In brief

1850s

Married Bridget Mitchell in Balla parish, County Mayo, Ireland, on 26 January 1854. Their son Anthony James was baptized in Keelogues parish on 17 February 1855.

Family

Spouse
m. 1854

Children

  • Anthony James Farrell · in this line
    b. February 17, 1855 (records vary) · County Mayo, Ireland; baptized in Keelogues Parish
    m. Anna Hughes Rafferty, January 28, 1891 in Syracuse, New York
    d. March 3, 1924 · home in Syracuse, New York

Life story

Patrick Farrell of Mayo

Patrick Farrell lived in County Mayo, Ireland. On January 26, 1854, in the parish of Balla, he married Bridget Mitchell, and a year later, on February 17, 1855, their son Anthony James was baptized in the parish of Keelogues, with David Farrell and Maria Geraghty as sponsors. Anthony went to Syracuse, New York, as a young man in the early 1870s and became a clothing salesman there; his granddaughter Mary Alice Dee was Meghan's grandmother. Nothing more is known of Patrick's life.

Sources (1)
  1. Balla Parish, Archdiocese of Tuam, County Mayo, Marriage Registry, 1837-1882, p. 32, Microfilm 04213/06, Patrick Farrell and Bridget Mitchell; images, Catholic Parish Registers at the NLI (https://registers.nli.ie/pages/vtls000631999_032 : accessed 25 June 2023).