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Thomas James* Shirley of Tullamaine, gent. Catholic. He held
considerable townlands at Knockreagh, Tullamaine, Thomastown
Catholic Parish, Kilkenny. He was a cess payer for lands at Tullamaine,
Shillelogher Barony in 1834. Catholic. Note: Later vital records
of his son James Shirley in Mexico indicate that his father and
his children's grandfather was named Thomas James Shirley
HE IS SON OF THOMAS SHIRLEY ESQ OF
GARRYNAMAN. SEE PROOF DAUGHTER SARAH MENTIONED AS NEICE IN 1912
OBIT OF ELIZ SHIRLEY, WIFE OF JAMES SHIRLEY CORONOR OF GARRYNAMAN.
ADDITIONAL PROOF, DEATH OF DAUGHTER SUSAN SHIRLEY STATES SHE
WAS A MEMBER OF THE SHIRLEYS OF GARNAMAN KELLS.
married Catherine Nowlan on _____ 1828 by license at
_____, Kilkenny; Daughter of Catherine Nowlan and sister of Mrs
Ann Ryan of Scart.
1828 Shirley, Thomas and Catherine Nowlan - Index of Marriage
License Bonds, Diocese of Ossery, Ferns and Leighlin
Thomastown Parish Cemetery Marker - [no date] In loving
memory of Mrs Catherine Nowlan of Kilkenny and her daughters
Mrs Shirley of Knockreigh, and Mrs Ann Ryan of Scart. [Jerpoint
Abbey]
Children of Thomas Shirley, gent and Catherine Nowlan:
1(i). Maria Shirley christened 13 April 1830 at Callan
Catholic Parish, Kilkenny. Her parents were of Tulomane Kilkenny
13 Apr 1830 Callin Parish - Maria baptised daughter of
Thomas Shurley and Catherine Nowlan; Sponsors: George Tallis,
Ann Nowlan; at Tulomane
1(ii). Sarah Shirley christened 8 April 1832 at Danesfort
Catholic Parish, Kilkenny
8 Apr 1832 Callan Parish, Kilkenny; Baptism Sarah to Thomas
Shirley and Catherine Nowlan of Tuleman; Sponsors: Jno Walsh,
Ann Nowlan
1866 October 6 Boston Pilot (USA) Irish News "up to
September 15" - Marriages: August 26 in Dunnemaggin Martin
John Walsh to Sarah, daughter of the late Thomas Shirley
1866 Sept 7 Waterford Mail - Married: Martin John Walsh
esq High Street Kilkenny to Sarah Mary, daughter of
the late Thomas Shirley esq, Kilkenny
1912 June 8 - Kilkenny Moderator [newspaper snippet] [referring
to death of Eliz Shirley of Garrynaman].....chief morners were:
Thomas and Richard Shirley (sons); Susan Shirley (daughter);
Mary (grand-daughter); Mrs M. J Walsh (niece); James and Henry
Shirley (grand sons); Michael Shirley (nephew); Kathleen Shirley
(daughter in law); Mrs W. L Claxton (niece)
1924 January 12 Kilkenny Moderator [newspaper snippet]
[referring to death of ME] Elderly Lady's Sudden Death in Kilkenny.
On Sunday morning last Miss Susan Shirley, Switzers, Archer Street,
Kilkenny was noticed not to have proceeded to 7 o'clock Mass
according to her custom....The deceased was a member of a very
old County Kilkenny family, the Shirleys of Garnaman, Kells,
and was a sister of the late Mrs Martin Walsh of this city, and
her painfully sidden death is much regretted by......
married Martin John Walsh esq of High Street Kilkenny
on 26 August 1866 at Dunnemaggin Kilkenny
1895 June 23 - Registration District of Kilkenny - Death
of Thomas Shirley of Garden Row, widower, age 56 years, shopkeeper;
Informant: Martin J Walsh, brother in law of deceased
present at death, William Street
1(iii). William Shirley christened 9 March 1834 at
Tullemain Catholic Church, Callan Parish, Kilkenny. He
is not the William Shirley who married Ursula Brannigan in 1846,
son of Thomas Shirley gent, and was a resident of Tullemain,
holding lands there in the 1848 Griffiths Valuation
9 Mar 1834 Shirley, William to Thomas Shirley and Catherine
Nowlan, Tullemain Callan Catholic Parish; Sponsors Pat Colbert
Anne Nolan
1(iv). Catherine Shirley christened 19 June 1838 at
Tullemaine Catholic Church, Callan Parish, Kilkenny
19 Jun 1838 Shirley, Catherine to Thomas Shirley and Catherine
Nolan, Tullemain, Callan, SponsorsJoun Butler, Ellen Nolan
1(v). Richard Jeremiah Shirley christened 17 November
1839 at Callan Catholic Parish, Kilkenny; He is likely the same
person who migrated to Texas (slightly
different DOB and place), married, had children; Enumerated
in the 1900 (age 55 b England) and 1910 census for Corpus Christi
Nueces Co Texas (age 73, born Isle of Man); The passport application
for his son James states his father was born on the Isle of Man
and that he emigrated to the US about 1857; Richard died in Corpus
Christi Neuces Co Texas on 31 May 1917
17 Nov 1839 Shirley, Rich'd Jeremiah to Thomas Shirley
and Catherine Nowlan, at Tullemain, Callan; Sponsors Richard
Corr, Jerry Nolan, Sally Nolan, Maria A Shirley.
Email: Richard Jeremiah Shirley (my great-grandfather was
born in Douglas, Isle of Man, on 23 Nov. 1839, but grew up in
Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland. I think he came to the U.S.
in 1859 and went to either Lockport or Rockford, Illinois (his
obituary says Rockport which I couldn't find in Illinois; since
there's a Rockport in our area, I think someone just made a mistake).
By 1870 he was in Refugio County, Texas, and by 1900 he was in
Corpus Christi, Texas. My mother had relatives in Mexico who
knew they were related through Richard Jeremiah to a James Shirley
(not James Gilbert Shirley who we know we are related to). I
have been told James Shirley was born in Kilkenny in 1846, the
son of Thomas Shirley and Catherine Nolan
1870 USA Census - Likely R J Shirley age 29 b Ireland carpenter,
unmarried, living Refugio Co TX
1880 May 15 Nueces Co TX Marriage: J R Shirley to Ellen
Vandervoort
1880 USA Census - Corpus Christi, Nueces Co TX
Richard Shirley age 38 born Ireland
Ellen Shirley Wife age 35 born Arkansas
Robt Vandervoort Stepson age 10 born Texas
Ellen Vandervoort Stepdaughter age 8 born Louisiana
1910 USA Census - Corpus Christi, Nueces Co TX
R J Shirley age 73 born Isle of Man
Ellen age 61 born Ark
James G age 21 born TX
Richard J age 19 born TX
Catherine age 21 born TX
Mary T age 16 born TX
Death Cert: Richard Jeremiah Shirley born 23 Nov 1839 Ireland;
Died 31 May 1917 Nueces Co TX (Parents: "unknown";
Informant: James Shirley)
married Ellen Vandervoort (nee Sims) on 15 May 1880
at Corpus Christi Nueces Co TX; She died on 11 January 1926 at
Corpus Christi Texas
children:
2(i). Annie M Shirley born about 1881 TX, age 19 in
1900 census
2(ii). Mattie C Shirley born about 1883 TX, age 17
in 1900 census
2(iii). Addalaide Shirley born about 1884 TX, age 16
in 1900 census; Her obituary appears in Loredo Weekly Times 2
January 1921 pg 2. Married Joseph Mireur; Names survivors as
mother Mrs R J Shirley of Corpus Christi, sisters Mrs Herring
of Houston, Mrs H G DaCamara of Laredo and Miss Mamie Shirley
of Corpus Christi, one brother James G Shirley of Mexico City
2(iv). Katherine Shirley born about 1887 TX, age 13
in 1900 census, age 21 in 1910 census
2(v). James Gilbert Shirley born 14 May 1888 at Corpus
Christi TX (passport app), age age 11 in 1900 census, age 21
in 1910 census; He was working in Mexico in 1920 when he applied
for a US passport, occupation: Mayfield Auto Co, US residence:
Houston Texas, Other applications 1917 and 1919 contain similar
information. He died 1 December 1945 at Miguel Hidalgo Distrito
Federal Mexico , age 57, son of Richard Jolen Shirley and Ellen
Simms, wife Mae Johnston Shirley (death record)
Marshall News Messenger (Marshall TX) 2 Dec 1945, pg 6
- Hotel Owner Dies - Mexico City Dec 1 - James G Shirley 57 Mexico
City hotel owner formerly of Corpus Christi TX died yesterday.
He was to be buried this afternoon in the Mexican Cemetery. Shirley,
resident here 29 years and one of hte best known members of the
American colony, operated the Shirley Courts. He had been ill
with a heart ailment.
James G Shirley
1920 US Passport Application Photo
married Mae Luvinia Johnston of Brownsville Texas;
She died in Mexico City on 25 April 1957, age 67 (parents named:
George Johnston, Janie Ellen Crider)
children:
3(i). James Gilbert Shirley Johnston (spanish style
surname) born 4 August 1915 at Brownsville Cameron Co Texas;
He married in Mexico City at age 22 (parents named) He died 17
May 1976 at Tlalpan Distrito Federal Mexico, age 60
married Jewel Robertine Peike Gerlack on 7 September
1937 at Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de Mexico Mexico, daughter of Robert
Emmett Peike and Julia Josephine Gerlack
3(ii). Janie Ellen Shirley born about 1915; She married
Charles Ingram Skipsey in Mexico City on 7 February 1934 daughter
of James Gilbert Shirley and Mae Luvenia Johnston
2(iv). Richard John Shirley born 13 December 1890 TX,
age 10 in 1900 census, age 19 in 1910 census; He was married
with children, living in Corpus Christi Nueces Co TX in 1930
census, age 39 and in 1940 census, age 47; He died 29 December
1953 at Corpus Christi TX
Ancestor of DNA Kit #942763
married Amy Lee Hughes She died 27 September 1958 at
Corpus Christi Texas
children:
3(i). Richard Joseph Shirley born 31 May 1917 at Corpus
Christi Nueces Co TX, age 12 in 1930 census
3(ii). Gerald Robert Shirley born 10 January 1920 at
Corpus Christi Nueces Co TX, age 10 in 1930 census, age 20 in
parent's 1940 census; He died on 6 May 1974 at Corpus Christi,
TX; He married Willie Mae Janosek
3(iii). Loyola Gertrude Shirley born about 1926 TX,
age 4 in 1930 census, age 14 in 1940 census
3(iv). Patty G Shirley born about 1928 TX, age 2 in
1930 census,a ge 11 in 1940 census
2(vii). Mary T Shirley born about 1894 TX, age 7 in
1900 census, age 16 in 1910 census
1(vi). Thomas Shirley born about 1839 (age at death)
parents identified in 1869 Catholic marriage record. He was a
shopkeeper in Kilkenny City; Residence: High Street, Kilkenny
City son of Thomas Shirley and Catherine Nolan of Killmay (marriage
record); He died on 23 June 1895 in Kilkenny City, widower, age
56
1895 June 23 - Registration District of Kilkenny - Death
of Thomas Shirley of Garden Row, widower, age 56 years, shopkeeper;
Informant: Martin J Walsh, brother in law of deceased
present at death, William Street
1866 October 6 Boston Pilot (USA) Irish News "up to
September 15" - Marriages: August 26 in Dunnemaggin Martin
John Walsh to Sarah, daughter of the late Thomas Shirley
1866 Sept 7 Waterford Mail - Married: Martin John Walsh
esq High Street Kilkenny to Sarah Mary, daughter of
the late Thomas Shirley esq, Kilkenny
married Mary Anne Dillon (nee Manning) on 21 November
1869 at St Mary's Catholic Church, Kilkenny City; daughter of
William Manning and Flicia Meder; She died prior to the death
of her husband in 1895
21 Nov 1869 St Mary's Kilkenny City Catholic Parish Register
- Thomas Shirley of High Street, Kilkenny City son of Thomas
Shirley and Catherine Nowlan of Killmay married Mary Anne Dillon
of High Street daughter of William Manning and Flicia Meder(?)
of Johns Well; Witness William Shirley of Garnaman and Kate [
] Doyle of Ballyselka?
Catholic family
children:
2(i). Kate Shirley born 19 August 1879 to Thomas Shirley,
grocer of High Street, Kilkenny and Mary Ann Manning
1870 Aug 19 - Civil Registration District of Kilkenny #2
- Birth of Kate Shirley dau of Thomas Shirley grocer of High
Street City of Kilkenny and wife Mary Anne Shirley formerly Manning.
Informant: father
2(ii). Thomas Henry Shirley born 24 November 1871 to
Thomas Shirley grocer of High Street, Kilkenny and Mary Anne
Manning; He died 26 May 1881, age 10
1871 Nov 25 (Reg in 1872) - Civil Registration District
of Kilkenny #2 - Birth of Thomas Henry Shirley son of Thomas
Shirley grocer of High Street City of Kilkenny and wife Mary
Anne Shirley formerly Manning. Informant: father
1881 May 26 - Registration District of Kilkenny - Thomas
Shirley of High Street, age 10 years, child of a shopkeeper;
Informant: Thomas Shirley present at death, High Street
2(iii). James Shirley born 31 October 1872 to Thomas
Shirley grocer of High Street, Kilkenny and Mary Anne Manning;
He died on 2 June 1881, age 9
1872 Oct 31 - Civil Registration District of Kilkenny #2
- Birth of James Shirley son of Thomas Shirley grocer of High
Street City of Kilkenny and wife Mary Anne Shirley formerly Manning.
Informant: father
1881 June 2 - Registration District of Kilkenny - James
Shirley of High Street, age 9 years, child of a shopkeeper; Informant:
Thomas Shirley present at death, High Street
2(iv). John Shirley born 10 July 1874, baptised 12
July 1874 at St Mary Kilkenny Catholic Church to Thomas Shirley
of High Street Kilkenny and wife Mary Anne Manning.
1874 July 10 - St Mary Kilkenny Catholic Parish - Birth
of John Shirley son of Thomas Shirley and Mary Anne Manning of
High Street; Baptised 12 July; Sponsors Canice Goss, Margaret
Shirley
Francis Shirley (f) born May 1876, age 3 months at
time of death on 15 August 1876
1876 Aug 15 - Registration District of Kilkenny - Francis
Shirley (f) of High Street, age 3 mos, child of a shopkeeper;
Informant: Mary A Shirley present at death, High Street
1(vii). Susan Shirley christened 6 April 1846 at Danesfort
Catholic Parish, Kilkenny; daughter of Thomas Shirley and Catherine
Nowlan; Her death was noticed in the Kilkenny Moderator newspaper
on 12 January 1924 identifying her as a member of a very old
co Kilkenny family, "the Shirleys of Garnaman Kells"
1846 April 6 - Danesfort Parish Catholic Church - Baptism
of Susan Shirley daughter of Thomas Shirley and Catherine Nowlan;
Sponsors John Shirley Mary Shirley. Klley
1924 January 12 Kilkenny Moderator [newspaper snippet]
[referring to death of ME] Elderly Lady's Sudden Death in Kilkenny.
On Sunday morning last Miss Susan Shirley, Switzers, Archer Street,
Kilkenny was noticed not to have proceeded to 7 o'clock Mass
according to her custom....The deceased was a member of a very
old County Kilkenny family, the Shirleys of Garnaman, Kells,
and was a sister of the late Mrs Martin Walsh of this city, and
her painfully sidden death is much regretted by......
1(viii). James Shirley christened 27 August 1848 at
Danesfort Parish, Kilkenny, son of Thomas Shirley and Catherine
Nowlan
1848 August 27 - Danesfort Parish Catholic Church - Baptism
of James Shirley son of Thos Shirley and Cath. Nowlan; Sponsors
Jeremiah Nowlan, Johanna [ ]. Ke[ ] [Note:
this is mis-indexed as Oherty surname in FamilySearch. The year
has page heading 1848, but next page has baptisms for 1847, so
1846 instead? FamilySearch says 1848]
Email: I was given the information on Thomas Shirley and
Catherine Nolan by a distant relative who is more interested
in another section of the family. Anyway, she said that Thomas
and Catherine's son, James, was baptized in Danesfort, Kilkenny,
on August 27, 1846. She didn't provide any documents, and I have
no other information except what happened after they went to
Mexico and then the U.S. and elsewhere.
Is this the correct James Shirley, buried in Veracruz Mexico
19 November 1904
Find a Grave - (in spanish) James Shirley originally from
Kilkenny Ireland and who came to Mexico as a civil engineer hired
to oversee the bridges of the Mexican railroad in 1866, designed
and built the bridges of Metlac and those of Cumbres de Maltrata.
1890 Feb 1 - Depart Vera Cruz to Port of New Orleans on
transit to Liverpool
Mrs james Shirley age 31 belong to England
James Shirley age 9
Miss Kate Shirley age 6
John Shirley age 4
1895 May 15 - Depart Vera Cruz, Arrival Port of New Orleans
James Shirley superentendent Mexican RR age 49
Mrs James Shirley and infant age 33 (sic)
Miss Catarina Shirley age 12
Master Ignacio Shirley age 10 (this is John)
The 1904 death record for Santiago (James) Shirley says
he was age 58 (b 1846), son of Santiago
(James) Tomas Shirley and Catalina Hutchison (sic,?)
married Elena Healy on 30 October 1879 at San Antonio,
Atzitzintia, Puebla Mexico (LDS film roll page 578 - barely
visible, but no parents named)
children
2(i). James Joseph Shirley born 15 November 1880 in
Mexico, lived in USA since age 3; wife Mary Wilson lots of passport
records, was an engineer, said he was English, English parents,
It appears he attended Cornell University in 1900, mechanical
engineering; Enumerated in NYC in 1910 census, age 29 b Mexico,
father English, wife Mary; In 1913, his residence was Los Angeles,
occ Engineer; In 1916, lived in NYC was a commercial engineer;
1923 lived in NYC, occ broker; father James Shirley "father
born in England is dead" (with photos of him and wife);
William S Shirley of 112th St NYC witnessed
his 1920 passport app. Enumerated with wife (no children)
in Brooklyn Kings Co NY in 1925 NY State census, age 43 born
Mexico
married Mary G Wilson on 18 Sep 1909 at Manhattan NY,
daughter of Andrew Wilson and Mary Linzcope of Mt Vernon NY
2(ii). Catherine Susanna Ruperta Shirley Healey (spanish
style surname) born 27 March 1883, baptised 16 April 1883
at Orizaba, Veracruz, México, daughter of Santiago Shirley
and Catalina Healey, Godfather James Farrell, Godmother Susana Shirley; She died 3 November 1956
at Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico. She married Percy Charles
Clifford son of William Edward Clifford and Annette 12 Oct 1906
Ciudad de México, México(death cert)
2(iii). John Ignacio Shirley born about 1885; He was
a civil engineer, traveled to US several times, age 24 in 1910
passenger list; In one border crossing in 1921 to/from Quebec
age 36 he states his race as "Irish"
married Winnefred ______She was identified in one of
her husband's immigration forms in 1921 as living 58 ?Stanlable
Rd London W 12
2(i). Joseph William Stafford Shirley Healey (spanish
style surname) born 17 Sep 1894, baptised 25 September 1894
in Orizaba Veracruz Mexico to Santiago (James) Shirley and wife
Elena Healey. The original document seems to give grandparent's
names "abuelos": Tomas James Shirley and Catherine
Nolan, Michael Healey and Dona White Catherine (not sure
why the "Catalina" was added to the end); He lived
in New York City working as an office assistant at the time of
the US WWI draft registration (apparently suffering some disabilities).
His So. District of NY naturalization papers dated May 1918 states
he served in the US army during this time, honorably discharged
28 April 1918, and that he was unmarried; He returned to Mexico
with his invalid Mother in 1918 for her to settle her affairs
(passport app letter); Enumerated in Manhatten with his mother
Elena Shirley in 1920 census (age 25, as Joseph W); He may be
the William Shirley born Mexico in 1894 (and 1898) who was an
inmate at King's Hospital in New York in 1930 census and 1940
census
1(ix). Elizabeth Shirley chr 29 July 1847 at Danesfort
Catholic Parish, Kilkenny; daughter of Thomas Shirley and Catherine
Nowlan
1847 July 20 Danesfort Catholic Parish - Elizabeth baptised
to Thos Shirley, Catherine Nolan; Sponsors John Shirley, Maria
Shirley. Killeny Mills
1(x). Bridget Shirley chr 1850 at Dansesfort Catholic
Parish, Kilkenny; daughter of Thomas Shirley and Catherine Nowlan
1850 [likely Nov or Dec] Danesfort Catholic Parish - Frances
Bridget baptised to Thomas Sherley and Catherine Nowlan; Sponsors
William Shirley, Sally Shirley. At Garnaman
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Shirley of Tullamaine, gent