My Mother is to the left, my paternal Grandmother to the right, and sister Molly at the front.
This picture was taken in the front garden of the family home in Moatview Park, Dundonald, Belfast in the 1950s.
Four of my paternal Grandmothers children emigrated to America.
Patrick, Mathew, James and Mary.
Patrick died in a construction accident aged 30 and Mathew died after surgery aged 29.
My paternal Grandmother died in 1958, and my paternal Grandfather died in 1918.
Back – Jim and my paternal Grandmother. Front – My Aunt Hanna’s children. The picture was taken during a visit to Blackhills, Co Cavan in 1953.
Jim was brought up in the USA, in the photo above he is wearing USA military uniform.
Jim’s Father (my Uncle James Heery) emigrated to the USA in the early 1920s.
From left: Jim, Grandmother Heery, Hanna’s son John, Hanna’s husband John Finnegan and my Aunt Hanna. The Finnegan children are in front. Photo taken in the Black Hills in 1953.
More Pictures
My Father’s younger brother Patrick with his wife Rose and son Philip Michael, the photo was taken 1924.
My Father’s younger brother Patrick was the first to emigrate to the USA in 1920.
Unfortunately, Patrick, a rigger was killed accidentally while working on an elevated train construction in New York in 1929.
Front – Patrick and Rose. Back – sons Philip Michael and John. The photo was taken in 1927.My Uncle James (my Fathers younger Brother) on his wedding day, New York City 1926.The Heery Farm. Probably where my Father was born.This is the cemetery where my Grandmother Bridget Heery (nee Donlon) and my Grandfather Michael Heery are buried, Moybolouge Cemetry.
My Mothers parents
My maternal Grandmother died giving birth to my Mother, 1899.
My maternal Grandfather Thomas Smyth died in 1904.
Downpatrick Union, Clough Dispensary District. Sir, Notice is hereby given to you that you have been elected by the Board of Guardians of the Union to issue medical relief tickets. Check books containing tickets for medical relief, in the prescribed forms are enclosed herewith. Signed this 18 day of June 1902. R L Morrow Clerk of Downpatrick Union. Yo, Thomas Smyth.
