From Islands to America

On the post “Island Lower and Upper”, (https://www.roscommonstanley.me.uk/geography/island-lower-and-upper/ ) I referred to American records as providing answers to the question about what happened to the rest of the Stanley/Kenney line. (Bridget, Thomas, Mary and John)

Bridget Stanley married William Simpson on 29^th June 1887 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. He was born in Darnford, New York in 1861. She died on 16^th September 1909, in Pittsfield.

They had four children:

1. William John Simpson, born 24^th May 1888
2. Thomas Joseph Simpson, born 6^th March 1890
3. Edward Simpson, born 4^th May 1891 in Pittsfield, died 11^th December 1912. The death was reported by Thomas Stanley (see below).
4. Anna M Simpson, born 18^th December 1892

Thomas Stanley married Margaret Kenney on 23^rd October 1901 in Massachusetts. She was born 10^th February 1872 in Adams, Berkshire, Mass. The Kenney name appears elsewhere on this website. Is this a coincidence? Was a member of the Kenney family the first to settle in the Pittsfield area? The pattern that one person goes and others follow is quite common. This is the case with the Dewsbury side.

Mary Stanley, born 1869, died 1900 in America.

John Stanley, born June 1874, married M Flynnse in 1904 in America.

I think that John and Mary travelled together in 1899 on the RMS Majestic, from the White Star Line. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Majestic_(1889)

There is another link to Pittsfield that will be covered subsequently.