The Gleason, AKA: GLEESON, family emigrated from County Cork, Ireland in 1878 to Wakefield, Massachusetts. Thomas Purcell Gleeson, a tenent farmer in Ireland, traveled to the United States with his wife Margaret Lehan Gleeson and their six children: David; Timothy; John; Jeremiah; Maryann; and Katherine.
My grandfather, Timothy, married Catherine Mary Ingerton. They had four children: Mary; Margaret; Catherine; and Thomas William Gleason (my father).
Family ties: Great-Great-grandfather: David Gleeson, born 1806 - died July 20, 1846 - buried at the Aghinagh (Aghina) Burial Ground plot # 19, Clonmoyle, Co. Cork. Source: Aghabulloge Roman Catholic Marriages, 1821 - 1880, Clonmoyle Registrar's District Legal: November 9, 1836 - David Gleeson married Catherine Purcell (born 1805 - died May 23, 1887 - buried at the Aghinagh (Aghina) Burial Ground plot # 19, Clonmoyle, Co. Cork). Witnesses to marriage: Michael Hyland and John Purcell. David was a tenant landlord farmer in Co. Cork.
Children of David and Catherine Purcell Gleeson:
--Son of David Gleeson: Thomas Purcell Gleeson (Great-grandfather), born August 1, 1837 in Co. Cork, Ireland. Thomas married Margaret Lahane (born May 20, 1838 in Co. Cork) on February 13, 1866. They emigrated to Wakefield, Massachusetts, USA in 1878 with their children. Thomas Purcell Gleeson died November 7, 1888 in Wakefield, Massachusetts. Children of Thomas and Margaret Lahane Gleeson:
--David Gleeson, born March 6, 1867, Clonmoyle, Co. Cork;
--Timothy Gleeson (grandfather), born April 18, 1868, Clonmoyle, Co. Cork;
--John Gleeson, born March 2, 1870, Clonmoyle, Co. Cork;
--Jeremiah Gleeson, born February 26, 1873, Clonmoyle, Co. Cork;
--Maryann Gleeson, born August 14, 1875, Clonmoyle, Co. Cork; and
--Catherine Gleeson, born April 20, 1876, Clonmoyle, Co. Cork.
My grandfather Timothy Gleeson married Catherine Mary Ingerton in 1907 in Massachusetts. Catherine Mary Ingerton's father was William Ingerton (born in Co. Cork). William Ingerton married Mary Foley (born 1850 in Co. Cork). They had five children: my grandmother - Catherine Mary Ingerton (born 1873 in Blarney, Co. Cork), Johanna Mary Ingerton, Thomas Ingerton, Nellie Ingerton, and David Ingerton who were all born in Blarney, Co. Cork. Catherine, Johanna Mary and Thomas emigrated to the U.S. in 1907. Nellie and David stayed in Ireland. David Ingerton's granddaughter is Peggy O'Brien who resides at 2 Muskerry Terrace, Blarney, Co. Cork, Ireland.
--Son of David Gleeson: The Reverand Brother Gleeson, who worked at the Upton Industrial School, Upton, Ireland;
--Son of David Gleeson: John Gleeson of Gurteen, Bandon, Ireland, died in 1907 or 1908 is buried at St. Patrick's Cemetery, Bandon. John Gleeson was a prominent educator and leader in the Catholic Church of Ireland. He married Mary O'Callaghan. She had a brother: Dr. J.J. O'Callaghan of Dunmanway. John and Mary Gleeson had the following children: John; David; Jerome; Nora (married FNU Granger); Mary "Minnie"; and a third daughter Kate who married a Murphy. John Gleeson's nephews: Jeremiah and William Barrett. Other nephews: Messrs. O'Mahoney, Collins and Gleeson.
Obituary of John Gleeson, Gurteen, Bandon, Ireland:
"After an illness which lasted a considerable time, the above will known and popular gentleman breathed his last on Saturday at an advanced age and fortified with the rites of the Catholic Church of which, during his lifetime, he was a worthy and zealous member. An industrious farmer and a good Catholic father, Mr. Gleeson united all those qualities which go to make up the noble spirit of our Irish manhood. He was sprung from a most respectable family, one of his brothers being the Rev. Brother Gleeson, of Upton Industrial School; while the deceased gentleman had also a son - Brother John Gleeson - in the Order of Charity. He was connected by marriage with one of the best and most honoured families in the district,
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The Steven R. Gleasons of Winchester, VA.