ANCESTOR NO. 4 - AGNES V. FENNESSY
Agnes, my grandmother, was the second child and first daughter born to John James Fennessy and his wife Mary Kinane Fennessy. She was born on August 5, 1898, in Jersey City, New Jersey, [1] just across the river from Manhattan. Her parents were first generation Irish Americans and had their daughter baptized as Agnes, no middle name, at St. Bridget’s Roman Catholic Church, where Mrs. Cullen and Margaret Oertal were her godparents. She already had a brother, Daniel Joseph Fennessy, born February 5, 1897, whose godparents were Ed. F. Nestor and Mary Sweeney. [2] Agnes got a little sister, Marion, on June 15, 1904 (godparents Daniel Fennessy and Margaret Reddy). [3] A brother James was born sometime between June 1905 and 1906. [4] The youngest in the family was Virginia, born on December 17, 1907 [5] . This small photo was dated 1907 and shows Agnes, age 9, and Marion, age 3. The next photo of her brother Daniel Fennessy is dated 1910. Since he is holding ...