John McCarthy and Catherine Sullivan

Johanna McCarthy was the daughter of John McCarthy and Catherine Sullivan, according to Massachusetts vital records. Johanna's obituary in a Worcester MA newspaper identified her origin in Ireland as Bally Trasna parish, Ballyhar, County Kerry.

Another researcher reports that one of Johanna's brothers was a James McCarthy, three of whose sons also emigrated to Massachusetts about the same time as Johanna and her husband, Bartholomew Houlihan, and that they lived for a while with Johanna and her family.

John McCarthy (b. ca 1815/1820?, Ireland - d. ?)
m. ? (year and place unknown)
Catherine Sullivan (b. ca 1815/1820?, Ireland - d. ?)
Children:
i.
James McCarthy (b. ca 1843 - d. aft 1870); m. Margaret Sullivan
ii.
Johanna McCarthy (b. 14 Feb 1854, County Kerry, Ireland - d. 27 Apr 1936, Worcester, MA); m. Bartholomew Houlihan

Children of James McCarthy and Margaret Sullivan:
i.
Timothy J. McCarthy (b. Mar 1863, Ireland - d. 9 Sep 1915, MA); m. Mary Leary
ii.
John J. McCarthy (b. Mar 1864, Ireland - d. 3 Dec 1919, MA); m. Mary Agnes Brown
iii.
Eugene F. McCarthy (b. May 1860, Ireland - d. 13 Jul 1934, MA); m. Maria Daly