Michael Grace/Rose McDonnelly

Michael GRACE was born in County Cork, Ireland in 1800.  He married Rose McDonnelly and they had seven children.

James – b, 1832 – married Mary McFadden

Denis – b, 1834 – married Ann Gordon

Michael – b, 1840 – married Anastatia Franey

Andrew – b,1844 our great-great grandfather

Rosa Anna – b,1846 – married Nicholas Behm

William – b, 1848

Arthur Thomas – b, 1852 – married Anna Bell Cole

All the kids were born in Swordlestown, Newbridge, Kildare, Ireland, except for Arthur, who was born in Boston Harbor, MA.  The family came to Missouri in 1850.

Michael Grace died 15 Feb 1874 in St Louis.

Rose MCDONNELLY was born abt. 1802 in Ireland.  She died bet. 1860-1870 in St Louis. She is buried at Calvary Cemetery (Sec 013, Lot 0342)

Andrew Grace/Elizabeth Piant

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.

Grace Family Stone St Ferdinand

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.

Harry Dougherty/Loretto Grace

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More great-grandparents.

Harry John Dougherty was born 8 Aug 1881 in Mora County, New Mexico.  Sometime in the early 1890’s, he and the family moved to St Louis.  They lived at 1420 Pendleton Ave in north St Louis. He married Loretto Grace 12 Sep 1905 at St. Ann Catholic Church.

Some of the addresses he lived are:

1910 – 3505 Taylor, 1918 – 611 St Louis Ave in Clayton, 1928 – 220 W. Monroe in Kirkwood, 1930 – 5150 Cabanne, 1936 – 6648 Marmaduke, 1947 – 4722 Tamm, 1952 – 4629 Minnesota, and finally at 6305 Murdoch.

Harry died 26 Nov 1960.  He was 79 years old. He is buried at Calvary Cemetery at the family plot.

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Loretto Gertrude Grace was born 17 Sep 1882 in Florissant, MO.  She was baptized at St. Ferdinand Catholic Church.

In 1900, she lived at 104 Page Avenue.  She died 14 Jan 1949. She was 66 years old. They lived at 5906 Loughborough at the time.  She is buried at Calvary Cemetery with Harry.

They had seven kids: Harry Aloysius, James Andrew, Mary Elizabeth, Loretto Louise, Gertrude Grace, Eileen Clare and Charles Joseph.