FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENT FROM SAN FRANCISCO CALL NEWSPAPER
"SHEA - In this city, September 11, 1901, William, dearly beloved husband of Catherine Shea, and loving father of William, Edward and Frank Shea and Mrs. A. Werner, a native of County Cork, Ireland, aged 53 years, 8 months and 8 days (Connecticut and Vallejo Cal. papers please copy.)
Friends and Acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend the funeral to-day (Friday), at 9 o'clock, from his late residence, 1301 Montgomery Street, thence to St. Francis Church, where a solemn requiem mass will be said for the repose of his soul. Interment Mount Calvary Cemetery."
[Mt. Calvary Cemetery was closed and the graves were removed to Holy Cross Cemetery during the 1940's.]
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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION:
William Shea, the patriarch of a large band of San Francisco Sheas, was born in County Cork, Ireland on December 3, 1847 to Patrick Shea and Bess (Moloney) Shea. He was baptized on December 19, 1847, Roman Catholic.
In about 1869, he arrived in San Francisco and is found working as a "helper in a stable" in the 1870 census. In 1880 his occupation is listed as "laborer" in the census records, but Langley's City Directory for 1880 listed him as stable keeper for the City RR Stable. In 1900 he is listed as "stable sweeper" once again. It is possible he kept the same job for 30 years.
Shortly after his arrival, he married Katharine Ready, who was also from Ireland. We do not know if he met her in Ireland, on the ship coming over, or in San Francisco. More research is needed on that score. By June of 1871 they had the first of 8 children born to the couple. Their descendants went on to become San Francisco firemen (a daunting job), some worked on the ships, and others were in the building trades.
Their children were:
William J. Shea, Jr., Jun 1871
John David Shea, abt 1878
George Shea, abt 1879
Eliza J. Shea, Feb 1880
Katharine "Katie" Shea, Dec 1880
Edward Joseph Shea, 31 Jan 1882
Frank Thomas Shea, 12 Jul 1886
All of the children were born in San Francisco. Many of their descendants still live in the general vicinity, either in San Francisco or San Mateo Counties.
BIOGRAPHICAL TEXT COPYRIGHT © 2010 Silver Rose Parnell
All rights reserved.
[MANY thanks to long lost cousin Barbara Lyon who provided the only known photo of the progenitor of the Shea family in the west.]
"SHEA - In this city, September 11, 1901, William, dearly beloved husband of Catherine Shea, and loving father of William, Edward and Frank Shea and Mrs. A. Werner, a native of County Cork, Ireland, aged 53 years, 8 months and 8 days (Connecticut and Vallejo Cal. papers please copy.)
Friends and Acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend the funeral to-day (Friday), at 9 o'clock, from his late residence, 1301 Montgomery Street, thence to St. Francis Church, where a solemn requiem mass will be said for the repose of his soul. Interment Mount Calvary Cemetery."
[Mt. Calvary Cemetery was closed and the graves were removed to Holy Cross Cemetery during the 1940's.]
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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION:
William Shea, the patriarch of a large band of San Francisco Sheas, was born in County Cork, Ireland on December 3, 1847 to Patrick Shea and Bess (Moloney) Shea. He was baptized on December 19, 1847, Roman Catholic.
In about 1869, he arrived in San Francisco and is found working as a "helper in a stable" in the 1870 census. In 1880 his occupation is listed as "laborer" in the census records, but Langley's City Directory for 1880 listed him as stable keeper for the City RR Stable. In 1900 he is listed as "stable sweeper" once again. It is possible he kept the same job for 30 years.
Shortly after his arrival, he married Katharine Ready, who was also from Ireland. We do not know if he met her in Ireland, on the ship coming over, or in San Francisco. More research is needed on that score. By June of 1871 they had the first of 8 children born to the couple. Their descendants went on to become San Francisco firemen (a daunting job), some worked on the ships, and others were in the building trades.
Their children were:
William J. Shea, Jr., Jun 1871
John David Shea, abt 1878
George Shea, abt 1879
Eliza J. Shea, Feb 1880
Katharine "Katie" Shea, Dec 1880
Edward Joseph Shea, 31 Jan 1882
Frank Thomas Shea, 12 Jul 1886
All of the children were born in San Francisco. Many of their descendants still live in the general vicinity, either in San Francisco or San Mateo Counties.
BIOGRAPHICAL TEXT COPYRIGHT © 2010 Silver Rose Parnell
All rights reserved.
[MANY thanks to long lost cousin Barbara Lyon who provided the only known photo of the progenitor of the Shea family in the west.]
FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENT FROM SAN FRANCISCO CALL NEWSPAPER
"SHEA - In this city, September 11, 1901, William, dearly beloved husband of Catherine Shea, and loving father of William, Edward and Frank Shea and Mrs. A. Werner, a native of County Cork, Ireland, aged 53 years, 8 months and 8 days (Connecticut and Vallejo Cal. papers please copy.)
Friends and Acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend the funeral to-day (Friday), at 9 o'clock, from his late residence, 1301 Montgomery Street, thence to St. Francis Church, where a solemn requiem mass will be said for the repose of his soul. Interment Mount Calvary Cemetery."
[Mt. Calvary Cemetery was closed and the graves were removed to Holy Cross Cemetery during the 1940's.]
-----------------------------------
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION:
William Shea, the patriarch of a large band of San Francisco Sheas, was born in County Cork, Ireland on December 3, 1847 to Patrick Shea and Bess (Moloney) Shea. He was baptized on December 19, 1847, Roman Catholic.
In about 1869, he arrived in San Francisco and is found working as a "helper in a stable" in the 1870 census. In 1880 his occupation is listed as "laborer" in the census records, but Langley's City Directory for 1880 listed him as stable keeper for the City RR Stable. In 1900 he is listed as "stable sweeper" once again. It is possible he kept the same job for 30 years.
Shortly after his arrival, he married Katharine Ready, who was also from Ireland. We do not know if he met her in Ireland, on the ship coming over, or in San Francisco. More research is needed on that score. By June of 1871 they had the first of 8 children born to the couple. Their descendants went on to become San Francisco firemen (a daunting job), some worked on the ships, and others were in the building trades.
Their children were:
William J. Shea, Jr., Jun 1871
John David Shea, abt 1878
George Shea, abt 1879
Eliza J. Shea, Feb 1880
Katharine "Katie" Shea, Dec 1880
Edward Joseph Shea, 31 Jan 1882
Frank Thomas Shea, 12 Jul 1886
All of the children were born in San Francisco. Many of their descendants still live in the general vicinity, either in San Francisco or San Mateo Counties.
BIOGRAPHICAL TEXT COPYRIGHT © 2010 Silver Rose Parnell
All rights reserved.
[MANY thanks to long lost cousin Barbara Lyon who provided the only known photo of the progenitor of the Shea family in the west.]
"SHEA - In this city, September 11, 1901, William, dearly beloved husband of Catherine Shea, and loving father of William, Edward and Frank Shea and Mrs. A. Werner, a native of County Cork, Ireland, aged 53 years, 8 months and 8 days (Connecticut and Vallejo Cal. papers please copy.)
Friends and Acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend the funeral to-day (Friday), at 9 o'clock, from his late residence, 1301 Montgomery Street, thence to St. Francis Church, where a solemn requiem mass will be said for the repose of his soul. Interment Mount Calvary Cemetery."
[Mt. Calvary Cemetery was closed and the graves were removed to Holy Cross Cemetery during the 1940's.]
-----------------------------------
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION:
William Shea, the patriarch of a large band of San Francisco Sheas, was born in County Cork, Ireland on December 3, 1847 to Patrick Shea and Bess (Moloney) Shea. He was baptized on December 19, 1847, Roman Catholic.
In about 1869, he arrived in San Francisco and is found working as a "helper in a stable" in the 1870 census. In 1880 his occupation is listed as "laborer" in the census records, but Langley's City Directory for 1880 listed him as stable keeper for the City RR Stable. In 1900 he is listed as "stable sweeper" once again. It is possible he kept the same job for 30 years.
Shortly after his arrival, he married Katharine Ready, who was also from Ireland. We do not know if he met her in Ireland, on the ship coming over, or in San Francisco. More research is needed on that score. By June of 1871 they had the first of 8 children born to the couple. Their descendants went on to become San Francisco firemen (a daunting job), some worked on the ships, and others were in the building trades.
Their children were:
William J. Shea, Jr., Jun 1871
John David Shea, abt 1878
George Shea, abt 1879
Eliza J. Shea, Feb 1880
Katharine "Katie" Shea, Dec 1880
Edward Joseph Shea, 31 Jan 1882
Frank Thomas Shea, 12 Jul 1886
All of the children were born in San Francisco. Many of their descendants still live in the general vicinity, either in San Francisco or San Mateo Counties.
BIOGRAPHICAL TEXT COPYRIGHT © 2010 Silver Rose Parnell
All rights reserved.
[MANY thanks to long lost cousin Barbara Lyon who provided the only known photo of the progenitor of the Shea family in the west.]
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