MARGEYs to San Francisco, CA

[trichards]

I'm am a relative (Descendant) of Michael Margey.
His Daughter Bessy Margey was my Grandmother.
Bessy Married George Joseph Richards and had two Boys; George and ^(*).
My Father is ^(*).  My father was named after ^(*)(Michael's son) who was killed on the Steamship Rockingham May 1, 1917 when sunk by a U Boat.  He was one of the first US Citizens killed during WW I.  My father is still with us and is the last one of his Generation.
Harry Richards married ^(*) and had three children.  ^(*)(*) and myself Tim.
I married ^(*) and have one boy ^(*).  Named after ^(*).   Regards, Timothy Joseph Richards




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[Artsangelssheila]

Hi DoireM,
Here is a link to a website that has many early California newspapers.
https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=q&l=en&leqX=&oa=1&src=
If you use "advertisements" to specify what you are looking for, it will come up with births, marriages and deaths. It's a great tool for early San Francisco research!
Good luck. Sheila

[DoireM]

Hi Sheila,

Many thanks for the website details for California newspapers.  Much appreciated.

Regards,
DoireM

[DoireM]

Hello Timothy,

Great to hear from you!

I am the descendant of Michael's sister Susan Margey.  Michael, James and Rodger (three brothers) left Donegal and settled in San Francisco.  I have done extensive research on the Margey line.  I did find the newspaper clipping with details of Harry Margey's tragic death.  So Harry would of been named after Michael and Susan's father Henry Margey and his wife was Hannah Friel Margey.

Thanks again for making contact.

Regards,
Marie

[trichards]

Marie,

Likewise good to hear from a distant cousin. Do you still live near San Francisco?
I was born in Concord lived in Walnut Creek till 1972.  I now live just north of New Orleans.

Tim

[DoireM]

Hi Tim,

I live in the Emerald Isle, actually about 8 miles from where our ancestors lived!

Marie

[dpm14]

Howdy!

I wanted to send a PM, but apparently you have to have 3 posts first...

I’m also a Michael Margey descendant and it looks like my uncle beat me to this thread.

Earlier in the thread it mentioned that Michael and Alice were in an online tree, and that might have been because of me as I made an online version of my tree back in ‘07.

Greetings from Houston area Texas!

[DoireM]

Hello from Ireland, delighted to hear from a Margey cousin and from Houston, Texas too.  Michael and my Susanne were siblings. 

[dpm14]

Sorry to be so late to the party! I see this thread started over a decade ago.

My grandfather Harry, that my uncle mentioned above (his dad), the grandson of Michael Margey, passed away April 2, 2018.

I'm the oldest of the 4 grandkids, 3 by my mom, 1 by my uncle.

So assembling the data, I guess we are somewhere along the lines of fourth cousins. Hopefully I can think of a good third post to make since I'd like to know additional information you may have on Michael Margey's dad, and especially if you have ancestry above Michael's parents. Before this thread, I only knew his mom's maiden name from the death certificate info.