Family sheet for the Thomas and Mary (Coll) Higgins family
by Conrad & Judy Terrill, last edited 9 Dec. 2023
Thomas Higgins
b. (1824/1825) xH, (1834/1835) xN (probably in County Roscommon, Ireland),
son of (BryanxX/BernardxN) Higgins and Bridget Mahan xN
d. (22 Feb. 1890) xH (prob. in Killaster, Bellinagare, Co. Roscommon)
m. Mary Coll, (sometimes spelled "Cole"),perhaps c. 1862,Belanagare
b. (1833/1834, calculated) xH, (prob. in Co. Roscommon)
daughter of Thomas Coll & Sarah (Sally) Elwood ,xa,xN
d. (9 Mar. 1909) xH, (Killaster, Co. Roscommon) xI
Children:
1. Patrick Higgins
b. 10 July c1860/1863 xN, prob. Killaster, Co. Roscommon
m. Bridget Feeney/Tonry, 22 Apr 1883, Bloomfield, Essex Co., NJ
d. 17 Dec 1937, Glen Ridge, NJ
Children:
Thomas Patrick Higgins, b. 5 Dec 1883, Glen Ridge, NJ, d.
William Peter Higgins, b. 13 Mar 1886, Glen Ridge, NJ, d.
Frank Joseph Higgins, b. 16 Jul 1887, Glen Ridge, NJ, d.
John Joseph Higgins, b. 20 Jan 1890, Glen Ridge, NJ, d.
2. Thomas Higgins
b. 23 July 1864, Killaster, Co. Roscommon xA
emigrated
m. Kate Tonry, 3 Sep 1888, Montclair, Essex Co., NJ
d. 7 Aug 1895, Glen Ridge, NJ
Children:
Lareta R. L. Higgins, b. 26 Nov 1889, Essex Co., NJ, d.
Mary E. J. Higgins, b. 15 Apr 1890, Essex Co., NJ, d.
Clarence Aloysius Higgins, b. 26 Oct 1892, Glen Ridge, NJ, d.
Alice Higgins, bp. 27 May 1894, Bloomfield, NJ, d.
Lucy Florence Higgins, b. 20 Dec 1895, Orange, Essex Co., NJ , d.
3. Mary Higgins (twin)
b. 27 July 1866, Killaster, Co. Roscommon xB (19 July 1866, Killaster Bog) xM
emigrated ?
m. ?
d. ?
4. Margaret Higgins (twin)
b. 27 July 1866, Killaster, Co. Roscommon xB
emigrated bef. 1900
m. ?
d. ?
5. Sarah Higgins
b. abt. 1868, prob. Killaster, Co. Roscommon
emigrated
m. John T. McDonough, 6 May 1888, Orange, NJ
d. 24 Nov. 1934, West Orange, NJ
Children:
Charles Joseph McDonough, b. 21 Mar 1890, West Orange, NJ, d.
Lydia McDonough, b. c. 1891, NJ, d.
(female) McDonough, b. 19 Jan 1892, Orange, NJ, d.
(male) McDonough, b. 6 Sep 1892, Essex Co., NJ, d.
Michael Dennis McDonough, b. 11 Jan 1894, Orange, NJ, d. bef. 1900
Thomas Aloysius McDonough, b. 22 Jun 1898, West Orange, NJ, d.
Francis Stephen McDonough, b. 24 Dec 1899, West Orange, NJ, d.
(sex not given) McDonough, b. 31 Oct 1901, West Orange, NJ, d.
(male) McDonough, b. 19 Mar 1904, West Orange, NJ, d.
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6. Ellen Higgins x16
b. 22 May 1869, Killaster, Co. Roscommon xM
emigrated
d. 13 Mar. 1949, Orange, NJ
m. Luke Devaney, 3 Feb. 1892, St. John's Church, NJ
Children:
Mary Edith Devaney, b. 17 Sept. 1893, d. 21 Jan. 1919 xL
Michael Joseph Devaney, b. 19 Mar. 1895, d. 19 June 1896 xL
Veronica M. Devaney, b. 3 Feb. 1899, d. 7 Oct. 1993 xL
Ellen Devaney, b. 12 Apr. 1897 xL
Frances Devaney, 26 Jan. 1901 xL
Thomas Leo Devaney, b. 3 July 1903, d. 20 Oct. 1992 xL
Louis Alfred Devaney, 11 May 1905, d. 2 May 1990 xL
Walter Edmund Devaney, b. 4 Sept. 1907 xL
7. Mary Anne Higgins
b. 3 Oct. 1873, Killaster, Co. Roscommon xE,xM
emigrated abt. 1893
d. 23 May 1957, Glen Ridge, NJ
m. John Joseph Devaney
b. 14 Mar 1880, Arraghan, Co. Roscommon, Ireland
d. 22 Jul 1955, Glen Ridge, Essex Co., NJ
Child:
Howard John Devaney, b. 30 Oct 1907, Glen Ridge, NJ, d. Apr 1972
8. Catherine ("Kate") Higgins
b. ~1877/1878 xG, prob. Killaster, Co. Roscommon
emigrated
m. Patrick Noone, 1909, NJ
d. 9 Apr 1910, Tartan, childbirth
Child:
Thomas Noone, b. 3 Apr 1910, Tartan, Co. Roscommon, Ireland
9. Mary Higgins
b. ~1878/1879, prob. Killaster, Co. Roscommon
emigrated 1900
d. ?
m. ?
References
Abbreviations:
FHL = Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Family History Library. These records are available at Family History Centers everywhere.
Civil Birth Reg. = Quarterly returns of births in Ireland, 1864-1955, General Register Office, Custom House, Dublin, Ireland; microfilmed by the Genalogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1953-1954 and 1960-1961. Available through FHL (see above). N.B.: We've heard that these birthdates may not be precise becuase the parents had to pay a penalty for registering late.
NARA = National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
Ancestry.com = www.ancestry.com, Provo, UT, Online database.
PatrickKelly = This information is from a packet of information sent to Mary Lou Sutphen by Patrick Kelly of Dublin on 6 July 2006. Mary Lou met Patrick Kelly in the National Archives in Dublin a few months before this, and he did some research for her and sent her these results. These results are in Judy Terrill's looseleaf notebook #6, pp. 826 to 870.
The page is a list of baptism records taken from a source of baptism records extending from 1867 to 1872, according to a heading. From other information in the packet, these records are apparently from microfilms P.4618 and P.4619 in the National Archives in Dublin. This film contains baptism records from Belenagare & Frenchpark (Kilcorkey) R.C. Parish, Elphin R.C. Diocese. A copy of the page is in Judy's looseleaf notebook #6, p. 829 (file 20060813008.tif).
xA. Civil Birth Reg., 1864 Vol. 14, p. 144, no. 148, Thomas Higgins (informant was Sally Cole, grandmother); FHL British 0101093.
xB. Civil Birth Reg., 1866 Vol. 14, p. 161, nos. 151 & 152, Mary & Margaret Higgins; FHL British 0101133.
xC. Civil Birth Reg., 1869 Vol. 9, p. 170, no. 432, Ellen Higgins; FHL British 0101188.
xD. Civil Birth Reg., 1873 Vol. 19, p. 153, no. 218, Mary Anne Higgins; FHL British 0255891.
xE. PatrickKelly (Judy's p. 831): A page of records extracted from a "Vital Records Index," probably at the National Archives in Dublin. The dates are apparently from Civil Birth Reg. records.
xF. PatrickKelly (Judy's p. 829): A page of baptism records taken from a source of such records extending from 1867 to 1872, according to a heading. From other information in Patrick Kelly's packet these records are apparently from microfilms P.4618 and P.4619 in the National Archives in Dublin. This film contains baptism records from Belenagare & Frenchpark (Kilcorkey) R.C. Parish, Elphin R.C. Diocese.
xG. New York Ships' Passenger Lists, S.S. Oceanic, arrived in NY on 10 May 1900, from Queenstown & Liverpool,
NARA series T715, FHL mic. roll 1403870, page 41, lines 18-21; Katie Higgins, 22; Mary Higgins, 21, John Devaney, 19; and Michael Flanagan, 26; all from Casterea. Katie was going to join her sister Mary in Brooklyn; Mary was going to join her sister Maggie in Orange, NJ; and John Devaney was going to join his brother Luke in Orange, NJ. We're assuming that this Katie Higgins and this Mary Higgins are both sisters of Ellen. We know that Ellen had sisters by those names.
xH. Tombstone in Kilcorkey Cemetery, Ballinagare, Co. Roscommon, Ireland. Inscription reads, '"Erected by Patrick Higgins in memory of his father, Thomas, of Killaster, who died 22nd Feb. 1890, aged 65 years; also his mother, Mary Higgins, who died 9th March 1909, aged 75 years. R.I.P."
xI. Per Mickey and Brian Conry, July 2007: Their grandparents, who lived next to Mary Coll Higgins in Killaster, on the edge of the bog, took care of her in her old age, in exchange for her property, after she died.
xL. {Get source info from Judy.}
xM. Parish baptism records, 1865-1880, for the parish of Belenagare and Frenchpark (Kilcorkey), in Elphin diocese, (Co. Roscommon,) Ireland. Examined by C. Terrill at the National Library in Dublin, 16 July 2007,microfilm roll, P.4618.
xN. Bio of Patrick J. Higgins, son of Thomas Higgins b. 1824/25, Chief of Police in Glen Ridge, Essex Co., NJ, from 1910 to 1926; provided to us by Marie Higgins Ippolito in 2011, publication source not yet known.