Shea Genealogy of N Attleboro, MA

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Surnames Involved: Shea, Pesce, Riordan, Doran, Curley, Carney, Smith, Evans

Wars Involved: Crimean, Mass 3rd Infantry - Civil War

Patrick Shea, born ~1810 in County Kildare Ireland started this all. He married Margaret Smith.

Matthew Shea, born 1.9.1832 in County Kildare, married Caroline Kelley, born 1839, England. They married in Springfield, MA and moved to Attleboro.

Matthew's son, Matthew Shea, married Catherine Riordan. Catherine's maternal parents include the Curley and Carney lines, paternal the Doran line. Here are my Riordan Notes.

Matthew(2)'s son, Frank Shea, married Guenevieve Pesce (her father Gaetano immigrated from Campania Italy).

Frank's son, John Douglas Shea, married Nancy Evans, bringing us to the present.

Notes from my research into Shea and Riordan during my 1997 Ireland Trip
The Master Shea Page

1850 Census for N Attleboro Area
1860 Census for N Attleboro Area

Things Under Research:

• Parents of Matthew Shea in Ireland*
• Parents of Caroline Kelley in England*
• Birth/Death of Caroline Kelley* - Mass Vitals doesn't have it
• Birth of Matthew L Shea (and siblings)
• Death of Matthew L Shea - Mass Vitals doesn't have it
• Birth/death of John Riordan
• Birth/death of Mary Curley
• Birth/death of Catherine Riordan
• Birth IRL/death of Alice Doran*
• Birth IRL/death of Michael Riordan*
• Birth of Frank Curley* IRL
• Birth of Mary Carney* IRL

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