Grandpa Charlie’s mother was Bridget Elizabeth Chambers. She was born on 3 Oct 1870 in Islandeady, County Mayo, Ireland to Anne Kilroy and Thomas Chambers. Bridget was the 2nd youngest of nine children. Five of her siblings immigrated to the US.
The oldest sibling, Patrick Chambers, who was born in 1857, immigrated to the US in 1879. He worked as a foreman for city services in Chicago. Patrick never married or as one of my dad’s friends used to say “never made the same mistake once”!
Michael Chambers, the next oldest brother, was born in 1858 in Islandeady, Mayo, Ireland and immigrated to the US in 1880. He married Winifred Callahan and they had 4 children. Michael owned a saloon in Chicago and was possibly also a butcher at a meat market (located at 161 N Market, Chicago).
The oldest sister and 3rd in line was Marie Chambers, who was born in 1860 in Islandeady, Ireland. She immigrated to the US with her brother Michael and married Thomas Lynch. They lived in Chicago and had 6 children: Anna, John, Mary, Thomas, Columbus and James.
Next in the sibling line is Charles, who was born in 1862 in Ireland. Charles either immigrated in 1880 or 1885. Charles married Ellen Ruane in Chicago. He owned a grocery store/meat market, which was located at 678 Orleans Street in Chicago. That building is one of the only wooden buildings to have survived the 1870’s Chicago fire. It is now called “Green Door Tavern”.
I will talk more about Bridget and her other siblings in my next post but a quick note about the above photo. The photo was taken in Islandeady, County Mayo, Ireland by my cousin Kevin on his pilgrimage back to the homeland with his wife a few years ago.
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