Hade b 1826
Michael Heade b 1829, Lemonstown
John Heade b 1832, Rogerstown
William Hayde b 1835, Monassa

There was no sign of this family in the valuation records or elsewhere after 1850. Michael and John emigrated to America in the 1850s and I have found them in the 1860 census for St Louis. This is discussed in more detail below.

James and Margaret Morapy. They were at Moanmore in 1827 with John and #1a Loughberg in 1850. In 1850 they were in a house on land owned by Margaret Hayden, who owned most of Loughberg. The Hayden name was in the area at the time of the Hearth Money records. The Dunamaggaan parish records contain the baptisms of:

Richard Head b 1827
Margaret Head b 1827 (twin). Mar John Walsh 1850
Thomas Head b 1830, Monassa
John Headd b 1834, Monassa
William Haid b 1836, Baurscoob
Ellen Head b 1838, Baurscoob. Mar Patrick Hearn 1864

James was in the Petty Session records between 1855 and 1870 for various offenses regarding animals. He died Bourscoob in 1872. Margaret was in the valuation records until 1880.

His sons Thomas and John were also in the Petty Sessions records in the 1850s and 1860s for various offenses. Margaret featured in these records in the 1870s, again for offenses regarding animals.

I have found Richard, Thomas and John in the St Louis 1860 census. As mentioned, this is discussed more below.

The Griffiths map of 1850 is:

James and Margaret Morapy farmed 1a at Loughbeg in 1850.

John and Mary Cahill farmed 10 acres at Moanmore in 1850. John was probably the oldest and therefore ended up with the larger farm in Moanmore while John had to move his family to a smaller plot in Loughbeg.

Church, civil and census records at Dunnamaggan, Kilkenny are detailed at Dunnamaggan Families

Saint Louis, Missouri

St. Louis, Missouri

The population of St. Louis increased 228 percent between 1810 and 1820. It doubled between 1835 and 1840, and again by 1845; in ten years St. Louis went from half to twice the size of Pittsburgh. Earliest arrivals were from further east or England, followed by Irish and, soon after, Germans.

The Irish were attracted to St Louis as much as they were to Chicago, Boston and New York. With St Louis being settled by the French the Irish Catholics saw an opportunity to emigrate to where they could practice their religion among the Catholic French.

By 1850, 43 percent of all St. Louisans were born in either Ireland or Germany. Irish immigrants often brought limited skill levels, putting them into direct competition with free blacks in cities for lower level jobs.

Irish immigrants in St. Louis congregated in two areas. Some lived in the “Kerry Patch” area on the near north side – a violent, dangerous, and impoverished neighborhood. Others lived around Cheltenham, centered around the intersection of present-day Hampton and Manchester. After rail connections to St. Louis opened in 1852, the clay and fire brick industry grew quickly. Irish immigrants worked in local clay mines. The first priests at St. James the Greater Parish, in today’s Dogtown neighborhood, were Irish when it was founded in 1861.

In 1860, there were several Head/Hade/Haide families in St Louis who were born in Ireland. These were:

The families were:

In Ward 3:

Patrick Heade/Hade b 1833 and Catherine O’Brien b 1834 with 3 children born from 1854 onwards
Michael Head b 1833 and Margaret b 1837 with one child born in Iowa in 1858 and one in St Louis in 1860

In Ward 4:

James Hade b 1836 and Winifred O’Keefe b 1838 and one new born child in St Louis
John Heade b 1835 and Ellen O’Connor b1836
John Hade b 1832 and Bridget Brennan b 1834
Catherine Hade b 1844

In Ward 8:

Patrick Head b 1820 and Rosanna b 1818 with a son born Louisiana 1846. Patrick, Rosanna and their son were in St Louis by the time of the 1850 census. They were the only part of the family to have arrived by 1850 which leads me to think that he was an older relative who did the trailblazing for the rest of the family
John Heide b 1835 and Bridget b 1835 with a son born in Canada in 1859

Also known to have been in St Louis at the time, but not found in the 1860 census, were:

John Hade b 1835 and Mary Anne with a daughter b 1855 in Missouri

These Wards are all close together as can be seem from the map below:

The Wards numbered from left to right. Number 1 was the large area to the left with Wards 2-8 being the slim areas with Ward 9 being the large area to the right.

By 1870, the following had also arrived in St Louis:

In Ward 5 (which borders Wards 3 and 4):

Richard Heade b 1828 and Bridget Walsh b 1830 with children born from 1863
Thomas Hade b 1840 and Hanora Cahill b 1845 with children born from 1867

Thomas and Hanora and James and Winifred, lived next door to each other in this census.

I believe these families came from Kilkenny as explained below. Their origins are outlined above.

Interestingly the traditional way to get to St Louis in the time period was to sail across the Atlantic to New Orleans and then get a ferry up the Mississippi to St Louis. However I cannot find the relevant arrivals in the New Orleans records and with some children being born in Canada and Iowa leads me to believe that they firstly arrived in Chicago (or perhaps New York) and headed to St Louis overland. The train network was still being developed at this time so this would have been a more arduous trip but may have been more affordable.

These families are shown in the ancestry tree at Kilkenny and St Louis Tree # 22.

An overview is as below:

Children of John b abt 1800 and Mary Cahill

David Hade b 1826

There was no sign of David after his baptism in Dunnamaggan parish.

Michael Heade b 1829 and Margaret Healy b 1836

Michael and Margaret married in Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa in 1856. Margaret was from Mount Pleasant. The marriage record does not show the names of parents. I have made an assumption that this is the correct family linkage. I have based this on the fact that Michael and Margaret were living in St Louis close by others from the same Irish parish. The use of the name Martin is also telling as it was only used by the Heade/Hayde families in this Irish parish.

Martin b 1858 Iowa d 1929. A blacksmith. Mar Mary O’Connor
- Michael b 1885 d 1932
- Margaret b 1888
- Martin J b 1891 d 1953
Mary 1861 d1942. Mar George Hardesty
Katie b 1862 d 1953. Mar Maurice Cunningham and Edward Schenberg
Agnes b 1865 d 1949. Mar Henry Seegar
James b 1868 d 1946. Single
Nellie b 1872 d 1953. Mar William Madel
Josie b 1874 d 1893
William b 1876 d 1923. Single

Michael was a porter in 1867, the same occupation as Richard and John. He died 1899 and his burial record stated he was born in Tipperary. His death notice does not mention his parents.

John Heade b 1832 and Mary Anne Broderick then Alice Norris/McSweeney

John and Mary Broderick married Cape Girardeau 1863.

Mary Ann died 1870 in Cape Girardeau City.

John Hade b 1832 and Alice b 1840 married in 1873. The marriage cert did not provide names of parents and only stated that they had both been married previously. The only child found of John’s was:

Mary b 1855, Missouri

They were in Main St in 1880 and Broadway in 1900. The 1900 census showed that Alice had 4 children with 2 living. John arrived in 1848 and Alice 1850.

William Hayde b 1835

There is no sign of William after his baptism in Dunnamaggan parish.

Children of James b abt 1902 and Margaret Morphy

Patrick Heade b 1825 and Catherine O’Brien

Although Patrick’s baptism was not recorded in the church records (as records only started in 1826), their marriage record in 1853 confirmed Patricks’ parents as James and Margaret Morphy. This proves the link to Dunnamaggan parish.

Their children were:

Margaret b 1854, Missouri d 1930. Mar Snell
Hanora b 1855 d 1943. Mar Matt Cohen
Ellen b 1857 d 1927
James b 1859 d 1932. Mar Margaret Cronin
- Henry G b 1887. D 1931. Mar Faye Hutton
Mary b 1862 d 1862
Alice b 1864 d 1897. Mar Michael Mullany
William b 1865 d 1905. Mar Maud Parker
- Harry b 1892
Mary 2 b 1867 d 1867

Patrick was a drayman in 1860 as Haid and Hade in 1870 with same occupation. Patrick died 1873 and James and William Heade were boarding with others in 1880.

Margaret Head b 1827

Mar John Walsh 1850 in Kilkenny.

Margaret and Richard were twins.

Richard Heade b 1827 and Bridget Walsh b 1830

Their 1860 marriage record confirmed Richard’s parents as James and Margaret. Their children were:

Margaret b 1863 d 1949
Ellen b 1869 d 1887
Richard G b 1872. D 1927. Mar Katherine Davey
- Richard P Heade b 1898 mar Fern Gossett
- Bernice Anna Heade b 1900
William M b 1877. Single in 1900

Richard was a porter in 1870 and a janitor in 1895 (both a Heade). He died in 1895 and his will listed his children as Margaret, Richard and William. Bridget had died before 1895.

There is a theory that he may have served in the Missouri cavalry (as Head) during the civil war. However, date of birth and spouse names do not match so I doubt this.

Thomas Hade b 1830 and Hanora Cahill b 1845

Patrick F b 1867 d 1912 single. Blacksmith
Mary b 1869
Nellie b 1871
James J b 1874 d 1917 single
Maggie b 1876
Thomas P b 1879 d 1919 single. Blacksmith
John M b 1884 d 1914 single. Blacksmith
William A b 1887 d 1915 single

They lived in Adolf Street in 1880, two doors away from Winifred below.

I have not found their marriage records nor Thomas’s death record.

In 1900, they were in Chouteau Ave. Hanora had 9 children of which 6 were living. 5 of these were the sons who were still with them and were all single. They had been married for 31 years (mar 1869) and they had both arrived in 1854.

Thomas was a blacksmith in 1870, a horse shoer in 1880 and 1900 and the sons all adopted the same trade. None of the sons seemed to have married.

Thomas died 1909.

In 1920, Hanora was a widow with 5 children alive then.

John Heade b 1834 and Ellen O’Connor b 1836

John’s death record states his date of birth as 24 June 1835. His parents are stated as unknown. There is no John Heade (or variant) recorded in the Irish church records for anything around this date. I have assumed that he is the John Headd baptised Dunnamaggan 27 April 1834 and that the illiteracy at the time caused the distortion in dates.

I have not found a marriage cert.

Mary b 1861, Missouri
James b 1863. Mar Margaret Naughton[1]
- Ellen Mary b 1894
- Joseph Daniel b 1896. Mar Henrietta Wurdack
  - Joan V b 1931
  - Madeline b 1932
- John A b 1898
- Mary Ellen b 1901
Kate b 1866
Agatha b 1869
John b 1872 d 1915. Mar Ellen Schild
Ellen b 1875
Joseph b 1878
Leander William b 1878

John was a porter in 1860 (as Hade), a corn merchant in 1870 (as Heade) and a labourer in 1880 (as Heade). They lived at Pacific Street in 1880 and 3127 School St in later years.

In 1900 John and Ellen were in Jefferson St with John and Ellen. Ellen had 6 children and all were living. They had been married 40 years (mar 1860). John arrived in 1848 and Ellen in 1849.

John died in 1917 and Ellen in 1920.

James Earl Hade b 1836 and Winifred O’Keefe b 1838

I have assumed that James is another son as he and Winifred were living next door to Thomas and Hanora in 1870 and 1880. I have not found any marriage record to confirm parents’ names and none of the death records note any parents names.

Patrick b 1859, Missouri – Teamster and policeman. D 1923. Mar Cecelia Allen1884 (d 1906) and then Margaret
- James Joseph b 1886. Mar Mollie Mohr
  - Celee b 1920
- William Patrick b 1894
- George Allen b 1899. Mar Isabelle Regan Blossett
  - Cecelia b 1918
  - George W b 1920 d 1991. Mar Helen Cito
    - William b 1946
    - Elizabeth
    - Patricia
  - Winifred b 1924
  - James Joseph b 1943 b 2010
  - Patricia b 1937
John J b 1862 – Teamster. Married Bella Plant
- Maude W b 1888 d 1970. Mar Joseph Powderly
- John Franklin b 1890 d 1958. Mar Dora Volz
  - John Arthur b 1913 d 1968
- James J b 1895, d 1924
- Charles Milton b 1896 d 1961. Mar Margaret
- Mary Bell b 1898 d 1975
- William b 1898
- Almara W b 1900 d 1981
- Joseph Rolla b 1903 d 1963. Mar Estelle Brockman
  - Arlene b 1939
  - Bella b 1941
Katie/Betty b 1864
James b 1865. Mar Mollie Maher
- John Gerald b 1908
  - James R b 1933
  - Elizabeth J b 1938
- Raymond b 1893 d 1916
Ellen/Nellie b 1866
Mary b 1869

James was a teamster in 1860 and died 1897. It appears they divorced and Winifred married Patrick Sullivan about 1874 and had 2 children to him in the late 1870s. In 1900, she and Patrick were in Manchester Ave, St Louis. She arrived in 1839 (or 1859?) and had 9 children of which 7 were still alive.

A John Fitzpatrick aged 30 was boarding with them in 1860. A Michalel Fitzpatrick was with Patrick and Rosanna in 1850. Is there a family connection?

William Haid b 1836

There is no sign of William after his baptism in Dunnamaggan parish.

Ellen Head b 1838

Ellen possibly mar Patrick Hearn in Dunamaggan in 1864. It’s probably more likely that she mar Patrick Bryen in St Louis in 1855.

Other Families in St Louis

Patrick

John Hayde b 1832 and Bridget Brennan b 1834

John’s 1914 death cert noted his father as Patrick with mother unknown. I don’t think this is the same Patrick as below as the dates don’t quite fit and there is no sign of John being with Patrick and Rosanna in the 1850 census and the 1900 census recorded him as arriving in 1850.

The only John born to a Patrick, in the approximate time period, that I can find in the Irish church records is a John Head b 1828 to a Patt and Judith Lanigan in Gortnahoe parish. This a strong possibility as other family members from Gorthanoe emigrated to Chicago in the 1850s. Could they be linked?

John and Bridget must be closely linked to the others as they all lived close together at the time of the 1860 census.

Their children were:

John b 1856, Missouri
Thomas O b 1857
Catherine b 1860
Mary J b 1863
Thos G b 1867, d 1867
Bridget b 1868
Elly b 1869
Thomas b 1874

John married Bridget Brennan at St Louis in 1854 as Hayde. Unfortunately the marriage record does not note the names of the parents. They lived in Carondelet. Bridget died 1877 and John remarried Mary E. The 1880 census recorded the parents as being born Carondelet and the children as being born in Tipperary. I suspect the reverse is true.

John and Mary had Edward Hade in 1880 however he only lived for 5 days.

In 1900 John and Mary E were with Tom in Carondelet. They had been married for 23 years (mar 1877). Mary had 7 children and 1 (Tom) had survived. John had arrived in 1850 and Mary in 1855.

John served in the civil war and got a pension in 1890.

Patrick Head b abt 1813 and Rosanna Riley b 1820

Martin Head b 1846 Louisiana.

This family was the only one in the 1850 census. They were also Head in 1860 as was Martin in 1880.

A Michael Fitzpatrick aged 22 was boarding with them at the time of the 1850 census. He could be a relative or close friend. As mentioned above, a John Fitzpatrick was with James and Winifred in 1860.

Jane and Mary Riley (aged 16 and 14) b Mass were also staying with them and next door were Michael and John Riley (aged 22 and 21).

Patrick Head died 1885, a widow aged 72 (b 1813). He died of asthma and was living at Garfield and buried Calvary cemetery.

I found his marriage to Rosanna Riley in 1840 in Hamilton Ohio. No parents names were recorded on this.

As he was the first arrival in the country, and lived close by all the others in 1860, he must be the first of the family to emigrate and blaze the trail for the others. It is interesting how he was in Ohio in 1840, Louisiana (New Orleans) in 1846 and then St Louis in 1850.

The 1840 census has a Patrick Head in Hamilton, Ohio. This census only had the heads of the family and numbers of others in the household. This entry shows a family of 8 males and 3 females.

A Patrick Head arrived in New York in 1833 aged 20 (b 1813). This could be his arrival.

[1] Margaret was born Co Mayo according to a descendant.