Patrick Houlihan and
Nora McGillicuddy
Patrick Joseph Houlihan came to
Worcester from County Kerry, Ireland, with his parents
Bartholomew and Johanna Houlihan around
1878. His wife, Nora McGillicuddy, was also born in
Ireland. They married on 17 November 1903 in Worcester;
their marriage record indicates that Patrick was a
painter and that Nora worked as a domestic. Nora was the
daughter of Daniel McGillicuddy and Katherine Donahue,
and she emigrated to the US around 1895, although we do
not know what county or parish she was from in Ireland.
Patrick died of leukemia two days before his 38th birthday,
leaving behind his widow and five young children. As of
1930, Nora had not remarried and was renting a floor in a
house in Worcester owned by Timothy McCarthy (born in
Ireland in 1883 -- a relative of her late husband's,
perhaps?); her surviving children Anna, John, Catherine,
and Joseph lived with her.
Patrick
Joseph Houlihan (b. 28 Oct 1874, prob. County
Kerry, Ireland - d. 1912, Worcester, MA)
m.
17 Nov 1903, Worcester, MA
Nora
McGillicuddy (b. 1880, Ireland - d. after
1930, prob. Worcester, MA)
Children:
i. Johanna
"Annamae" Houlihan (b. 1905, Worcester -d. aft
1930)
ii. John F.
Houlihan (b.
1907, Worcester - d. aft 1930)
iii. Catherine
Houlihan (b
1908, Worcester - d. aft 1930)
iv. Eileen
Houlihan (b
1909, Worcester - d. between 1910/1920)
v. Joseph
Houlihan (b.
1912, Worcester - d. aft 1930)