The Dennigans of Tomiskey

The Third Generation

The third generation of this family, known at this point, consisted of:

A pedigree of this generation can be seen on Pages 48, 49 and 50

 

As has been shown, only Anne Agnes, Laurence junior and Bernard were to be found in the family home on the night of the 1911 Census. Where then were the other seven – Thomas John, Bernard (1879), Mary C, Michael Gregory, Elizabeth, Bridget and Ellen?
As has already been acknowledged, a considerable amount of research has already been carried out into the biography of Thomas John, and this will not be duplicated here.
Bernard of 1879 unfortunately died of drowning in 1884.
United States Immigration records help to fill us in on Mary C. and on Michael Gregory, while the situation regarding the three youngest girls is less clear cut.
On September 25th, 1907, Mary Dennigan, with a profession of waitress, and a father L. Dennigan of Ruskey, Co Roscommon, set sail for New York on the S.S. Carmenia. The ship arrived in New York on October 2nd. She gave as the person she was going to visit in America one Thomas Goldsmith. Mary was 5’7”, with black hair and grey eyes. See Page 35
 On that same ship (see Page 37) were Gregory Dennigan, a 20-year-old clerk, and his sister Annie, a 22-year-old waitress. They gave their father’s name as Lawrence Dennigan of Tomiskey, Rooskey. Both stated they were going to visit their sister Mary Dennigan in New York. Perhaps this was the reason that Annie, though not it seems, Gregory (who clearly was Michael Gregory) was deported. On the original immigration form, Annie’s record shows the instruction ‘Hold for Med Exam.”
On the Decision form, the detail is somewhat confusing, but it will be seen that opposite ‘Dennigan, Gregory & *sis’ is entered ‘hold’ and then, in handwriting, “Dr Cert Insane Withdrawn.” It is also clear that Gregory was admitted but that Annie was deported on the S.S. Lucanna. (See Page 39)
It is difficult to say what exactly all of this means. Is it possible Michael (Gregory) and Annie were suffering some form of fever which initially caused them to be delirious, and that Michael recovered more quickly? In any event, whatever the cause, we can find Annie’s return record to Queenstown (page 39). Michael Gregory is described as 5’8” with sandy hair and grey eyes, while Annie was 5’6” with sandy hair and blue eyes.34

34 Immigration Records, Ancestry.com. URL: www.ancestry.co.uk

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