Ellen M. (Fitzgerald) Sheehan (abt. 1865 - 1922)

Born about 12 Apr 1865 in Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of John Joseph Sheehan — married 3 Aug 1884 in Cork, County Cork, Ireland

Descendants

Died 28 Feb 1922 at about age 56 in Peabody, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Birth and Origins

Helena Fitzgerald was born c. 1863 or Apr. 12, 1865, Skibbereen, Co. Cork, Ireland, the daughter of John Fitzgerald,(baker) and Jane Leonard. (Possibly born 12 Apr 1865 Skibbereen, Cork, Ireland, parents John Fitzgerald (Farmer) and Jane Holland^{[1] [2]}

Marriage and Family

She married John J Sheehan (son of John Sheehan, Labourer, deceased) on 23 Aug 1884 at (Cathedral) Cork, County Cork, Ireland^[3]

Their children:

• Mary Katherine Sheehan b. May 1887 Ballymacthomas, Cork City, Co. Cork, Ireland, d. 1968
• Jeremiah Sheehan b. 26 Mar 1890, Peabody, Essex, Massachusetts, parents John J Sheehan and Helena^[4]
• Frank Bernard Sheehan b. 6 Jun 1892, Peabody, Essex, Massachusetts, parents John J Sheehan and Helena Fitzgerald ^[5]
• Lena Mary (Helena?) Sheehan
• Geraldine Alice Sheehan b. 1906 (parents John J Shehann & Helena Fitzgerald) m. Cesar Lopes son of Francesco Lopes on 3 July 1922, Peabody, Essex, Massachusetts^[6]

Death

She died 28 Feb 1922 at Peabody, Essex, Massachusetts, United States (Aged 58, b. Ireland, parents John Fitzgerald and Jane Leonard, spouse John J. Sheehan) ^[7]

Research Notes

Possible connections Timothy Bernard Sheehan

Probably a different John J Sheehan married Helen Murray

Children:

• Helen Sheehan b. 1901 Massachusetts
• Theresa Sheehan b. 1903 Massachusetts
• John Joseph Sheehan b. 1905 Massachusetts, parents John Sheehan and Helen Murray^[8]
• Catherine Sheehan b. 1907 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusett, parents John Sheehan and Helen Murray^[9]
• Elizabeth Sheehan b. 12 Dec 1912 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

In the 1910 USA Census, John J Sheehan (50, Married, Head, B Ireland, parents b Ireland) lived at Boston Ward 12, , Massachusetts, with his wife, Helen Sheehan (46, b. Ireland) and children, Helen Sheehan (9, b. Massachusetts), Theresa Sheehan (7, b. Massachusetts), John J Sheehan (5, b. Massachusetts) and Catharine Sheehan (3, b. Massachusetts)^[10]

In the 1920 USA Census, John J Sheehan (60, Married, Head, B Ireland, parents b Ireland) lived at Precinct 8 Part Of City Of Boston 6, ED 171, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, with his wife, Helen Sheehan (56, b. Ireland) and children, Helen Sheehan (18, b. Massachusetts), Theresa Sheehan (16, b. Massachusetts), John J Sheehan (13, b. Massachusetts), (Catharine Sheehan) (14, b. Massachusetts) and Elizabeth Sheehan ( 8, b. Massachusetts)^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ "Ireland Civil Registration Indexes, 1845-1958," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FYPN-Z32 : 9 March 2018), BIRTHS entry for Helena Fitzgerald; citing Skibbereen, 1865, vol. 10, p. 684, General Registry, Custom House, Dublin; FHL microfilm 101,042.
2. ↑ Irish Civil Records, 1865, Group Registration ID 7797886, SR District/Reg Area Skibbereen, https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1865/03568/2314615.pdf
3. ↑ Irish Civil Records, 23 August 1884, Group Registration ID 2296653, SR District/Reg Area Cork, https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1884/10913/5986637.pdf
4. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXWD-WQJ : 12 November 2022), Helena in entry for Jeremiah Sheehan, 1890.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FX6L-2PY : 14 November 2022), Helena Fitzgerald in entry for Frank Bernard Sheehan, 1892.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6CB9-GZ3M : 29 November 2022), Helena Fitzgerald in entry for Cesar Lopes, 1922.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZX2-SJ8D : 16 November 2022), Helena Sheehan, 1922.https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C34B-83S2-H?cc=1928860&
8. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXNM-F14 : 1 December 2022), John Sheehan in entry for John Joseph Sheehan, 1905.
9. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXKF-MPV : 15 November 2022), John Sheehan in entry for Elizabeth Sheehan, 1911.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2K5-RN5 : accessed 16 December 2022), John J Sheehan, Boston Ward 12, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1431, sheet 4B, family 81, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 618; FHL microfilm 1,374,631.
11. ↑ ""United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFMF-3Y2 : 1 February 2021), John Sheehan, 1920.