John Patrick Sheehy

Brief Life History of John Patrick

When John Patrick Sheehy was born on 23 June 1832, in Ireland, his father, Patrick R Sheehy, was 25 and his mother, Mary Duane, was 24. He married Catherine “Kitty” Normoyle on 3 January 1864, in Rock Island, Rock Island, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 10 November 1904, in Glenvil, Clay, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Parkview Cemetery, Hastings, Adams, Nebraska, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Patrick Sheehy
1832–1904
Catherine “Kitty” Normoyle
1842–1910
Marriage: 3 January 1864
Mary F. Sheehy
1865–1940
Patrick Roger Sheehy
1866–1952
Nellie Cecelia Sheehy
1868–1945
Kate G Sheehy
1870–
Edmond John Sheehy
1874–1950
Thomas Normoyle Sheehy
1876–1949
James Washington Sheehy
1879–1950
Agnes Sheehy
1882–

Sources (10)

  • John Sheehy, "United States Census, 1900"
  • John Sheehy, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
  • John P Sheehy, "BillionGraves Index"

World Events (8)

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1839

The Night of the BIG WIND. In Killarney and its neighborhood there was a terrible hurricane. The town sustained much damage and many houses were shattered.

1855

Historical Boundaries: *1855: Jones, Nebraska Territory, United States 1856: Nebraska Territory, United States 1867: Clay, Nebraska, United States *Jones County became extinct

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Aileen, Aisling, Brigid, Declan, Egan, Eoin, Finbar, Ronan.

Irish (Limerick and Kerry): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Síthigh, ‘descendant of Sítheach’, or Mac Síthigh ‘son of Sítheach’, a form of the Irish personal name Síodhach ‘peaceful’, from the adjective sítheach ‘peaceful’ or ‘other worldly’ (see Sheehan ). The noun síth, from which this adjective derives, means basically ‘settlement’, hence both ‘peace’ and ‘place inhabited by other world beings’. This name was established in Ireland from the early 14th century, when a branch of the Scottish McDonnells, descended from Sítheach, great-grandson of Domhnaill, settled in the country.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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