Person:Kathleen Skelly (1)

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Catherine Skelly
d.Aft Sep 1917
Facts and Events
Name[2][3] Catherine Skelly
Alt Name[1][4] Kathleen Mary Skelly
Alt Name[5] Katie Skelly
Gender Female
Birth[1] Cal 1863 Westmeath, IrelandCalculated from age given, by herself, on 1911 census form
Marriage to James Hagerty
Death[6] Aft Sep 1917

Still trying to find Kathleen's birth and parents. It appears that her formal name was Catherine.

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Census of Ireland, 1911.

    Address: Battstown 6. Kathleen Mary Hagerty, Head of Family, Roman Catholic, Read + write, age 48, Widow born Co. Westmeath.

  2. Because there are no 'Kathleens'!.

    In parish registers in the area and likely period of Catherine's birth, there are NO girls entered as "Kathleen" - indeed there are no Christian names beginning with "K".

  3. .

    Parish register entries for the baptisms of daughters Alexandria (Sep 1897) and Margaret Frances (Sep 1900) (later known as Frances Margaret) give the mother's Christian name as "Catherine".

  4. Personal Knowledge [User HWMT].

    Kathleen's granddaughter, Anna Maria Kathleen, was named after both her grandmothers: Kathleen Skelly and Anna Maria McDaniel.

  5. Cert: birth, Hagerty 1868 Patrick Joseph.

    Kathleen is "Katie" on this certificate, showing that she was commonly called Katie.

  6. Hagerty: Patrick's mother referred to in correspondence Sep 1917.

    Known to be alive in Sept 1917 because, on a post card sent by her daughter-in-law to her son, she was mentioned ("your mother") as having just received a letter.