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Birth:          Feb 1852 Dublin, Ireland
Death:          19 May 1910 Lansdowne, Delaware Co., Pa.
Cause of Death: pneumonia
Burial:         23 May 1910 Holy Cross Cemetery, Yeadon, Pa.

Notes
lived in England for 7 years
came to US in 1877 (yet 1900 census says 1880, perhaps measured from date of 
naturalization as it shows 20 years)
made declaration of intent Oct 31, 1877, took oath of allegiance Sep 1, 1880 (per 
ancestry.com record of Phila 1789-1880 Naturalization records)
1880 census has a Geo H b 1852/3 cigar maker, son of Michael. Siblings Mary K(24), 
Robert(19), Francis(16), Margaret(15), Born in Ireland, shows parents b Ireland yet 
lists Michael and Margaret as b England.. others b Ireland
Michael b c 1816 England, age 64. a carpenter, his parents born in Ireland

middle name from Bob Foley via Gillian Foley

The 1910 Penna Miracode index shows him as head of household, living in Delaware 
County, with Randolph Maule, age 20 and Teresa Maule, age 21, and Francis Maule, 
grandson, no age given. Mary is listed as age 48, he as age 60. married 28 years. Had 
15 children, 12 alive.

1920 Mary, widow, living on 18th St near Master. 47th Ward. See printout of census 
for children still with her. natrualized 1879

In 1871 English census, there is

Michael Foley age 55 (b 1816) born in London, England living 123 Rathbone Street, in 
Liverpool
his wife is not listed. So is she dead? Yes, he is a widower
They are in St. Mark parish. in the Mount Pleasant area of Liverpool

children: Mary K Foley b Ballina, Ireland age 17 (b 1854), a son, name unclear (no, I 
can read the original, it is Eugene), age 15 (b 1856), Robert age 13 (b 1858), Francis 
age 11 (b 1860), Margaret age 8 (n 1863). All children born in Ballina, Ireland except 
Margaret (b in Liverpool). This suggests that George, the oldest son, had gone ahead 
to the US! BUT NO, he did not arrive until 1877. Michael is shown as a joiner and 
marine store dealer, and as nearly blind. He is a widower. His son Eugene is a marine 
store dealer assistant.

The only female Foley who died between 1863 and 1871 in Liverpool is Margaret 
Foley, d Jul/Aug/Sept 1868, age 50. (There is another Margaret Foley who died at the 
same time but b c 1824). 

Could Michael be the Michael Foley who 31 Jul 1843 md Peggy Carty (note dtr name 
Margaret) at St Chad, Rochdale, Lancashire, England? per familysearch
Or who md Margaret Sullivan 3 Dec 1849 in Ireland?

Francis Foley b recorded in qtr book for  Dec 1860 in Manchester (per ancestry.com 
records), Mary in qtr book for Sept 1856 in Manchester

1900 census says he is born in Ireland (OK) as are his parents (huh? Isn't Michael 
born in London????) living on "56th to 59th and Elmwood" no house number.
George H Foley Feb 1853 md 19 yrs 13 chi, 12 alive came to US 1880
Mary F b Dec 1860 England as are parents, came to US 1868
Eugene Apr 1884 all ch b Pa
Alfred Feb 1886
Marie Apr 1887
Theresa May 1888
Walter July 1889
Howard Feb 1893
Hugh Feb 1894
Wilfred Jan 1895
Paul May 1897
Virginia Mar 1898
Maurice Aug 1898


Irish naming conventions from www.billcarney.com/brickmasons/genmisc/naming.htm 
says that 1st son named after father's father, 2d son after mother's father, third after 
father, fourth after father's eldest brother, 5th after mother's eldest brother; 1st dtr 
named after mother's mother, 2d after father's mother, 3d after mother, 4th after 
mother's eldest sister, 5th after father's eldest sister.

So, here, parents of Michael Foley would be Eugene and Margaret Foley and parents 
of the unknown mother would be Robert and Mary whomever. The unknown mother 
would be ... no third dtr!

Oct 2006 research: There are some Michael Foleys in 1841 UK census but none fit 
with definiteness (bplace, occupation). 1851 nothing even close. 

Ballina is in Kilmoremoy Civil Parish, County Mayo

On www.failteromhat.com/griffiths/mayo/kilmoremoy.htm, Michael Foley is listed as on 
Knox Street in Kilmoremoy, in the Griffiths Valuation of Ireland. On 
www.failteromhat.com/griffiths/mayo/kilmoremoy.htm there are two Michael Foleys, 
one on Abbey Street and one on Breaghwy. But that one is Co. Sligo, not Mayo, and 
not Ballina.

At www.celtcousind.net/ireland/1846ballina, Michael Foley is listed as a carpenter at 
Bridge Street. and also as a baker

According to 1930 census for son George, he is born in Irish Free State and Mary is 
born in England
Phila Archdiocese Archives email 2 June 2009 (from familysearch)
funeral from his late residence Wycombe Ave. and Marshall Rd., Lansdowne, Pa. High 
Requiem Mass at St. Philomena. int. private
Pa Death cert on ancestry, says born 1850, contrib factor nephritis, age 60, occ 
retired, father Michael Foley, mother "can't get," undertaker Oliver Bair, info from 
Eugene Foley of Lansdowne.

Parents
FOLEY Michael R. (1816 - 16 Nov 1892)
O'FARRELL [FARRELL] Margaret (1828 - 26 Jan 1866)

Siblings
FOLEY George Henry (Feb 1852 - 19 May 1910)

Marriage To O'BRIEN Mary Frances (3 Dec 1860 - 24 Apr 1949)
    m. 15 Aug 1881 St. Agatha, Philadelphia, Pa.

Notes

Parents
O'BRIEN Gerrard Joseph (1830 - 4 Jul 1881)
WAINHOUSE Anne Margaret (10 Sep 1828 - 29 Dec 1906)

Children by O'BRIEN Mary Frances 3 Dec 1860 - 24 Apr 1949
FOLEY Teresa Katherine (16 Jun 1888 - 5 Sep 1944)

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