Catherine (Kate) MORIARTY Dingle, Kerry Ireland

[5suns4dortas]

Seeking information, if any, of Catherine and Mary Moriarty  born in townland of Ballynacourty, Dingle, Kerry  Ireland.    Possible birth dates could be approx 1815 - 1843.     Parents were  DANIEL MORIARTY and MARY   surname  UnKNOWN,   There was a brother called THOMAS  MORIARTY who migrated to MELBOURNE AUSTRALIS  approx 1848- 1854.    Thomas married there in 1854.   He died in Bunyip  Victoria in 1899.
Catherine and Mary migrated to LAWRENCE ESSEX CO. MASSACHUSITTS  USA and it is believed that they never married.   According to Thomas Moriarty will in 1899 that was their last known address.  Have no knowledge of death of Daniel or Mary in Ireland.   
Hoping someone may be able to help.
R White

[aghadowey]

Possibly?

1880 Census- sisters Mary (age 41) & Catherine (age 39) living in Lawrence, Essex, Mass. Both single and working in cotton mill.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH66-C1Q
Be sure to look at the original image there. Transcription says ‘daughter’ but Mary is head of household and Catherine her sister.

1900 Census- sisters Mary (age 60, born Apr.1840) & Kate (age 52, born Dec.1858) still in Lawrence. Mary to U.S. 1851 (no occupation) and Kate in 1853 (twister cotton mill).
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9RW-7F4 Living at 364 Salem St. not Spring Street Cemetery as FS has transcribed!

[5suns4dortas]

Hello.   thank you for  your info re above.  Will check out what you have sent.  How do I find deaths in USA for these ancestors? 
R.White

[bbart]

There is a death for a Catherine F. Moriarty in Lawrence, Massachusetts, single, mill operative, age 65, died 13 Jan 1908, parents were Daniel Moriarty  and Mary Cavanagh.  Her address was 170 Salem Street.
The image at Ancestry says she was buried at St. Mary's cemetery, (also known as Immaculate Conception Cemetery).
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/221144468/catherine-f-moriarty

Perhaps the following, also in Lawrence, Massachusetts, is related (mother?), or just coincidence:
Widow Mary Moriatry died 1877, born abt 1793, father Daniel Kavanagh, resided at 52 Salem Street.

[heywood]

Thatdeath fits with the 1880 census posted by aghadowey but Catherine and Mary are at 252 Salem Street.

[aghadowey]

It wasn't uncommon for people in cities to move frequently, often along the same street. Therefore, the two Salem Street addresses might refer to the same family.

[heywood]

Yes i think it does. I thought there may have been an error in recording the death.

[bbart]

Death 03 Dec 1893
Bridget McDonnell, maiden name Moriarty, wife of Peter, Widow , 301 Water St., age 77, born Ireland, daughter of Dan Moriarty and Mary Kavanagh
( A Peter McDonnell was the informant on Catherine's death reg.  As Bridget is a widow, possibly she had a son Peter?)

Death 02 June 1895
Patrick Moriarty , widow, age 81, apoplexy, 252 Salem, labourer, born Ireland, father Daniel, mother Mary Kavanagh

Edit:  both above items in Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts.

[5suns4dortas]

Thank you all who replied to my  post.  In the process of researching this new info.   Have often wondered if my G Grandfather had other siblings.   Hopefully i am nearer to solving this problem.  THOMAS  MORIARTY  was the only one it seems who came to Australia.   thanks for all the good work.