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Halls

William Hall
born approx. December 1894 in NYC.

 

 

Father: Laurence Hall
Born 27 Jan 1864, Duleek, Co. Meath Ireland. 
Baptismal Sponsors:  James Kelly and Margaret McKeown. 
Baptized by Rev. T. Gaughnan. 
Died in Staten Island, NYC in on 5/5/45 at 70 y.o. of Chronic Myocarditis. 
He worked as a laborer, in a stable and as a hospital worker at Belvue Hospital.
Marriages: 1st to Anna Magill. 2 to Jane McKenna.

Grandfather: Richard Hall
Grandmother: Elizabeth Colgan
Father's Siblings:  William born 1854, Mary born 1957,
                               Elizabeth born 1860, Richard b. 1862,
                               Richard b. 1866.

Mother:  Ann Magill, born 1 Jul 1864 in Kiltallagh, Co. Louth Ireland.
Died Feb. 4, 1901 at 35 y.o. of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in NYC

Grandfather: Michael Magill
Grandmother: Ann Lynch
Mother's Siblings:  Mary Fitzpatrick, born 5 Sep 1966
                                Patrick Magill, born 27 Nov 1867
                                Michael Magill, 5 Aug 1877

Siblings:  Anna Finn- married to Ed Finn; died in 1943 at 50 years old.
                James Henry (Harry)
                Clement Laurence


    William was the second oldest of four children.  His siblings were Anna (Hall) Finn born approx. 1893, James Harry Hall, born July 8, 1896 and Clement, born about 1898. Clement died at 7 years old in 1905 from TB in both hips.  It is not known if Laurence and Annie were married in Ireland or the United States as the towns in which they lived in Ireland were about 10 miles apart. Laurence lived in Duleek, Co. Meath and Annie lived in Kiltallagh, Co. Louth. Annie lived in New York City for 9 years before she died at the age of 35 years old on Feb. 4, 1901 of Pulmonary Tuberculosis.  Laurence died much later on May 5, 1945 of Chronic Myocarditis.  During the time the family was together, they lived in mid-town Manhattan.  They lived at 433 W. 45th Street in 1896 at the time of Harry's birth.  This area of NYC was known as "Hell's Kitchen". After Annie died the family broke up.  William and Harry were sent to live at St. Agatha's Home in Nanuet, NY and Anna went to live with her aunt Mary Fitzpatrick, her mother's sister.  In the 1910 census, a Laurence Hall was living at 117 Ninth Ave (also in the Hell's Kitchen area) with a second wife of 8 years named Jane Hall. The step children living there are: Ellen F. McKenna, (daughter, m, w, 24, s, ny, ire, ire, driver, trucking); James McKenna, (daughter, f, w, 24, s, ny, ire, ire, dressmaker, factory); Loretta J. McKenna, (daughter, f, w, 17, s, ny, ire, ire, auditor, dry goods store); and daughter Anna M. Hall, (step-daughter, f, w, 16, s, packer, dry goods store). Anna Hall would be William's sister. The ages sync up. So it seems shortly after his wife's death, he married this Jane McKenna who was also a widow. Anna Hall shortly afterwards married Ed Finn in 1910.

    In 1907, William was sent to the Catholic Protectory in Westchester (now the Bronx).  Harry joined him several years later.  It was noted on the children's card that the father was "worthless" and "never visited the children".  William was educated by the Christian Brothers and also taught at the school.  He later worked at Classen Point Military Academy.  Harry was sent to live with a gentleman on a Canadian farm when he was 17 years old.  When he turned 18 he left saying he was going to the Canadian Northwest.  However, as of September 12, 1918, he registered for the draft. At the time, he was working on the farm of Howard W. Sneck in Mumford, Monroe Co., NY. It is thought that he never had any further contact with his family.  Anna married Ed Finn and had 4 girls, Helen (married to Bernard Boyle), Margie (Fred Leace-fireman), Ruth (Bill Kane-bartender), Edna.

    After leaving the home, William enrolled at City College in NYC.  His schooling was short-lived as WWI broke out soon after and he enlisted.  He served two terms, the first one as a cook and he reenlisted after the war was over as a private.  He served in the US Army in France during the war.  During the second enlistment he met Ellen Duggan who was was 19 years old and living as a border in the home of his sister Anna and her husband Ed.  They married on Sept. 30, 1920.  They had 4 children: Gloria (Anna), Veronica, William and Helen.  William worked as a clerk for the main NYC post office as a clerk.  Things went well for the Hall family for a time.  They even owned a car, a symbol of prosperity in those days.  Their good luck ended though when William discovered the horses.  He became addicted to gambling and quit the post office and left with all his pension money to Florida.  He came back about a year later.  He did odd jobs like becoming the super of the apartment building where they lived.  They moved frequently.  He died in 1973.  

William Hall (top)
Vera Hall, a friend (left)
Anna Hall and a friend (right)


Duggans

 

 


Ellen Duggan
and twin sister Nora were born on May 30, 1900, in Brooklyn, NY.  They were baptized on June 7, 1900 at Holy Rosary Church 141 Chauncey St., Bklyn.  Sponsors were her uncle Michael Duggan & Mary Cunningham.

Father:  Nicholas Duggan, born Jun 1868, Tipperary, Ire.
Grandfather: Myles Duggan, born abt. 1834, farm labourer.
Married 2 Feb 1861, witnesses William and Mary Donovan.
Greatgrandfather:  Nicholas Duggan
b. Jan. 21, 1808, Gortnahoe parish, spon: John Doyle & Margaret Prout
m. February 17, 1828 in Galbally Parish to Mary MacKenna
witnessed by William Blackburn and Honora Tobin; Parish: Galbally
Greatgrandmother:  Mary Kenna. 
Children:
John Duggan 4/21/1829; Addr: Balinmona; sponsors Edmund Kenna & Elizabeth Cunningham.
Edmond Duggan 2/19/1832; sponsors Michael Dwyer & Mary Condon.
Mary Duggan 12/31/1834; sponsors John & Mary Dwyer.
Myles Duggan 12/7/1837; sponsors Denis Noonan & Bridget Dwyer.
Catherine Duggan Jan 2, 1840; sponsors John Dearney & Margaret Kenna.
Bridget Duggan Jan. 10, 1843; sponsors Michael Dwyer & Catherine Kenna.
John Duggan Dec. 6, 1845; sponsors Martin Ryan & Mary Condon.
Grandmother: Ellen Donovan, born June 11, 1838, Galbally, Tipperary (said was 55 y.o. in 1901 census)
Greatgrandfather: Michael Donovan;
Greatgrandmother: Mary Payne; Sponsors: William English & Elizabeth Cleary; Parish: Galbally.
Father's Siblings:
Edward (Uncle Ned) b. February 9, 1861 or Dec. 1861; d. 2/16/40 76 y.o.
Nicholas b. 1868. Spon:
Michael b. October 3, 1865, Spon. Daniel Dwyer & Bridget Ryan (or Oct. 1871)
No Name bn. Jan. 00, 1868, spon. McGrath & Winifred Dowdall
No Name bn. June 10, 1870, spon. Patrick Kearney and Mary Noonan
James b. October 26, 1873, Spon. Patrick Ryan & Honora Dwyer
Mary b. December 18, 1875, Spon. James Dwyer (poss. From Farranacliffe, Rathkea, Tipp.) & Margaret Kenna
John b. July 2, 1879, spon. Thomas Barry & Bridget Moroney
William b. Aug. 1, 1889, spon. P. Ryan & Mary Heffernan. According to the 1901 Ireland Census, William was 22 in 1901.
Mother:  Ann Cosgrove, born Ireland
Grandfather: John Cosgrove
Grandmother: Mary Hurley
Mother's Sibling:  Alice Cosgrove
Siblings:
Edmond (Edward) b. 9/8/1897, bap. Sep 14, 1897, Holy Rosary, d. June 11, 1899,  21 mos. old, bur. 6/13/1899 Holy Cross Cem. Spon Edmond Duggan & Mary Cushman.
Ellen Marie Duggan Hall; spon. Michael Duggan & Mary Cunningham
Nora b. 6/30/1900, bap. 6/7/00, spon. Edward Duggan & Alice Cosgrove
William D. b 1903, d. May 14, 1927, Bellvue Hosp., bur. 5/18/1927 (24 y.o.), Holy Cross Cem. (Chauffeur).  Dau: Dorothy A. Duggan bn. Dec. 5, 1926
Nicholas b. 1908, d. 5/1910 2 y.o., bur. 5/14/1910 Holy Cross Cem.

 

Ann and Nicholas

Ellen was born to Nicholas and Anne.  They had 5 children:  Edmund, Ellen, Nora, William and Nicholas.  Nicholas played the concertina and Annie would hit him with the broom when he came home drunk.  Nicholas worked as a Trolley Car Driver for the Brooklyn Queens Transit.  They lost their first son, Edmund, in 1899.  He died as an infant.  Ann died in 1910 of TB at 35 years old and baby Nicholas, 2 years old, followed her the next month.  After her death, Ellen and Nora, then 10 years old, were placed in the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum in Manhattan.  Ellen was the "good" twin and worked hard at learning all she could from the school.  She was especially adept at sewing.  Nora was the mischievious one.  She was a thorn in the side to the nuns and would fight with them.  Nana (Ellen) would tell a story of how Nora took one of the food trays and took it outside to use as a sled.  She got into a lot of trouble with the nuns. William stayed with his Aunt Josie.  He later lived with another aunt, a Mrs. Coyne.  When he was 14 years old, he was arrested for stealing silverware from an apartment and placed in the Catholic Protectory.  After getting out of the Protectory, he married a woman named Dorothy.  They had a daughter also named Dorothy.  He worked as a chauffer.  William died shortly after of TB at 24 years old in 1927.  After Ellen and Nora left the orphanage, Ellen got a job as a clerk.  She later worked as a printer for a motion picture studio.  At this time she was living with the family of Ed and Anna Finn and their 3 daughters.  She later married Anna's brother William who was stationed with the US Army in Ft. Vail in Monmouth County NJ.  They married September 30, 1920 in Red Bank, NJ.  Nora worked as a maid for a gentleman named Michael Collins.  During the time that the children were small, Ellen was still corresponding with a relative in Bruis Walk, Tipperary (an area near where here father grew up).  Every St. Patrick's day, this relative would send shamrocks to the family.  During WWII, one of the Duggan cousins (possibly William Duggan) came to New York City.  He was working with the British Merchant Navy.  He spent time with his cousins Anna and Vera (William was overseas in the Pacific with the navy at that time).  They said he was very funny.  On his trip back across the Atlantic, his ship was sunk by Germans.  Ellen and Nora both worked again together at the American Book Co., working as bookbinders.  After retiring, Ellen and Nora moved out to NJ to be close to daughter Helen and her grandchildren.  Ellen died on May 20, 1990, Maywood, NJ.  Nora died 2 years later.  Nora never married.  Ellen had 4 children.

     
  Edward Duggan.  Edward was married to a blind woman called Aunt Mary.  He was the oldest of the Duggan brother who came to the US.  He lived with Nicholas and Ann in 1900.  He never had any children.
     
   Josie and Michael had children: Mae, Nicholas,  Simon William (called Willie) and Myles. 
Here is Cousin Eileen's account of her uncles' story: 
"My grandmother Josephine Johanna McGrath married Michael Duggan and they had Mary (Mae), my mother born in 1898, Myles, born in 1900, William Simon, born in 1901 (I think) and Nicholas born in 1903.  Of the sons, only Nicholas married and none had children.  My parents, Mae and George Crowley, married in May 1926.  I was born in September 1927.  My brother George in October 1928, James in March 1934 and Joan in November 1935.  Only James had children:  James Jr., Geraldine, Maura, and Eileen Marie.  Michael Duggan was a trolley car conductor in Brooklyn and died of stomach cancer.  It was said to have been caused by the handle of the trolly car unit snapping back hard and hitting him in the stomach.  My grandmother worked in a bakery in Brooklyn.  She later married “a good friend” of her husband’s, James Breen.  I knew him.  He died in Jan. 1941.  No children from this marriage.  After Michael and Nicholas died, my three uncles and Ellen and Nora were put in the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum in the Bronx (where Kingsbridge Veterans’ Hospital is now).  They were all quite young.  I know my uncle Nick was age 3.  He was 13 when he came out and went to school and also worked.  Whenever they got together as adults they would laugh about their days at the orphanage.  Of course, it wasn’t a happy time when they were living through it.  The received brutal treatment from the nuns (many at that time were shoved into the convent because of poverty or their parents felt they would get into Heaven on their coattails.  Same with sons in the religious life.)  They got watered rice everyday, sausages on holidays.  Some families gave eggs for their children.  The egg was cooked and put in front of that child’s place at “breakfast”.  You can imagine how the other children felt seeing that; mouths watering.  At night the nuns used to make the children undress for bed by putting the night-shirts over their heads while slipping their clothes down – very modest.  (same in the girls dorm).  Later when the children were in their thin night attire, the nuns would come in and beat “the wicked” children with a strap.  The children never knew what for or who would be next.  My uncle Nick did say some of the nuns cried seeing these things but couldn’t do anything.  There was a room full of donated toys.  The children were not allowed in that room.  It was for show.  There was another room filled with piles of shoes.  When some organization invited the children to Yankee Stadium for instance, the chosen children would be told to ge into that room to get shoes.  Often the shoes didn’t match or fit poorly and the children would be coming home from the trips with bleeding feet. “
 

Croddicks

Eugene James Croddick was born July 29, 1898 in NYC and died August 14, 1968 in South Amboy, NJ.
Father:  James Croddick, born May 31, 1871, Cooleeney, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, Ireland
    Grandfather:  James Croddick, born about 1820; Died before his last son James was born in 1870 at
    50 years old.  He died from a fall (on the head or on the road)
    Grandmother:  Ellen Cunningham
    Children:
    Michael Craddock, born Sept. 9,1865, in Littleton, Tipperary
        In 1901 Ire. census, Michael Croddick, 36 yo (agricultural labourer) and wife Mary (housekeeper) 34,
        were living in Cooleeney with children: James 11, Margaret 8, Ellen 7, Alice 5, and Martin 1.
    Ellen Craddock, born 6 Jan. 1869, in Moyne, Tipperary, Ire.
    James M. (probably Michael), born May 31, 1871 in Cooleeny, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, Ireland.
Mother:  Anna Casey Croddick was born in the town of Corlealackagh to Peter Casey and Ellen Markey Casey.
    Born June 7, 1867; Died June 3, 1946 @78 y.o. in Islip Psychiatric Hospital
    Grandfather: Peter Casey; Occupation: Farmer, Cattle Dealer.  70 yo in 1901.
        Lived: Corlealackagh, Cremorne (barony), Clontibret (parish), Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan.
    Grandmother:  Ellen Markey Casey; 68 yo. In 1901. Children in the family were:
    Rose Casey (poss?), b. abt. 1863; buried Holy Cross Cem. 6/8/1903 @40 y.o.,
    Thomas Casey?, b. abt. 1864; d. July 3, 1896, Bklyn. NY, #11423 @ 32 y.o.
    Peter Casey, b. Jan. 6, 1865; Ballybay, Monaghan, IRE; Brooklyn Pickle Dealer addr. in 1900:
        287 Nevins St., Brooklyn, NY
         wife: Mary, b. March 1861, Ireland
         children: Peter, b. July 1891, NY; Eugene, b. July 1893, NY boarder: Kate Carrahan, sil.
    William Casey, b. December 4, 1866, Ballybay, Monaghan, IRE.
    Bernard Casey, b. March 1870; died 9/18/1943 @74 y.o.; Brooklyn Pickle Dealer addr:
        95 Fourth St., Brooklyn, NY in 1900.
        Children: Peter, b. Jan. 1895, NY; Maggie, b. Apr. 1897, NY;  Eugene, b. Oct. 1899, NY.;
        Wife: Cassie, b. Apr. 1872, Ireland.
Siblings:
James Michael Croddick, b. Sept. 20, 1895-3/1979 married Julia Kurtz; children:  Jule; Ruthie, Catherine,
    Dolly, Eugene and James.
Peter Croddick, b. July 22, 1897,  bap. Our Lady of Good Counsel, Aug 12, 1897, spon: Patrick Conor & Rose Casey.
    Died October 11, 1897.  Buried Oct. 13 at Calvary Cem.  Died of cholera.
Eugene Croddick b. July 29, 1898; bap. OLGC, Spon: Thomas & Ellen Carroll.
Nellie Crodick bn. Sept. 4, 1899; died Mar. 3, 1900 5 mos. bur. Holy Cross Cem.
    Sponsors: Michael Lannigan and Mary Lanagan.  Died of Astemia due to marasinus.
John Crodick born 12/29/00; died Mar. 10, 1901 @3mos. of asphixiation when one of brothers rolled over on baby,
    Gene was 2 ½, James was 5 ½.  Calvery Cemetary.
Alice Crodrick born June 22, 1902 born at St. Anne’s Maternity Hosp.  Parents: Charles (32 yo) and Annie (Casey)
    Crodrick (38 yo).   Death Bronchial Pneumonia on Feb. 27, 1903, age 8 mos. 6 days; at the
    RV Foundling Hospital, 175 E. 68th St.  No names for parents on death certificate.

Mary Heran and son, Annamae Croddick held by mother Elizabeth Croddick and Anna Casy Croddick on left.

Eugene was born the third son to James and Anna Croddick.  James immigrated to the U.S. (probably around 1890) and settled in the upper east side of Manhattan.  Anna immigrated here in 1888.  They married and they had 5 children. The living conditions were poor and only 2 sons Eugene and James survived past infancy.  Shortly before delivering their 5th child, James died in NY on July 1902 at 35 y.o. from TB.  After James died, the infant Alice was placed in the NY Foundling Home.  James & Eugene entered St. Agatha’s on June 21, 1902.  Children sent to St. Anns in Nanuet when Eugene was 4.  There was a fire there.  They were then sent to Sparkhill, NY.  Released 1911, the year before.  Went to Holy Name School, neighborhood school.  Anna died on June 3, 1946 @ 78 years at Central Islip Psychiatric Hospital. Aunt Jule said that in her later days she would walk around the house praying.
The Croddicks moved around the upper east side of Manhattan quite a lot.  Some of the places they lived at were:  2356 First Ave. in 1895; 501 E. 91st St. in 1897;  445 E. 80th St. in 1900;  104 East End Ave. in Nov., 1900;   412 E. 81st St. in 1902;  130 E. 69th St. (might have been St. Anne’s Mat. Hosp.); 106 W. 78th St. in 1909-1911;  42 W. 98th St. (basement) in 1912;  75 Riverside Dr. in 1920 (w/Constatine Euripides' family) where Anna worked as cook for upper east-side people.

  Eugene Croddick   Jim Croddick

The Croddicks were very poor and when James died in 1901, the family was in very dire straits.  Here is a report from the society for the prevention of cruelty to children:

SPCC – Report on Eugene Croddick

Feb. 1900 – A complaint was received by a tenant (possible owner or landlord) from 445 E. 80th St.  regarding the Crodick family.  They were living in the basement of a prelaw tenament.  The person logdging complaint alleged that the parents were drinkers and there was constant bickering, fighting and drinking.  He felt that the children were in danger of starving.  The SPCC sent an officer to check out the complaint, but the family moved before the officer arrived.  Neighbors said that James Crodick, the father, was a laborer who worked in the coal yards.  The officer checked the coal yards in the neighborhood, but could not find the family.

Feb. 1902 – The SPCC was contacted by the superintendant’s department of public charities bureau of dependant children.  James was 6 and Eugene 3 ½ y.o.  Anna was homeless.  They were previously living at 417 E. 81st St. for 9 months.  Prior to that, they were living at the NW corner of East End Ave & 84th St.  (possibly renamed York Ave.).  This is where they might have been living in the 1900 census.  The father was in Presbyterian Hospital with consumption.  The mother was accompanied by Mr. Dougherty (children’s bureau??).  It was remarked that the mother had liquor on her breath and was under the influence.  The children were taken to a temporary shelter from Feb 6th to Feb 15th.  The mother returned with a letter of release from the superintendant’s office and they were released.  She was now living at 412 E. 81st St. Apt 8 or 8th Fl.

May 1902 -  An anonymous complaint was made concerning the Crodick family.  They were living in the basement rear apt. of 412 E. 81st St.  James was 6 and Eugene 4 years old.  The housekeeper of the apartment said that the mother drank a little, works and the children were left home alone.  They lived in 2 rooms which were in great disorder (possibly because they were washing clothes and there were piles of clothes everywhere).  The father had been in Presbyterian Hospital, Blackwell’s Island (was Welfare Island and now is Roosevelt Island in East River) for 4 months.  He was discharged on May 15th and believed himself to be cured, but weak.  He was home watching the children.  Anna was working 3 days a week for $1.25/day.  She was 7 months pregnant.  She said that she would drink a little beer for strength.  The agency checked on the family for 3 or 4 days, where they found the entire family to be home, and she seemed sober and and the children properly clothes.  The house was in much better shape.

Nov. 1911 – A police officer arrested Eugene Croddick, aged 13 for acting in a disorderly manner.  He had tried to get on the subway at the 104th St. station of the  3rd Ave El.  He posted $1 bail at children’s court.  James was 15 at the time.

Mar. 1912 – A complaint was made by someone at 44 W 98th St against Eugene, 14 years old.  He was arrested for having no proper guardianship.  James was 16 and was living at St. Philip’s on Broome St.  On Mar. 23, the police were called and the cellar apartment they lived in was searched.  It was a one room apartment, that was actually a storage room for the janitor.  The room had a bed and a chair in it and a heap of clothes.  It was so small that the door would only partly open because it would hit the bed.  There was one window.  It was deemed by the SPCC officer to be unfit to live in.  There was no stove and food was warmed by placing the plate on the furnace.  They were living there for free by the kindness of the janitor who Eugene would help and get beer for.  Eugene was a truant, ner do weller, running the streets both day and night and was disrespectful to mother and the tenants.  Anna said that she couldn’t live with friends because of the boy.  The landlord probably made the complaint because he was mad at the janitor as he thought that he kept some of the rent that he had collected for the landlord.  Mother was respectible but in poor health.  She was a semi-invalid. Eugene alluded police by escaping out of window.  The mother could not get out of bed and so agreed to Institutional placement for his own good.  He had no proper guardianship.  He was committed to Catholic Protectory at 416 Broom St. on March 27, 1912

Oct 1913 – The SPCC received a letter from the London Guarantor Co., London England on the 22nd or 29th of Oct.  (from their Chicago branch).  The case was Croddick vs. Simmons.  There was a lawsuit at the address 145 W. 104th St.  Something about in Feb. 1912, Annie Croddick was injured in the cellar apartment.  She was taken to the hospital.

Eugene found living at 44 W. 98th St.

Closing out department of the NY Children’s Bureau on June 5, 1914 – probably released from system due to age.

Eugene and James spent much of their childhood in institutions, both together and apart.  After they became adults, they went their separate ways.  They made a pact with one another....They would meed in NYC every St. Patrick's day and celebrate together.
 

William Croddick  Annamae Croddick Hall

In 1925 Eugene married Elizabeth Croddick and they lived in Manhattan and Bronx, NYC.  They had children James (died as an infant), Annamae and William.
 

Stewarts
Elizabeth was my grandmother.  She was born on August 12, 1905 in Philadelphia, PA, the oldest of 13 siblings.

Elizabeth (Stewart) Croddick and son Bill   Elizabeth and Eugene

Father:  William J. Stewart Philadelphia Fireman
    Grandfather:  William Stewart
    Grandmother:  Johanna Burke.  She had children: William J. Stewart; Mary Stewart
Mother:  Gertrude Myers
    Grandfather:  William J. Myers
        b. June 1859, Penn. (June 1954 accdg to death certif) c. Jan. 21, 1951 Bur. Jan 25, 1951 at New Cathedral Cem.
        Occ: Driver/Stable Boss Parents immigrated From Germany.
    Grandmother:  Elizbeth Farrell
        Born March 1867, England imm. 1870 (3 yrs. Old) died December 30, 1903 of Apoplexy at 37 years old.
        Lived at 112 South St., in Philadelphia; buried on Jan. 2, 1904 at New Cathedral Cemetary.
        Children (9):
        Mamie, b. Oct 1886 (died during Infuenza Epidemic(1918?) children taken by Gerrity Soc.)
        Gertrude b. Sept 1887
        William b. Nov. 1890
        Robert Myers died 6/8/1891 at 2mos.
        Lucey, b. Aug 1894 marr. To Frederick Schaeffer
        Sarah Ann Myers b. ~Nov. 1897 d. 1/3/1898 at 2 mos. died from bronchitis; born Phil.; lived 14295 Hancock St.
        Patrick J. Myers died 2/15/1901 at 1 y. 8 mos. Parents born Ireland
           Greatgrandfather:  William Farrell
                Born ??, Ireland, abt. 1845 imm. 1879 from England, married around 1864.
                Died and was buried on 1/5/1921 Phil., PA, at age 76.
                Occupation:  segars. Lived at 112 South Street, Philadelphia, Pa. in 1890.
           Greatgrandmother:  Mary Farrell b. Ireland abt. 1845 imm. 1879 from England died Dec. 20, 1989, PA, 50yo
                60 years old. Married. Died December 20, 1898 of Paralysis.  Lived at 112 South St.
                Buried 12/24 New Cathedral. Children:
                    Elizabeth Myers b. March 1867, England
                    Sarah Coony (Cooney) b. abt. 1859; died at 37 y.o. on Feb 14, 1896, cause of death: Nephritis;
                        born England; died House of Good Shephard; Date of Burial Feb. 15; New Cathedral; married.
                    Lucey Riegert b. ??; died after 1908; married to Charles Riegert;
                        children Mary (d. 2yrs. 5 mos.; bur. 1/2/1897; died Dec. 31, 1896 of Gen. Tubs.) and
                            Francis (d. 3 mos. bur. 12/2/1908) died as infants.
Siblings:
Elizabeth Spon: James Maher & Mary Myers (Maternal Aunt); marr. Eugene Croddick - 2 children.
Mary Emma.(or S), Baptismal Sponsors: Anthony Riegert & Mary Stewart (Paternal Aunt)
    Jan. 3, 1907-May 1971
    Married to Henny Heran. Children: 3 children.
William; spon: William Myers & John Donohue.  Married to Connie (Concetta) Lamagra.
    Children: 3 children.
Hannah Quattrone, 9 in 1920 born 10/10/10; Married to Augustine Quattrone, 1 Son.
Isabella Anna (McCullough); spon: William Harty & Lucy Myers,
    bn. 9/18/1912-Aug 1986; Children: 4 children.
Joe 6 in 1920.  Married to Pearl.  1 daughter.
John 2 in 1920 (died in 1997 or 98); born 1918
   Married first to Ann, second wife Alberta;
    Children: 2 sons.
Veronica & Joe Sanders 3 Children
Walter & Margaret (died in fire) & Ruth (second wife).  Children, 5 boys.
Francis and Kate.  maybe Dec. 3, 1928 – Sept. 23 Children: 2 boys, 2 girls.
Gertrude bn May 5, 1931-Jun 1973.  Married to Francis Spause. 6 boys and 1 girl.

Elizabeth was the oldest of her 12 siblings.  She left the McCall school in Philadelphia in the fifth grade to work and she worked for the rest of her life.  She worked at several jobs as a bookbinder.  She married Eugene Croddick on  10/31/23, at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, Phil., Pa.  They had originally eloped on Sepember 10, 1923 in Elkin, MD. (she was 18 and Eugene 25 y.o.).  She also worked for the WPA as a bookbinder.  During WWII, while her son was serving in the US Navy, she worked at the Defense Plant in Linden NJ making Grummand Hellcat aircraft for the war effort.  After marrying Eugene, they lived in the Bronx and then Brooklyn, NY.  After retiring from the American Book Comany, they moved to South Amboy, NJ to be close to her daughter Annamae and family.  She was very active in the Senior Citizen club and volunteered much of her time to helping other seniors who had trouble.
 

Now for the coincidencs:
Both my great grandfather on my mother's side and my great grandfather on my father's side were both from Co. Tipperary.
My grandfather Eugene Crodick, my grandfather William Hall and my grandmother Ellen Duggan all lost a parent before age 10.
My grandfathers Eugene and William were both sent to St. Agatha's .
They were both transferred to the Catholic Protectory in (then) Westchester, NY.
They both moved their families many times in Manhattan and the Bronx, often living within a couple of blocks from one another.  Both Ellen Hall and Elizabeth Crodick, my grandmothers, worked at the same company, the American Book Company.
They never knew they had this common past when their children met and married.
 
 

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