By Tara Faricy and
Kevin Geraghty
the faricy families
of credit river minnesota
The Faricy brothers were born in
Enniskean, County Cork Ireland.
It is rumored that there was a fourth brother that remained in Massachusetts
but this has not been confirmed.
ROBERT (1821-1897) Margaret Dordan
(1824, MA) St. Peters Cem. Credit River
JAMES (1828-1916) Bridget Nyhan
( 1853, NY) St. Peters Cem. Credit River
PATRICK (1835-1895) Ellen Roach
(Abt. 1859, Credit River ) St. Peters Cem. Credit River
Honorah Kennely (1874) St. Peters
Cem. Credit River
ROBERT FARICY (1821-1897) Son
of Patrick Faricy and Elizabeth Wood
MARGARET DORDAN (Abt.1828-1894) (Parents Unknown)
Robert or his wife Margaret were born in Ireland. By 1857, they had
moved to Minnesota and had taken up a farm in Credit River Twp. of Scott.
Robert and Margaret remained on this farm until their deaths.
Children
James M. (1854-1892) Mary O'Regan (1880) St. Peters Credit
River MN
Mary Ann (b. 1856 or 1858 - d. 1831) Francis Sullivan (1884) d. St. Paul,
MN
Catherine (1858-1901) Patrick Hagney (1883) St. Josephs Rosemount MN
John C. (1859-1913) St. Peters Credit River MN
Elizabeth (1865-1896) Daniel Murphy (1893) St. Peters
Credit River MN
Robert (1869- 1900) Ellen /Helen?/Nellie Stevens
(1897) b. Pueblo, CO
Mary Morrison (1902)
William (1863- )
Elizabeth (1865-1896)
Margaret (1868-1942) Lawrence Hagney (1891)
Robert F. (1869-1918) d. Rochester MN
Peter (1871-1871) St. Peters Credit River MN
Joan (1872- )
Johanna (1873 or 1879-1941) William D. Casey (1896) St. Peters Credit River
MN
JAMES FARICY (1823-1916) Son
of Patrick Faricy and Elizabeth Wood
BRIDGET NYHAN (1828-1911) Dau. Dennis Nyhan & Honorah
Collins
James was apparently born and raised in county Cork Ireland. He spent his
early years at sea working on various ships before deciding to come the U.S.
in the late 1840s. James resided somewhere in Massachusetts before coming
to Minnesota in 1855. It is not clear when or where James was married
but it may have been prior to their arrival to Minnesota. His wife's name
is listed as Nyland but shows up as Nyhen in early records and her birth
date is listed as Jan 27, 1829. By 1857 James was married and was residing
on a farm in Credit River.
Children
Mary Ann (1854-1915) Frances "Frank" Dordan (1876)
Robert Joseph (1856-1933) Rose E. White (1881) St. Peters
Credit River MN
Margaret (1858-1949) (Sister Helena - 1886 entered St. Joseph Novitiate)
d. St. Paul MN
James E. (1860-1942) Julia Regan (1889) St. Peters Credit
River MN
John Ignatius (1860-1945) Thecla Brown (1890) Calvary
Cem. St. Paul MN
Patrick W. (1862-1895) St. Peters Credit River MN
Honorah Agatha (1864-1951) William Thomas Ryan (1889) St. Pius Cannon Falls
MN
Elizabeth (1865-1959) John
Cleary (1894) St. Peters Credit River MN
Thomas (1866- )
William (1867-1868) St. Peters Credit River MN
Catherine E. (1869-1906) Thomas E. White (1894) St. Peters Credit River MN
Peter J. (1871-1941) St. Peters Credit River MN
Julia (1872-1879) St. Peters Credit River MN
Bridget died Jan. 2, 1911 and James died five years later. Both were buried
at St. Peters cemetery in Credit River. Their son Patrick became an attorney
in Saint Paul. He never married and died at a relatively young age.
PATRICK FARICY (1826-1895) Son
of Patrick Faricy and Elizabeth Wood
ELLEN ROACH (1830-1871) (Parents Unknown)
Patrick was the youngest of the three Faricy brothers that came to Minnesota.
He was born in Ireland and came to the United States some time prior to about
1850. He came to Minnesota in the early 1852 and appears to have spent some
time residing in the city of St. Paul before settling in Scott County near
his brothers. It is not known when exactly he was married but there is likely
that he was married some time after his arrival in Minnesota. His wife Ellen
appears to be related to another Irish family that settled in the Credit
River area.
Elizabeth (1864- ) Peter
McQuillan (1888) (Moved to Ladysmith WI )
(Mary) Jane (1865-1952) John W.
Haugh (1899) St. Peters Credit River MN
Johannah (1867-1873) St. Peters Credit River MN
Patrick (1871-1871) St. Peters Credit River MN
Ellen died in childbirth in 1871 leaving Patrick to raise the remaining children.
In 1874, he was married to Nora Kennely in St. Paul. Nothing is known about
Nora except that she was living in the city of St. Paul at the time of her
marriage. It is thought that she was related to the Kenneally family from
Eagan MN but there is only limited evidence to support this at this time.
PATRICK FARICY (1835-1895) (Parents Unknown)
HONORA KENNELY (1845-1892) (Possible dau. of Thomas
Kenneally)
Patrick and Honora remained in Credit River where their children were born
and raised.
Children
John Patrick (1876-1936) Mary G. Scherien ( ) St. Peters Credit River MN
William James (1881-1881)
Patrick's second wife died in 1892 and Patrick followed them in 1895. Patrick
was buried next to both of his wives in a family plot at St. Peters Cemetery
near Cleary Lake in Credit River. An obituary for John P list his wife as
Grace White and also lists children, Margaret and Celia, of Prior Lake.
JAMES M. FARICY (1854-1892) Son
of Robert Faricy & Margaret Dordan
MARY ANN O'REGAN (1857-1913 )
James was born somewhere in Massachusetts and came to Minnesota with his
parents while still a young child.He was raised on the family farm in Credit
River where he remained until some time in the early 1880s. He was married
about 1880. She may have been related to one of the Regan families located
near Credit River. Shortly after their marriage, James and Mary appear to
have moved out of Scott Co. By the late 1880s they were located on a farm
near the town of Birch Cooley in Renville Co. MN.
Children
Mary Adeline Farisy (1883-1925 ) (No information available)
John Anthony Farisy (1885-1902) (No information available)
James Matthew Farisy (1889-1932) (No information available)
James died in 1892 and his body was brought back to Credit River for burial
in the family plot. His wife remained in Birch Cooley and was married to
John Golden in 1900. The 1900 census continued to list the children under
the Faricy name but there is no trace of them after this time. It is possible
that they ended up taking the name of their new step-father. No information
is available regarding Mary after 1900.
ROBERT J. FARICY (1869-1918) Son
of Robert Faricy & Margaret Dordan
NELLIE STEVENS (1867-1900) (Dau. Stephen Stevens)
Robert was born and raised in Credit River. He appears to have remained at
home until the death of his father in 1897 at which time he took over the
family farm. That same year he married Ellen. All that is known about her
is that she was living with her family somewhere near Ceder Lake, MNat
the time of her marriage.
Children
Robert S. [John Harold?] (1898- 1898) (No information available)
Ellen died in 1900 and was buried in the cemetery by St. Catherine's church
in Spring Lake Twp. MN. Two years after her death, Robert married his second
wife.
ROBERT J. FARICY (1868- ) Son of Robert
Faricy & Margaret Dordan
MARY MORRISON (1874- ) (Parents Unknown)
It is not known where Mary was born or where exactly she was living prior
to her marriage. Robert and Mary continued to farm in the area for several
years.
Children
Albert Francis (1904-1905) St. Peters Credit River MN
James Martin (1904-1968) d. Detroit, MI
Mary Aurelia (1906- ) (No information available)
John (1914- 1995) d. Pueblo, CO
The last information on this family comes from the 1910 census at which time
they were still located in Credit River. Some time after that, Robert and
Mary appear to have left the area. The are not buried in any of the family
plots in Credit River.
ROBERT FARICY (1856-1933) Son of
James Faricy & Bridget Nyhan
ROSE E. WHITE (1861-1916) Dau of John White & Mary
Suel
Robert was born at in Credit River where he was raised. In 1881, he married
Rose White at St. Peter's church in Credit River MN. She was the daughter
of another early Irish settler and came from a large family. Robert took
up farming in Credit River where he and his wife raised their family. Robert
was elected to the state legislature and in his later years served as president
of the Rural Telephone Company.
Children
James Matthew (1881-1962 ) Elsie Fern Price (1917) d. Pueblo CO
Mary Evelyn (1882-1891) St. Peters Credit River MN
John Raymond (1st) (1884-1891) d. Credit River, MN
Robert Emmett (1886-1979) Georgia Marie Fisher (1925 ) St. Peters Credit
River MN
Patrick Melvin (1889-1976) Mary Genevieve Schneider(1915 ) St. Peters Credit
River MN
Helen Lucille (1891-1960) James M. Sweeney (1919) (St.Peters Credit
River ?)
Irene Marie (1894-1938) St. Peters Credit River MN
Roland Joseph (1898 -1962) Clare Sullivan ( ) St. Peters
Credit River MN
John Jerome (1900-1960) Midred Marie Schroth (1934) St. Peters Credit River
MN
Raymond White (1902-1980) Frances Jean Corcoran ( 1933) St. Peters Credit
River MN
JOHN IGNATIUS FARICY (1860-1945)
Son of James Faricy & Bridget Nyhan
[bio]
THECLA BROWN (1869-1921) Dau. of William Brown &
Ann ??
John was born on the family farm in Credit River on May 20, 1860. He attended
the Curtice Business School in Saint Paul and spent a short time working
for the Homestake Mining Co. in South Dakota. He also spent six years in
Montana before returning to Saint Paul in 1885. He was a partner in the real
estate firm of Brennan, Fahey & Faricy until 1887 when he entered a
partnership with P.M. Daley. After Mr Daley's death in 1891 he continued
the business in his own name eventually becoming president of the Saint Paul
Real Estate Exchange. He was married to his wife Thecla on June 24, 1890
in Austin MN. They resided in Saint Paul and had eight children. (NOTE:
Children
James Joseph (1891- 1970) d. New York, NY
William Thomas (1893-1980) Norma Anita Hauser (1918) d. Washington D.C
Robert Brown (1895-1963 ) Orrin Lee
Domanica (1897- )
John Ignatius (1901-1975) Virginia Davis (1933) d. Royal Oak, MI
George Ambrose (1903-1992) Delray Beach, Palm Beach, FL
Leo Brown (1906-1986) Margeret Keeley (1940) St. Paul, MN
Austin (1911- 1997) Cardiff By the Sea, San Diego CA
James and his wife attended St. Lukes church in Saint Paul MN. They are both
buried at Calvary Cemetery in Saint Paul.
JAMES E. FARICY (1860-1942) Son of
James Faricy & Bridget Nyhan
JULIA REGAN (1865-1946) Dau. of Mike Reagan & Maggy
Markley
Children
James Regan (1892-1974) Marion Connolly ( ) St. Peters Credit River
John Byron (1894-1965) Esther (St. Paul 1942; d. Grand Rapids, MN)
Patrick Michael (1896-1994 ) Gertrude Coleman ( ) (No information available)
Joseph/John Harold (1897-1898)
Mary (1899-1970) Neil Gallagher (1927) St Johns Burnsville
Robert Laurence (1901-1965) Bertha E. ( ) St. Peters Credit River MN
Francis Jerome (1905-1996)
Margaret Sullivan (1927) d. St. Paul, MN
JAMES FARICY (1893 -1974 ) Son of
James Faricy & Julia Reagan
MARION CONNOLLY ( - ) Dau of John N. Connolly &
Ellen
Conleth ( - ) ?McDonald
Monica ( - 1973) Peter Michael Margetis
Maura ( - ) ?Drake ?Solem
James L. (1917-1978) Minneapolis, MN
| This family file contains the research notes of Mr. Kevin Geraghty
as of March 1999. After the page was posted, Tara Faricy, a family researcher,
wrote and asked that corrected information be posted. Both researchers welcome
questions and additional information. Contact Tara Faricy at
[email protected] or through the
Faricy Family website. Contact
Kevin Geraghty at [email protected]. |
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