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Roscommon / Re: Lenanmarla
« on: Wednesday 19 April 17 18:58 BST (UK) »
I am glad I was helpful. I wroe that quickly and was trying to get a lot of information out. I have some detail information you may like.
Wille Curley was about the same age as my great uncle Michael O'Neill. There were friends and companion. My Uncle was a hell raiser and like to gamble and drink. There another companion that went with them when they emigrated around 1915. I heard the did this on the spur of the moment with no planning. My uncle was born in 1895. Willie probable was born around that time frame. When they got to America Uncle Mike left them to go to Baltimore , Md. His brother and sisters were there. He later join the US Army and fought in France. He return to Baltimore and lied there until 1988.
I meet Wille when I visited Lenamarla with my parents in 1977. He came over to the O'Neill and had a long talk with my father. We have a picture of him taken at the time. Pat O'Neill who own the farm told me Wille wife died a few years earlier. He lived alone on the farm until he died. I have no other information on his marriage or if he had any children. As I mention I return in 1982 and Wille had died and the house was closed. When I return in 1995 the house was still closed. Wille probable buried in New Kilbegnet Cemetery.
The 1954 Griffin Land Survey has a Thomas Curly owning a farm in Lenamarla.
My family no longer living in Lenamarla, they all died off.
If I find any other information I let you know. If you have question I may be able to help. Thanks
Wille Curley was about the same age as my great uncle Michael O'Neill. There were friends and companion. My Uncle was a hell raiser and like to gamble and drink. There another companion that went with them when they emigrated around 1915. I heard the did this on the spur of the moment with no planning. My uncle was born in 1895. Willie probable was born around that time frame. When they got to America Uncle Mike left them to go to Baltimore , Md. His brother and sisters were there. He later join the US Army and fought in France. He return to Baltimore and lied there until 1988.
I meet Wille when I visited Lenamarla with my parents in 1977. He came over to the O'Neill and had a long talk with my father. We have a picture of him taken at the time. Pat O'Neill who own the farm told me Wille wife died a few years earlier. He lived alone on the farm until he died. I have no other information on his marriage or if he had any children. As I mention I return in 1982 and Wille had died and the house was closed. When I return in 1995 the house was still closed. Wille probable buried in New Kilbegnet Cemetery.
The 1954 Griffin Land Survey has a Thomas Curly owning a farm in Lenamarla.
My family no longer living in Lenamarla, they all died off.
If I find any other information I let you know. If you have question I may be able to help. Thanks