Jimmy Jacks

Grace Ferry Laudenslager

She is pictured above as a young woman about to leave Ireland for the United States. On arrival, 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, and she worked at Saint Charles Seminary. Hughie told me that Grace had been indentured as a twelve year old girl to a farm family in the Lagan Valley - her job was to keep house for the farm family. In that capacity, she would sneak sweet out to the barn, where Hughie lodged (his job was to tend animals - and he lived in the same building as his charges.)

Grace had one child, her daughter Peggy. Grace's husband was Harvey Laudenslager. They lived at 1452 North Ithan Street in Philadelphia. Harvey died in 1960.In 1961 (I'm uncertain about date) Grace visited Ireland seeing Sarah, Hughie, Jimmy while there. She lived on independently at Ithan Street, often visiting daughter Peggy, son-in-law Jimmy Nugent, and her grandchildren Nancy, Jimmy, Pat and Jack at there home in Somerton. She died around 1980.

 

Grace is on the right. She is standing next to her younger brothers and sister. The occasion was the visit of her brother, Hughie and brother-in-law, Joe Clarke to Philadelphia in October 1970.

 

Breege, Peggy, Peg's son Jack, Peg's mother-in-law, Mrs. Nugent, and Biddie. At the farm in the 1980's

 

Grace's daughter, Peggy, is shown here visiting the farm in the early 1990's. From left: Breege, Jim Nugent, Aunt Bridget, Pat Nugent, Peggy, Pat's wife Linda, and their two children, Noelle and Ryan with his tongue stuck out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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