A living archive — research maintained continuously since 1899. Current steward: J.F. Long, Tiverton, Rhode Island.

The Wall Family: Mom’s Irish Side

MATERNAL LINEMaternal grandmother
Eleanor L. WallFrancis Swift PerryCarol PerryJohn, Perry & Patrick Long

Eleanor "Babs" Wall is your maternal grandmother. Married 64 years to Francis Swift Perry.

Your maternal grandmother Eleanor L. Wall’s entire family traces to Ireland. Wall, Thornton, McCoy, Connolly, Maloney, Kennedy, Simpson, Bree. These families crossed the Atlantic during and after the Great Famine and settled in the industrial cities of Massachusetts.

Wall/Kennedy Line

NameBornPIDRelationship
Eleanor L. Wall1926G8D9-8ZFMaternal grandmother
Herbert Miller Wall15 Dec 1899LQYK-5LFMat. great-grandfather
William Edward Wall28 Mar 1861L1YK-1BX2nd great-grandfather
Edward Wall17 Mar 1823L1YV-CQP3rd great-grandfather, Ireland
John Wall1800G8Z2-NB44th great-grandfather, Ireland
Margaret Kennedy1833KGJG-BFZ3rd great-grandmother, Ireland
Patrick Kennedy~1803L1YT-C9Q4th great-grandfather, Ireland

Simpson/Bree Line

NameBornPIDRelationship
Mary Isabel Simpson1861L488-C4T2nd great-grandmother
Mark Simpson~1839LWDB-1CD3rd great-grandfather, Ireland
Mary Bree~1837K2ZX-GDV3rd great-grandmother, Ireland
Martin Bree?L18W-3HF4th great-grandfather, Ireland

Thornton/Maloney/McCoy Line

NameBornPIDRelationship
Catherine Louise Thornton27 Jun 1896G8Z2-KLPMat. great-grandmother
Michael Edward Thornton29 Jun 1852L5PK-JJ22nd great-grandfather
Michael Thornton?G8DM-5WB3rd great-grandfather, Ireland
Ellen Maloney?G8DM-LNQ3rd great-grandmother, Ireland
Bridget E. McCoy1857L5PK-K232nd great-grandmother
Michael McCoy27 Oct 1827KGKH-DTX3rd great-grandfather, Ireland
Anne Connolly1836KGKH-DTN3rd great-grandmother, Ireland