SISTERS OF MY GRANDMOTHER, ISABEL TIERNEY MOORE

SISTERS OF MY GRANDMOTHER ISABEL TIERNEY MOORE

My Grandmother ISABEL TIERNEY was born January 1, 1892 in Brooklyn, New York.  She lived her whole life in Brooklyn except for a couple of years in California while my Grandfather, John Nelson Moore opened branch offices of the brokerage firm of Jackson Paine.

ISABEL was born to JOHN TIERNEY and MARGARET DELANEY.  They also had five other daughters and one son.  The son, JOHN JR. died at 4 years old.  The youngest daughter, MARGARET died at birth (February 24, 1900) along with her mother.  The remaining sisters all lived very long and wonderful lives.  The sisters were, Mary (known as May) was born July 5, 1884, Frances (known as Frankie) born March 23, 1888, Rosalie born June 10, 1894, and Alice born August 9, 1898.

Frankie, Alice, Isabel, May & Rose

About 1955

MAY TIERNEY was the oldest daughter and when her mother died became the one the others girls looked up to.  Their Aunt Kitty took over the care of the family.  They all lived in the same house with the grandparents, Michael and Mary Delaney, Aunt Kitty Delaney, Uncle Michael Delaney, and their father John Tierney.

Aunt Kitty with the five sisters in the center

In the back l-r Frankie and May

In front in white l-r Rose, Isabel and Alice

About 1902

Unknown who the other 3 are

As you can see from this picture, MAY is quite grown up.  I haven’t found the family in the 1905 Census but I do find them in the 1910 Census.  The girls are all living with cousins in Brooklyn.  MAY is 18 at this time and is working as a telephone operator. In 1914 MAY marries THOMAS E. NEWMAN who she met while working for the telephone company.  THOMAS continued to work for the telephone company the rest of his life.

MAY TIERNEY and THOMAS NEWMAN married October 19, 1914 in Brooklyn, NY according to the New York, Marriage Index 1866-1937 on Ancestry.com.

I have traced this family through the New York Census records for 1915, 1920, 1930 and 1940.  They always lived in Brooklyn until MAY was quite old and went into a Nursing Home in Westbury, New York..

MAY and THOMAS had two children, WILLIAM JR. born 1916 and MARGARET born September 9, 1917.

WILLIAM join the service during WW11 and died around 1945.  I haven’t found his death certificate yet.

MARGARET married WALTER MORGENTHALER in the 1940’s and had 3 children.

WALTER died October 27, 2000 and MARGARET died November 18, 2008 both are buried in the MORGENTHALER plot in St. John’s Cemetery in Middle Village, NY.

THOMAS NEWMAN died August 22, 1954 in Brooklyn and is buried in St. Charles Cemetery in Farmingdale, New York.  MAY NEWMAN died December 28, 1982

There are still questions to answered with this family, I will keep searching.