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Origins of the Foy and McKeon Families
Note 1. The house is owned by John Foy, who can be
contacted at John Foy, Garryedmond, Claremorris, County
Mayo, Ireland.
Note 2. Josephine Mullin (1902-2002)White (marriage lasted
only a few months) became a school teacher in the New
York City school system. She also worked for the UN for
several years after World War II. She lived in Manhattan NY,
moving to Washington Square in 1938 and remaining there
until she died.

Margaret "Peg" Mullin (1910 - 2001) graduated from Hunter
College, Columbia University and New York University. She
taught high school, then at NYU and became Dean at Bronx
Community College. She married Matthew Kabriski (1957)
and moved to Flushing, Queens until she died.

Mary Mullin (1912 - 1992) married George Gillen (1907 -
2001) in 1937. The couple lived in Irvington NY and owned
simple houses in East Chatham NY. Mary had abd from Bryn
Mawr and George held law and history degrees. Their
children: Thomas (1938 - ), Agnes (1941 - ), Margaret
(1943 - 1999), Elizabeth (1944 - ), Edward (1946 - ),
Michael (1948 - ) and Walter (1950 - )
Note 3 Delia and Mike Martin's children: Beatrice Martin
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1999). they had one son Charles Cletus Hartman
Catherine Martin (1917 - 1985) married George Penn (1914
- 1995). The couple had two sons, George and Richard.
Mary Martin (1919 - 1994) married Joseph Kelly (??? -
1975). The couple had three daughters Virginia , Eileen &
Kathleen.
Mary Martin (1919 - 1994) married Joseph Kelly((??? -
1975)
Note 4 Patrick Foy (1933 - 2003) married Ann Heffernan
(1936 - 2005) and the couple relocated to London UK. The
had three children John (1959 - ), Annette Foy King (1967 -
) and Michael (1968 - 1997). All the children live in the UK.
Mai Foy married Brian Gormley (1923 - 2006). Their
children: Sheila (1966 = ), Vincent (1967 - ), Brian (1969 -
) and Helen (1971 - )
John Foy (1936 - ) married Margaret Cunnane (1938 - ).
Their children: John Francis (1965 - 1965); William Joseph
"Liam" (1966 - ); John Noel (1967 - ); Mathew Patrick (1973
- ); Cristina Mary (1986 - )
Margaret "Peggy" Foy ( ) married Bart Comer (??? - 2001);
their children Therese (1975 - ), John (1976 - ) and Barry
(1978 - )
Note 5 Francis O'Grady (1919 - 1968) married Margaret
Wilson (1922 - 1998). The couple had four children: Brian
(1946 - ), Bridget (1948 - ), Brenda O'Grady Gall(1953 - )
and Bernadette O'Grady Mansolil(1958 - )
Robert O'Grady (1923 - 2005) married Marion Walsh (1922 -
2009). The couple had six children: Robert (??? - ),
unknown girl (??? - ???), Mary Beth O'Grady Cook (??? - ),
Timothy (??? - ), Kevin (??? - ), and Jane Ellen O'Grady
Rubino (???- )
Thomas O'Grady(1925 - 2010) married Hedy Holzhauer
(1930 - ) in 1954. Their children: Diane Pauline O'Grady Ray
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twin); Susan Marie (1957 - ) and Kathleen Ann (1959 - )
Jane Frances O'Grady (1933 - 1999) married Kevin Flood
(1920 - 2007) in 1970. Their children: Andrew (1971 - );
James Flood (1972 - ) and Maura Flood Lentini (1973 - )
Note 6 Patrick and Susan Foy had five children: Patrick
Joseph usually called Joe (1919 - 1999), Peter Aloysius
(1922 - 1964) who married Ruth Brown (1922 - 2009),
Kathleen (1923 - ), Eileen Foy Zysk (1925 - ) and Monica
(1929 - 1999).
Note 7 Peter Joseph Foy married Virginia McKeon at St.
Bartholomew's Church in Elmhurst NY. The reception was
held in Virginia's parents' house on Glean Street, after which
the couple went on a honeymoon to Atlantic City. They
returned to the Bronx home described as at Bolyn Court.
The couple had two children Peter Joseph Jr (1917 - ) and
Richard Daniel (1929 - )
Note 8 Mary Patricia Anderson ( 1927 - ) married Jusdon
Stokely (1925 - 1980) and afterwards Theodore Klos (1915 -
1993) The Stokely children were:
Margaret Mary Elizabeth (1949- ); Peter Martin (1950-
1977);
Anne Marie Stokely Bailey (1951 - ); Joseph Lee (1953 - );
and David Nicholas (1955 - )
Note 9 Virginia McKeon (1916 - 1992) may have been a
nursing classmate of her aunt Anita McKeon. She was
reported to have married an airline pilot and lived on eastern
Long Island.
Lawrence McKeon(1919 - ) was divorced by the time of his
uncle Thomas McKeon's death in 1960. I lost track of him
after 1960.
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- 1995) who maintained an electronics shop. Last known
address was Shirley NY.
Note 10 Eugene McKeon (1922 - 1990) married Alice
Thatcher (1917 - 1986). Gene was a tank driver in World
War II, was captured and spent about a year in a
concentration camp. When he left the service, he took over
his father's trucking business. The McKeon's adopted two
children: Dorothy McKeon Jacoby (c1957 - ) and Francis
(c1959 -)
Arthur McKeon (1925 - 1994) joined the Navy during World
War II by fibbing about his age. He remained in the Navy,
serving for some time as a medical corpsman on the first
atomic submarine.
Note 11 Arthur McKeon (1926 - 1984) married Lisa (??? - ),
producing one daughter Barbara. The couple divorced and
Arthur married Carol Wurtz )1923 - 2010). The second
marriage produced the following children: Charlene, Arthur,
Jeannine, Brendan, Thomas, Kathleen and Sean. No further
info available at this writing.
Note 12 My last contact with Leo's daughter Dolores (1928 -
) was in the late 1930s. Florence McKeon told me she had
met Dolores when she was shopping in Flushing; Dolores
was a saleslady. William McKeon(1941 - ) became a career
Marine, marrying Kazuko Higa in 1974. The couple had three
daughters : Ayumi McKeon van Winkle (1969 - ) and
Kathryn Ann McKeon Bruno (1975 - ). When I communicated
with Leo in early 1980 he was living with a Rose McKeon:
whether a second wife or a significant other unknown.
Note 13 Mary Ellen Morley- (1938 - 2006) grew up in
Richmond Hill NY. She taught exceptional children for several
years, then attended Catholic University for a bachelor's
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After marrying Richard Foy, she supervised nursing students
at Mount St. Mary College in Newburgh and Ulster
Community College in Kingston NY. The couple had two
children Peter Joseph Foy (1974 - ) and Bridget Morley Foy
(1976 - )
Note 14 Anna McKeon(1949 - ) joined the Air Force
immediately after graduation from high school. She met and
married Eugene DeRoche. They lived in Houma LA after
Anna left the service. Anna obtained her masters degree in
social work and works in social service in New Orleans. They
have two children: Patricia Ann DeRoche (1973 - ) and
Travis William DeRoche (1976 - )
Daniel McKeon ( 1946 - ) served several years in the US
Army, then returned to Denver CO. I have no further
informatioon on Daniel.
Birth and time living in the Bronx
Note 99 We considered our neighborhood to be a mix of
Irish, German and Jewish families. Italian families had
moved across White Plains Road, but their presence was not
noticed in the school system until the end of the 1930s. The
1930 census records for 237 street may be viewed at
north
side
(across the street from our house) and
south side
(our
side of the street)

The Italian church of Saint Anthony was located on
Richardson Avenue north of Nereid Ave (238 st). Our church,
St Frances of Rome was originally a branch of St Barnabas,
located in Woodlawn, across the Bronx Park. There was an
old building called the K of C on Richardson Ave which
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Note 100 Peter applied for Naturalization at the New York
County Superior Court on 23 July 1919 [vol # 362, page
204]. His two sisters, Cecelia and Hannah had applied for
and received citizenship in 1918 just before they left for
France as Army nurses. Peter must have waited for the usual
five years period. It was unusual for women to apply for
citizenship, as they were not allowed to vote. Their
applications may have something to do with their service in
France.
Note 101 The Manhattan directories for 1889 and 1891 show
two Andrew Davey stores on the upper East Side. I think
Peter Foy became associated with a group of at least seven
Andrew Davey stores located in Mount Vernon, North
Pelham, and Yonkers in Westchester County. The stores are
listed in city directories for 1925.
Note 102 There were twelve Royal Food Stores. The two I
remember most were Morley's Food Market on Yonkers
Avenue operated by Jack Morley (1898 - 1975)and later by
his nephews and nieces imported from Ireland and Morley's
Market near Palisades Avenue operated by Mike Morley
(1900 - 1987) and later by his nephew Mike Morley, again
an Irish immigrant. The stores struggled. As children Peter
and I would go to stores with our mother to take inventory
on Sundays. Eventually the company failed. Peter Foy
managed to arrange for the purchase of individual stores by
their operators in the bankruptcy action. Jack and Mike
purchased their stores in this manner and managed them
successfully thereafter.
Note 103 Gus Gieg was a bachelor, very set in his ways and
very set in his thinking. He owned a Packard auto which he
kept in the garage in back of our house. Every Sunday was
the same pattern. Gus would drive his aunt to the Lutheran
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attended services. Mrs. Wimmer would return home to make
delicious chicken soup and give Peter and myself a bowl
around 11:00am before noon. Gus's and Mrs. Wimmer's
noon dinner would consist of chicken soup followed by a
steak. After dinner, Gus would take his Packard for a ride,
often bringing Mrs. Wimmer with him.
Mrs. Wimmer had trouble navigating stairs, so she often
asked Peter or myself to do some shopping for her. We
would help her out, as she gave us a tip of 10 or 15 cents.
Mr. Gieg celebrated Christmas in grand fashion. He had a set
of tree ornaments from Germany; our dog Echo was not
allowed upstairs to view the tree lest her tail engage and
perhaps break the precious ornaments. At the beginning of
December the heat was turned off the front living room and
the outside porch to preserve the tree which was not taken
down until the end of January.
Mr Gieg was the only one we knew who took the train to
work, probably at Wall Street.
Note 104 John Dumolo could not read or write. He operated
a vegetable truck very succesfully. They owned a store and
parked their truck alongside as well as sold vegetables and
fruits from this permanent stand. They owned their house
just behiind the store. Millie Dumolo took care of the family
finances.
When Peter and I decided to go to Esopus, the Dumolos
invited us to a Sunday dinner, Italian style. The food was
delicious, served on tables outside the house under the
shade of some trees. I learned later that the Dumolos had
given the same farewell dinner for James Kinsella when he
entered the Juniorate some years later.
I recontacted the Dumolos in the early 1950s. They had sold
their house and store and moved to Dunedin, Florida. Millie
had invested much of their savings in real estate in Dunedin.
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told me she sold off one of her lots. They were good
people…
Note 105 The Smiths accross the street spent their summers
in Atlantic Highlands NJ. The Weidners (and Mrs. Weidner's
sister, Peggy O'Neill) from Richardson Avenue had one son,
Henry Jr, who always seemed to have change and later did
his PhD in English at Columbia. The Burkes across the street
sent their two youngest sons to Fordham Prep, which
entailed trainfare and tuition.
Note105a My sharpest memory of Robert Wallace was my
first great moral conflict. Robert attended the Lutheran
church on Barnes Avenue and was scheduled to appear in a
play to be held in the church. He invited me and my brother.
But the Sisters and our parish priests had taught us not
enter churches of different denominations. Given this
dilemma, I decided to go to the church, but take a long way
around so that I would not be seen by either the priests or
the nuns. Instead of walking up 237th street, I detoured to
238th, then to Barnes Ave and back to the church. We
sneaked into the church, attended the play, and left for
home on the same route. So even early on, I had decided
that people were more important then rules. (Hey,
remember this was about 1938!)
-Note 106 Jimmy Saunders' father was an electric engineer.
He rigged up a platform which took up Jimmy's entire
bedroom, but which could be hoisted to the ceiling when not
in use. Before Christmas the Saunders would take all the
furniture out of the room, lower the platform and lo! there
was a complete train system ready for Christmas. Sometime
in January it would be hoisted back to the ceiling and
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Note 107 Peter Esposito was a butcher with a large family.
The Esposito boys were older than us, but the nuns always
cited Peter who a scholarship to Regis, the Jesuit high school
in Manhattan. Peter was a few years older than us, so we
know of him but didi not socialize.A few years later Henry
Weidner married an Esposito girl. Henry's aunt, Peggy
O'Neill disapproved of the marriage and it caused a rift
which was not healed before Henry's untimely death shortly
after he had taken a position to teach English at Kansas
University.
Note 108 We grew close to the O'Connors. The oldest boy,
Thomas was six days older than me (a distinction he never
fails to mention when we mention elders), but was two
grades behind me, not because of lack of intelligence but
because I was young getting into elementary school and
skipped second grade. The other boys were Danny and
Jimmy. Their father was a banker — he banked garbage into
a garbage truck, but he had a steady job, a great asset in
those times. They O'Connors lived with the Kiernans.
Mrs.Kiernan was their aunt. Mr. Kiernan was connected in
some way with my father or the Morley boys. Tommy later
went to Esopus with the group which included Gus Nolan.
We have remained close ever since. Joan and my wife Mary
were exceptionally friendly. When Mary was pregnant with
Bridget, we dropped little Peter off at the O'Connors and
took a short second honeymoon to Bermuda.
Note 109 Timmy Smith's father operated a steam shovel
during the warm months. Traditionally heavy construction
and building construction shut down during the winter
months. Tim's father then traveled to Florida where he found
employment operating steam shovels.
Note 110 Henry Weidner senior worked in the Navy Yard.
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censuses living on Arthur Avenue. His wife Helen O'Neill was
of Irish descent. Her sister Margaret O'Neill lived with them;
she had the same birthday as me (17 November but
different year). Every for my birthday (probably the
weekend before or after the day itself), she would take me
on a tour of the 'underground city' of Rockerfeller Center,
and then to Radio City for the show and movie.
I still have photos of the scuttling of the German pocket
battleship Graff Spee which I received from Peggy O'Neill in
later years. Either Henry's father or an uncle was in Buenos
Aires at the time of the scuttling and took the photos.
Young Henry (Hank or Junior to us) went to Columbia for his
education, graduating around 1960 with a PhD in English. He
moved to Kansas University, but died shortly thereafter,
leaving a wife (an Esposito girl) and one or two young
children.
Note 111 We referred to Helen Gallagher as "Bunny", but
when she returned from California she insisted we call her
Helen. She appeared in many Broadway shows, including
Brigadoon, Sweet Charity, No No Nanette, and Finian's
Rainbow. But she is best known for her role in the soap
opera Ryan's Hope which ran from 1975 through 1989. She
also appeared in All My Children and One Life to Live.
Marist Preparatory 1942-1945
Novitiate and Scholastic ate 1945-1950
Teaching at Saint Ann’s Academy and Cardinal Hayes
High School 1950-1958
President of Marist College 1958 –1964
European trips 1964, 1967, 1968



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