Kelleher of Beenalaght near Bweeng Cross and Boola, Cork

Seeking friends and family of Patrick Kelleher ~ 1830-1917 and Mary Lyons ~1844-1915.

Patrick and Mary wed in Coachford on 21 April 1866. They had 12 children total. The family land was sold at auction in 1935 to Mick Callaghan of Maurice, Gloundine, after the passing of their last child living in the family home.

Children of Patrick and Mary:

1. Catherine b 31 Jan 1867 Beenalaght, Glantane Parish  d 1942 Wakefield, Massachusetts
2. Bridget b Jan or Feb 1868 Beenalaght, Glantane Parish  d 1935 Beenalaght
3. Timothy b 12 Mar 1869 Glantane Parish
4. Denis b Jul 1870 Glantane Parish or 23 Nov 1870 Kilshannig. Died 1928 Beenalaght (suicide)
5. Jeremiah  b 17 Mar 1872  Kilshannig Macroom. Lived in Salem, MA
6. Mary b 1873 d 1951 Medford, MA
7. Patrick b 5 Feb 1875 or 1877. Lived in Cambridge, MA
8. Daniel Patrick b 1879 Cork OR 8 Jan 1877 Beeinalaght. Lived in Wakefield, MA
9. John Alfonse b 8 Jan 1880 Ireland Beeinaloght d 1968 California
10. William b Dec 1878 Glantane Parish  OR 23 May 1878 Bennalaght. Died 1 yr old.
11. Michael b Aug 1882 Glantane Parish. Dies 1930ish in MA?
12. Cornelius b 1884. On 1901 & 1911 censi. Died 30 Nov 1904, Cork Fever Hospital

Children of Patrick Kelleher and Mary Lyons married in America

1. Catherine Kelleher married William Donegan on 30 October 1892 in Wakefield, MA
2. Mary Kelleher married Thomas Andrew Connelly on 27 March 1903 in Wakefield, MA
3. Patrick Kelleher married Catherine Kelleher on 26 November 1905 in Medford, MA
4. Timothy Kelleher married Johanna Reardon on 24 November 1907 in Cambridge, MA
5. Jeremiah Kelleher married Annie Colbert on 5 July 1908 in Salem, MA
6. Daniel Patrick Kelleher married Bridget Agnes Murnane on 21 June 1908 in Wakefield, MA
7. John Alphonse Kelleher married Abina Sullivan on 9 November, 1916 in Cambridge, MA.
8. Michael Kelleher married Margaret Dwyer on 21 August, 1918 in Boston, MA.

If you are related to Patrick and/or Mary, you have about 9,000 cousins in the USA. John Kelliher and Abbie Sullivan were my great grandparents. My 99 year old grandmother recalls Abbied passed in 1928. Abbie gave birth to 6 boys, 3 of which survived, only 1 has descendants. We live in California.  

Hope to hear from you.