Michael and Thomas both indicated that they arrived in the New York circa 1886/87. Joseph and Fanny immigrated in 1894. The immigration dates of the other are not know.

Agnes Walsh Lahiff (a daughter of Joseph Walsh and Maggie Langan) and Maria Lahiff Pedulla (the daughter of Agnes Walsh Lahiff) made notes on the siblings of Joseph Walsh which indicate that the following 8 children of John and Fanny immigrated to New York City: Michael, Thomas, James, Joseph, Mary, Julia, Ellen, and Fanny.

Charles Walsh (a son of Joseph Walsh and Maggie Langan) and Mary Walsh Herdman (a daughter of Charles Walsh) made notes on the siblings of Joseph Walsh which indicate that the following 7 children of John and Fanny immigrated to New York City: Michael, Thomas, James, Joseph, Mary, Julia, and Ellen.They did not list Fanny.

Marilyn Walsh Krausch (a daughter of William Walsh and Mae McCarthy and a granddaughter of Joseph Walsh and Maggie Langan) lived with William O'Shaughnessy, the son of Mary Walsh and William O'Shaughnessy, when Marilyn's mother was sick with TB. She provided me with some information on Mary Walsh O'Shaughnessy when I visited her in Tucson in 2002.

Joan Donovan, (a daughter of Lillie Walsh and Eddie O'Neil and a granddaughter of Joseph Walsh and Maggie Langan) provide a copy of a note and a remembrance card from the ordination of Martin O Shaughnessy (the son of John and Fanny's daughter, Mary Walsh O'Shaughnessy) in April 2005.

I have found the birth's in Ireland for all of the siblings listed by Agnes and Charles, except the birth of Julia.

Walsh was almost as common in New York City as it was in the West of Ireland. There were 615 listings for Walsh in the 1890 directory for New York City, including 30 Michael Walshes and 52 Thomas Walshes. The information is too vague to determine if these listings included the sons of John and Fanny Walsh.

Michael Walsh (1863-1918) and Bridget (Beesy) Killren (Kallora)

Birth of Michael Walsh

1863 Ballinrobe, Ireland

Immigration of Michael Walsh

According to his naturalization papers and the 1900 census, he immigrated in 1886 on the Adriatic. I cannot find a listing for him on that ship or that year. There are several Michael Walshes about the same age who arrived from Queenstown between 1883 and 1886. The information on the immigration of that period is too vague to be certain which (if any) is the correct record for this Michael Walsh. According to his death record in 1918, he had been in the US for 32 years, which would mean he immigrated circa 1886.

www.catlegarden.org lists the following possibilities:

• Michael Walsh, Laborer, 20, M, 22 Oct 1880, Ireland, Adriatic
• Michael Walsh, Laborer, 22, M, 28 Oct 1882, Ireland, Adriatic
• Michael Walsh, Laborer, 20, M, 5 January 1883, Ireland, Adriatic.
• Michael Walsh, Laborer, 26, M, 16 May 1885, Ireland, Adriatic
• Michael Walsh, Laborer, 28, M, 4 May 1889, Ireland, Adriatic

Coachman 1900, 1901, 1911

Doorman, 1917

Marriage

Bridget Kallora (Other spellings: Killren, Kilaren), date unknown (most likely between 1890 and 1895), place unknown (most likely NYC). I did a thorough search of the records and did not find the marriage record for Michael and Bridget. Marriages performed in the Roman Catholic Churches were greatly underreported.

Bridget (Bessie) Kallora Walsh

Bridget Kollora Walsh was also known as Aunt Bessie. Many of the grandchildren of Joseph and Maggie remember her.

Bessie (pronounced BZ) was a nickname for Bridget.

Children

1. Mary (AKA Tootsie), circa 1896, according to Michael's naturalization papers, see below.

   Death; 1970 Estate $40,00 no will per Agnes Walsh notes

2. John Lawrence Walsh, August 14, 1897 (WWI Draft Registration) 1899 (Death record). Not listed by Ancestry for 1891 to 1902 NYC Births.

   WWI Draft Registration: John L Walsh 1307 3rd Ave New York, born August 14, 1897, Brownville, NY, USA, father born Mayo Ireland, employer Guaranty T Co. 140 Broadway, mother Bessie Walsh, 11307 3rd Ave. short, slender brown eyers and black hair. August 24, 1918

   Death, 1924: John Lawrence Walsh 200 E 78th street tenement, Manhattan, single dob August 14, 1899, age 25 years 8 months, and 3 days, born NYC, father, Michael Walsh, born Ireland, mother, Bridget Killoran, born Ireland, died April 17, 1924 acute lobar pneumonia, heart failure, buried Calvary April 21, 1924 (NYC cert. #10974, 1924).

3. Patrick Joseph Walsh, March 15, 1901

   Birth: Patrick Joseph Walsh born March 15, 1901, father Michael Walsh, age 35, born in Ireland, coachman, mother, Bridget Kilaren, age 32, born in Ireland, address, 205 East 77th Street, number of previous children, 2, three still living. (#11911).
   Note: His date of birth was listed on the naturalization papers as March 1900

   Baptism: Patrick Joseph, the son of Michael Walsh and Bridget Killren, born March 15, 1901 and baptized April 7, 1901, St Jean Baptiste, 184 East 76th Street, New York. godparents: Thomas Walsh and Anna Killren. (Record from St Jean Baptiste)

   Notes:

   • Thomas Walsh was Michael's brother.
   • Anna Killren must have been a relative of Bridget's

   Death: Patrick Joseph Walsh, born March 15, 1902 died September 1982, Bronx, 10461, 057-09-5538 (SSDI)

4. Edward Michael, September 17, 1903

   Birth: Edward Michael was born September 17, 1903, according to Michael's naturalization papers and the Baptismal records from St Jean Baptiste Church. I did a thorough search and did not find the birth record. There were no births recorded for Walsh on September 17, 1903 and there was no birth for Edward Michael Walsh recorded in 1903. Births before 1910 were frequently not reported to the city.

   Baptism: Edward Michael Walsh, the son of Michael Walsh and Bridget Killren, was born September 17, 1903 and baptized, October 18, 1903 at St Jean Baptiste, 184 East 76th Street, New York. Godparents: Matthew House and Catherine House. (Record from St Jean Baptiste)

   Notes:

   • Sr Elizabeth Kennedy C.N.D., who sent me the transcriptions of the Walsh baptisms, said that the first letter of the name "House" was hard to read and she was unsure if the "H" was correct.
   • I do not know how Matthew House and Catherine House are related to either the Walshes or the Killrens.

   Marriage: Not Edward M Walsh Sept 11, 1932 Manhattan cert. # 18546.

   Death: Unknown. No death listed in the SSDI

The 1900 Federal Census listed Michael Walsh and his family at 203 East 77th Street as follows:

• Michael Walsh, coachman, born January 1864 in Ireland, immigrated in 1885
• Delia, wife, born February 1864 in Ireland
• "Annie", born 1895 in New York
• "Jimmie", born 1897 in New York.

Notes:
• The names of the two children do not match the birth and naturalization records, see below. This is a common problem with census records and is not a major issue.
• Delia is/was a nickname for Bridget
• This listing is not included on Ancestry.com

Ward 19, Third Ave, Michael Walsh, head age 44, married 16 years, immigrated 1885, na, coachman stables, Bridget wife age 40, 4 children 4 still living, immigrated 1887, Mary, daughter age 15, John son age 12, Patrick son age 9, Edward son age 6 Children all born NY parents born Ireland,

1915 New York State Census

I could not find an address for Michael Walsh in 1915. Consequently, I could not look him up in the 1915 New York State Census.

Naturalization of Michael Walsh

The naturalization papers for Michael Walsh includes the following information:

• His 1911 Declaration of Intention listed Michael Walsh, 1336 3rd Avenue, coachman, 5 feet 6 inches, 175 pounds, black hair, brown eyes, born in Co. Sligo, Ireland, August 25, 1868, immigrated from Queenstown on the Adriatic, late residence in Ireland, Co. Mayo.
• His Petition for Naturalization listed Michael Walsh, 1307 Third Avenue, doorman, born August 20, 1868 in Co. Mayo, immigrated from Queenstown on the Adriatic, February 4, 1886, wife Bridget Kallore, children, Mary, born 1896, John born 1898, Patrick born 1900, Edward born 1903. A witness was Thomas Walsh, masseur, 199 West 76 Street.
• Michael's naturalization papers contain a "Memorandum of Continuanoes" which lists two dates:
  1. Date: November 8, 1917, Reason for Continuanoe: Adj
  2. Date: January 8, 1918, Reason for Continuanoe: Adj 1 -(illegible)
  The Order of the Court Denying Petition dated February 14, 1918, stated that "the petitioner was ordered to appear in court and having failed do do so the petition was denied for Lack of Prosecution"

Notes:

• Despite some discrepancies in dates and names, there is enough collaborating evidence to indicate that all of the above records are for Michael, the son of John and Fanny Walsh, born in Ballinrobe in 1863.
• Michael's date of birth (as listed in the Ballinrobe records, on the census, and on the naturalization papers) are not consistent. This, however, is a common occurrence.
• The names of the children are not consistent between the census and the naturalization papers. Again, this is common in these types of records.
• There was only one Michael Walsh who had the following combinations of associations:
  1. Lived on the Upper East Side (where his brother, Joseph his family lived).
  2. Was related to Thomas Walsh, "Masseur".
  3. Was born in Co. Mayo.
  4. The occupations listed for Michael are consistent with those listed for his brother, Joseph.
  5. Was married to Bridget Kallore (Killren)

Michael Walsh as a Sponsor

Michael Walsh was the sponsor at the baptism of:

1. Charles, the son of Joseph Walsh and Maggie Langan, on August 21, 1904 in West End, New Jersey. See, Joseph Walsh.

On the hunch that the reason that Michael failed to show up in court for his naturalization was because he died, I checked the death records in NYC between 1917 and 1918.

Michael Walsh, 1307 3rd Avenue, Manhattan, tenement, male, white, married, born, August 25, 1865, Ireland, age 52 yrs, 6 mos, and 1 day, occupation, attendant, in US 32 yrs, father, John Walsh, born in Ireland, mother, Fanny McDonald, born in Ireland, died on February 26, 1918 about 1 AM of a diabetic coma. He had been sick and in the care of a doctor from November 1, 1917. He was buried in Calvary Cemetery on February 28, 1918.

Note: This is not the only record where Fanny Feeney Walsh's name was listed as Fanny McDonald. Fanny Walsh listed her mother as Frances McDonald, at the time of her marriage in 1899. It is possible that their mother, Fanny Feeney, was the daughter of ____ Feeney and _____ McDonald. I cannot find any McDonalds in Ballinrobe.

1920 Federal Census

• Bessie Walsh head 50 widow, immigrated 1887 (?), Na 1895 born Ireland, mother tongue Irish, No occupation
• John L Walsh, son age 22, bookkeeper bank
• Patrick Walsh, son age 18, clerk stock exchange
• Edward M Walsh, son age 16, clerk, stock broker
• Mary Walsh, daughter age 24, stenographer, office

Children all born NY

Bridget Walsh, Mary, Patrick and Edward were listed in the 1930 census at 200 E 78th Street in Manhattan as follows:

1. Bessie, head, rent $34, radio, age 63, widow, born Ireland, native tongue, English, immigrated 1887, naturalized, no occupation
2. Mary, daughter, age 33, single, born NY, stenographer office
3. Patrick V. son, age 29, born NY, clerk office
4. Edward M, son, age 26, born NY, clerk office

None of the men were vets.

The Death of Bessie Walsh

Bridget Josephine Walsh widow of Michael Walsh, born June 22, 1870 age 68, housewife, born Ireland, in US 50 years, father John Killoren, born Ireland mother Bridget May born Ireland, informant Mary Walsh buried Calvary, cerebral hemorrhage hypertension died Nov. 29, 1938 buried Dec 21, 1938

Agnes Walsh Lahiff and Maria Pedulla's notes on Michael Walsh

• Michael married "Beatrice" Killoran, known as Aunt Beezie
• They had:
  1. Mary=Tootsie (estate) died 1970 $40,000, no will
  2. Eddie, died
  3. Patrick, died

• "My father's godfather" (meaning Charles's god father)
• 3 boys and 1 girl

Birth: Daughter of John Killoran and Bridget May born June 22, 1870, Ireland. Immigrated circa 1888. (Info from death record)

Family of Michael Walsh Addresses

The addresses in New York for the records connected with Michael Walsh are all in the 70s in the Upper East Side within a few blocks of one another. This is important for two reasons; one, while people changed apartments frequently, they tended to stay in the same neighborhoods, two, while there were a number of Michael Walshes in New York in the late 1800s to early 1900s, there appears to have been only one living in the 70s on the Upper East Side.

• At the time of Joseph's immigration in 1894 - 109 East 76th Street (between Park and Lexington).
• Six years later - 1900 census - 203 East 77th Street (between Third Avenue and Second Avenue).
• 1900 Census - Third Ave no number. Naturalization papers in 1917 - 1307 Third Avenue (near 75th Street) - The same at Michael's death in 1918
• 1930 Census - 200 E 78th Street

Mary Walsh (1865-1928) and William O'Shaughnessy

Birth of Mary Walsh

August 5, 1865, Ballinrobe, County Mayo Ireland

Immigration of Mary Walsh:

Circa 1886

Marriage:

William O'Shaughnessy, circa 1890 and place unknown (presumably NYC).

Not listed in the NYC archives for 1881 through 1891.

Birth of William O'Shaughnessy: Circa 1864 Ireland.

Immigration: Unknown.

No obvious immigration record for William O'Shaughnessy through the Castle Carden site.

Children:

1. John Augustine O'Shaughnessy and _________

   Birth: John O'Shaughnessy born November 27, 1891, 239 E 79th Street to William O' Shaughnessy age 30 born Ireland, firefighter and Mary "Welsh" age 24, born ireland, 1st child certificate # 43481. No listing in the 1891 to 1902 birth index for NYC for June 1891.

   Marriage: Katherine

   Occupation: Insurance

   WWI Draft Registration: John Augustine O'Shaughnessy 1738 44th Street Brooklyn born November 28, 1891, NYC, adjuster, Travelers Insurance 30 E 42nd Street NYC, married can't read, height medium, build medium, eyes blue hair brown. 1917.

   1920 Census: Not listed

   1930 Census: 243rd Street Rosedale Queens, John A O'Shaughnessy, head own, $9.750, radio age 37, born NY, field assistant Life and fire Ins. Kathleen wife age 37 born New York, Kathelln daughter age 10, Frances daughter age 8, John M son age 5, Gerard son age 3, Richard, son age 1 yr and 4 mos.

   Death: Unknown. No death listed in the SSDI. After 1917. Nothing in the NYC indexes that fits the bill.

2. Helen (Nellie) O'Shaughnessy and Harry Brocker

   Nellie (Agnes Walsh Lahiff) and (November 1894, 1900 census).

   Birth: While there are several listings for Ellen O'Shaughnessy in the correct time period there are no listing with correct names and ages of parents, occupation of father and address, etc.

   Marriage: Henry Harry Brocker circa 1917. Not listed in the Grooms index NYC (Roman Catholic marriages under reported).

   Note: Julia Walsh (a sibling of Mary Walsh) lived with her niece, Mrs. Henry Brocker, at the time of her death in 1928.

   More on Harry Brocker:

   • Not listed WWI Draft Registration

   Children:

   1. Joseph circa 1924
   2. William circa 1930

   1920 Census: Did not find

   1930 Census: 136 Ave Queens

   • Harry Brocker, head own $8,000, age 38 , married at 25, born NY, foreman painters
   • Helen, wife, age 34 married at 21 born NY parents born Irish Free State
   • Joseph, son, age 6
   • William, son, age 11 months

3. William O'Shaughnessy (1897-?) and

   Birth: William born June 30, 1897, 204 E 76th Street, father, William O'Shaughnessy, age 33, born Ireland, iron worker, mother, Mary nee Welsh, age ?, born Ireland, third of three children still living (1897 Manhattan Certificate # 27942 )

   WWI Draft Registration: William O'Shaughnessy, 352 54th Street Brooklyn, born June 30, 1897, New York, NY Father's birthplace Tuam (?) Ireland. The whole image does not show up on Ancestry.

   Marriage 1: William Raphael O'Shaughnessy, 20 E 95the Street, age 28, real estate broker, born NYC, father, William, mother, Mary A Walsh, married Mary Mildred Ward, 20 E 95the Street, age 23, born Woolgate, NY, father, John E. mother, Frances Heinrick, Witnesses, John Hogan and Belinda McCann, marriage performed by Rev. James A Dunagan, 135 E 9_ Street. October 12, 1925 (Marriage certificate #27734 Manhattan 1925)

   Marriage 2: Nora McCarthy, the sister of Mae McCarthy who was the wife of William Walsh, the son of Joseph Walsh and Maggie Langan.

   Death: Unknown. No death listed in the SSDI

4. Harold, date of birth unknown (Agnes Walsh Lahiff)

   Marriage: No listing in the NYC Grooms index.

   Death: Unknown. No death listed in the SSDI

5. Florence circa 1905, per 1920 census

William O'Shaughnessy and Mary in the 1900 Census

W. 53rd Street, Manhattan:

• William, head, born Aug 1865, Ireland, naturalized, married 10 years, immigrated 1889, Na, laborer,
• Mary, wife, born June 1871, 4 children 3 still living, Ireland, immigrated 1889
• John born June 1891
• Nellie, born November 1894
• William born November 1896

• Mary's age is off about 6 years, this is not uncommon
• Instead of the son, Harold, as listed by Agnes Walsh Lahiff, there is a son named, John. However, Harold may have been born after 1900.

Move to Brooklyn

Sometime between the 1900 census and 1917 (when William registered with the draft) the family moved to Brooklyn.

William O'Shaughnessy and Mary in the 1910 Census

The Heritage Quest CD index for the 1910 Census in New York City had two listings for William O'Shaughnessy. Neither was him.

Not listed by Ancestry.

William O'Shaughnessy and Mary in the 1920 Census

54th Street Brooklyn: William O'Shaughnessy, head, married age 56, naturalized, can't read immigration date but Ancestry says it is 1908, labourer, Mary wife, age 49, William son age 22 bookkeeper, Florence daughter age 15

Notes: Again there are some minor problems with this census but this is surely them. They ended up in Brooklyn. Mary died at 55th Street in Brooklyn in 1928. William and William have the right ages. Mary is off again.

Naturalization

Emigrant's Saving Bank: Indexes only for William O'Shaughnessy. Can't be sure it is him.

Death of Mary Walsh O'Shaughnessy

Mary Agnes O'Shaughnessy, 442 55th Street, Brooklyn, married, date of birth, October 11, 1869, Ireland, in US 42 years, father John Walsh, born Ireland, mother, Frances McDonald, born Ireland, died March 26, 1928 about 6 A. M.. sick from October 1, 1927 chronic myocarditis, duration of 5 months and 26 days. Buried Calvary Cemetery, March 29, 1928 (Manhattan Death Certificate #6869, 1928)

Notes:

• Despite the incorrect date of birth and mother's maiden name, this is the correct death record
• Fanny Feeney was frequently listed by her children as McDonald.
• 442 55th Street is just east of 4th Ave.

Death of William O'Shaughnessy

William O'Shaughnessy, Brooklyn, Caldonia Hospital, widower, age 69, retired, born Ireland, in US 45 years, father, John O'Shaughnessy, born Ireland, mother Mary Healy, born Ireland, address 249 Highland Ave, Brooklyn, cause of death, chronic mocarditis, chronic nepremia (?), uremia, died April 12, 1932 at 5:30 A. M. buried Calvery Cemetery April 15, 1932. (Brooklyn Death Certificate #8532, 1932)

Highland Avenue is on the tip of Coney Island. They were previously in the 55s in Bklyn.

Marilyn Walsh Krausch's information on Mary Walsh and her family

• William (Bill) O'Shaughnessy, the son of Mary Walsh and William O'Shaughnessy, was married to Mildred (Mona).
• They did not have any children
• When Marilyn's mother, Mae McCarthy Walsh, was sick with TB, Bill and Mildred O'Shaughnessy took Marilyn to live with them in Brooklyn. They wanted to adopt her, but she eventually returned to live with her father.
• After Mildred's death, Bill O'Shaughnessy married Mae McCarthy's sister, Nora.
• Frank Goehle, the husband of Isabel Walsh Goehle, was a best man at the wedding of Bill O'Shaughnessy and Nora McCarthy in 1969. Marilyn lent me a photos of the wedding. See below.

William R O'Shaughnessy (the son of William O'Shaughnessy and Mary Walsh) in the 1930 Census

William O'Shaughnessy and his wife, Mildred were listed in the 1930 census at 249 Highland Avenue, Brooklyn as follows:

1. Mildred, renting, $70, age 24, age at marriage, 21, born in New York, both parents born in New York, citizen, occupation, none
2. William, husband, age 32, age at marriage 29, born in New York, both parents born in Ireland, citizen, clerk, stock exchange, vet, no war service.

See The McCarthey's for the complete photo, which includes Frank Goehle and Nora's sister, Kate.

1. James Langan sib of Martin Langan sib of Patrick Langan and sib Maggie Langan

   After James Langan's death Anastasia Devereux Langan married

2. Patrick Langan sib of James Langan and Maggie Langan who married Joseph Walsh

Ellen Walsh

Birth

1877 Ballinrobe, Ireland

In Ireland after 1894

When her father died in March 1894, Ellen was a little over 16 years old. Two months after John Walsh died, his son, Joseph (20), and his daughter, Fanny (18), left Ireland and immigrated to New York City where at least four of their siblings were already living.

Since Ellen was younger than Joseph and Fanny and was did not immigrate with them, I assume that she remained in Ireland until some later date. Who did she live with? When did she immigrate? She was in the US by 1904 when she was a godmother to Charles, the son of Joseph Walsh and Maggie Langan.

Immigration

Unknown

There are too many Ellen/Ellie Walshs listed on the Ellis Island web site who immigrated between 1894 and 1904 and the information is too vague. Plus that it is not know if she even came though Ellis Island.

Records in New York City

It is going to be very hard to find much on Ellen Walsh.

Both the name Ellen and the name Walsh were extremely common in NYC in the late 1800s and the turn of the century.

Civil Records

If she did not marry and have children, the only record in the civil records would be her death.

Church Records

If she did not marry and have children, the only records would be as a witness to a baptism or marriage and her death record.

1. Godmother to Charles Walsh, the son of Joseph and Maggie in 1904.

Censuses in NYC

There were too many Ellen Walshes in the 1900 Census to be sure if any of them was the daughter of John and Fanny.

Death

Unknown

• "Spinster died about 40 years of age romance with someone she couldn't marry-Story about being married to him on her deathbed- I'm not sure Aunt Bella would know"

Charles Walsh and Mary Walsh Herdman's notes on Ellen Walsh

• Eleanor (Ellen) listed as a sibling of Joseph Walsh
• "my father's godmother", see below

Julia Walsh (c 1868-1928)

Birth

Circa 1868 based on her death record, where she was listed as the daughter of John Walsh and Fanny "McDonald".

I did not find a record of the birth of Julia Walsh in Ireland.

Several family sources list her as a sibling of Joseph Walsh:

1. Agnes Walsh Lahiff and Maria Lahiff Pedulla's notes.

2. Charles Walsh and Mary Walsh Herdman's notes.

3. Peggie Goehle Edgar (the daughter of Isabell Walsh) told me that Charles Walsh (the brother of Isabell) once told her that she looked like "Aunt Julia Walsh".

Immigration

Unknown, circa 1888

Records in New York City

It is going to be very hard to find much on Julia Walsh because the name, Julia Walsh, is a relatively common name in NYC in the late 1800s and the turn of the century.

Civil Records

She did not marry and have children.

Church Records

Julia was a godmother at least twice:

1. Julia Walsh was the sponsor at the baptism of Thomas B. Walsh, the son of Thomas Walsh and Margaret Hefferan, baptized at The Church of St Jean Baptiste, on October 11, 1908.
2. According to Agnes Walsh Lahiff notes, Julia was Agnes's godmother. I do not know where Agnes was baptized.

Censuses in NYC

I did not find any listing in any of the censuses that was obviously Julia.

Death

June 6, 1928

I was looking for a Langan obituary in the Brooklyn Eagle when I came across the following death:

"6 June 1928 Julia F Walsh died Monday at her home, 24206 136th Ave. Rosedale. She was born in County Mayo Ireland. She was the sister of the late Mary O'Shaughnessy. The funeral will be held from the house of her niece Mrs. Henry Brocker, with whom she lived, at 10 a. M. Friday, with a requiem mass at the R. C. Church of St Clare, Rosedale. Interment will be at Calvary Cemetery under the direction of Francis P Murphy, 21824 137th Ave Springfield Gardens."

The only information I had on Julia to that point was the fact that both Charles Walsh and Agnes Walsh LaHiff had listed her as a sibling of Joseph Walsh. I had truly believed that I would never find anything about Julia Walsh. I did not find her birth in Ireland so I had no idea of a year of birth. Both Julia and Walsh were very common in NYC. With nothing really to go on it was pure serendipity that I found her obituary. The Langan turned out not to be related.

Death Certificate: Julia Walsh 24206 136th Avenue, female, single, date of birth, 1868, age 60, houseworker, born Ireland, in US 40 years, father John Walsh, born in Ireland, mother, Fanny McDonald, born in Ireland, died on June 6, 1928 of myocardial failure, hypertension, chronic intestinal nephritis duration of 3 years. Buried Calvary Cemetery June 8, 1928 (1928, Queens Certificate # 3773)

Note: Fanny's surname was Feeney, not McDonald. The name McDonald has come up several times in relation to Fanny Feeney.

Agnes Walsh Lahiff's notes on Julia Walsh

• Sibling of Joseph Walsh
• "Spinster, died about age 70, mom's godmother"

My note: I assume that this means that Julia was Agnes' godmother.

• Sibling of Joseph Walsh
• "single"

Heritage Quest has a CD index for the 1910 Census in New York City. While I did not find any of the Walshes I was looking on the CD listings, it did shed some light on the problem of findng records for the Walshes in New York City.

There were 3,155 heads of household or single individuals who were not heads of household with the surname, Walsh, in the 1910 Census in the five boroughs and Long Island.

• There were 128 listings for James Walsh. 60 of these were listings for James born in Ireland. Narrowing it down slightly, 39 of the James born in Ireland were living in Manhattan.
• There were 119 listings for Thomas Walsh . 70 of those were listings for Thomas born in Ireland. 39 of the Thomas Walshes born in Ireland were living in Manhattan.