By the Bridge: a Tale of West Cork and Boston
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Page 1 of 277 Swanton, Ginni. By the Bridge. February 17, 2017. Copyright 2017. All rights reserved. No part of this work may be duplicated or distributed without the express permission of the author. Page 2 of 277 For my daughter, Stacie Lyn Ruckert Mullin. I love you with all of my heart. I always have and I always will. Page 3 of 277 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................... 11 PROLOGUE ........................................................................................................................................... 17 IRELAND: 1855-1882 ............................................................................................................................. 17 BOULTEEN, COUNTY CORK, IRELAND .............................................................................................. 17 THE BRADFIELDS OF KILLOWEN AND TULLYGLASS ............................................................................ 20 IRISH COUNTRY MARRIAGES ........................................................................................................... 25 PROTESTANTS AND CATHOLICS ....................................................................................................... 27 EMIGRATION .................................................................................................................................. 29 BOSTON: 1880-1923 ............................................................................................................................. 31 LIFE IN BOSTON ............................................................................................................................. 32 UPWARD MOBILITY AND TRAVELS .................................................................................................... 38 CHILDLESSNESS AND SEPARATION .................................................................................................. 45 COMMITMENT ................................................................................................................................ 48 IRELAND: 1923-1929 ............................................................................................................................. 54 KILNAMEELA .................................................................................................................................. 54 SEAVIEW AND KATE BRADFIELD ...................................................................................................... 59 WHERE THERE'S A WILL ................................................................................................................. 62 CONCLUSION ........................................................................................................................................ 67 REFLECTIONS ....................................................................................................................................... 70 APPENDICES ......................................................................................................................................... 76 BIBLIOGRAPHY ............................................................................................................................... 76 Articles ..................................................................................................................................... 76 Books ....................................................................................................................................... 76 Census Records and City Directories ...................................................................................... 77 Church Records ....................................................................................................................... 77 Government Records ............................................................................................................... 77 Newspapers and Periodicals ................................................................................................... 79 SWANTON FAMILY GROUP SHEETS ....................................................................................... 82 FIRST GENERATION .............................................................................................................. 82 Page 4 of 277 Michael Swanton and Elizabeth Bradfield ................................................................................ 82 SECOND GENERATION ......................................................................................................... 85 Children of Michael and Elizabeth (Bradfield) Swanton ......................................................... 85 John Swanton and Mary McCarthy ....................................................................................... 85 Anne Mary "Nancy" Swanton and William Flynn..................................................................... 88 Michael Swanton and Jane McCarthy ...................................................................................... 89 Ellen Swanton and Michael Cleary ........................................................................................ 91 William Swanton and Anne O'Neill ........................................................................................ 93 Martha Margaret Swanton and Michael Crowley.................................................................. 94 James and Ellen (Ahearn/Ahern) Swanton ........................................................................... 97 Robert Swanton and Rosanna Hanlon ................................................................................ 100 THIRD GENERATION ........................................................................................................... 103 Children of John and Mary (McCarthy) Swanton................................................................... 103 John Joseph and Rose C. (Riley) Swanton ........................................................................ 103 Elizabeth F. (Swanton) and John A. Boyd/Bryant Vaughan Stone ................................... 104 Katherine E. (Swanton) and Patrick Finan .......................................................................... 105 Mary Ellen "Ella" Swanton and Charles Bradley................................................................ 106 Children of Michael and Jane (McCarthy) Swanton .............................................................. 108 Eliza Swanton and John L. Galvin Sr. ................................................................................. 108 Mary Anne Swanton and Benjamin Vincent Smithwick .................................................... 109 Michael Francis Swanton and Mary V. Murphy .................................................................. 111 John Swanton ....................................................................................................................... 113 George Francis Swanton and Ellen T. Brown .................................................................... 114 Children of Ellen (Swanton) Cleary and Michael Cleary ....................................................... 116 Elizabeth Anne Cleary and Francis Maynard Lenihan/Edward Samuel Burns ................ 116 William Patrick Cleary .......................................................................................................... 117 John J. Cleary ....................................................................................................................... 118 Mark James Cleary and Harriet "Hattie" Mary White ......................................................... 119 Children of Martha Margaret (Swanton) Crowley and Michael Crowley .............................. 121 Mary V. Crowley .................................................................................................................... 121 Michael Crowley and Margaret Reilly .................................................................................. 124 Robert Leo Crowley and Mildred Balutis ............................................................................ 126 Page 5 of 277 Leo D. Crowley and Dorothy Donovan ............................................................................... 128 David T. Crowley and Amelia Workman ............................................................................. 129 Children of James and Ellen (Ahearn/Ahern) Swanton ........................................................ 130 Michael J. Swanton and Mary Ann McCauley .................................................................... 130 William Joseph Swanton and Elizabeth V. Gaffney ........................................................... 132 John Robert Swanton and Mildred Catherine Wildes ........................................................ 133 Patrick Francis Swanton and Margaret Mary Mogan (continued) .................................... 135 Children of Robert and Rosanna (Hanlon) Swanton ............................................................. 137 William Anthony and Marion Louise (Cross) Swanton ...................................................... 137 Robert A. Swanton and Rose Davis .................................................................................... 139 Mary Margaret Swanton and Henry Palmer Pinkham ........................................................ 140 Elizabeth Camilla Swanton and Kenneth Charles Geerer ................................................. 141 BRADFIELD FAMILY GROUP SHEETS ..................................................................................