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International Family Group Sheet for the James FORREY Family

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Husband: James FORREY (1,2)
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   Birthdate: 1846 - , Mayo, Connacht, Ireland (1,2)
  Death date: 25 Dec 1883 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (2)
      Buried: 26 Dec 1883 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
    Marriage: 5 May 1870                  Place: New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (3)
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   Wife: Mary GRACE (4)
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   Birthdate: 1 Nov 1853 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (1,5)
  Death date: 3 May 1916 - Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA (3)
     Address: John Sealy Hospital, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
      Buried: 5 May 1916 - Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA
     Address: Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Galveston County, Texas
      Father: Thomas GRACE (Abt 1823-          ) (3)
      Mother:
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Other Spouse: William MURRAY (1836-1903) (3)
              Date: Between 1884 and 1885 - Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA (3)
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Other Spouse: Patrick SWEENY (1879-          ) (6)
              Date: 18 Aug 1904 - Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA
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Children
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1  F  Catherine FORREY (14)
   Birthdate: 6 Nov 1871 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (3)
  Death date: 25 Jul 1872 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (3)
      Buried:
      Spouse: Never married
  Marr. Date:
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2  F  Anne Elizabeth FORREY (2,7)
   Birthdate: 13 Jun 1873 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (8,9,10)
  Death date: 28 Aug 1912 - Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA (10,11,12)
      Buried: 3 Sep 1912 - Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA
     Address: Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Galveston County, Texas
      Spouse: Michael Joseph HEFFERNAN (1873-1941) (2,4)
  Marr. Date: 9 Jan 1895 - Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA (4,13)
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3  F  Rosalie FORREY (1)
   Birthdate: 2 Sep 1875 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (1,15,16,17)
  Death date: 27 Jul 1970 - Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA (11,17)
      Buried: 29 Jul 1970 - Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA
     Address: Old Catholic Cemetery, Galveston County, Texas
      Spouse: Phillip J TRAYNOR (1874-1949) (18)
  Marr. Date: Abt 1908 - Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA (3)
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4  F  Mary FORREY (1)
   Birthdate: 16 Aug 1878 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (1,3)
  Death date: 3 Dec 1959 - Kerrville, Kerr, Texas, USA
     Address: Kerrville State Hospital, Kerr County, Kerrville, Texas
      Buried: Dec 1959 - Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA
     Address: Galveston Cemetery, Galveston County, Galveston, Texas
      Spouse: Claude F MULLEN (1871-1922) (3,19)
  Marr. Date: 1898 - Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA (16)
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5  F  Regina Winifred FORREY (3)
   Birthdate: 22 Aug 1880 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (3)
  Death date: 19 May 1902 - Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA
     Address: John Sealy Hospital, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
      Buried: May 1902 - Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA
     Address: Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Galveston County, Texas
      Spouse: It's unclear whether she was married.
  Marr. Date:
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General Notes: Husband - James FORREY
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I have quite a lot of information on the James Forrey family. James Forrey was my great
grandmother's (Mary Grace) first husband. Try a search of the New Orleans, Louisiana 1880
census under the name Forey. It will list James, Mary Grace, Annie, Rose and Mary. After
much research, I obtained baptismal certificates from St. Michael's Church in New Orleans
for all three of the girls which gives their birth dates and their baptismal dates, along
with the names of their sponsors. How do you know that James Forrey was born in County
Mayo, Ireland and died in 1883? I have been searching the New Orleans Death Index, but
have been unable to locate James Forrey. I know that Mary Grace married a William Murray
(my great grandfather) around 1884-1885 in New Orleans and they moved to Galveston,
Texas. You can locate them in the 1900 Galveston Texas Census under William Murray. That
is how they ended up in Galveston. I hope someone reads this because I have been doing
research for about the last year and this if the first time I have come across someone
that is researching the same family I am. I hope you can e-mail me at gracesmith54 at
sbcglobal.net.

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Birth Notes: Wife - Mary GRACE
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The 1870 census has her at age 19 in June, making her born in 1850.

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Burial Notes: Wife - Mary GRACE
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Paradise Section, Space 1028

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Sources
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    1. 1880 Federal Census, Louisiana, Orleans, New Orleans, Vol 10, ED 66, Sheet 20.
    2. Heffernan, John J. Personal interview.
    3. Smith, Grace. I shared many letters and email notes with this Grace descendant.
    4. St Patrick's Catholic Church Marriage Records (Galveston, Texas), 104.
    5. Death Certificate.
    6. 1910 Federal Census, Texas, Galveston, ED 39, pg 11B.  Patrick Sweeney.
    7. St Patrick's Catholic Church Marriage Records (Galveston, Texas), 104.  St.
         Patrick's Catholic Church Marriage Records, 104.
    8. Orleans Parish Birth Index, Vol 64, Pg 445; (Louisiana USGenWeb Archives).
    9. 1880 Federal Census, Louisiana, Orleans, Film series T623, roll 1637, ED 114,
         Sheet 6, Line 33.
    10. Cemetery, Calvary Catholic, Galveston Co, TX.
    11. Texas Death Index, 1964-1998 (FamilySearch.org).
    12. Death Certificate, Heffernan, Annie.  Annie Heffernan, d. 28 Aug. 1912 in
         Galveston, Galveston Co, Texas. Source: death date and place from Record of
         Interments at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Galveston, Tx. Source pg. 53.  No
         burial place is listed on death certificate.
    13. Galveston Co, Texas Marriage Book, book M. pg. 48 no. 975.
    14. Smith, Grace, LDI Vol 55, Page 251. I shared many letters and email notes with
         this Grace descendant.
    15. Orleans Parish Birth Index, Vol 67, Pg 339. Index
    16. 1900 Federal Census, Texas, Galveston, ED 120 Sh 8.
    17. Death Certificate, Traynor, Rosalie #56510.
    18. Death Certificate, Traynor, Phillip #62069.
    19. Death Certificate, Mullen, Claude #33254.

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Last Modified: 13 Aug 2015
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My Notes
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My first information on James Forrey came from John J Heffernan, Sr., who told me that
James was born in County Mayo and died in Hotel Dieu.

If there is no SOURCE, I have no PROOF! If the source is a person, the information is HEARSAY.

 

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