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The Killfoile-Kirby Family Home PageUpdated September 5, 2000 | The Killfoile and Kirby families joined in 1881 with the marriage of Lawrence "Skip" Killfoile and Mary Ellen Kirby in Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. KIRBY:JAMES KIRBY was born about 1820 in County Waterford, Ireland, son of John and Mary Kirby (we are trying to verify that this Kirby family was from the village of Tallow and that the mother was Mary SULLIVAN Kirby.) James arrived in NY in 1849 from Liverpool, England.Married CATHERINE SLATERY in 1852 in Stockbridge, Ma.Had 3 sons: JOHN KIRBY b.about 1853, WILLIAM KIRBY, b. 1854, JAMES KIRBY, b. 1857.Catherine died in Stockbridge in 1857. James married his second wife ELLEN KEEFE about 1857.Their children were EDWARD, MARY ELLEN, MAURICE, JULIA, THOMAS, and ELIZABETH. KILLFOILE:JAMES KILLFOILE, born about 1820, the son of LAWRENCE and ELLEN KILLFOILE, and his wife MARY MURPHY KILLFOILE were both born in Ireland, and resided in Lee, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.Their children were JAMES, LAWRENCE, PATSEY, and THOMAS.JAMES, the father, died of consumption in 1861.THOMAS also died in 1861 as an infant of convulsions. LAWRENCE "SKIP" KILLFOILE, born in Lee, Ma. about 1859, married MARY ELLEN KIRBY, born about 1861 in Stockbridge, Ma. in 1881.Their children were:SARAH "SADE", MARY ELLEN "MAME", EDWARD L. "NED", THOMAS EDWARD, JULIA "JUDE", MIRA L., ALLEN T., JAMES W., ALICE E., ELEANOR J., ESTHER, FRANK E., COLETTA M., and GRACE MARY. ...and that's just the beginning! I would appreciate any help in piecing together my family history! |
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