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Updated March 25, 2007
I am researching the MORRISSEY and HENGESBACH families.

James Morrissey emigrated to New York from Ireland in the mid 1840s and settled in Bunkerhill, MI in the mid 1850s. He was born around 1820. He married Ann KEENAN, though the spelling varies, in the mid 1840s. Nothing is known of their origins in Ireland or of their siblings. Ann's parents were Thomas Keenan and Alice.

William Hengesbach (b. 9/14/1814) married Catherine Wieber PEFFER(b. 1809) and emigrated to the US from Wallen, Germany in the late 1830s. They settled in Westphalia, MI in the mid 1840s. His son, Theordore Hengesbach married Ann SCHAFER in 1870 in Westphalia, MI. Some parts of the family, including my mother's, changed their names to HENGESBAUGH.

Any information would be appreciated. I am also willing to share the information that I have.


Michael Robert Morrissey
11 S. Adams
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
United States
734-482-4099
Fax: 734-475-3075
mikemorr@hotmail.com

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  • James Morrissey Immigration (149 KB)
    Declaration of Intent filed by James Morrissey in Jackson (see Petition filed by Patrick Ryan on the same day)
  • James and Ann Morrissey's marriage record (828 KB)
    James Morrissey (Jacobus Morsey) and Ann Keenan (Anna Kennedy) were married on 8/17/1845 at St. Mary's church in Rochester, New York.
  • Patrick Ryan Immigration (451 KB)
    Patrick Ryan filed his petition for citizenship in Jackson with James Morrissey as his witness that he had been in the US at least 5 years.
  • Michael Marrinane's obituary (520 KB)
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  • Keenan Homes (689 KB)
    1) Thomas and Alice Keenan's home in Eagle, NY from 1846 - 1866. James and Ann Morrissey lived next door. 2) The Keenan home in LeRoy, NY from 1867 on.
  • Keenan Tombstones (779 KB)
    Tombstones for Thomas and Alice Keenan and their daughter Jane in St. Francis cemeter, LeRoy, NY. Their other daughters, Elizabeth and Alice, are buried here. Philip Keenan (a possible brother of Thomas), his wife Rose, John Keenan of Dunleer, Co. Louth (a possible nephew) and several others are buried in this plot as well.
 

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  • Morrisseys in Tipperary's Griffith's Valuation (2 KB)
    Listing of Morrisseys (and variations) in Griffith's Valuation done in Tipperery in 1850/51. The file is incomplete. It has been extracted from the great CMC project at: http://www.cmcrp.net/Tipperary/index.html
  • James and Ann Morrissey Chronology (4 KB)
    This is a chronology of the lives of James and Ann Keenan Morrissey and their family, including the Ryans who seemed to have played a significant role in their coming to Michigan.
 
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