Chicago, America Families (Tree # 14)

James and Judith/Johanna Conway

As was mentioned in the Ballingarry posts page, James Hayde (b 1826) and Judith or Johanna Conway had 8 children in the Gortnahoe and Ballingarry parishes in Tipperary, Ireland in the 1820s, 30s and 40s. They were from the village of Gorteen Lower where Judith was recorded in the Griffiths records of 1850.

Johanna and her children were in Chicago by 1870.  James probably died before 1850.

Gorteen Lower is marked on the map below:

The parish records showed that James and Johanna married in 1826 and they had the following children:

• Elizabeth b 18 Jan 1827
• John b 21 Sept 1828
• Margaret b Oct 1830
• Mary b 9 Nov 1832
• James b 30 May 1834. Mar Elizabeth Coulter 1858
• Edmund Charles b 28 Apr 1837. Mar Catherine Moran circa 1865
• Bridget b 1841
• Ellen b 1843. Mar Albert McVittie 1872

The 1900 census described James as having arrived in 1854 and Edmund as having arrived in 1860 (presumably with Johanna and Ellen).  I have found no trace of John. The 1920 census however stated that Edmund arrived in 1854. It seems likely that they arrived together in 1854.

It was common for new settlers in Chicago to have initially arrived in Canada before moving to America.  However I have not yet been able to trace their arrivals in either Canada or America.

James was Naturalised in 1868 and Edmund in 1888.

They both married and had families as can be seen in the family tree at https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/tree/51471748/family

The families can be summarised below.

James (b 1834) and Elizabeth Coulter

James married Elizabeth Coulter in 1858 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and they had 7 children. Elizabeth was born in Hamilton so they celebrated their marriage in her parish.

One son was a policeman and another worked at Hayde and Reilly, a drygoods firm. There does not seem to be a surviving male from this family.

Elizabeth died 1914, b 1838. She is buried Calvary, Evanston.

Descendants are:

• Elizabeth b 1859 Hamilton. Ontario, Canada. Mar Keiran Ryan
• James P b 1861 Chicago. Mar Hattie Elenore Hull 1891
  • Marion b 1891. Mar Walter Vestal 1915
  • Hortense b 1893
• William C b 1863. Clerk. He joined the army in 1883 and was discharged in 1884. D 1884. His obituary said he was from Tipperary.
• John Wilson b 1865. Mar Catherine Voigt 1888. D 1940
  • James Henry. b 1888, d 1895
  • Ethel Evelina Teresa b 1889 All Saints parish. Mar Ray Bright 1920s
  • James Francis b 1891 All Saints parish
• Robert C b 1868. Mar Alice McNeill Hopper 1892
  • Loyola Agatha b 1893 St Vincent de Paul parish. Mar Stanley Ralph Yates 1925
• Helen b 1870
• Mary Elizabeth b 1872, Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary parish, Mar George Patterson Koehler

In 1866, James owned a cemetery plot at Calvary, Evanston. He was buried there in 1925 together with Elizabeth who died in 1914, Keiran Ryan who died in 1933 and Alice Hayde (presumably nee Hopper) who died in 1938.  See below:

Edmund (b 1837) and Catherine Moran

Edmund married Catherine Moran circa 1865 and they had 10 children, 8 of whom were alive in 1900. 2 daughters became nuns and 2 others were school teachers. He was involved in one of the great historical events of Chicago because a business he ran of Hayde and O’Brien was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1871.

Edmund died in 1928.

Descendants are:

• James A b 1867. Mar Margaret Reidy (b 1868) 1896 St Cecilia parish, Cook County
  • Margaret Mary b 1897 St James parish
  • Alice C b 1899 St James parish
  • James b 1905 Nativity of our Lord parish. Mar Gertrude 1929
    • Margaret b 1939
  • Thomas Joseph b 1904 Nativity of our Lord parish. Mar Mary J and then June Iris Donnelly 1947
    • Clementine
    • Thomas W
• Mary A b 1868
• Mary Loyola b 1869. D 1950
• Ellen b 1870. D 1939. Buried Calvary. Mar Edward Deegan
• Julia (Mary Ruth) b 1871
• Catherine b 1873. Mar Joseph Brown
• Alice G b 1876 Holy Name Cathedral parish. A teacher
• Evelyn M b 1879. D 1968. Buried Mount Olivet, A teacher

Mary and Julia (Mary Ruth) became nuns.

Other Chicago Families that could be Related to James and Judith Conway

In the 1850s and 1860s the following families were in Chicago and could be related:

Henry (b circa 1830) and Cath Duffy

Henry is the son of William and Catherine Walsh from Boula, Ballingarry, Tipperary. He died 1880 and Catherine was awarded a pension in Ohio in 1890.

Boula is not far from Gorteen Lower and a connection is a high probability.

In 1860, the New York Emigrant Bank showed him living in NJ with Catherine Duffy and Michael, a child. He was in Albany in 1849 when he joined the army when he served until 1854. He enlisted again in 1861 and was discharged in 1864. He was in Chicago in 1864 and 1867.

He is not in the 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880 census records {check these}.

Henry and Cath had:

• William Hade b 1858 Chicago
• Catherine Hade b 1866 Chicago

William and Catherine were both baptised in the Holy Family Church. This church dates back to 1858 and is on West Roosevelt St in central Chicago.

Bernard (b circa 1830)

In 1860, a Bernard Hade was in New York having been naturalized in 1856. By 1880, a Bernard Hayde born NY was in Chicago.  This could be a son and there may be a connection between Bernard and James/Judith but any connection is as yet unproven.

Descendants are:

• Bernard b Ireland circa 1830
  • Bernard Hayde b 1855, NY. Mar Helen/Ellen Walsh 1874 Old St John parish, Cook County, Chicago. D 1909. Buried Calvary
    • Patrick Joseph b 1875. Mar Jane Bartley 1896. D 1945. Buried Calvary
      • Irene Hayde b 1897
    • Bernard b 1877
    • John b 1880, d 1884
    • James Joseph b 1882
    • Mary b 1886
  • John F Hayde b 1862, Ireland. He was dry goods salesman in 1900. He arrived in 1879. In 1880 he was a Hayd and by 1900 a Hayde and single. The connection to Bernard is yet to be proven.

James and Mary were baptised in the Holy Family Church as was Irene in 1897.

I have not traced any descendants of any of these families and any further information would be welcome

John (b 1846) and Kate/Cath Barry

John was born in New York. He and Cath had:

• James Hade b 1871
• John Hade b 1873. D 1910. Buried Mt Carmel, Hillside
• Nicholas Hade b 1875. D 1907. Buried Mt Carmel, Hillside
• Harriet Hade b 1877
• Edward Hade b 1878
• Edward Michael Hade b 1879
• Kate Hade b 1881

All the children were born in Illinois. They were in Sherman St, Chicago in the 1880 census as Hade. John was a hackman. Nicholas and Kate were baptised at Old St Mary’s in S Michigan Ave and Edward a little further north at St Peter’s.

John (b 1846) died 1922. He was buried at Mount Carmel, Hillside, Cook County. In 1920 he was rooming with others including an Elizabeth Hade (b 1860) in Warren Avenue.

{need to find John’s ancestors in New York}

Chicago Families from County Carlow (Tree # 15)

Two brothers were in Chicago by 1860. The older brother (Patrick) had married in Carlow in 1844 and had arrived with his wife Jane by 1850. Maurice married in Carlow in 1851 and had arrived with his wife Catherine by 1860. I have not found their arrival records. They probably arrived in Chicago via Canada.

Patrick (b 1817) and Jane Garrett (b 1824)

Patrick and Jane had:

• Mary b 1855

Patrick and Jane were in Chicago in 1850 and 1860 as Hade. He was a lumber inspector in 1860. By 1870 Jane was a widow and working as a grocer, the same occupation as Maurice. She was Hade in 1880 and Heade in 1880. In 1880 she was living in South Evanston.

Maurice (Morris) (b 1827) and Catherine

Maurice and Catherine had:

• Mary Elizabeth Hade b 1855 Chicago. Sponsors were Patrick Hade (Maurice’s brother) and Elizabeth Hade. (I am not sure of the Elizabeth connection).
• Ellen Ida Hade b 1856 Chicago. Mar Walter Gorman 1884
• Margaret Ann Hade b 1860 Chicago
• Michael John Hade b 1861 Chicago

Morris was a policeman in 1860 and a grocer in 1870. By 1880, Catherine was widowed and with Ida. They used Hade in all census records.

Mary and Ellen were baptised at Old St Patrick, Margaret at Holy Family Church and Michael at Old St Mary.

Maurice and Patrick Hayde owned a plot in Calvary, Evanston cemetery in 1865. Interned there were Ida and Walter Gorman who died in the 1920s and their three children who died in the 1940s.  See below: