Re: Thomas Kenny of Brooklyn, NY
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In reply to:
Thomas Kenny of Brooklyn, NY
7/29/00
My great grandmother was Hanora/Honora/Hanoria Kenny from County Limerick.She married my ggrandfather Patrick Connor and they lived and raised their family in Castleisland, County Kerry.According to the County Kerry 1901 Census she was 47 years old, which would mean she was probably born around 1854.She and Patrick are buried in Abbyfeale, County Limerick.My ggrandmother had a younger brother named John Kenny who was supposed to have held a high ranking position with the Brooklyn Fire Department before it merged with the FDNY in 1898.I believe John lived in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn -- Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish.It was through John that my grandfather Joseph Reilly got a job with the FDNY.In checking a web site today on the Brooklyn Fire Department I ran across someone receiving the Thomas A. Kenny medal.Any connections here?