Foys in
Pennsylvania & Delaware
This page contains
individual Foy family information that was donated
from Mike Foy of Philadelphia. Very special thanks go to Mike for
generously sharing it with the rest of us. If you would like to share
your family information, please send us an email.
Primary Surnames - Locations - Dates:
Foy, Michael John (Birmingham, England) born c. December 1859/1860
possibly of Michael and Mary (Kennedy) Foy of Ireland. Husband of (1)
Sarah Jane Connor and (2) Mary Elizabeth Connor, daughters of John J.
and Lydia (Walker) Connor. Connor, Mary Elizabeth (Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania), born May 15, 1870. Married Michael Foy, c. 1889 in New
Castle County, Delaware.
Connor, John J. (Manchester, England), born July 16, 1839 of John and
Ellen (Delmer) Connor of Ireland. Husband of Lydia Walker, daughter of
William and Jane (Batley) Walker, Manchester, England. Walker, Lydia
(Manchester, England) born May 4, 1839. Married John J. Connor, October
31, 1857, Manchester, England.
Gillespie, John (Co. Donegal, Ireland and Lennoxtown, Campsie, Stirling,
Scotland) born c. 1807. Husband of Mary McAdams, daughter of Owen and
Catherine Gallagher, Co. Donegal, Ireland. McAdams, Mary (Co. Donegal,
Ireland and Lennoxtown, Campsie, Stirling, Scotland), born c. 1809. Wife
of John Gillespie. Married c. 1830, Co. Donegal, Ireland.
Gillespie, Michael J. (Haughhead, Campsie, Stirling, Scotland), born
October 31, 1861, of Edward and Susan (Walls) Gillespie and grandson of
John and Mary (McAdams) Gillespie. Husband of Bridget O’Connell
(Ireland), daughter of Jeremiah and (?) O’Connell of Ireland. Susan
Walls was born c. 1834, daughter of John and Susan (Connery) Walls, Co.
Derry, Ireland O’Connell, Bridget (Ireland), born c. January 1864.
Married Michael Gillespie, April 24, 1889, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Fitzpatrick, Thomas (Laragh, Ballon, Co. Carlow, Ireland), born c. 1815.
Husband of Margaret Doolan. Margaret Doolan, (Laragh, Ballon, Co. Carlow,
Ireland), born c. 1805. Married February 18, 1833, Ballon, Co. Carlow,
Ireland.
Fitzpatrick, John (Laragh, Ballon, Co. Carlow, Ireland), born c.
February 1838, son of Thomas and Margaret (Doolan) Fitzpatrick. Husband
of Mary J. Welsh, daughter of Lawrence and Eliza (Ryan) Welsh Welsh,
Mary J. (Ireland) born c. October 31, 1845. Married December 21, 1862,
Lambertville, New Jersey.
Curran, Michael (Ireland) born c. March 4, 1836, son of Patrick and
Catherine (Branigan) Curran. Husband of Ann Garrigher/Garr of Ireland.
Garrigher/Garr, Ann (Ireland), born c. 1827. Married October 19, 1863 in
US.
Burns/Byrne, John (possibly near Carbury, Co. Kildare, Ireland), born
March 6, 1820. Husband of Catherine Garrigher/Garr of Ireland. Garrigher/Garr,
Catherine (Ireland), born c. July 1815. Sister of Ann (Garrigher/Garr)
Curran. Married c. 1842 in Carbury, Co. Kildare, Ireland.
Moore, Michael (Ireland) born c. November 18, 1846, son of Michael and
Rose Anna (Mathews) Moore. Husband of Annie Burns/Byrne, daughter of
John and Catherine (Garrigher/Garr) Burns/Byrne. Burns/Byrne, Annie (Carbury,
Co. Kildare, Ireland) born May 18, 1854. Married May 20, 1871 in
Bristol, Pennsylvania.
Rook/Rogg, Johann B. (Boos, Bavaria, Germany), born October 28, 1833,
son of Franz and Teresa (Engel) Rogg. Husband of Ann McQuilkin, daughter
of Patrick and Margaret (Hamilton) McQuilkin of Ballycastle, Co. Antrim,
Ireland. McQuilkin, Ann (Ballycastle, Co. Antrim, Ireland), born March
14, 1833. Married November 28, 1858, Trenton, New Jersey.
US Locations:
Connors settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and later in New Castle,
Delaware.
Foys were in Wilmington, Delaware (c. 1885); Richlands, Virginia (c.
1892) then in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Gillespies in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1889.
Fitzpatrick, Welsh, Curren, Garrigher/Garr, Burns/Byrne, Moore,
McQuilkin and Rook/Rogg all settled in Central and Lower Bucks County,
Pennsylvania near New Hope, Newtown, Yardley and Wrightstown from 1845.
Other surnames:
HENNESSY (Co. Kilkenny, Ireland) - COURTNEY (IRELAND)
REDMOND (Co. Carlow, Ireland) - FOOTE (Exeter, England)
LOUGHERY (Ireland)
Please feel free to contact me if anything interests you.
Michael James Foy
8212 Westminster Road
Elkins Park, PA 19027
United States
215-576-8585
mikefoy@worldnet.att.net
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