This is Main Street, Mora, NM in 1914. The house on the right belonged to John Doherty. He is the brother of James Doherty, my great-great grandfather.
John Doherty was the local sheriff, back in the day. He was shot in this house in the late 1890’s by local bad guys.
Andrew GRACE was born 17 May 1844 in Swordlestown, Newbridge, Kildare, Ireland. He and his family came to the U.S. in 1850. He served in the Civil War, Iowa Infantry, 20th Regiment as a 2nd Sergeant. He married Elizabeth Piant, 23 Nov 1870 at St Ferdinand Catholic Church in Florissant, MO. He lived at:
1860 – Bonhomme Township (Fenton)
1880 – Jackson County, MO
1900 – 4104 Page Avenue
1910 – 4119 Cook Avenue
1920 – 5058 Page Avenue
He was a night clerk and a bookkeeper for a streetcar company. He and Elizabeth had nine kids:
Marie Louise – b-1871, d-1910 in St Louis
Thomas Lafayette – b-1872, d-1907 in St Louis
Emma Elzerine – b-1874, d-1946
Genevieve Lyle – b-1875, d-1930. married – John Lally
Julia Malenzia – b-1878, d-1954. Sisters of Charity nun.
Loretto Gertrude – our great-grandmother
Leo Zephernius – b-1885, d-1965.
John Andrew – b-1888, d-1944. married Mary Sanguinette
William Andrew – b-1888, d-1969. married Olivia Forster.
Andrew died 10 Mar 1927 in St Louis. He was 82 years old. He is buried at St Ferdinand Cemetery.
Elizabeth PIANT was born 18 May 1851 in Florissant. She died 9 Aug 1914. She was 63 years old. She is buried with Andrew at St Ferdinand Cemetery.
James DOHERTY was born in 1844 in County Donegal, Ireland. He lived on the family farm in Drumrooske.
He came to the U.S. in July 1866. He went to work with his uncle at a mercantile store in Mora County, New Mexico. When is uncle died in 1868, he inherited the business. It was during this time he changed his last name spelling to Dougherty.
He returned to Ireland to marry Mary Ellen Langan on 9 April 1874, in the Church of St Eunan in Letterkenny.
He returned to the business in Mora County and started a family. Their kids were:
Charles Patrick, b-1876, d- 1949 in St Louis.
James Francis, b-1877, d-1950 in Denver.
George Paul, b-1879, d-1965 in St Louis.
Harry John, our great-grandfather
Ellen, b-1883, d-1884 in Cleveland, NM
Gertrude M., b-1884, d-1966 in Denver.
Annie – b-1886, d- 1890 in Cleveland, NM.
John Thomas – b-1889, d- 1940 in St Louis
In 1891, he sold the store to his brother Joe Doherty, and moved to St Louis. The family lived at 1420 Pendleton Ave. on north St Louis. James died 23 Dec 1907 at the age of 63 from a heart attack. He is buried at Calvary Cemetery.
Mary Ellen LANGAN was born Feb 1857 in Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland. She died 24 Aug 1892 in St Louis. She was 35 years old. She is buried with James at Calvary Cemetery.
Fitzgerald Family History 