More About Mary Hearlihey: Occupation 1: 1909, Dressmaker.371 Occupation 2: 1877, Dressmaker.372 Occupation 3: 1889, Dressmaker.373 Residence 1: 1913, 158 E. 103rd St., Manhattan, NYC, NY.374 Residence 2: 1875, 137 Cherry, NYC, NY.375 Residence 3: 1877, 218 Monroe Ave., NYC, NY.376 Residence 4: 1878, 256 Madison, NYC, NY.377 Residence 5: 1886, 1391 Second Ave., NYC, NY.378 Residence 6: 1889, 1261 Third Ave., Manhattan, NY.379
More About Mary Hearlihey and Lawrence Thomas Curtin: Death of one spouse: 1911, Lawrence died; Mary is widow.380 Marriage: Abt. 1890381, 382, 383 Residences 1: 1895, 217 East 100 St..384, 385, 386 Residences 2: 1896, 217 E. 100th St., NYC, NY.387 Residences 3: 1897, 217 East 100 St..388 Residences 4: 1899, 217 East 100 St.. Residences 5: 1900, 217 East 99th St..389
Marriage Notes for Mary Hearlihey and Lawrence Thomas Curtin: Frances Elizabeth Curtin, their second daughter, was known as Lillian throughout her lifetime. She always said her folks came from Boston, MA. According to the 1900 NYC Census, Mary Hearlihey was born in Massachusetts, where the record of her birth must be located. Born in New York City, Manhattan, in 1859, according to the same Census Index, Lawrence Curtin married Mary about 1889, judging from the birth records of their 7 children, 5 of whom survived to adulthood. According to Francis William Herlihy's 1982 oral account, Lawrence was a man of large frame and stature. A commercial fisherman and tavern owner, he struggled to support his large family. They were always impoverished, from Lillian's lifelong accounts. A seamstress by trade, Mary sewed all of the clothes for her children. She married Lawrence at about age 35 and worked very hard. According to Lillian's 1987 statement to granddaughter, Olivia Revits, Mary died Dec. 26 following hernia surgery; she failed to specify the year and was always extremely reluctant to discuss her nuclear family, so the subject was dropped. We assume she died abt. 1910, as Lillian said Mary urged her to take secretarial studies in preparation for the day she'd have to support herself. An asthmatic afflicted with a hernia, Mary knew she wasn't going to live much longer. Lawrence predeceased Mary. Lillian said he died of either a stroke or heart attack, some cardiovascular event that resulted in sudden death. Now orphaned, the Curtin kids banded together for dear life; there was no Social Security in those days, much less governmental agencies to help orphans. Either one worked to survive or one perished. Industrious and very cognitively gifted, each one except Mabel gave into the household. Mabel wanted nice things, but she didn't seem to understand she had to work for them. Instead, she used to 'borrow' Lillian's neatly-pressed white blouse that she needed for work the next day. When lillian tried to buy Mabel a pair of shoes, the latter demanded the finest white boots, which were attractive enough, but highly impractical. Lillian clearly disliked Mabel. Ella ran the household, and Lillian was afraid of her, but the reason remains unclear. Sometime in the decade 1910-1919, Mabel conceived and bore a child out of wedlock. The black sheep of the family, she was cast out by the Curtin clan, never to be seen or heard from again. We can only hop in our high-tech world there might be a chance of finding her progeny. (Olivia Brook Revits, 7 Aug 01)
Children of Mary Hearlihey and Lawrence Thomas Curtin are:
+William Joseph Curtin, b. August/1892, New York City (Manhattan)390, d. 18/April/1964, Denver, Colorado.
Mary Hearlihey (b. May/1862, d. Abt. 1910)
Marriage Notes for Mary Hearlihey and Lawrence Thomas Curtin: