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Surnames: Chambers, kilroy
Classification: Query
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Hi John,
I wish I knew where Thomas Chambers and Anne Kilroy were from in the Newport/Burrishoole
area. The only information about them that I can find is that several of their children,
James, Anne and a Barbara were born in Islandeady. Their other children included Patrick,
Maria, Honor, Michael, Bridget, Elizabeth and Charles (my grandfather). Anne Chambers
married Hugh Feehan/Feighan in Islandeady, I believe, and remained in the Burrishoole
area. Patrick, Michael, Charles, James, Maria, Elizabeth and Honor emigrated to Chicago
in the 1880s-early 1900s. Their mother, Anne Kilroy Chambers, emigrated to Chicago around
1905 after her husband, Thomas Chambers died in Ireland.
I have poured over the genealogy that includes your ggg grandparents. I feel their is a
connection but I can not find it.
I've also been told that there is a distant connection between my Chambers and the
Chambers in Michigan - Mackinac Isl.
Do you have Chambers family in Chicago?
Please e-mail me at betsy(a)stratsplace.com. I'll be in Chicago for Thanksgiving but
will be home Sunday.
Thanks,
Betsy