The
Descendants of Michael Harte
The two charts contained only a few
approximate dates and only one specific place. Despite these shortcomings, the
two charts have not only proved remarkably accurate but invaluable research
tools as well. Without them the Family History Reports would never have been as
extensive and documented as they now are. Perhaps because his father died when
he reached his fifth birthday, Mr. Lalley did not made a similar chart for the
Lalley line.
1 Michael
Harte
Birth: Luggawannia,
Co. Galway
Religion: Catholic
Occupation: Farmer
According to a descendant chart prepared
by Joseph M. Lalley, the first known Hart in the Lalley-Hart-Hannon ancestral
line is Mihall O’Harte (Michael Harte or Michael Hart). No records have
been found for this person; but his descendants leased land in the townland of
Luggawannia, Killursa civil parish, in Co. Galway, IE.
Spouse: Mary
?
Children: John,
(1799-1879), Patrick, Thomas
1.1 John
Harte
Birth: 1799
Death: 19
May 1879, Loggawannia, Co. Galway, IE [2]
Although not shown on the JML descendant chart, Mihall
Harte had a fourth son John who died a widower in Luggawannia on 19 March 1879
at the age of eighty. John Hart was the leaseholder of lands rented from Sir George
S. Lynch in Luggawannia.
Present at his death was Michael Harte who is also listed as a tenant in
the 1855 Valuation of Tenements for Luggawannia, Cargin Parish.
Spouse: Honor
Birth: 1806
Death: 11
Jan 1874, Loggawannia, Co. Galway, IE [3]
1.2.
Michael Hart
Birth: Ireland
Spouse: Winnifred
Anderson
Michael and his wife
Winnifred are cited as the parents of Margaret Hart on her Death Certificate as
well as the JML descendant chart.
* No other records
have been found for them nor are the names of their parents known. Moreover, it
is not precisely clear on the JML descendant chart that the Michael shown
[1] is his father though it seems reasonable to suppose that he was.
Children: Margaret
(1830-1913), John
1.2.1.
Margaret Hart
Birth: Jul
1830, Killursa Parish, Co. Galway, Ireland [4]
Occupation: Housekeeper for Senator
James A. Bayard, Jr.
Death: 10
Jul 1913, Philadelphia, PA. [5]
Burial: 14
Jul 1913, Cathedral Cemetery, Wilmington [6]
The note, “Died a
spinster,” appears on the JML descendant chart. Her death certificate
lists the year of birth as 1830. The 1900 and 1910 US Census Philadelphia show
her birth as July 1830. Margaret came to the US in 1852 and was employed
as a domestic in the household of James A. Bayard, Jr., then a U.S. Senator for
Delaware. In time she was appointed housekeeper for the Senator’s family and supervised
her nieces Anna Hart [1.4.2b], Catherine (Kate) Hart [1.4.2g], and Bridget
Lalley [1.3.3]. Upon his death Senator Bayard left her an annuity for
life, honoring the request of his late wife.
“In accordance with my
promise to my deceased wife and from my appreciation of her faithful services,
I give and bequeath to Margaret Hart an annuity of one hundred dollars per annum and I charge this annuity on the residue of my estate ... ”
[7]
1.2.2
John Hart
Birth: Co.
Galway, Ireland *
* Died at age 12 as
shown on the JML descendant chart.
1.3
Patrick Hart
Birth: Co.
Galway, Ireland
Children: Patrick,
Martin, Edward (1842-1904)
The JML descendant
chart contains this comment, “sons Patrick and his brother Martin emigrated to
the US circa 1830, said to have descendants in St. Louis.”
1.3.1
Patrick Hart
Birth: Co.
Galway, IE
Patrick probably
served as a baptismal sponsor for Catherine Hart, daughter of Edward and
Bridget Hannon Hart.[8] He also may have been a baptismal
sponsor for Michael Newell son of James Newell and Elizabeth Dooley who may, in
turn, be related to the Mary Dooley referred to on the same descendant chart.[9]
A Patrick Hart was the baptismal sponsor for James, son of Patrick Joyce and
Mary Cunningham.[10] The Patrick
Hart, laborer, shown living at Front & West Streets in the 1872 Wilmington
City Directory may be the same person.
1.3.2
Martin Harte
Birth: Co.
Galway, Ireland
Martin is listed on
the JML descendant chart. No other
records have yet been found for him.
1.3.3
Edward Hart
Birth: Mar
1842, Co. Galway, Ireland
Religion: Roman
Catholic
Occupation: Liquor dealer,
iron foundry worker
Death: 21
May 1904 of Uremia at home on 200
Washington St., Wilmington, DE.
Burial: 24
May 1904, Cathedral Cemetery, Wilmington, DE.
Edward Hart’s death
certificate lists his age as fifty-six indicating that he was born in 1848.[11] The 1880 US Census, however, lists his
age at thirty-eight implying that he was born in 1842. The 1900 Census lists March 1845 as
year of birth. The same census
states that he immigrated to US in 1865, the same year as future his wife,
Bridget Lalley arrived in the United States. [12]
City directories from
1876 until at least 1883 reveal that the couple operated a wine and liquor
business until at least 1883 at 423 East Front Street. Later directories indicate that the
family moved to a number of different addresses, all located quote near each
other in the southwestern sector of Wilmington. The 1900 US Census list 539 West 2nd St. as
their address.
Bridget worked in the
household of Senator James A. Bayard, Jr. along with her relatives by marriage,
Annie Hart [1.4.2a.2] and Catherine Hart [1.4.2g]. Both were under the supervision of Margaret Hart [1.2.1] who
was the Senator’s housekeeper and the cousin or aunt of Annie Hart.
Spouse: Bridget
Lalley
Birth: 12
Jul 1845, Co. Galway, Ireland [13]
Death: 25
Jul 1926, 4th & Grant Ave, Wilmington, DE [14]
Burial: Cathedral
Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
Father: Thomas
Lally
Mother: Bridget
Moran (1815-)
Married: 17
Dec 1870, St. Paul Church, Wilmington, DE [15]
Children: Anne
(1872 -), Mary Ellen (1878 -), Thomas J (1877 -), John L. (1886 -)
1.3.3.a
Anne Hart
Birth: 18
Dec 1872, Wilmington, DE [16]
Baptism: 22
Dec 1872
Sponsors: Thomas
R. Lally and Jane Hart
Religion: Roman
Catholic
1.3.3.b
Mary Ellen Hart
Birth: 11
May 1878, Wilmington, DE [17]
Baptism: 11
May 1878
Sponsors: Patrick
Lally and Mary Flynn
Religion: Roman
Catholic
1.3.3.c
Thomas J. Hart
Birth: 21
Feb 1875, Wilmington, DE.
Baptized: 24
Feb 1876, St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception, Wilmington[18]
Sponsors: Patrick
Connell and Ellen Lally
1.3.3.d
John L. Hart
Birth: 17
Sep 1886, Wilmington, DE.
Baptized: 19
Sep 1886
Sponsors: John
Callaghan and Bridget Lally [19]
1.4
Thomas Harte
Birth: Co.
Galway, Ireland
Religion: Catholic
Occupation: Farmer
Death: Luggawannia,
Clydagh, Co. Galway
Cited on the JML
descendant chart, Thomas, another son of Thomas Harte, was born circa
1800. He and his uncle John [1.1]
were two of the ten land occupiers listed on the 1855 Valuation of Tenements in
Luggawannia.[20] He was
with his eighty-five year wife when she died.
Spouse: Mary
Hines
Birth: 1789,
Co. Galway [21]
Death: 8
Apr 1874, Luggawannia, Co. Galway, Ireland [22]
Children: John
(1823-1858), Edward (Eammon), (ca. 1824-1897), Thomas (1832-1882), Julia
(1836-1919) Michael (1837-1915), Mary, Bridget
1.4.1
John Harte
Birth: 1823,
Luggawannia, Clydagh, Co. Galway [23]
Religion: Roman
Catholic
Occupation: Royal Irish
Constabulary #5083 [24]
Death: 22
Jan 1858 [25]
John Hart had been an
employee of Sir George Staunton Lynch, the landlord for much of Cargin Parish
in the Headford District. After
receiving a recommendation from Sir George, John entered the Royal Irish
Constabulary on 14 November 1842.
At the end of his training, he was assigned to Cloughjordan, Co.
Tipperary, IE before being transferred to Templemore in the same county. The discovery of his 10 December 1857
letter to his brother Edward [1.4.2] who resided in Wilmington, DE identified
Luggawannia as the Hart ancestral home.
John also stated emphatically that he never intended to marry.
The JML descendant chart
has the following notation: “John, civil servant, was killed by Fenians.” His personnel file lists the date of
his death but not the cause.[26]
1.4.2
Edward (Eammon) Hart
Birth: ca
1824, Luggawannia, Clydagh, Co. Galway [27]
Religion: Roman
Catholic
Occupation: Railroad Engineer
for the P W & B Railroad [28]
Death: 2
Apr 1897, 562 N. 23rd St. Philadelphia, PA [29]
Burial: 6
Apr 1897, Cathedral Cemetery, Wilmington, DE [30]
Sailing aboard the Messenger from the Port of Galway, Edward Hart and his wife,
Bridget Hannon who was with child, arrived at the Port of New York on 27 May
1848.[31] They had left Luggawannia at the height of the Great
Famine having left their eldest daughter Mary with Edward’s mother. A decade
later, John Hart wrote his brother Edward, “...I must say that your Mother would
not allow your Daughter to go [to America] nor would Mary herself desire
so. In fact she should be forced
on board a ship before she could be compelled to go.”[32]
Several years later, however, Mary [1.4.2a] did arrive in Wilmington and
married Peter Earner on 24 January 1866.
Perhaps she did so in time to be with her mother before she succumbed to
tuberculosis in May of 1863.
Directories for the City of Wilmington, Delaware
| Year | Page | Name | Occupation | Address |
| 1853 | 31 | Edward Hart | laborer | Between Washington and Justison |
| 1855 | 48 | Edward Hart | laborer | 803 5th (above) Church - His wife Bridget died here. |
| 1859 | 100 | Edward Hart | laborer | 505 Lombard Street (house) * |
| 1865 | 152 | Edward Hart | laborer | 505 Lombard Street (house) * |
No city directory
listings appear after this date for the same Edward Hart. Records for Edward Hart and his family
in the 1870 US Census have not yet been found.
* This address was
probably the address of the Edward Hart [1.3.3] who married Bridget Lalley. No
city directory listings appear after this date for the same Edward Hart.
Records for Edward Hart and his family in the 1870 US Census have not yet been
found.
Spouse: Bridget
(Bride) Hannon
Birth: ca
1826, Ireland [33]
Death: 7
May 1863, Wilmington, DE [34]
Father: Thomas
Hannan (1788-1875) [35]
Mother: Honor
(Anne) Lee (ca. 1790-)
Children: Mary
(ca. 1847-1890), Honor (1848-1926), Margaret L. (1850-1921), Thomas (1853-1877),
John (1854-1855), Catherine (Kate) E. (1858 – 1912), Julia (1861 –
1862)
Other spouse: Anna
McGovern
Sometime after 1863 and before the 1880 US Census for Philadelphia, Edward Hart married the Irish-born widow Anna McGovern. The 1880 Census shows that Anna had at least two children: Cecelia aged twenty-six and Elizabeth, a dressmaker who was twenty-three. Two railroad engineers, William and George Kinney, were boarders in their home at 544 North 23rd Street in north Philadelphia. According to the 1900 Census she was born in April 183