The Irish Matriarch arrived in the 1850's as a young teen. These pictures are part of my collection, and are dated 1870. Her mother, nee Anna Leahey, and her dad, Daniel T. Kenney, were listed in the 1860 U.S. Census, with her siblings. She is not listed with them, and I wonder why. She was between 15-20 years old at the time, depending on what census record is right. Was she married by then, or living elsewhere? I look forward to more research on this. Census records state that she arrived in 1852 or 1853. I will visit the Enoch Pratt's Maryland Room, and the MD Historical Society on Saturday to learn more about her arrival. I attended a lecture a few years ago given by Tom Neill , who is part of the Locust Point Historical Project. He said that the early Irish arrived in Fell's Point, rather than Locust Point. That might be a clue.
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