Thomas was a shoemaker / cobbler. When the 1901 census of Belcoo, County Fermanagh, IrelandG, was taken Thomas was a widower and his 16-year-old daughter Rose A. and a 14-year old Henry McAloon were living with him. Henry may be another child of Thomas and Margaret but that is not certain at present.1,2
Frank emigrated to Glasgow, Lanarkshire, ScotlandG, where he worked with his brother James in the wine and spirit trade. After their marriage they owned a greengrocery business in the Townhead area of Glasgow.3
Frank emigrated to Glasgow, Lanarkshire, ScotlandG, where he worked in the wine and spirit trade with his brother Frank. Later he owned his own greengrocery business.3
When the 1910 census was taken in April 1910 Michael was living on East 120th Street in Manhattan, New YorkG. Michael was working as a fireman at the "Power House" at the time. He was a naturalized citizen with a year of emigration that appears to read 1898. (The last digit is unclear.)4
1910 U.S. Federal census, New York, Manhattan, S.D. 1, E.D. 201, p.26B (Series: T624 Roll: 1013 Page: 236), original record viewed on HeritageQuest.com on 7 Mar 2008.
Arthur McAloon
M
This research is a work in progress, taken from sources of varying reliability. The information should be verified before being relied upon.
Arthur emigrated to the United States. It is unknown at present exactly where he lived, or whether he ever married and had a family. His niece Elizabeth (McAloon) O'Dolan told her family that Arthur was very good at reciting poetry when he was a young boy.1
Citations
Olivia O'Dolan of Belcoo, Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, emails from, 2 & 16 Mar 2008.
Edward McAloon
M
This research is a work in progress, taken from sources of varying reliability. The information should be verified before being relied upon.
When the 1910 census was taken in April 1910 Thomas and Catherine were living on West 153rd Street in Manhattan, New YorkG. He worked as a clerk in the Post Office at the time. The census says he came to this country in 1886 and was a naturalized citizen.4
In January 1920, when the 1920 census was taken, Thomas and Catherine were living in the, Bronx, New YorkG. The name of the street they lived on is difficult to read in the census record. Thomas was employed as a letter carrier with the Post Office at the time. The census says that he and Catherine emigrated to this country in 1888, and were both naturalized in 1898.5
Thomas emigrated to New York when he was around 17 or 18 years old. He attended night school and obtained work at the Post Office. Later he became a postmaster and his name was printed on offiical Post Office stationery.3
They had been married for three years as of the 1910 census.
Olivia O'Dolan of Belcoo, Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, email dated 2 Mar 2008.
1910 U.S. Federal census, New York, Manhattan, S.D. 1, E.D. 511, p.4A (Series: T624 Roll: 1021 Page: 185), original record viewed on HeritageQuest.com on 7 Mar 2008.
1920 U.S. Federal census, New York, Bronx, S.D. 2, E.D. 137, p.1B (Series: T625 Roll: 1132 Page: 251), original record viewed on HeritageQuest.com on 7 Mar 2008.
Margaret Jane McAloon
F, b. 3 April 1875, d. 1959
This research is a work in progress, taken from sources of varying reliability. The information should be verified before being relied upon.
Margaret Jane McAloon died in 1959 in the Sheil hospital in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, IrelandG. She was on her usual six week holiday with her husband and children in Bundoran, County Donegal when she was taken ill and had to be taken to the hospital where she died. As there was a shipping strike in Northern Ireland and Scotland at the time, the funeral had to take place at Holywell in Belcoo, where she was buried near other members of the Brady/McAloon family.2
Margaret emigrated to Scotland, where in later years she owned her own greengrocery business in the Duke Street area of old Glasgow.1
Rose Ann stayed with her father in Belcoo until his death. After their marriage she and James lived in the old McAloon family home on Railway Road in Belcoo. James was a railway worker.3
This research is a work in progress, taken from sources of varying reliability. The information should be verified before being relied upon.
The O'Dolan family in July 1966. From left are Michael, Malachy, Joseph, Mairead, Eilish, Frances, mother Elizabeth, Una, Olivia, Patrick, Charles and John.
Elizabeth worked with her sisters at Collins Bookbinders in Glasgow, and later worked with her parents in their green-grocery business in Glasgow. She enjoyed going on holiday each year to Belcoo, where her grandfather lived at Railway Road. She also enjoyed going to visit her Brady cousins at Corryglass, which is where she met her husband at a country house dance.4
