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CHILDREN OF FELIX AND CATHERINE O'HARA

1. MARY O'HARA (1844-3/18/1920) was born in Ireland and was 6 yrs. old when she left with her parents. She married PETER CONNAUGHTON (1835-9/22/1890) in Rochester, N.Y. Click HERE for continuation. (10 children.)

2. PATRICK O'HARA (1847-8/14/1909) was born in Ireland and was 4 yrs. old when he made the trip here with his parents. He was also my great grandfather and married THERESA M. KAVANAUGH (?-2/24/1909) on 4/26/1875 in Rochester, N.Y. Click HERE for continuation. (6 children.)

3. JOHN O'HARA (1851-1927) Born at sea!!! At this point I don't know what happened to John. In 1875 his occupation is listed as a "stonecutter" in the city directory. (According to notes of Henry Clay John died at St. Anne's Home).

4. HUGH "HOLEY" O'HARA (1854-2/24/1916) was born here and married MARY E. HEALEY (1857-1/5/1926). CLICK HERE for continuation. (8 children).

5. BERNARD "BARNEY" O'HARA (7/1856-11/14/1886) was born here and died from pneumonia at 30 yrs. old.
He never married and his occupation unknown.

6. STEPHEN O'HARA (1859-6/29/1883) was born here and died from consumption at 24 yrs. old. He never married and his occupation unknown.

7. FELIX O'HARA (10/6/1861-11/7/1904) was born here and married MARTHA TOOLE (?-?) on 10/5/1901. They had no children. At the time of his death he lived at 340 Plymouth Ave. and ran a restaurant on Exchange St. He was also an officer in the Monroe County Commitee.

8. KATHERINE O'HARA (1/1/1864-8/26/1945) was born here and married JOHN F. NORTON (11/1/1860-4/23/1938) on 10/16/1889. Click HERE for continuation. (8 children)

9. ELLEN "NELLIE" O'HARA (1/1867-?) was born here and married JAMES McLAUGHLIN (?-?) on 6/29/1889. They had one son, Stephen, born on 1/3/1891. At this time I'm not sure what happened to this family.
(1 child)

10. JAMES J. O'HARA (1/6/1870-3/3/1920) was born here and married JENNIE E. McCARTHY on unknown date. I'm not aware of any children from this couple

               33 total children from 5 families in this generation.

CATHERINE McPADDEN's parents were STEPHEN McPADDEN (?-?) and MOLLIE DEVITT (?-?). CATHERINE had the following siblings (That I am aware of):

1. HUGH McPADDEN (?-9/30/1909) married MAGGIE BARTLEY (?-1919) on 2/7/1869 in Rochester. They had 7 children, none of which had any offspring.
               a. MARY AGNES "MINNIE" McPADDEN 11/6/1869-12/15/1915. Never married.
               b. STEPHEN McPADDEN (1/22/1872-7/23/1924) became a priest. Pastor of St. Stephen's Church in
                    Geneva, N.Y. Designed most of the church which still stands today.
               c. SARAH McPADDEN (3/2/1874-11/22/1952). Never married.
               d. HUGH G. McPADDEN (11/11/1875-5/19/1940). Never married.
               e. FRANK J. McPADDEN (10/23/1879-5/11/1965). Never married
               f. WILLIAM McPADDEN (8/6/1882-1/11/1953) became a priest also assigned to St. Stephen's
                   Church in Geneva. He became pastor after his brother's death.
               g. EDDIE McPADDEN (7/12/1885-3/25/1886).
All of the above moved to Geneva, N.Y. As you can see, no children from the second generation. However, Sarah and siblings adopted a little girl around 1920. She is still alive and lives in the same house in Geneva. She wishes to remain anonymous.

2. ELIZABETH McPADDEN (?-?) married WILLIAM ENGLISH (?-?) Unknown on children.

3. ELLEN McPADDEN (?-12/25/1914) never married.

4. HONOR "ANNIE" McPADDEN (?-11/6/1907) married JOHN ASPLE (?-3/26/1904). Unknown on children.

5. BRIDGET McPADDEN (?-?) married THOMAS FOLEY (3/19/1855-?) Rochester police officer. 4 children:
                a. JOHN M. FOLEY (?-?) married unknown became a dentist.
                b. JOSEPH T. FOLEY (?-?) worked at St. Regis Paper.
                c. MARY C. FOLEY (?-?) became a school teacher and wrote school books.
                d. FRANK A. FOLEY (?-?) married MARY SMITH(?-?).
A note on MAGGIE BARTLEY: For unknown reason the BARTLEY name seems to be interchangeable with the surname McPARTLAND (and various spellings).

CATHERINE McPADDEN O'HARA had a cousin that also lived in Rochester by the name of HUGH DEVITT (1832- 8/21/1894) who was married 3 times and widowed 3 times. He was born in Leitrim and came to Rochester in 1863. Hugh married NORA SCANLON (?-6/17/1875) on 2/21/1873. His second wife was MARIA HOGAN (?-8/17/1881) they had a daughter, MARY ANN (8/12/1881-?). HUGH's 3rd wife was JENNIE F. CALLAHAN (1850-8/18/188). Hugh's daughter married a man named AUSTIN KING on 9/10/1907. Hugh's parents were JAMES DEVITT and ANN McPADDEN. This is interesting because of Catherine McPadden O'Hara's parents who were STEPHEN McPADDEN and MOLLIE DEVITT.

McPADDEN AND DEVITT INFORMATION