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Marriage: Children:
  1. Cornelius "Con" Byrne: Birth: 14 Feb 1868 in Largysillagh, Civil Parish of Killybegs Upper, County Donegal, Ireland. Death: 1 Aug 1945 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois


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a. Note:   5FggU20n1ttMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-enIyUKg361c/Vkd7sv9f50I/AAAAAAAAB88/-C-EbPSZtqE/s288-Ic42/James%252520Byrne%25252C%252520about%2525201900.jpg" height="288" width="206" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/101087389908224627084/JamesByrne18411919About?authuser=0&feat=embedwebsite">James Byrne, 1841-1919, (about)</a></td></tr></table> Notes for James Byrne:
  The February 22, 1865 civil marriage record for James Byrne and Eleanor McGuinness: <a href="https://photos.app.goo.gl/JKybwhvpa2fWd8Cm6">Photo</a>
  Baptismal registry books were used by the Catholic Parish of Killybegs, in County Donegal, Ireland, beginning in 1850, to provide a written record of baptisms. The geographic area of the Catholic Parish of Killybegs was quite similar to the area of the Civil Parish of Killybegs Upper.
  Those baptismal registry books have since been photographed. However, the ink handwriting has faded somewhat over time, and the handwriting isn't great. Those photos were posted online July 8, 2015, at http://registers.nli.ie/ although the records for Killybegs only include baptisms from October of 1850 through January of 1881. Those records list the first name of the baptized newborn, the date of the baptism, the parent's names, including the mother's maiden name, and the names of the two sponsors. Some infants were baptized as early as the day after they were born.
  During the years before 1887, the name of the townland (tiny town) in which the baptized infant and parents lived was rarely written in a baptismal record. But "Largy" was written in Peter Byrne's baptismal record. I'm not sure if that was just a shortened Largysillagh, or if that meant an even smaller subtownland named Largy. That might have been, and may still be, a group of only about 10 to 20 houses in the southwestern corner of the townland of Largysillagh.
  Largysillagh wasn't all that large itself, at two square miles, with most of it not farmable or buildable because of steep hills. But most of the homes did have fabulous views of the ocean, 300 yards downhill. Largysillagh was and is located in the Civil Parish of Killybegs Upper, in County Donegal, Ireland. Largysillagh is two and a half miles west of the townland of Killybegs, which is the biggest fishing port in Ireland.
  The population of Largysillagh, as recorded in censuses of Ireland: 1841: 319 1851: 272 1861: 207 1871: 195 1881: 201
  In 1881, 81% of the people living in the Civil Parish of Killybegs Upper were Catholic. Most of the rest were Protestant Episcopalians.
  All of the children of James and Ellen Byrne were born in the same place where everybody else in the country (and most of the world) were born; the residence of their parents.
  After their first child, the known children of James Byrne and Eleanor "Ellen" McGuinness Byrne were all born in the townland of Largysillagh or the even smaller adjacent subtownland of Largy. After the first child, the rest were all baptized at St. Mary of the Visitation Church, in the townland of Killybegs, in the Civil Parish of Killybegs, in County Donegal.
  That church was a three and a quarter mile walk from the Byrne home. Or maybe there was a horse-drawn wagon available in the area. If there were no wagons, the father apparently carried each baby. Baptisms were encouraged by the Catholic church in Ireland to happen as soon as possible after each birth. The mother was home recovering for days after giving birth, so they usually did not attend their childrens' baptisms.
  The known children of James and Ellen Byrne:
  <b>1)</b> John Byrne, likely named after James' father, born January 1, 1866 in Carrick, County Donegal. By road, Carrick is about eight and a half miles west of Largysillagh. John Byrne died at some point between the day he was born in 1866, and early 1873, when James and Ellen Byrne named another son John. No baptismal record has been found for this first child.
  <b>2)</b> Cornelius Byrne, known as "Con", born in early February of 1868, and baptized February 14th. More about him is in this chart.
  <b>3)</b> Mary Byrne, born June 12, 1870, and baptized June 27th. She married Charles Diver on February 12, 1893, in a Catholic church in Killybegs. Mary's father's name was written on the civil marriage record as James Byrne, a farmer.
  <b>4)</b> John Byrne, born in April of 1873, and baptized April 26th. He immigrated to Chicago. John apparently never married. In 1900, he was a railroad freight clerk. John Byrne died August 4, 1941, in Kane County, Illinois, likely in Aurora, where he had been living. He had a death notice in the August 5th <i>Chicago Tribune:</i> <a href="https://goo.gl/photos/LzQYtRj5z5eaSNsN8">Photo</a>
  John is buried at the same gravesite as his brother Cornelius. John's FindAGrave memorial includes two photos of him: <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=148409381">Memorial</a>
  <b>5)</b> Daniel Byrne, born in July of 1876, and baptized July 19th. He immigrated to Chicago in 1899, but moved back to Ireland by April of 1911, apparently to help his father run his farm. Daniel married Anne Gallagher on February 23, 1911, in the Civil Parish of Kilcar, in County Donegal. Daniel's father's name was written on the civil marriage record as James Byrne, a farmer. Daniel Byrne died before August of 1941, apparently in Ireland. He was mentioned as "the late Daniel" in his brother John's 1941 death notice.
  <b>6)</b> James Byrne, born February 17, 1879, and baptized February 17th. He immigrated to Chicago in the first five months of 1900. James married Mary Helen Ricker on June 5, 1910, at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Chicago. (The church record shows Mary's middle name as Ellen, not Helen.) The couple did not have any children. James became a Chicago police officer in 1908, a sergeant in 1913, and a lieutenant in 1932. He retired in 1942. James Byrne died August 5, 1948, in Chicago. He had both a standard death notice, and a longer obituary in the August 7, 1948 <i>Chicago Tribune:</i> <a href="https://goo.gl/photos/79G4A7peE8qRrsEg9">Photo</a>
  James' death certificate: <a href="https://photos.app.goo.gl/SVKkGPUnf1EaAnFk1">Photo</a>
  <b>7)</b> Michael J. Byrne, born August 5, 1881. He immigrated in 1905. He was a Chicago police officer. Michael married Marie Hazel Walsh (known as Hazel) on October 24, 1911, in Chicago. The couple had children James J. Byrne, Hazel Marie Byrne, Eleanor Agnes Byrne, Blanche J. Byrne, and Mary Margaret Byrne. Michael Byrne died May 4, 1954, in Chicago. His death notice in the May 6, 1954 <i>Chicago Tribune</i> correctly stated that his parents were "James and Eleanor Byrne", and that Michael was a "Native of Donegal, Ireland": <a href="https://goo.gl/photos/WXeJbdRie4WXsgvU7">Photo</a>
  <b>8)</b> Margaret Byrne, known as Madge, born May 10, 1884, in the Civil Parish of Killybegs. "Madge" married Peter Leslie on January 30, 1913, in a Catholic church in Killybegs. The couple apparently had at least six children, all born in Largysillagh;
  a) Anne Leslie, born March 27, 1914. b) James Joseph Leslie, born July 19, 1915, who died 29 days later, of pneumonia. c) Margaret Jane Leslie, born May 2, 1923. She married Paul William Reed. Margaret Reed died March 26, 2006, in Lewes, Sussex, Delaware. d, e and f) Three more daughters, Bridget, Teresa, and Josephine, as mentioned in Margaret's obituary:
  <i>Margaret Jane Reed, retired nurse
  Margaret Jane Reed, 82, of Millsboro died Sunday, March 26, 2006, in Beebe Medical Center, Lewes.
  Mrs. Reed was born in Largy, Killybegs, County Donegal, Ireland, daughter of the late Peter and Madge Byrne Leslie. She received her nursing school training in Salisbury, England.
  Mrs. Reed retired in 1985 as a charge attendant with the Stockley Center in Millsboro after 26 years of service. She enjoyed cooking and reading.
  Mrs. Reed was a member of Mary Mother of Peace Roman Catholic Church and the Ladies Auxiliary of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7422, both in Millsboro.
  She is survived by her husband, Paul William Reed of Millsboro; two sons and two daughters-in-law, Peter William and Donna Reed of Bear and Shawn Patrick and Teresa Reed of Garner, N.C.; three sisters, Bridget Gricus of St. Petersburg, Fla., Teresa Kelly of London, England, and Josephine Wilson of Glascow, Scotland; and three grandchildren, Megan Reed of Bear and Brian Reed and Mary Beth Reed, both of Garner.
  Mass of Christian Burial was held in Mary Mother of Peace Roman Catholic Church.
  Burial was in Delaware Veterans Memorial cemetery, Millsboro.
  Arrangements by Watson Funeral Home.</i>
  Madge Byrne Leslie apparently lived in Ireland her whole life. Madge Leslie died March 14, 1944, in Largysillagh, of pernicious anemia and heart failure.
  A poor quality photo of Madge, taken in 1910 in Largysillagh: <a href="https://goo.gl/photos/Enc1BoHufhX4w1Jp7">Madge</a>
  <b>9)</b> Peter Paul Byrne, born February 11, 1887. He immigrated to the U.S. on April 24, 1910. He served with the U.S. armed forces during the first World War. Peter married Mary Ann Dunne on November 25, 1920, at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Chicago. The couple had children Eileen Mary Byrne (who became Sister Mary Ann Peter) and Kevin Peter Byrne. Peter was a Chicago police officer for 24 years, the last 10 of which were as a sergeant. Peter Byrne died December 30, 1942, in Chicago. Peter had both a death notice and an obituary in the December 31, 1942 <i>Chicago Tribune.</i> The January 6, 1943 <i>Suburbanite Economist</i> contained a story about Peter's life and death: <a href="https://goo.gl/photos/oVXR9fAnEwA4D2ri7">Photos</a>
  Peter's death certificate: <a href="https://photos.app.goo.gl/sOeB6hTu2k7jCJ7x1">Photo</a>
  Note: The 1911 Census of Ireland includes the information that Ellen McGuinness Byrne gave birth to nine children. So either she did give birth to one more child than shown in the above list of eight children, or nine was incorrect. - Photos of all six Byrne brothers: <a href="https://goo.gl/photos/aLjNMQ7xMMTdifxbA">Photos</a>
  A photo of James Byrne, which seems to have been taken about 1900: <a href="https://goo.gl/photos/ennuzRBYx9meCLoF9">Photo</a>
  The 1901 Census of Ireland lists James and Ellen. Their handwritten ages are unclear, but they seem to be in their late 50s. Living with them were their three youngest children; Michael, listed as 18 but who was actually 19, Madge, listed as 16, but who was actually 17, and Peter, 14. James was a farmer. The family were Catholics. They still lived in Largysillagh. James' shaky signature is on the page: <a href="https://goo.gl/photos/VkeTZRr4czc9bxYd9">Photo</a>
  A 1910 photo of James, Ellen, and their grandson James A. Byrne, whose father was Cornelius Byrne, the elder James' oldest child. The location of the photo was Largysillagh: <a href="https://goo.gl/photos/8nbv9Qm7zaa7ciP39">Photo</a>
  The 1911 Census of Ireland recorded James Byrne, listed as age 70; his wife Ellen, listed as age 71; their unmarried daughter Madge Byrne, listed as 25, but who was actually 27; her brother Daniel, 34; and his wife Anne, 25. <a href="https://goo.gl/photos/nGPdUGgaZFnwHyEFA">Photo</a>
  James and Daniel were farmers. The family still lived in Largysillagh. Daniel had returned to Ireland after living for some time in Chicago. Daniel quite possibly returned to Ireland to help his elderly father run his farm.
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