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. 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 mother waited until I was six months old then left Ireland to come to Chicago were my father had found a job. We came across the Atlantic Ocean and down the St. Lawrence seaway with Detroit as our port of entry. We arrived 11 November 1922, then called Armistice Day which made it easy to remember. My mother sold most of her possession to come here and her sister, our maiden aunt, came with her. I don't know if she lived with them in Ireland but she lived with us in the U.S. for the rest of her life."
"I believe that my mother played the dominant role in our family. She was able to get my father to move here and establish a new lif in Chicago. He turned over his earnings to her. She handled the finances. She pruchased almost everything, including my father's clothing."
"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. 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 mother waited until I was six months old then left Ireland to come to Chicago were my father had found a job. We came across the Atlantic Ocean and down the St. Lawrence seaway with Detroit as our port of entry. We arrived 11 November 1922, then called Armistice Day which made it easy to remember. My mother sold most of her possession to come here and her sister, our maiden aunt, came with her. I don't know if she lived with them in Ireland but she lived with us in the U.S. for the rest of her life."
"I believe that my mother played the dominant role in our family. She was able to get my father to move here and establish a new lif in Chicago. He turned over his earnings to her. She handled the finances. She pruchased almost everything, including my father's clothing."
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. 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 mother waited until I was six months old then left Ireland to come to Chicago were my father had found a job. We came across the Atlantic Ocean and down the St. Lawrence seaway with Detroit as our port of entry. We arrived 11 November 1922, then called Armistice Day which made it easy to remember. My mother sold most of her possession to come here and her sister, our maiden aunt, came with her. I don't know if she lived with them in Ireland but she lived with us in the U.S. for the rest of her life."
"I believe that my mother played the dominant role in our family. She was able to get my father to move here and establish a new lif in Chicago. He turned over his earnings to her. She handled the finances. She pruchased almost everything, including my father's clothing."
"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. 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 mother waited until I was six months old then left Ireland to come to Chicago were my father had found a job. We came across the Atlantic Ocean and down the St. Lawrence seaway with Detroit as our port of entry. We arrived 11 November 1922, then called Armistice Day which made it easy to remember. My mother sold most of her possession to come here and her sister, our maiden aunt, came with her. I don't know if she lived with them in Ireland but she lived with us in the U.S. for the rest of her life."
"I believe that my mother played the dominant role in our family. She was able to get my father to move here and establish a new lif in Chicago. He turned over his earnings to her. She handled the finances. She pruchased almost everything, including my father's clothing."
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