Descendants of Johanna LYNES / LYONS

Third Generation


11. Johanna CUNNINGHAM (Bryan CUNNINGHAM , Johanna ) was born about 1850 in Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry. She died 12 Dec 1927 in Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry and was buried in Old Cemetery, Knockanure, Co. Kerry.

Witnesses to the marriage of Johanna and William were Michael Hanrahan and Daniel Connell.

Johanna married William O'CONNOR, son of Patrick O'CONNOR / CONNORS and Maria DALTON (Caution: not verified), on 12 Feb 1871 in Newtownsandes (Moyvane). William was born prob. Oct 1835 in prob. Dirreen Lower, Athea, Co. Limerick and was christened prob. 19 Oct 1835 in prob. Athea, Co. Limerick. He died Apr 1920 in prob Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry and was buried in Old Cemetery, Knockanure, Co. Kerry.

Sponsors at William's baptism were Daniel Mullane and Johanna Casey.

William farmed in Kilbaha North.  

In the 1901 census there's a return for the household of Kate O'Connor, also of Kilbaha North. She's the only one listed for the household, and her occupation is "agricultural labourer". The writing on the census is too faint to make out her age. She's not listed in the Kilbaha returns in 1911. If she wasn't related to our O'Connor family perhaps she was connected to Patrick O'Connor who moved to Kilbaha from Shronebeirne, Duagh in the mid-19th century (see notes for Patrick O'Connor, father of William above).

They had the following children:

  54 M i
Patrick (Paddy Otter) O'CONNOR was born 20 Nov 1871 in Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry. He died 9 Nov 1963 in Beenbrack or Lisaniskea, Knockanure, Co. Kerry and was buried in Old Cemetery, Knockanure, Co. Kerry.

Paddy was known as "Otter" because he had a passion for fishing. He lived into his early 90s and was still cycling up to shortly before his death.

       
Patrick married Hannah AHERN. Hannah was born in Moyvane, Co. Kerry. She died in prob. Beenbrack or Lisaniskea, Knockanure, Co. Kerry and was buried in Old Cemetery, Knockanure, Co. Kerry.

Paddy and Hannah lived in Beenbrack in Lisaniskea, Knockanure. They had no children. The farm passed to a relative of Hannah's (perhaps a niece?) named Margaret Ahern who was married to a Joe Collins.
  55 M ii
Bryan O'CONNOR was born 6 Dec 1872 in Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry. He died young?.

There doesn't seem to be any recollection of Bryan as an adult. It's possible he died young.
+ 56 F iii Mary Anne (Mainanne) O'CONNOR was born 19 Apr 1874 and died 11 Sep 1951.
+ 57 M iv John (Jack Bill) O'CONNOR was born 23 May 1876 and died 8 Nov 1959.
+ 58 M v Edmond (Eddie or Ned) O'CONNOR was born 24 May 1877 and died 25 Mar 1960.
  59 M vi
Michael O'CONNOR was born poss. 2 Jun 1880 in Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry. He died 3 Mar 1912 in Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry and was buried in Old Cemetery, Knockanure, Co. Kerry.

Michael died around the age of 30. According to his death certificate, he died from pneumonia.

12. John CUNNINGHAM (Bryan CUNNINGHAM , Johanna ) was born about 1851 in Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry.

John married Nora CREGAN. Nora was born about 1859 in Co. Kerry.

John and Nora farmed at Clogagh, Glin, Co. Limerick.

They had the following children:

  60 M i
Bryan CUNNINGHAM was born 2 Nov 1891 in Clogagh, Glin, Co. Limerick. He died in prob USA.

Bryan emigrated to the United States.
  61 M ii
John CUNNINGHAM was born 3 Apr 1893 in Clogagh, Glin, Co. Limerick. He died prob young in prob Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry.

It's being presumed that John died as a child, perhaps at birth, because there was another John born six years later.
  62 F iii
Margaret CUNNINGHAM was born in Clogagh, Glin, Co. Limerick. She died in prob USA.

Margaret emigrated to the United States.
  63 M iv
Denis CUNNINGHAM was born 25 Jun 1894 in Clogagh, Glin, Co. Limerick. He died in prob USA.

Denis emigrated to the United States, arriving in New York on 4 March 1921. His contact in New York was his brother John who had emigrated the year before and who lived at 2437 8th Avenue.
  64 M v
Richard CUNNINGHAM was born 20 Dec 1895 in Clogagh, Glin, Co. Limerick. He died in prob USA.

Richard emigrated to the United States, arriving in New York on 3 April 1923. Acording to the ship manifest his contact in New York was his brother John who had emigrated three years earlier and who lived at 2437 8th Avenue.
  65 F vi
Johanna CUNNINGHAM was born 7 Sep 1897 in Clogagh, Glin, Co. Limerick. She died in prob USA.

Johanna emigrated to the United States.
  66 F vii
John CUNNINGHAM was born 10 Feb 1899 in Clogagh, Glin, Co. Limerick. She died after 1998 in USA.

John emigrated to the United States at the age of 21, arriving in New York on 11 June 1920. His contact in New York was a cousin, Denis Cregan, who lived in Long Island City. It appears John may have been the first of seven siblings to emigrate (only one remained in Ireland).
  67 F viii
Catherine CUNNINGHAM was born 23 Jan 1901 in Clogagh, Glin, Co. Limerick. She died in Glin, Co. Limerick.

Catherine was the only member of the family who didn't emigrate. She never married.
  68 M ix
Patrick (Paddy) CUNNINGHAM was born 1 Nov 1904 in Clogagh, Glin, Co. Limerick. He died in Glin, Co. Limerick.

Paddy emigrated to the United States and retired to Glin where he died. He never married.

14. Edward CUNNINGHAM (Bryan CUNNINGHAM , Johanna ) was born Nov 1856 in Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry. He died 11 Jan 1924 in Chicago.

Edward was educated at St. Michael's College in Listowel. He emigrated to the U.S around 1896 and settled in Chicago.

Edward married 'UNKNOWN'.

They had the following children:

+ 69 M i Bernard CUNNINGHAM was born about 1903 and died date unknown.

15. Richard (Richie) CUNNINGHAM (Bryan CUNNINGHAM , Johanna ) was born about 1858 in Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry. He died 24 Dec 1926.

Richie was also known as "Richie Bryan". He and his wife, Brigie, lived in Kilbaha.

Richard married Brigid (Brigie) DORE, daughter of John DORE and Nora LYNDON, on 27 Feb 1892. Brigid was born 1857 in Moyvane South (Shronagraga), Co. Kerry. She died 1916.

They had the following children:

+ 70 F i Mary (Molly) CUNNINGHAM was born 10 Mar 1893 and died 22 Jul 1976.
+ 71 M ii Bryan (Brianeen) CUNNINGHAM was born 10 Sep 1894 and died 21 Dec 1966.
  72 F iii
Johanna (Sr. Mary Ellen) CUNNINGHAM was born 27 Nov 1895 in Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry. She died 13 Aug 1989 in Concordia, Kansas.

Johanna was also known as Hannie. She and her sister, Maggie, left Ireland in 1915 to join the Sisters of St. Joseph at Nazareth Motherhouse in Concordia, Kansas.

Ellis Island records (on www.ellisisland.org) show that the sisters arrived in New York on 12 September 1915 and were joining a "cousin", Bishop John Francis Cunningham, of Concordia, Kansas. It's not known how they may have been related to the bishop, who was born on 21 September 1842 in the townland of Irremore in the parish of Kilfeighny, near Listowel, to John Cunningham and Catherine Fitzgerald. He was ordained a priest in Leavenworth, Kansas, in 1865 and became bishop of Concordia in 1898 He died on 23 June 1919.

Sr. Mary Ellen was a nursing sister. She worked in El Paso, Texas for a time before moving back to Concordia to work in St. Anthony's Hospital there.
+ 73 F iv Hanora (Nora) CUNNINGHAM was born 3 Mar 1897 and died 19 Feb 1988.
  74 F v
Margaret (Sr. Mary Estelle) CUNNINGHAM was born 17 Apr 1898 in Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry. She died 3 Oct 1987 in Belvidere, Illinois.

Margaret was also known as Maggie. She and her sister, Hannie, left Ireland in 1915 to join the Sisters of St. Joseph at Nazareth Motherhouse in Concordia, Kansas.

Sr. Mary Estelle, who was a nursing sister, worked for many years in St. Joseph's Hospital in Belvidere, Illinois. She died in that hospital in 1987.
  75 F vi
Ellen CUNNINGHAM was born 17 Apr 1898 in Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry. She died 17 Apr 1898 in Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry.

Ellen died at birth.
  76 F vii
Eileen CUNNINGHAM was born 13 Aug 1899 in Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry. She died 19 Jan 1988 in Askeaton, Co. Limerick and was buried in Ahavoher Cemetery, Gale Bridge, Moyvane, Co. Kerry.

Eileen emigrated to the United States in 1928 and lived in New York. She never married, and retired to Listowel where she lived with her sister Bridie.

+ 77 M viii John (Jack) CUNNINGHAM was born 1 Jul 1901 and died 7 Nov 1995.
  78 F ix
Bridget (Bridie) CUNNINGHAM was born 7 Apr 1904 in Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry. She died 24 Nov 1982 in Listowel, Co. Kerry and was buried in Ahavoher Cemetery, Gale Bridge, Moyvane, Co. Kerry.

Bridie was a nurse in London and later in Listowel District Hospital. In Listowel she spent many years working on night duty - she would do three months of 12-hour shifts, getting only a one or two day break before the next three-month cycle would start. Bridie lived on Court House Road in Listowel.

16. Margaret CUNNINGHAM (Bryan CUNNINGHAM , Johanna ) was born Sep 1858 in Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry. She died 1918 in prob Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry.

Margaret married John HANRAHAN, son of Patrick (Paddy) HANRAHAN "Paddy" and Margaret 'UNKNOWN', on 22 Feb 1887 in Murhur, Co. Kerry. John was born about 1852. He died 1918 in prob Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry.

John's father, Paddy, was probably a brother of Michael Hanrahan who married Margaret's aunt, also named Margaret Cunningham. For further information on Paddy and Michael Hanrahan and their siblings, see the photo of the old scrap of paper, found in the back of a drawer, on the home page of www.hanrahanfamilytree.com.   

Witnesses to the marriage of Margaret and John were Myles Kearney and Kate Hanrahan. After their marriage, Margaret and John lived near the Scraghan River in the Gale Valley, just below Kilbaha. They later moved to Kilbaha.

According to the 1911 census Margaret and John had 12 children born alive, but only eight were alive in 1911 (all the children listed in the 1901 census were alive in 1911).

John and Margaret died within a week of each other in the flu epidemic of 1918.

They had the following children:

  79 F i
Mary (Mollie) HANRAHAN was born about 1888 in Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry. She died date unknown.
       
Mary married 'unknown' WALSH.
  80 F ii
Margaret (Greta) HANRAHAN was born about 1889 in Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry. She died date unknown.
       
Margaret married Patrick CULHANE. Patrick was born in prob. Kinard, Glin, Co. Limerick. He died date unknown.

Patrick was known as "Paddy the Man".
+ 81 F iii Johanna (Hannie) HANRAHAN was born 11 Mar 1891 and died 7 Feb 1981.
+ 82 M iv Michael (Mick) HANRAHAN was born about 1891 and died 11 Jun 1967.
  83 M v
Bryan HANRAHAN was born about 1892 in Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry. He died date unknown.
        Bryan married 'unknown' MCCOY
  84 M vi
Timothy (Fr. Tim) HANRAHAN was born 10 Jan 1895 in Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry. He died 16 Oct 1935 in USA.

Tim was ordained a priest in 1919 and ministered at St. Francis's Church in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He was killed in a car accident aged only 40.

Note: A Fr. Michael Hanrahan, also from Kilbaha, who was a son of a Patrick Hanrahan and a Julia Shanahan, ministered in Florida. Given the Kilbaha connection, it seems likely that Tim and Michael were related, but I haven't yet been able to make a definite connection. Michael was born in 1933 and was ordained in 1959. He died in 1999 and is buried in Ahavoher Cemetery in Moyvane.
  85 F vii
Catherine (Katie) HANRAHAN was born about 1897 in Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry. She died date unknown.
       
Catherine married 'unknown' MULVIHILL. 'unknown' died date unknown.
  86 F viii
Ellen (Nellie) HANRAHAN was born about 1902 in Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry. She died Dec 1957 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Ellen emigrated to the United States in 1921, joining her brother Tim in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Ellis Island records show that she arrived in New York on 8 November 1921, and that her occupation was a teacher.

At some point, Ellen was adopted by a family by the name of Dunn and, from then on, went by the name of Hanrahan Dunn.

17. Patrick KEARNEY (Caution: not verified) (Ellen CUNNINGHAM , Johanna ) was born about 1850 in prob Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry.

It's purely an assumption that Patrick was a son of "our" Daniel Kearney and Ellen Cunningham, but for the following reasons it's a possibility:

1. Our Kearneys came from Kilbaha, and the only Kearney households in the whole of Kilbaha in the 1901 census were for those of Patrick "Carney" aged 50 and Daniel "Carney" aged 45 (Kearney and Carney are interchangeable), both from Kilbaha North. Daniel is definitely "ours" and, given that there was only one Kearney listed for Kilbaha in Griffiths Valuation (1853) - Daniel Kearney in Kilbaha North - and the fact that Patrick and Daniel are close in age, it seems likely that they're brothers, and that they may be sons of Daniel from Griffiths Valuation.

2. The practice in Ireland at that time was to name the first-born son after his paternal grandfather. It can be seen from the 1901 census that the oldest son listed for Patrick's household was named Daniel, indicating that Patrick's father's name was Daniel. Of course it can't be assumed that Patrick followed this tradition or that Daniel was actually his first-born son.

Note: In the 1911 census, Patrick and his wife, Maggie, are listed with their children, Mary, John, Johanna, Myles, Bridget and Laurence (Bridget and Laurence having been born after the 1901 census).

Patrick married Margaret (Maggie) 'UNKNOWN'. Margaret was born about 1858.

They had the following children:

  87 F i
Ellie KEARNEY was born about 1879 in prob Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry.
  88 F ii
Mary KEARNEY was born about 1881 in prob Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry.
  89 F iii
Katie KEARNEY was born about 1883 in prob Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry.
  90 M iv
Daniel KEARNEY was born about 1884 in prob Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry.
  91 F v
Nora KEARNEY was born about 1886 in prob Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry.
  92 F vi
Maggie KEARNEY was born about 1888 in prob Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry.
  93 M vii
John KEARNEY was born about 1890 in prob Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry.
  94 F viii
Johanna KEARNEY was born about 1893 in prob Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry.
  95 M ix
Michael KEARNEY was born about 1894 in prob Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry.
  96 M x
Patrick KEARNEY was born about 1895 in prob Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry.
  97 M xi
Myles KEARNEY was born about 1897 in prob Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry. He died date unknown.

Could Myles possibly have been the same Myles Kearney who married Ellen Cunningham, born in the early years of the 20th century in Moyvane? If so, he and his wife would have been third cousins.
  98 F xii
Bridget KEARNEY was born about 1902 in prob Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry. She died date unknown.
  99 M xiii
Laurence KEARNEY was born about 1903 in prob Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry. He died date unknown.

19. Myles KEARNEY (Caution: not verified) (Ellen CUNNINGHAM , Johanna ).

We're assuming that Myles, above, who married Margaret Culhane, was a son of our Daniel Kearney and Ellen Cunningham because we're told that a Pidge Holly was connected to our Cunningham family and Myles above had a daughter called Pidge who married a John Holly.

Myles married Margaret CULHANE.

They had the following children:

+ 100 F i Bridget (Pidge) KEARNEY was born about 1905 and died 5 Jan 1995.
  101 M ii Myles KEARNEY
  102 M iii Dan KEARNEY
  103 M iv
James (Jimmy) KEARNEY died before 5 Jan 1995.

There's a headstone in Ahavoher Cemetery in Moyvane on which a James Kearney of Chicago, who died on 23 March 1965, is named, along with Paddy Kearney, brother of Jimmy above. It's a possibility therefore that James of Chicago is Jimmy above.
  104 M v
Michael KEARNEY died before 5 Jan 1995.
+ 105 M vi Patrick (Paddy) Anthony KEARNEY was born about 1913 and died 30 Jul 2005.

20. 'unknown' MOORE (Mary CUNNINGHAM , Johanna )

He had the following children:

  106 M i
Patrick (Paddy) MOORE "Paddy" died date unknown.

Paddy lived in Aughrim, Moyvane.

21. John ("The Major") HANRAHAN ""The Major"" (Margaret (Peg) CUNNINGHAM , Johanna ) was born about 27 Jan 1856 in Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry and was christened 27 Jan 1856. He died in Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry.

"The Major" married Elizabeth BUCKLEY, daughter of 'unknown' BUCKLEY. Elizabeth was born about 1860.

The following list of "the Major's" and Elizabeth's children comes from Pádraig Kenny's website www.hanrahanfamilytree.com. Further information on the family is available on this site.

They had the following children:

  107 M i
Jack HANRAHAN was born 1881 in Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry. He died 1965 in San Diego, California.
  108 M ii
Mickey HANRAHAN was born about 1884 in Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry. He died about 1913 in prob Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry.

Mickey was only 29 years of age when he died.
+ 109 F iii Nellie HANRAHAN was born 1886 and died 1936.
+ 110 F iv Mary Jane HANRAHAN was born about 1889 and died after 27 Apr 1955.
+ 111 F v Josephine HANRAHAN was born about 1890.
+ 112 M vi Tim HANRAHAN was born 1891 and died 1971.
+ 113 M vii Patrick HANRAHAN was born about 1896 and died poss 15 Apr 1969.
+ 114 F viii Lillian (Lily) HANRAHAN was born 25 Apr 1899 and died 10 Nov 1943.
+ 115 M ix William HANRAHAN

22. William HANRAHAN (Margaret (Peg) CUNNINGHAM , Johanna ) was born 1860 in Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry. He died 1918 in Barnaderg, Co. Galway.

William was a member of the Royal Irish Constulary (RIC).

William married Bridget RYAN. Bridget was born 1873 in Abbey, Co. Galway. She died 1962 in Barnaderg, Co. Galway.

They had the following children:

  116 M i
Michael HANRAHAN was born 1894 in Barnaderg, Co. Galway.

Michael became a priest.
  117 M ii
Patrick HANRAHAN was born 1886 in Barnaderg, Co. Galway.
  118 F iii
Mary HANRAHAN was born 1887 in Barnaderg, Co. Galway.
+ 119 F iv John HANRAHAN
  120 M v William HANRAHAN
  121 F vi Ellen HANRAHAN
  122 F vii Celia HANRAHAN
  123 M viii Thomas HANRAHAN
  124 M ix James HANRAHAN
  125 F x Julia HANRAHAN
  126 F xi Lou HANRAHAN
  127 M xii Vincent HANRAHAN
  128 F xiii Tessie HANRAHAN

23. Johanna HANRAHAN (Margaret (Peg) CUNNINGHAM , Johanna ) was born 1862 in Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry. She died 1909 in Melbourne, Australia.

Johanna married John O'CONNOR in 1890 in Carlton, Victoria, Australia. John was born about 1865 in Moyvane, Co. Kerry. He died before 1917.

They had the following children:

  129 M i
James O'CONNOR was born 1891 in Carlton, Victoria, Australia. He died 1891 in Carlton, Victoria, Australia.
  130 M ii
Michael O'CONNOR was born 1892 in Carlton, Victoria, Australia.
  131 M iii
John O'CONNOR was born 1893 in Victoria, Australia.
  132 M iv
Thomas O'CONNOR was born 1898 in Kensington Hill, Victoria, Australia.
  133 M v William O'CONNOR

27. Mary Jane (Jane) HANRAHAN "Jane" (Margaret (Peg) CUNNINGHAM , Johanna ) was born 1872 in Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry. She died 1945 in Bunbury, Western Australia.

Jane married John SHINE in Freemantle, Western Australia. John was born in Shanagolden, Co. Limerick. He died 1942.

They had the following children:

  134 M i Henry SHINE
  135 M ii Michael SHINE
  136 M iii William SHINE
  137 F iv Catherine SHINE
  138 F v Margaret SHINE
  139 M vi John SHINE
  140 F vii Jane SHINE
  141 M viii
James SHINE was born 1913 in Western Australia. He died about 1921.

James died following a fall from a horse. He was only eight years of age.

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