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Kathleen's Timeline In Progress

This is my mother's branch of the family -- based in St. Louis, Missouri. Patrick Barrett and Mary Gardiner were the first to arrive in America as Irish Famine refugees and settled outside of St. Louis in Catawissa, MO. Ellen Gibbons, Moses Flanagan, and Maggie Keville were among the immigrants looking for opportunities in the New World later in the 19th century. Each came first to Chicago IL and then moved to St. Louis. We believe they were all from County Mayo except for Flanagan, who we believe was from Limerick. In our searches, we're also including the family of my grandmother's beloved second husband Ewald Curran. These histories have been developing as we get information and put together the stories. If you have questions or additional information, contact us!

BARRETT (Overview: Barretts of Catawissa, Family Summary Page)

1. Martin BARRETT and Nelly...

Children: Patrick, Thomas, Martin, Catherine, John, and Sally

2. Patrick BARRETT (b 1820?, County Mayo, Ireland; emigrated 1847) and Mary GARDINER (b. 1820? Ireland; emigrated prior to 1849) (See also When the Going Gets Tough, Catawissa Homestead; a general article on Famine Refugees)

Children: John (b. 1850 St. Louis MO), Francis (b. 1852), Bridget (b. 1857), Catherine (b. 1860), Mary Jane (b. 1862), Martin (b. 1864)

3. Francis BARRETT (b. 1852, St Louis MO; d. 1899) and Ellen Gibbons (b. 1851 County Mayo Ireland; emigrated 1871. See also Intro to America)

Children: Thomas (b. 1882), Frank (b. 1884), Mary Ellen (b. 1885 - twin Martin died at birth) and Catherine (b. 1896)

4. Thomas BARRETT  (b. 12/25/1882 Catawissa MO; d. 1926 St. Louis MO) and Catherine FLANAGAN (see FLANAGAN below. )

Children: Mary (b. Nov 1913), William and Robert (fraternal twins b. 1 Apr 1919), Kathleen (b. 23 Mar 1925) (See Timeline, Rowan and Ridge)

about CASTLEWOOD Catherine Barrett Curran and Ewald Curran owned a club in this famous St. Louis County (Missouri) resort area from the mid-1930s through the early 1960s.

5. Kathleen BARRETT (b. 1925, St. Louis MO) and Walter T. PRICE (b. 1922, St. Louis MO) and (See: In the Beginning, Family Soup, Sweet & Spicy, Irish Were Egyptians + movie, Same Old Shillelagh)

The Fallen Soldiers: 6 great-grandsons who went to war and never returned.

CURRAN (Family Summary Page)

Ewald Curran, Grandfather
Ewald Curran As A Young Man
Ewald's Family (Siblings)

GIBBONS

2. Martin Gibbons and Ellen Welch (Ireland)

Children: Ellen (b. 1851), Celia (or Cecelia), Peter

3. Ellen Gibbons (b. 1851 County Mayo Ireland; emigrated 1871. See also Intro to America) and Francis BARRETT (b. 1852, St Louis MO; d. 1899) Continue with Generation 4 under BARRETT.

FLANAGAN (Family Summary Page, Family Timeline)

2. ? FLANAGAN and M. McCarty (Sea Cook)

Children: John, Jeremiah, Timothy, Dennis, Moses...?

3. Moses McCarty FLANAGAN (b. 1868 Limerick Ireland; emigrated 1882; d. 1920 St. Louis MO. See also The Rescuers) and Margaret KEVILLE (b. 1865 County Mayo Ireland; emigrated 1884; d. 1903).

Children: Nellie M (see also The Abortionist), Catherine, Thomas, Joseph, Moses R, Ethel, Julia Loretta (Little Orphan Girls) See also: Timeline

4. Catherine FLANAGAN (b. 1890 Chicago IL; d. 1984 St. Louis MO. See also How To Be Kitty Mom.) and Thomas BARRETT  (see BARRETT above). Continue under BARRETT. Catherine's second husband was Ewald Curran (see CURRAN above).

KEVILLE (Family Summary Page)

2. Patrick KEVILLE and Mary SPELLMAN

Children: Thomas (b. 1858), John (b. 1860), Biddy (b. 1860), Mary (b. 1863), Margaret (1865), Patrick (1867), John (b. 1869), Delia (1865), Charles (1878)

3. Margaret KEVILLE (b. 1865 County Mayo Ireland; emigrated 1884; d. 1903) and Moses McCarty FLANAGAN (b. 1868 Limerick Ireland; emigrated 1882; d. 1920 St. Louis MO. See also The Rescuers). Continue under FLANAGAN.

updated: 02.28.2006