Per Maureen D. Rieck 4 February 1984
"My parents, Mary Ellen and James Joseph, lived in the section of Belfast known as the "Holy Land" because the streets in the area were all named after biblical places. My dad's family lived at 72 Jerusalem Street and my mother's family at 38 Damascus Street. They were married in my mother's church, Presbyterian, and she said that she considered the date she was married in her church to be valid. They were later re-married by a Roman Catholic priest because my father's family gave him a hard time . . . After my brother was born our Roman Catholic aunt came and took him to church and had him christened in that faith. At that time my mother began to think about coming to the USA. After she discovered she was again pregnant (with me) she urged my father to go the the U.S., secure a job, and send for them. I don't know if she told him I was on the way."
"My father arrived in New York (via Ellis Island) and immediately wrote my mother not to come that way as they were treated like cattle (I suppose he was trying to travel the least expensive way)."
"My father was a very gentle, well educated man who was required to work at a job (railroad) which was beneath his capabilities in order to survive. He worked all through the depression years which meant that we never had to suffer any deprivation. He Always dreamed of retiring and returning to Ireland. Evidently his life there had been much better and much simpler. He never returned. He attended church every Sunday of his life before going to work. He died of a condition known as Adams Stokes Syndrome (heart block). His is buried in a Roman Catholic Cemetery in Glenwood, IL. At the time of his death my brother purchased a group of 8 graves in that cemetery."
"My parents, Mary Ellen and James Joseph, lived in the section of Belfast known as the "Holy Land" because the streets in the area were all named after biblical places. My dad's family lived at 72 Jerusalem Street and my mother's family at 38 Damascus Street. They were married in my mother's church, Presbyterian, and she said that she considered the date she was married in her church to be valid. They were later re-married by a Roman Catholic priest because my father's family gave him a hard time . . . After my brother was born our Roman Catholic aunt came and took him to church and had him christened in that faith. At that time my mother began to think about coming to the USA. After she discovered she was again pregnant (with me) she urged my father to go the the U.S., secure a job, and send for them. I don't know if she told him I was on the way."
"My father arrived in New York (via Ellis Island) and immediately wrote my mother not to come that way as they were treated like cattle (I suppose he was trying to travel the least expensive way)."
"My father was a very gentle, well educated man who was required to work at a job (railroad) which was beneath his capabilities in order to survive. He worked all through the depression years which meant that we never had to suffer any deprivation. He Always dreamed of retiring and returning to Ireland. Evidently his life there had been much better and much simpler. He never returned. He attended church every Sunday of his life before going to work. He died of a condition known as Adams Stokes Syndrome (heart block). His is buried in a Roman Catholic Cemetery in Glenwood, IL. At the time of his death my brother purchased a group of 8 graves in that cemetery."
Per Maureen D. Rieck 4 February 1984
"My parents, Mary Ellen and James Joseph, lived in the section of Belfast known as the "Holy Land" because the streets in the area were all named after biblical places. My dad's family lived at 72 Jerusalem Street and my mother's family at 38 Damascus Street. They were married in my mother's church, Presbyterian, and she said that she considered the date she was married in her church to be valid. They were later re-married by a Roman Catholic priest because my father's family gave him a hard time . . . After my brother was born our Roman Catholic aunt came and took him to church and had him christened in that faith. At that time my mother began to think about coming to the USA. After she discovered she was again pregnant (with me) she urged my father to go the the U.S., secure a job, and send for them. I don't know if she told him I was on the way."
"My father arrived in New York (via Ellis Island) and immediately wrote my mother not to come that way as they were treated like cattle (I suppose he was trying to travel the least expensive way)."
"My father was a very gentle, well educated man who was required to work at a job (railroad) which was beneath his capabilities in order to survive. He worked all through the depression years which meant that we never had to suffer any deprivation. He Always dreamed of retiring and returning to Ireland. Evidently his life there had been much better and much simpler. He never returned. He attended church every Sunday of his life before going to work. He died of a condition known as Adams Stokes Syndrome (heart block). His is buried in a Roman Catholic Cemetery in Glenwood, IL. At the time of his death my brother purchased a group of 8 graves in that cemetery."
"My parents, Mary Ellen and James Joseph, lived in the section of Belfast known as the "Holy Land" because the streets in the area were all named after biblical places. My dad's family lived at 72 Jerusalem Street and my mother's family at 38 Damascus Street. They were married in my mother's church, Presbyterian, and she said that she considered the date she was married in her church to be valid. They were later re-married by a Roman Catholic priest because my father's family gave him a hard time . . . After my brother was born our Roman Catholic aunt came and took him to church and had him christened in that faith. At that time my mother began to think about coming to the USA. After she discovered she was again pregnant (with me) she urged my father to go the the U.S., secure a job, and send for them. I don't know if she told him I was on the way."
"My father arrived in New York (via Ellis Island) and immediately wrote my mother not to come that way as they were treated like cattle (I suppose he was trying to travel the least expensive way)."
"My father was a very gentle, well educated man who was required to work at a job (railroad) which was beneath his capabilities in order to survive. He worked all through the depression years which meant that we never had to suffer any deprivation. He Always dreamed of retiring and returning to Ireland. Evidently his life there had been much better and much simpler. He never returned. He attended church every Sunday of his life before going to work. He died of a condition known as Adams Stokes Syndrome (heart block). His is buried in a Roman Catholic Cemetery in Glenwood, IL. At the time of his death my brother purchased a group of 8 graves in that cemetery."
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