Frank and Anne Quigley of Draperstown, Derry, Ireland had 5 children between 1862 and 1870: James (March 1862), Mary (1865), Martha (Mar 1866), Annie (Sep 1867) and Rose (1870).
James came to Philadelphia on May 11, 1886 and found work as a cook. He married Annie Sullivan in 1889 and they moved to 605 Winton Street (6th and Snyder). Martha came to Philadelphia on Sep 13 1891. After their parents died, the other 3 girls, Mary, Annie and Rose came to Philadelphia on April 18, 1893. The 4 girls never married. Rose, age 23, died of TB just 4 months after arriving. Mary took a job working as a nurse for a rich family in Birdsboro, Berks County until 1904 when she too contracted TB. She moved in with Martha and Annie who owned a sewing notions shop (M & A Quigley) at 1601 S 21st Street (21st and Tasker) where she died at age 40 on Oct 14, 1905. Martha took a trip home in 1910.
James' wife died at age 39 of valvular heart disease on Mar 22, 1912 and James died at age 54 on Oct 24, 1916. They had no children. Martha and Annie continued to operate their store until 1920 when they retired to 1641 N 60th Street (60th and Lansdowne). Martha workd as a typist until May 20, 1921 when she died suddenly at the age of 55. This left Annie with no family and since she had just recently moved from South Philly to West Philly probably no friends. She died on Sep 20, 1934 at age 67 joining her brother and sisters at Holy Cross Cemetery in Yeadon. They left no one behind to pray for them so if you can, please take a moment to remember them with a Hail Mary.
Thank you for posting this. My great-great-great grandfather was Cornelius Quigley who was the brother of Francis. He named his own son Francis who was my great-great grandfather. Francis had a daughter named Katherine who became a Mother Superior and took great care of these cousins of hers. She left us an account of each of their lives and deaths and how she was with them when they died.
ReplyDeleteFrancis Quigley and Anne Kelly had a son named Michael who died at the age of 19 in Ireland.