Irish Heritage

March 10, 2013 — 7 Comments

Grandmothers

The lady on the far right, Emiline P Nichols, was born in Pennsylvania in 1837, moved to Ohio, and then to Kansas. Her daughter, Harriet Peterson (to her left) married an Irishman, James Oscar Byrne, of County Meath.  James died the year his daughter, Sarah Helena Byrne (big lady in the middle) was born.  He is buried in a Catholic graveyard in Kansas.  Without the hardship and adventure endured by James O’Byrne I would not have the luck of the Irish, so I am eternally grateful.