Jimmy
Jacks
Children of JimmyJack and Ann
The oldest girl, and the first to
emigrate to America. She was gone from the Forth by the time my
father was born. She married a man in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, named
Otto Buchholz. They had three children...
Kathleen
Kathleen died as an infant. There
is uncertainty about her name. Some say it was Rose, not Kathleen.
All the other children of JimmyJack and Ann lived to adulthood,
and most into their old age.
Born January 1, 1893
Died March 22, 1940
Buried Holy Cross Cemetery, outside of Philadelphia on March 26,
1940
Jack was the first son. As a young
man he was in the Irish Guards of the British Army, and served
in the trenches in France in WW I. He was gassed during the war,
and it was my father's opinion that the lung disease that killed
him in 1939...
This photo shows Sarah. She married
John Duffy, and lived her life in Donegal, raising a large family
of eight. At first, John and Sarah lived in Ramelton, then in
Letterkenny. They moved to what was then the New Town of Letterkenny
across the Swilly River from the old town...
Born November 28, 1894
Died February 12, 1965
Buried: Saint Finnian's Graveyard, Falcarragh
The photo is of Jimmy and his sister,
Grace. He came to the United States aboard the S.S. Columbia,
arriving at Ellis Island on April 16, 1925...
Born
Died
Buried: New Cathedral Cemetery outside Philadelphia
She is pictured above as a young
woman just after arrival in the United States, and at left forty
years further along.. On arrival in the states she did not settle
down immediately, as did her brother Jimmy, but she traveled about.
She visited her sister, Mary, in Wisconsin. She worked for awhile
in Panama...
Born
Died September 16, 1971
Buried: Saint Finnian Graveyard, Falcarragh
Hughie was born in 1897. Of all
the sons, he was the one that loved to farm and was good at it.
As a young fellow he won a contest cutting over 5 acres of corn
(oats in American) in one day with just a scythe. During the time
of WW I, he had worked in the forests of Scotland...
Born 1903
Died May 1987
Buried: Ashes spread on the Rappahannock River, Virginia
Dan was born in 1902. He came to
the United States with his sister, Grace. They were sponsored
by their brother, Jimmy. Dan would marry Madeline Hardy and have
three daughters....
Born December 24, 1905
Died July 21, 1987
Buried: Saint Mary Cemetery, Cape May, New Jersey
Joe was born on Christmas Eve, 1905.
All his brothers and sisters were born at home, as was he. It
says on his birth certificate, that his mother registered his
birth on January 7, 1906, at the town office in Dunfanaghy...
Born 1907
Died 1960
Buried in Dublin
Bridget was the last daughter to
leave the farm. She was the woman of the house at Forth after
her mother died. In the late 1920's he met Joe Clarke, a Dubliner,
married and moved to Galtymore Road in Drimnagh, Dublin. She had
three children...
Born
Died 1980's
Buried: Glasgow, Scotland
Pata was the last son born. After
he grew up, he moved to Glasgow, Scotland, married and raised
a family there. His children were Jimmy, Jack and AnnMarie. His
wife was Ellen...
Born 1910
Died November 1979
Buried: Holy Cross Cemetery outside Philadelphia
Ann was born in 1910. She was the baby of the family, and her
nickname among her brother's and sister's was "Baaby".
She would be the best educated of the family - the older ones,
some grown and gone by the time she was born, made it possible
for her parents to allow her to continue on at school longer than
the others...
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| Dan, Joe, Annie, Hughie, Grace. Five
of the twelve JimmyJacks. This photo was taken in October
of 1970 on the occasion of Hughie and Joe Clarke's visit
to the United States. Photo taken at 5823 Chester Ave, Philadelphia,
in Joe's house. |
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