ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-2"> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Family Tree Heritage"> <title>Helen's Family Trees - STACK - sta01.htm</title> </head> <body background="images/wider version of airbrushed background for HelensFamilyTrees.jpg"> <h3 align=center>DESCENDANTS OF Edmund STACK (to contribute information, please email Helen@HelensFamilyTrees.com)</h3> <h2 align=center>First Generation</h2> <hr> <table BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=5 WIDTH="100%" > <tr VALIGN=TOP> <td></td> <td><p>1. <b><a name="838"></a>Edmund STACK</b> was born in 1807. He died in 1897 in probably the Hill, Gortdromasillihy, Moyvane, Co. Kerry.</p> <blockquote><p>It's thought that Edmund Stack may have originally come from the foot of the Stack Mountains, settling at the Hill in Gortdromasillihy, Newtownsandes (renamed Moyvane in 1939), where the land was better. The Hill was the name given to the property owned by Edmund and his descendants, mainly in order to distinguish it from the properties of at least two other Stack families in the townland of Gortdromasillihy.<br> <br> In case you might be wondering, the well-known jockey, Tommy Stack, from Moyvane, who rode Red Rum to victory in the 1977 Aintree Grand National, is NOT, unfortunately, one of Edmund's descendants.<br> <br> The Stack surname is common throughout Ireland, especially in Munster where the strongest concentration is in north Kerry. It's a Norman name and originally had a 'de' prefix - 'de Stac', 'de Stak', etc. The Norman Stacks settled in the Abbeydorney / Kilflynn area, building a residence nearby in Crotta in 1320 and giving the name Stackstown to Kilflynn. The mountains between Tralee and Lyrecrompane became the Stack Mountains, and the whole area was named Pobal Stack (Stacks' Country). One member of the clan, Maurice Stack, born in 1499, became bishop of Kerry and carried out major improvements to Ardfert Cathedral where he's buried. By the 16th century, the Stacks were adversaries of the English, and fought on the Irish side at Kinsale in 1601.<br> <br> Note from Helen: Although neither my husband nor I are descended from Edmund Stack above, Edmund's son Tom married my great-great-aunt Ellie Shanahan. In the course of my research into the Shanahans I was given a lot of valuable information on the Stack family, hence its inclusion on the website.</p> </blockquote> </td> </tr></table><table BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=5 WIDTH="100%" > <tr VALIGN=TOP> <td></td> <td><p>Edmund married <b><a name="839"></a>Mary O'CONNOR / CONNOR</b> in 1838. Mary was born in Claar, Moyvane, Co. Kerry. She died in probably the Hill, Gortdromasillihy, Moyvane, Co. Kerry.</p> </td> </tr></table><p>They had the following children. </p> <blockquote><table border="0" cellspacing="7"> <tr><td valign=top>+</td> <td valign=top>2</td> <td valign=top>F</td> <td valign=top align=right>i</td> <td><a name="2413C"></a> <a href="stag02.htm#2413"><b>Margaret STACK</b></a> was born about 1840. She died after 30 Mar 1901.<tr><td valign=top>+</td> <td valign=top>3</td> <td valign=top>M</td> <td valign=top align=right>ii</td> <td><a name="2169C"></a> <a href="stag02.htm#2169"><b>William STACK</b></a> was born about 1841. He died in 1918.<tr><td valign=top>+</td> <td valign=top>4</td> <td valign=top>F</td> <td valign=top align=right>iii</td> <td><a name="2416C"></a> <a href="stag02.htm#2416"><b>Nora STACK</b></a>.<tr><td valign=top>+</td> <td valign=top>5</td> <td valign=top>F</td> <td valign=top align=right>iv</td> <td><a name="2414C"></a> <a href="stag02.htm#2414"><b>Brigid STACK</b></a> died in date unknown .<tr><td valign=top>+</td> <td valign=top>6</td> <td valign=top>F</td> <td valign=top align=right>v</td> <td><a name="2415C"></a> <a href="stag02.htm#2415"><b>Mary STACK</b></a> was born in 1856. She died on 19 Jul 1886.<tr><td valign=top>+</td> <td valign=top>7</td> <td valign=top>M</td> <td valign=top align=right>vi</td> <td><a name="883C"></a> <a href="stag02.htm#883"><b>Thomas (Tom) STACK</b></a> was born in 1855. He died on 22 Jul 1909.</table> </blockquote> <p align=center> <a href="stax.htm#TOC"><img src="images/home.jpg" border=0 ALT="Home"></a> <a href="stag02.htm"><img src="images/next.jpg" border=0 ALT="Next"></a> <a href="stag15.htm"><img src="images/end.jpg" border=0 ALT="Last"></a> </p> <p align=center><a href="stax2.htm">Surname List</a> | <a href="stax31.htm">Name Index</a> </p> </body> </html>