Kane Reunion

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Document ID 0709018
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Document Type Family Papers
Archive Mellon Centre for Migration Studies
Citation Kane Reunion;Document Donated by C. Graham; CMSIED 0709018
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MRS MARY KANE
45West Park Street
DEWSBURY
West Yorkshire

JULIE MANNING AND STEVE  & Sarah (1)
19 Howe Street
Higher Broughton
Salford
LANCASHIRE

MARY & JOHN MORRIS      & Rachel (9)
38 Beechill Road        & Sean and Andrew
Eltam
LONDON SE9 1HH

MR & MRS B. J. GRAHAM   & Matthew (12)
9 Abbey Fields
Ramsay
Huntingdon
CAMBRIDGESHIRE 

MR JOSEPH GRAHAM
9 Abbey Fields
Ramsay
Huntingdon
CAMBRIDGESHIRE

BRIAN & KANE & MAGGIE   & Tom (1)
Chanterhill Road
ENNISKILLEN
Co Fermanagh

NUALA & BRENDAN SMITH   & Caroline (1)
26 Manor House Road  and baby expected
Jesmond
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE

MAURICE & TERESA KANE    & Olivia (2)
The Mill 
BALLINAMALLARD


MICHAEL & DEIRDRE KANE  & Charlie (5)
15 Chanterhill Road     & Victoria (4)
ENNISKILLEN             & John (3)
Co. Fermanagh

SUSAN AND CHARLIE WEIDNER & Lucy (9)
7 The Poplars             & Alice (6)
Gusforth                  & Emily (4)
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE

PAULA & TOM O'GORMAN    & Tom
Linclen Court           & Oonagh
Taylors Hill
GALWAY

BRENDAN & JULIA MASTERSON & Brendan (23)
12 Ballard Close         & Emmet (20)
Poole
Dorset 0202 670342 & MOLLY DORRINGTON

JULIE & MICK ROBINSON
45 Stafford Road
Sidcup
KENT

PATRICK & MARY MASTERSON
90 Leyland Road
Lee
LONDON SE 12

EITHNE & RALPH SHARP     & Catherine (15)
126 Manor Park           & Brigid (14)
Lee                      & Elizabeth (10)
LONDON SE12    

EITHNE & PAT MASTERSON
2 Enslin Road
Eltham
LONDON SE9 1HH

GERALDINE & BOB ANDERSON
271 Fencepiece Road
Chigwell
ESSEX

BERNADETTE REARDON
119A Grange Road
Billericay
ESSEX

JOHN & MAUREEN KANE
232 Willingale Road
Loughton
ESSEX

ANNE & PETE BRADY       & Sarah (17)
39 Noctorum Avenue      & Christopher (15)
Birkenhead              & Philip (13)
MERSEYSIDE
L43 PRZ

GERALD DENNISON
6 Field Head Drive
Guisley
WEST YORKSHIRE

DENNY & JOHN DURKIN & Brendan (2)
11 Windermere Way
Yiewsley
West Drayton
MIDDLESEX
UB7 8LX

SHEILA & JOHN KENNEDY & Julia (14)
Kingsdale             & Tony (12)
Branham Road
Bingley
WEST YORKSHIRE 
BD16 4HP

MARGARET & JOE GINTY & Dominic (15)
2 Woodland Close     & Nicola (13)
Stoney Ridge
BRADFORD BD9 6PH

CARMEL LLEWELLYN
5 Nursery Gardens
Beverley 
EAST YORKSHIRE

JOHN & JOY DENNISON  & Louise (11)
21 Linton Avenue     & Jamar (9)
SOLIHUL
BRUM
B91 3NN

MARY & GEOFF STEWARD
Turgurium
East Street
Kilham
N. YORKSHIRE

MARY & BOB RILEY
44 Glenlyan Road
ELTAM
LONDON SE9 1AJ

MARY FENTON & STEPHEN & Mary (11)
203 Woodlands Road    & Andrew (9)
Baltey                & Lucy (5)
WEST YORKSHIRE
WF17 ORE

BERNARD KANE & LISA
1085 Bradford Road    & Claire (13)
Bistfall              & Patrick (5)
Batley                & Paul 3months
WEST YORKSHIRE
WF17 9HZ

STEPHEN AND MAGGIE KANE & Eithne (3)
1 Virginia Gardens      & Patricia (1)
Bledlo Ridge
BUCKS
HP14 4JL

ITA & JOHN KANE
Cress Road
Derryhara
ENISKILLEN
Co. Fermanagh

MR & MRS P. KANE
40 Colinbridge Gardens
Newtownabbey
GLENGORMLEY
Belfast

MRS MARY WARD          & Kieran (22) 
6 Ardmore Park South   & Nuala  (21)
Finaghy Road North      & Claire (19)
BELFAST                & Michael (17)
BT10 0JP              & Pauline Deery

MR & MRS P KANE
5 Ardmore Avenue
Finaghy Road North
BELFAST
BT10 0JP

MR JIM KANE & JIM FINLAY
127 Carlton Terrace
Garden City
Long Island
NEW YORK
USA

FR BERNARD BATTLE

CHARLIE & PAULINE GRAHAM  & Michael
25 Ballymoney Road        & Claire 
BANBRIDGE                 & Ciara
BT32 4DX

AINE AND EUNAN MCGURK
5 Dallan View
WARRENPOINT
Co. Down
BT34 3SU


THE KANES

THE STORY SO FAR

Of the eight children of Patrick Kane and Mary Early four remain living. Patrick is the only one of these eight children still in Ireland. As with many families the need to disperse to other countries, mainly England, was a necessary part of the struggle to seek out employment and develop as individuals and families which would have been difficult if not impossible in Ireland, or more specifically Northern Ireland. Politics, poverty and religion necessitated that the children of Patrick and Mary sought independent and separate ways. It was difficult to remain as a tight knit family unit in the 1940s, Charlie, the eldest, went to study for the priesthood but resolved that the life of a cleric was not to his calling. He married Ita Haden and settled in Enniskillen. Brendan joined up in 38 and after surviving a shrapnel blast at Dunkirk, settled as a teacher in Yorkshire. Moya too settled in Yorkshire. Their partners were the finest Yorkshire could offer. Janie and Paddy both left Ireland and while Paddy experienced the horrors of night time air-raids in the industrial North-East of England his sister returned from a teaching post in the West Country to her parents home in Belfast. Retuning to England she married a small, dark and handsome Ulsterman and eventually settled in Essex. While Paddy returned to the homestead with his beautiful Annie from Carlow, John forsook all notions to becoming a second John McCormac to settle down with the lovely Maureen, a cockney girl from good Irish stock. Eithne married a not so small handsome and intelligent man from the West and made her life in the garden of England, Kent. Jim, the baby of eight, went West as a young man to seek his fortune in the Big Apple.

Patrick Kane and Mary Early both came from Catholic stock and lived long lives. While Patrick died on Easter Monday 1959 (1st April) his wife followed the following year on the same day, although the date was the 20th. Whether each had a happy as well as a long life is a matter for conjecture. Patrick had run away from home at about the age of fourteen. 
His mother Janie (formerly McEldarry) died in 1888 at the age of 40 and his father Charles remarried one Bridget Kane. Young Patrick's relationship with his stepmother was not a happy one. By the time of his mothers death his only brother Felix had died at the age of eleven (24th March 1879) and his only sister Mary lived but a mere 17 months. According to the records Charles and Bridget had no children and young Patrick left Pomeroy. Both he and his father were carpenters. Charles Cain was born in 1841 and spent his life in Pomeroy.

Mary Early (born 26.12.1878) was the eldest of three. Her brothers James and Joe were different in many ways. James was meticulous, conscientious individual who ran excursions to different parts of the country and keep very detailed records of his work. The running of these excursions was very much a seasonal occupation which he undertook as work in factories in Belfast was very hard to obtain, if you were a Catholic! However while there was never ending applications the replies always seemed to be the same. No opening at present. Shortly after (1922) he did obtain a position Gallagher's tobacco factory, but when the troubles began (1922) his sister ensured he left the 'city' and returned to Cookstown where he contacted diptheria and died. He was 31 years old. Joe married very happily. He was very close to his wife Anne (Maguire) and his daughter Maureen who was in turn a good friend to her cousin Janie. On the death of his wife, Maureen took him in to live. His death on Saturday 1st October 1958 is recalled. My mother, Janie sat bolt upright in bed and shouted the name 'Joe'. As this is my father's name he was agitated and wanted to know what was the cause of her sudden concern. My mother explained that she had dreamt of her uncle's death. At eleven o'clock that morning a telegram arrived to confirm her earlier fear.

The three children, Mary, Jim and Joe were born in Cookstown, Mary on 26 February 1878, Jim on 26 March 1879 in Oldtown. (There is some discrepancy here as Jim who died in 1922 was, according to sources certainly no more than 30 when he died). Joe was born in Cookstown Workhouse on 12 June 1881. Their parents were John Early and Jane Early (formerly Duncan) who were born in 1858 and 1864 respectively. He was a shoe maker and she a linen weaver, (Another anomoly is while John died in 1918 he does not appear on the census of 1901). In 1918 the 'big flu' claimed the lives of many. Both John and Joe died in January and John's mother died on July 10th at the age of 72, (according to documentation).

Theresa was married on 22 November 1856 to Patrick Starrs Early. Such was the hardship of living in Tullyard that Patrick left home (circa 1859) to travel and seek work in America. Even in America life was not easy and with Civil War looming many sought a livlihood through enlistment. Patrick Starrs Early obtained a commision as a lieutenant, was wounded in action, captured and suffered great hardships. He wrote to his wife and anticipated her accompanying him in due course. This did not materialise and while he did survive the civil war he died sometime afterwards. It is difficult to trace further back but records do show that one James Early married Mary Timony from Killyneal, Dungannon (circa 1822).

The information obtained herein is complied from sources which may themselves be inaccurate, particularly the census for 1901 and 1911. The picture here is as complete a picture as can be pieced together at present and I am sure further investigation would reveal much more of interest.


C.GRAHAM

TOWNLANDS

DESERTCREAT (Diseart Crioth) Waste place of the territories

DERRYLORAN (Doire na Lorain) Loran's oakwood

TULLYARD (Tulach ard) High hill

2 Copies of Certificates of Birth will be attached here for Mary Early and Patrick Cain.    

1901 CENSUS    COUNTRY OF TYRONE PARISH POMEROY     TOWNLAND     POMEROY TOWN  

CHRISTIAN NAME    SURNAME    RELATION          RELIGION          AGE  
CHARLES            KANE      HEAD OF FAMILY    ROMAN CATHOLIC    60
BRIDGET            KANE      WIFE              ROMAN CATHOLIC    55 
PATRICK            KANE      SON               ROMAN CATHOLIC    25


TERESSA            EARLY     HEAD OF FAMILY    ROMAN CATHOLIC    66   
JANE               EARLY     DAUGHTER/LAW      ROMAN CATHOLIC    43
JOSEPH             EARLY     GRAND SON         ROMAN CATHOLIC    20
JAMES              EARLY     GRAND SON         ROMAN CATHOLIC    10     



MARITAL STATUS    WHERE BORN    OCCUPATION
MARRIED            CO.TYRONE     CARPENTER
MARRIED            CO.TYRONE    
MARRIED            CO.TYRONE     CARPENTER


WIDOW              CO.TYRONE     DRESSMAKER
MARRIED            CO.TYRONE     LINEN WEAVER
NOT MARRIED        CO.TYRONE     TAILOR
NOT MARRIED        CO.TYRONE     SCHOOL BOY 

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Washington D. C. April 30th 1908    

Mrs Sarah Stoll,

        Brooklyn, N. Y- 
                  Dear Madam;-

              Your letter 
of the 26th was duly received and I regret, very much, to learn                     
of your Mother's death-
                     I shall be glad to be of assistance if 
possible, to your aunt, to whom you refer in your letter,
                     I would suggest that you forward to her 
the enclosed question blank and have her fill it in and return 
to me with all the papers she may have referring to her former claim. 
If such claim has been rejected, I desire particulary to see the 
notice of rejection that was sent to her. I shall give the matter 
prompt attention as soon as I hear further from you.

                     Very truly yours
                         Frank A. Butts

Per- [Faru?]





The Heritage Centre, Donaghmore,Co. Tyrone, N. Ireland BT70 HG
               Tel: (08687) 67039 Fax; (08687) 67663

Mr Charles Graham
25 Ballymoney Road
Banbridge
Co. Down


Deare Mr Graham

Further to my letter of March 8th please find detailed
below results researched as mentioned in my letter of
22 February 1993.

We began by researching the civil registers of Cookstown
for the death of Teresa Early and her husband Patrick
Early and through council records we discovered the
marriage of the above couple. Unfortunately parental
names were not included. Details are listed below.

SOURCE; CIVIL REGISTRATION
PARISH; DESERTCREAT

10 June 1918- Theresa Early/Smart, McElhattons Court,
              Cookstown, died 72 years old.
              Witness was Mary Kane

SOURCE; CATHOLIC PARISH REGISTER, DESERCREAT

22 November 1856- Marriage of Patrick Early- Theresa
                  Smart. Witnesses were Susan Smart and    
                  Bridget Smart.

With regard to the children of the marriage of Patrick
Early and Teresa Smart we have clarified the issue of a
'Tom Duncan' whom you had previously presumed to have
been an off-spring of Teresa Smarts second marriage. The
details researched are listed below;

SOURCE; CIVIL REGISTRATION
PARISH; DESERTCREAT

1 May 1859- James of Patrick Early and Teresa Smart.
1858- John of Patrick Early and Teresa Smart.

SOURCE; CHURCH RECORDS
PARISH; DESERTCREAT

Circa 1874-1876 - Marriage of John Early to Jane Duncan.

Hence from the above results one can see the relationship
of Tom Duncan, brother of Jane Duncan. This would
explain the letter Jane wrote to the Railroad Authorities
in 1897 for an explanation regarding Toms death. To the
marriage of John Early and Jane Duncan there were three 
children as listed overleaf.

2

SOURCE: CIVIL REGISTRATION
PARISH: DERRYLORAN

26 February 1878 - Mary Early of John Early and Jane
                    Duncan, Old Town, Cookstown.
26 March 1879 - James of John Early and Jane Duncan, Old
                Town, Cookstown.
12 June 1881 - Joseph of John Early and Jane Duncan,
               Cookstown Workhouse

In 1918 both parents of the above listed children died of
similar diseases as listed.

SOURCE; CIVIL REGISTRATION
PARISH; DERRYLORAN

3 January 1918 - John Early aged 60 years. Witness was
                  James Early, Old Town, Cookstown.
6 January         Jane Early nee Duncan, aged 54 years.
                  Witness was unreadable, Old Town,
                  Cookstown.

To continue our report we must now introduce the 'Kane'
family to our research, as Patrick Kane and Mary Early
were married having eight children; one of whom was your
mother. Patrick Kane was a son of Charles Kane and
Janice McElderry as was Felix and Mary, the results are
listed below.

SOURCE; CIVIL REGISTRATION
PARISH; POMEROY

1868 - Felix of Charles Kane and Janice McElderry.
24 March 1879 - Felix died aged eleven. Witness was
                Charles Kane
15 March 1873 - Mary of Charles and Janice McElderry.
15 August 1874 - Mary died aged 17 months. Witness was
                 Janice Kane.
13 February 1876 - Patrick Kane of Charles Kane and
                    Janice McElderry.

from researching the 1901 census returns for the civil
district of Pomeroy we discovered a Charles Kane, a
carpenter married to a Bridget Kane, formerly unknown and
a son Patrick Kane, residing in a house in the town of
Pomeroy. The results of this finding are included on
Appendix 1. This therefore means that when Janice
McElderry died 4 May 1888 aged 40 years, Charles
remarried a Bridget; however there were no children to 
this marriage.                      


Transcribed by Steven Grant