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Mary of Tullynascreen

1. A faint line begins a household.
2. Eight children, one Tullynascreen family.
3. Death, birth, and a possible crossing.
4. The later record shows Mary working.
5. Distance changed the family without erasing it.
6. A dwelling, an acre, and her son’s name.
7. Mary at home in 1911.

A Ticket to Bridgeport

1. A ticket to Bridgeport.
2. Before the crossing, a mother’s page.
3. The miles before the ocean.
4. The last stretch of Ireland was water.
5. When home becomes the horizon.
6. America, at last.
7. Before he arrived, she had a life here.
8. Two Catherines. One city. Two lives.
9. A city already in motion.
10. A life between the lines.
11. Before James, there was Katie.
12. A father gone. A family still here.
13. Two lives. One surviving account.
14. A destination. Then a life.

Catherine of Warren Court

1. Before she became the sister in America, she was Catherine.
2. Was Catherine the young woman aboard?
3. If the passenger was Catherine, the family lived four turning points in twenty-nine days.
4. Castle Garden was an arrival point, not an answer.
5. Catherine McPadden married James Kelly.
6. At Warren Court, Catherine was the center of a growing family.
7. Her address became part of her brother’s way forward.
8. The Kelly household carried on at Gregory Street.
9. Catherine carries on after James Kelly’s death.

A Family Takes Root

1. A family takes root.
2. 498 Howard Avenue. A household comes into view.
3. Work. Home. A future taking shape.
4. The page ends. The household continues.
5. One household. Five lives opening out.
6. A new home. A changing family.
7. The workday reaches Beardsley Park.

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