Thomas Hennessy1

#27629, (circa 1827 - 17 December 1895)
RelationshipGranduncle of Estelle Rose Roche
Father*John Hennessy1 (c 1790 - )
Mother*Mary Beckham1 (c 1790 - )
(poss. brothers, appeared together in 1860 and 1880 censuses.)1 
Thomas Hennessy was also known as Thomas Hennessey (variant, 1860 census.)2 
Birth*circa 1827He was born circa 1827 at IrelandG.3 
7 July 1860He appeared on the census of 7 July 1860 in the household of Patrick J. Hennessy and Catherine O'Brien, age 35, b. Ireland, laborer.2
8 November 1880He appeared on the census of 8 November 1880 in the household of Catherine O'Brien and Patrick J. Hennessy, boarder [or brother], age 53, b. and parents b. Ireland, laborer; (neis. John Roche (28), fam. 19, 2001 Biddle; Ambrose J Roche (26), fam. 16 2005 Biddle.)4 
Death*17 December 1895He died on 17 December 1895 at 2615 Rauschenbach Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri; (poss., note spelling of surname; address is about 0.8 mile from 1905 Biddle.)5 

Citations

  1. [S520] VWH.
  2. [S19] 1860 U.S. Federal Census. Patrick (38), grocer, b. Ireland; Catherine (38), b. Ireland; Mary (3); Margt (9/12). [From the City Directory for 1860, this would be 274 N. 13th St. (at Olive)]. Also Julia _____ (13), b. Ireland; *John Guerin (24), *Patrick Maloney (26), Michael Byron (35), *John Hanly (33), *James Hinchy (35), Jas Hinchy (35), James Donovan (30), Owen Donovan (28), John Stevens (26), Dennis O'Brien (32), Thomas Hennessey (35), Patrick Dunn [or Quinn] (30), *Alex Ferguson (30), *Martin Welsh (40), all b. Ireland, all teamster or laborer. From the City Directory for 1860, those with a * were listed at this address as boarders, in addition to Honora Condon, Wm. Fitzgerald, Timothy Haggerty, Michael Lidden, John Mahoney, Richard Robinson and Michael Whalen.
  3. [S17] 1880 U.S. Federal Census. age 53, b. Ireland.
  4. [S91] 1880 U.S. Federal Census, 2nd Enumeration. Patrick J. (60), grocer; Catherine (50), (cannot read or write); both b. Ireland.
  5. [S28] Missouri Death Records 1834/1850-1910/1931, online Ancestry.com, Cert. No. 9064. Thomas Hennessy, b. Ireland, res. St. Louis 35 yrs., d. 2615 Rauschenbach Av., Ward 12, 17 Dec 1895, age 67, bur. Calvary Cemetery; inf. L P Pullman (poss.), M.D.