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lRisb r ic o e s - oececoBeR , 200 i-j<\NUARy, 2002 CROSSlNqs 9 Our R e tu r n P a r t 12: What’s In A Salute? by Donna M. Shine After a full week of travel ling, it was nice to have the convenience of a washing machine and dryer at our self- catering unit in Laharan, Co. Cork (actually Boherbue). Of course, our idea of a dryer is not the same as the Irish. A dryer in Ireland is what we would call an old-fashioned outdoors, rectangular roped, umbrella-type, air-drying clothesline! Same concept...dries the clothes...quite a different method, though. We had no choice but to hang our week’s worth of underwear out for all of Ireland to see! Good thing we had a shopping spree before our trip and everything was new. I can imagine what the neighbors were thinking with at least a dozen pair flapping in the breeze, inviting the jackdaws to take aim! Having finished our household chores, it was time to take another adventurous trip. Returning to the Clonfert Cemetery after our brief visit last evening, James and I set out to discover as many SHINE headstones as we could find knowing that many were related to Timmie Shine of Lisrobin. With James and his movie camera and I with my 35mm, we were ready to document! We parted, each investigating a different sec tion of the cemetery three to four rows at a time. I didn’t seem to have much luck until I found a Celtic cross marking the grave of a Jeremiah Shine on an extreme far edge behind a mass of hedges and vines. Trying to get the attention of my personal movie camera director, I suddenly realized we were totally out of sight from one another. The haunt ing stories told to us last evening by Michael O ’Connell of a researcher he knew who was searching names on headstones in an old cemetery when seconds after he passed a huge monument, the top portion toppled to the ground behind him. Had the monument fallen on him, it would have killed him. With that fresh in mind, I took on a more cautious approach when trying to read stones that were leaning or not quite in a natu ral position. Not being able to see or hear James, 1 frantically thought, “ Dear God, what if he’s somewhere lying under a fallen stone, crushed to death or unconscious?” What would I do? What a thought! It lasted only a moment but left an eerie feeling about being out o f sight from each other. There were so many SHINE monuments, I used up the remainder o f my snapshots and had to rely on James to video-record the rest. Like crazy fanatics, we spent a couple hours in just this Clonfert Cemetery. Time flies when you’re having fun and I will admit that I do enjoy acknowledging those that came before us. Lunch was a little late and James wanted to rest up due to the slight headache he woke up with. This was my chance. I was actually going to walk from our self-catering unit into the village of Boherbue to make several phone calls from the phone booth in front o f the Church of the Immaculate Conception where Fr. McCarthy is the Parish Priest. I was trying to link up with another SHINE descendant, Jim Blacklock from Little Rock, Arkansas who was sup posed to be arriving at the Hillside B&B in Kanturk. A r %nights o f ‘Equity Court 5 “Buffalo’s Oldest Irish Club” Sir Knight ......................................... Gary Holzerland Vice Sir Knight................................Richard Bruning Treasurer .................................................. Janies Boyle Recording Secretary.................................Dan Novak Financial Secretary ........................... Tom Masterson Lecturer...........................................Jam es McMahon Auditor......................................................Jack Hanley Warden .......................................................... Tim Riedy Conductor ................................................. Dan Bonner Inner Guard ............................................. Jam es Lillis Outer Guard ...................................... Charles Lennon For Membership Information Call Gary Holzerland 693-4859 wonderful Mrs. Grace, not only would on pass my mes sage the moment Jim and his family arrived, but she sug gested I proceed to the Supervalu in Boherbue and ask for Patty Sheehan, the owner. He would know how I could find a retired school teacher by the name of Louis McCarthy. “He is the person you need to talk to who can help you find any living Shine connections in the area,” says she. I did as she instructed: found Patty in the Supervalu, stated my business and why I contacted him, and as sure as the nose on my face, he knew exactly where Louis McCarthy lived. As I wrote down his instructions, Patty also showed me a bulletin board where he would post a written query if I had one. I thanked him for his time and set off for the post (post office) to mail a couple post cards. I continued down the road cutting back through the park ing lot of the old creamery where the Co-op was still opened. A brisk walk through enlightened me to what this mini-mall had to offer. Heading back on the main road, I noticed a senior mem ber of the community walking on the opposite side o f the street towards me. Suddenly, another little story that Michael O ’Connell told us was how you could tell the locals from the strangers. Locals will always salute you with kind of a two-fingered wave, others will not. With this in mind, I raised a two fingered salute in the direction of this older gentleman and he returned the gesture without hesitation. By the facial expression, I could tell he was absolutely dumbfounded, as he had no clue who I was or how I came to know of the local gesture! It was written all over his face that he want ed to converse. Instead, with out altering the gate in our steps, we both laughed and continued to our separate des tinations. Had he been on the same side of the street, I can assure you that we’d probably be standing there talking until this very day! Although I’ll never know who that man was, being the prankster that 1 can be, a missed opportunity for conversation became my treasured moment o f “got ya!” QUERIES FITZPATRICK/BRADY/FOX: Seeking information on origins in Ireland, parents, siblings of John FITZPATRICK. Immigrated to the US in 1867 (per census). He was probably born in County Cork, location unknown, 9/30/1844, son of Patrick PITZPATR1CK and Mary BRADY (per death certifi cate). He settled in Buffalo, worked as a blacksmith on the rail road (probably NY Central). He died in Buffalo 9/30/1912. He married Anne FOX in 18681 lived on N. Division St. They had five children - 2 of whom married and had children - Anna (m. GILCHRIST; moved to Sarnia, Ontario) and Thomas (m. Lillian Kolb). Son John never married. Son Frank (m. M. Richardson) was prominent attorney in Buffalo. John’s wife, Anne FOX, immigrated to the US in 1865, per haps on the ship Orient out of Liverpool. She was born 8/15/1849, possibly in county Carlow, Town of Rathvilly, daugh ter of John FOX (from death certificate, mother unknown). If not Carlow, then possibly Cork. May have had a brother or cousin, Patrick Edward FOX, who lived in San Francisco in the late 1890s. She died in Buffalo 9/17/1921; lived on Florence Ave. Contact: Joanne Schwartzott, 130 Windmill Rd, West Seneca, NY 14218, Phone: 716 674-1006, Email: w indzott@aol .com COLLINS/MADDEN/RAMSEY/GARVEY: Looking for descendants of James COLLINS and Anna MADDEN COLLINS, parents of: John (b. 1855), Mary RAMSEY (b. 1856), William (b. 1857), Ellen GARVEY (b. 1862 in Buffalo), Thomas (b. 1865 in Buffalo). See my website for more info: http://homepages.about.com/jk2137/collinsfamilyhistory Please contact: Janet KLINE, 2137 Bronson Court, Jarrettsville, MD 21084, (410) 692-2308 or Email: janetkline@hotmail.com O’CONNOR/RONAN: Christopher O ’CONNOR born December 22, 1882 in Co. Cork. Emigrated to Boston, Massachusetts Oct. 4, 1907. Married Ellen RONAN, also from Cork. Looking for his family. Contact: Michael D. Devin, 200 Norwood Lane, Orchard Park, NY 14127 Phone: 716 662-7802 Email: DEVINMD@msn.com KELLEHER/O’DOHERTY: Looking for the Rev. Father John Joseph KELLEHER and Mrs. Mary (KELLEHER) O'DO HERTY, his sister, of Boston, or their descendants, who were named in the will of Jeremiah SHINE of Lomanagh South, Boherbue, Co. Cork. 13 June 1949. KELLEHER was a family name as James SHINE was married to a Hanora KELL1HER in Lomanagh South ca. 1834. Please contact James SHINE, 6350 Scherff Rd, Orchard Park, NY 14127 Phone: 716 662-1164 or Email: Dmshine@aol.com r Town O’ Tonaw a n d a Irish American Club OFFICERS Patricia Lynch James Horrigan Patricia Sinnott Charles McGillicuddy Sheila Shea Marie Smith Rosemary Law President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Membership Ways & Means Sgt.-at-Arms New Members Always W elcome Meetings: The Fourth Wednesday of the Month at 8 p.m. at the Brounshidle Post on Delaware Avenue in Kenmore Daniel McCaffrey, CFP,M Senior Vice President U l Financial Advisor S+curitima First Union Securities 6467 Main Street, Suite 103 Williamsville. NY 14221 Tel 716 810-5017 Toll Free 877 822-0950 Fax 716 810-5005 f*st I imk Seci/tlun Inc admccaffrcy@firstunion2.com » NYSt/SPC
