The daughter of John Walsh and Julia Burke, Mary emigrated to St. Paul, MN at the age of eighteen where she immediately started working in the housekeeping dept. of the Ryan Hotel.
She married John Geraghty on 22 Sep 1891 at St. Vincent's Church. Within a six year period she was married, had four children, one of whom died as an infant, lost her husband in his sudden death from "Galloping Tuberculosis", and four months later lost another of her daughters.
Despite a hard life Mary never lost her stately walk and manner. She was a large framed, very attractive woman who brought much joy to her friends and especially to her grandchildren in later years. She was well versed in Irish tales of leprechans (fairies or elves with scarlet coats and eyes of green), shillelaghs, shanachies (storytellers of folk lore and history), shamrocks (symbollizing the Trinity). Mary is remembered for her stories of turf fires, thatched roofs, lofts for sleeping, the great trading on Fair Days, the Halloween banshees, ghosts and headless horsemen, the music and fiddles and pipes and lilting voices of Ireland. Her performance of the Irish jig to the tune of the "Irish Washerwoman" and her rendition of her favorite song "Oh, Danny Boy" are well remembered by her grandchildren.
She married John Geraghty on 22 Sep 1891 at St. Vincent's Church. Within a six year period she was married, had four children, one of whom died as an infant, lost her husband in his sudden death from "Galloping Tuberculosis", and four months later lost another of her daughters.
Despite a hard life Mary never lost her stately walk and manner. She was a large framed, very attractive woman who brought much joy to her friends and especially to her grandchildren in later years. She was well versed in Irish tales of leprechans (fairies or elves with scarlet coats and eyes of green), shillelaghs, shanachies (storytellers of folk lore and history), shamrocks (symbollizing the Trinity). Mary is remembered for her stories of turf fires, thatched roofs, lofts for sleeping, the great trading on Fair Days, the Halloween banshees, ghosts and headless horsemen, the music and fiddles and pipes and lilting voices of Ireland. Her performance of the Irish jig to the tune of the "Irish Washerwoman" and her rendition of her favorite song "Oh, Danny Boy" are well remembered by her grandchildren.
The daughter of John Walsh and Julia Burke, Mary emigrated to St. Paul, MN at the age of eighteen where she immediately started working in the housekeeping dept. of the Ryan Hotel.
She married John Geraghty on 22 Sep 1891 at St. Vincent's Church. Within a six year period she was married, had four children, one of whom died as an infant, lost her husband in his sudden death from "Galloping Tuberculosis", and four months later lost another of her daughters.
Despite a hard life Mary never lost her stately walk and manner. She was a large framed, very attractive woman who brought much joy to her friends and especially to her grandchildren in later years. She was well versed in Irish tales of leprechans (fairies or elves with scarlet coats and eyes of green), shillelaghs, shanachies (storytellers of folk lore and history), shamrocks (symbollizing the Trinity). Mary is remembered for her stories of turf fires, thatched roofs, lofts for sleeping, the great trading on Fair Days, the Halloween banshees, ghosts and headless horsemen, the music and fiddles and pipes and lilting voices of Ireland. Her performance of the Irish jig to the tune of the "Irish Washerwoman" and her rendition of her favorite song "Oh, Danny Boy" are well remembered by her grandchildren.
She married John Geraghty on 22 Sep 1891 at St. Vincent's Church. Within a six year period she was married, had four children, one of whom died as an infant, lost her husband in his sudden death from "Galloping Tuberculosis", and four months later lost another of her daughters.
Despite a hard life Mary never lost her stately walk and manner. She was a large framed, very attractive woman who brought much joy to her friends and especially to her grandchildren in later years. She was well versed in Irish tales of leprechans (fairies or elves with scarlet coats and eyes of green), shillelaghs, shanachies (storytellers of folk lore and history), shamrocks (symbollizing the Trinity). Mary is remembered for her stories of turf fires, thatched roofs, lofts for sleeping, the great trading on Fair Days, the Halloween banshees, ghosts and headless horsemen, the music and fiddles and pipes and lilting voices of Ireland. Her performance of the Irish jig to the tune of the "Irish Washerwoman" and her rendition of her favorite song "Oh, Danny Boy" are well remembered by her grandchildren.
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