Walsh & Enright Genealogy

Descendants of James Walsh

Generation No. 1

1. JAMES1 WALSH was born August 16, 1836, and died March 29, 1896 in Lincoln, NE. He married JULIA (WALSH). She was born October 17, 1844, and died February 17, 1927 in Lincoln, NE.

Notes for JAMES WALSH:

JAMES WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE 5 CHILDREN OF WHICH ONLY 3 ARE REFERENCED. HE ALSO HAD A BROTHER DAVE WALSH BORN 2/11/1831 AND DIED 11/21/1910.

More About JAMES WALSH:

Burial: Calvary Cemetery, Lincoln, NE

Fact 1: Calvary Cemetery, Lincoln, NE

Fact 2: Catholic

More About JULIA (WALSH):

Burial: Calvary Cemetery, Lincoln, NE

Fact 1: Calvary Cemetery, Lincoln, NE

Fact 2: Catholic

Children of JAMES WALSH and JULIA (WALSH) are:

2. i. JAMES2 WALSH II, b. February 10, 1870; d. June 28, 1950, Lincoln, NE.

ii. JOHN WALSH, d. December 28, 1953, Lincoln, NE.

iii. JULIANA WALSH, d. 1882, Lincoln, NE.

iv. AGNES WALSH.

v. MINNIE WALSH.

 

Generation No. 2

2. JAMES2 WALSH II (JAMES1) was born February 10, 1870, and died June 28, 1950 in Lincoln, NE. He married MARY ANN ENRIGHT February 12, 1900 in Lincoln, NE, daughter of FRANK ENRIGHT and ANNA MCCORMICK. She was born November 05, 1879, and died July 03, 1935 in Lincoln, NE.

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Notes for JAMES WALSH II:

obituary from unnamed Lincoln, Nebraska newspaper:

"James Walsh, resident of Lincoln and vicinity for 78 years, died June 25 after a ten-day illness.

He came here with his parents from Canada at the age of two and lived on a farm near Havelock until he and his brother John moved to Crete to farm for themselves. At the age of 29 he married Mary Ann Enright of Denton. They raised a family of seven children, Anna, Robert (deceased), Mary, James, Sarah, Clare and Lucille. He lived on West A for over 30 years. In his younger days he was a member of the Modern Woodmen and the Knights of Columbus. The funeral was at St. Mary's Cathedral, Re. C. Marrama officiating."

 

 

 

On the left is the James Walsh farm house near Lincoln, NE.  On the right is the James Walsh family before Lucille Irene and Clara were born, approximately 1912.  Children, L-R, Robert, Mary, Anne, James.

More About JAMES WALSH II:

Burial: Calvary Cemetery, Lincoln, NE

Fact 1: Farmer

Fact 2: Calvary Cemetery, Lincoln, NE

Fact 3: Catholic

More About MARY ANN ENRIGHT:

Burial: Calvary Cemetery, Lincoln, NE

Fact 1: Calvary Cemetery, Lincoln, NE

Fact 2: Catholic

Fact 3: pictured with husband James and family;

Children of JAMES WALSH and MARY ENRIGHT are:

3. i. LUCILLE IRENE3 WALSH, b. April 15, 1915, Lincoln, Lincoln Co., NE; d. December 23, 2000, Anderson, IN.

4. ii. ANNA ELIZABETH WALSH, b. December 01, 1900, Lincoln, NE; d. December 07, 1977, Lincoln, NE.

iii. ROBERT JOHN WALSH, b. December 29, 1901, Lincoln, NE; d. September 11, 1945, Lincoln, NE.

iv. MARY WALSH, b. October 14, 1903, Lincoln, NE; d. January 22, 1985, Friend, NE; m. JOHN WOULF, Lincoln, NE.

5. v. JAMES JOSEPH WALSH, b. May 02, 1906, Lincoln, NE; d. Lincoln, NE.

vi. SARAH WALSH, b. March 13, 1911; d. Modesto, CA; m. WILLIAM DEIGAN, September 16, 1937, Anderson, IN; d. Riverbank, CA.

6. vii. CLARA WALSH, b. March 20, 1913; d. Livermore, CA.

 

Generation No. 3

3. LUCILLE IRENE3 WALSH (JAMES2, JAMES1) was born April 15, 1915 in Lincoln, Lincoln Co., NE, and died December 23, 2000 in Anderson, IN. She married GERALD WEIR HULL February 18, 1939 in Anderson, IN, son of ALBERT HULL and MAUD PERRIN. He was born May 21, 1915 in Anderson, IN, and died April 16, 1976 in Anderson, IN.

More About LUCILLE IRENE WALSH:

Burial: East Maplewood, Anderson, IN

Fact 1: home maker;

Fact 2: Irish ancestors came to US via Canada;

Fact 3: family farmed near Lincoln, Nebraska;

Notes for GERALD WEIR HULL:

from obituary in Anderson newspaper:

GERALD HAD TO QUIT SCHOOL AFTER HIS FATHER'S DEATH TO HELP SUPPORT HIS MOTHER AND SISTER. HE SERVED IN THE ARMY DURING WORLD WAR II, AND LATER RETIRED FROM DELCO REMY AFTER WORKING OVER 40 YEARS. MUSIC PLAYED AN IMPORTANT PART IN HIS LIFE, AND HE WAS KNOWN FOR HIS PLAYING OF THE SAXOPHONE THROUGHOUT CENTRAL INDIANA. HE IS BURIED AT EAST MAPLEWOOD, ANDERSON, IN.

 

 

 

 

 

More About GERALD WEIR HULL:

Burial: East Maplewood, Anderson, IN

 

Child of LUCILLE WALSH and GERALD HULL is:

i. THOMAS A.4 HULL, b. March 29, 1948, Anderson, IN; m. MELODY SUMMERS, March 25, 1972, Anderson, IN; b. April 30, 1948, Muncie, IN.

More About THOMAS A. HULL:

Fact 1: trustee & director of Lipizzan Association of North America (LANA);

Fact 2: program design & data processor for LANA;

Fact 3: compiler of " LANA Studbook, Vol I & II";

Fact 4: manager of Music Today, Anderson, IN;

Fact 5: graduated 1972 from Anderson University, major accounting;

Fact 6: co-owner of Ye Olde Tack Shoppe; musician in Anderson area;

More About MELODY SUMMERS:

Fact 1: trustee & director of the horse registry, the Lipizzan Association of North America;

Fact 2: co-author of "The American Lipizzan: A Pictorial History";

Fact 3: English teacher 33 years, Madison-Grant High School, Fairmount, IN;

Fact 4: breed representative to Indiana Horse Council; exhibitor at Hoosier Horse Fair 7 years;

Fact 5: president & director of Indiana Dressage Society;

Fact 6: 1970 graduated Ball State University, BS in English;1975 MA in English from BSU;

Fact 7: Madison County Cemetery Commissioner;

Fact 8: author and manager of web site "Pioneer Cemeteries and Their Stories, Madison County, Indiana";

Fact 9: In "Who's Who Among America's Teachers," twice;

 

4. ANNA ELIZABETH3 WALSH (JAMES2, JAMES1) was born December 01, 1900 in Lincoln, NE, and died December 07, 1977 in Lincoln, NE. She married LAURENCE DANIEL TALLY June 23, 1925 in Lincoln, NE.

Children of ANNA WALSH and LAURENCE TALLY are:

i. DENNIS JOSEPH4 TALLY, b. May 18; d. Tracy, CA.

ii. KENNETH DANIEL TALLY, b. July 07.

iii. JAMES ANTHONY TALLY, b. December 16.

iv. GERALD RICHARD TALLY, b. January 24.

v. MARY ANN TALLY, b. May 26, 1930, Lincoln, NE; d. Lincoln, NE.

 

5. JAMES JOSEPH3 WALSH (JAMES2, JAMES1) was born May 02, 1906 in Lincoln, NE, and died in Lincoln, NE. He married ALMA BOUDREAU July 16, 1937.

Child of JAMES WALSH and ALMA BOUDREAU is:

i. LANORE4 WALSH.

 

6. CLARA3 WALSH (JAMES2, JAMES1) was born March 20, 1913, and died in Livermore, CA. She married (1) RAY CENTONI. She married (2) FLOYD ELLER August 12, 1935 in Lincoln, NE. He died in Livermore, CA.

Child of CLARA WALSH and FLOYD ELLER is:

i. DAVID4 ELLER, b. November 17, 1942, Anderson, IN.

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Descendants of John Enright

Generation No. 1

1. JOHN1 ENRIGHT died in Ireland. He married MARY LEARY. She was born 1813 in County Carlow, Ireland, and died January 18, 1893 in near Denton, Nebraska.

Notes for MARY LEARY:

IN APPROXIMATELY 1869, MARY (LEARY) ENRIGHT (A WIDOW) IMMIGRATED FROM COUNTY CARLOW, IRELAND, TO THE UNITED STATES WITH HER 5 C CHILDREN. ALL FRANK CAME DIRECTLY WEST AND SETTLED 4 MILES EAST OF DENTON, NE. LATER FRANK AND HIS BRIDE SETTLED 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DENTON, NE.

 

More About MARY LEARY:

Burial: Calvary Cemetery, Lincoln, NE

Fact 1: Calvary Cemetery, Lincoln, NE

Fact 2: as widow, emigrated from County Carlow, Ireland;

Fact 3: came directly west to Nebraska; settled 4 miles east of Denton;

Children of JOHN ENRIGHT and MARY LEARY are:

2. i. FRANK2 ENRIGHT, b. 1849, Ireland; d. April 25, 1925, Lincoln, NE.

ii. JAMES ENRIGHT, b. Ireland; d. Ireland.

Notes for JAMES ENRIGHT:

DID NOT LIKE THE UNITED STATES AND RETURNED TO IRELAND.

More About JAMES ENRIGHT:

Fact 1: Returned to Ireland after immigrating with mother and siblings to US;

iii. JOHN ENRIGHT, b. Ireland; d. Abt. 1895, Nebraska.

iv. MARY ENRIGHT, m. CHARLES MITCHELL.

Notes for MARY ENRIGHT:

MARRIED CHARLES MITCHELL AND LEFT NEBRASKA.

v. PATRICK ENRIGHT, b. 1839, Ireland; d. Abt. 1894, Gooch Mill Crossing, Nebraska.

More About PATRICK ENRIGHT:

Fact 1: Killed by C.B. & Q. railroad train; had been hauling load of corn to Lincoln;

 

Generation No. 2

 

2. FRANK2 ENRIGHT (JOHN1) was born 1849 in Ireland, and died April 25, 1925 in Lincoln, NE. He married ANNA MCCORMICK, daughter of JOHN MCCORMICK and MARY SWEENEY. She was born March 14, 1854 in Ireland, and died January 06, 1935 in Nebraska. 

Notes for FRANK ENRIGHT:

FRANK REMAINED IN PROVIDENCE, RI; WHEN HIS FAMILY EMIGRATED FROM IRELAND AND MOVED ON WEST. 4 YEARS LATER FRANK MARRIED ANNA McCORMICK WHO HAD LEFT COUNTY LATROM, IRELAND IN 1871 AT THE AGE OF 16. THEY CAME WEST AND FARMED 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DENTON, NE.

from anonymous, unpublished letter in possession of Lucille Walsh Hull:

"The Frank Enright Family"

"The Enrights of Denton, Nebraska, date back approximately 102 years--when as a widow, Mary Enright with her 5 children-John, James, Patrick, Frank, and Mary-emigrated from County Carlow, Ireland to the United States. Frank remained in Providence, RI for a time. But Mary and the rest of the family came directly west to Nebraska. They settled 4 miles east of Denton.

"Four years later Frank married Anna McCormick, who had left County Latrom, Ireland at the age of 16 in the year 1871. Frank and Anna then came west to Nebraska and farmed 11 miles southeast of Denton.

"On January 19, 1893 Mary Enright passed away at the age of 80. A year later, Patrick was killed by a C.B. & Q. railroad train at the Gooch Mill Crossing. He was returning from hauling a load of corn to Lincoln. John became ill and passed away. Mary Enright [the daughter] married Charles Mitchell and left Nebraska. James did not like the United States and he returned to live in Ireland.

"Frank and his family moved to the old home of his mother and remained there until his retirement in 1915--when they moved to Lincoln. Children born to Frank and Anna Enright were Mary, Francis, Katherine, John, Margaret, twins Patrick and James, Elizabeth and Martha."

More About FRANK ENRIGHT:

Burial: Calvary Cemetery, Lincoln, NE

Fact 1: Calvary Cemetery, Lincoln, NE

Fact 2: Moved to old home of his mother and farmed there until his retirement in 1915;

Fact 3: Stayed for 4 years in Providence, RI, after coming to US;

More About ANNA MCCORMICK:

Burial: Calvary Cemetery, Lincoln, NE

Fact 1: Calvary Cemetery - Lincoln, NE;

Fact 2: left County Latrom Ireland at the age of 16 in 1871;

Children of FRANK ENRIGHT and ANNA MCCORMICK are:

3. i. MARY ANN3 ENRIGHT, b. November 05, 1879; d. July 03, 1935, Lincoln, NE.

ii. BETTY ENRIGHT.

iii. MARGARET ENRIGHT.

iv. MARTHA ENRIGHT.

v. CATHERINE ENRIGHT.

4. vi. JOHN ENRIGHT.

vii. PATRICK ENRIGHT.

Notes for PATRICK ENRIGHT:

PATRICK WAS KILLED BY A CB&Q TRAIN AT THE GOOCH MILL CROSSING. HE WAS RETURNING FROM HAULING A LOAD OF CORN TO LINCOLN.

viii. FRANCIS ENRIGHT.

 

Generation No. 3

3. MARY ANN3 ENRIGHT (FRANK2, JOHN1) was born November 05, 1879, and died July 03, 1935 in Lincoln, NE. She married JAMES WALSH II February 12, 1900 in Lincoln, NE, son of JAMES WALSH and JULIA (WALSH). He was born February 10, 1870, and died June 28, 1950 in Lincoln, NE.

More About MARY ANN ENRIGHT:

Burial: Calvary Cemetery, Lincoln, NE

Fact 1: Calvary Cemetery, Lincoln, NE

Fact 2: Catholic

Fact 3: pictured with husband James and family;

Fact 4: given award (right) for penmanship in school;

Notes for JAMES WALSH II:

obituary from unnamed Lincoln, Nebraska newspaper:

"James Walsh, resident of Lincoln and vicinity for 78 years, died June 25 after a ten-day illness.

He came here with his parents from Canada at the age of two and lived on a farm near Havelock until he and his brother John moved to Crete to farm for themselves. At the age of 29 he married Mary Ann Enright of Denton. They raised a family of seven children, Anna, Robert (deceased), Mary, James, Sarah, Clare and Lucille. He lived on West A for over 30 years. In his younger days he was a member of the Modern Woodmen and the Knights of Columbus. The funeral was at St. Mary's Cathedral, Re. C. Marrama officiating."

More About JAMES WALSH II:

Burial: Calvary Cemetery, Lincoln, NE

Fact 1: Farmer

Fact 2: Calvary Cemetery, Lincoln, NE

Fact 3: Catholic

Children of MARY ENRIGHT and JAMES WALSH are:

5. i. LUCILLE IRENE4 WALSH, b. April 15, 1915, Lincoln, Lincoln Co., NE; d. December 23, 2000, Anderson, IN.

6. ii. ANNA ELIZABETH WALSH, b. December 01, 1900, Lincoln, NE; d. December 07, 1977, Lincoln, NE.

iii. ROBERT JOHN WALSH, b. December 29, 1901, Lincoln, NE; d. September 11, 1945, Lincoln, NE.

iv. MARY WALSH, b. October 14, 1903, Lincoln, NE; d. January 22, 1985, Friend, NE; m. JOHN WOULF, Lincoln, NE.

7. v. JAMES JOSEPH WALSH, b. May 02, 1906, Lincoln, NE; d. Lincoln, NE.

vi. SARAH WALSH, b. March 13, 1911; d. Modesto, CA; m. WILLIAM DEIGAN, September 16, 1937, Anderson, IN; d. Riverbank, CA.

8. vii. CLARA WALSH, b. March 20, 1913; d. Livermore, CA.

 

4. JOHN3 ENRIGHT (FRANK2, JOHN1) He married JULIA CODY.

Children of JOHN ENRIGHT and JULIA CODY are:

i. VINCENT4 ENRIGHT.

ii. LAWRENCE ENRIGHT.

iii. JOHN ENRIGHT.

iv. ROBERT ENRIGHT.

 

Generation No. 4

5. LUCILLE IRENE4 WALSH (MARY ANN3 ENRIGHT, FRANK2, JOHN1) was born April 15, 1915 in Lincoln, Lincoln Co., NE, and died December 23, 2000 in Anderson, IN. She married GERALD WEIR HULL February 18, 1939 in Anderson, IN, son of ALBERT HULL and MAUD PERRIN. He was born May 21, 1915 in Anderson, IN, and died April 16, 1976 in Anderson, IN.

More About LUCILLE IRENE WALSH:

Burial: East Maplewood, Anderson, IN

Fact 1: home maker;

Fact 2: Irish ancestors came to US via Canada;

Fact 3: family farmed near Lincoln, Nebraska;

Notes for GERALD WEIR HULL:

from obituary in Anderson newspaper:

GERALD HAD TO QUIT SCHOOL AFTER HIS FATHER'S DEATH TO HELP SUPPORT HIS MOTHER AND SISTER. HE SERVED IN THE ARMY DURING WORLD WAR II, AND LATER RETIRED FROM DELCO REMY AFTER WORKING OVER 40 YEARS. MUSIC PLAYED AN IMPORTANT PART IN HIS LIFE, AND HE WAS KNOWN FOR HIS PLAYING OF THE SAXOPHONE THROUGHOUT CENTRAL INDIANA. HE IS BURIED AT EAST MAPLEWOOD, ANDERSON, IN.

 

More About GERALD WEIR HULL:

Burial: East Maplewood, Anderson, IN

Child of LUCILLE WALSH and GERALD HULL is:

i. THOMAS A.5 HULL, b. March 29, 1948, Anderson, IN; m. MELODY SUMMERS, March 25, 1972, Anderson, IN; b. April 30, 1948, Muncie, IN.

More About THOMAS A. HULL:

Fact 1: trustee & director of Lipizzan Association of North America (LANA);

Fact 2: program design & data processor for LANA;

Fact 3: compiler of " LANA Studbook, Vol I & II";

Fact 4: manager of Music Today, Anderson, IN;

Fact 5: graduated 1972 from Anderson University, major accounting;

Fact 6: co-owner of Ye Olde Tack Shoppe; musician in Anderson area;

More About MELODY SUMMERS:

Fact 1: trustee & director of the horse registry, the Lipizzan Association of North America;

Fact 2: co-author of "The American Lipizzan: A Pictorial History";

Fact 3: English teacher 33 years, Madison-Grant High School, Fairmount, IN;

Fact 4: breed representative to Indiana Horse Council; exhibitor at Hoosier Horse Fair 7 years;

Fact 5: president & director of Indiana Dressage Society;

Fact 6: 1970 graduated Ball State University, BS in English;1975 MA in English from BSU;

Fact 7: Madison County Cemetery Commissioner;

Fact 8: author and manager of web site "Pioneer Cemeteries and Their Stories, Madison County, Indiana";

Fact 9: In "Who's Who Among America's Teachers," twice;

 

6. ANNA ELIZABETH4 WALSH (MARY ANN3 ENRIGHT, FRANK2, JOHN1) was born December 01, 1900 in Lincoln, NE, and died December 07, 1977 in Lincoln, NE. She married LAURENCE DANIEL TALLY June 23, 1925 in Lincoln, NE.

Children of ANNA WALSH and LAURENCE TALLY are:

i. DENNIS JOSEPH5 TALLY, b. May 18; d. Tracy, CA.

ii. KENNETH DANIEL TALLY, b. July 07.

iii. JAMES ANTHONY TALLY, b. December 16.

iv. GERALD RICHARD TALLY, b. January 24.

v. MARY ANN TALLY, b. May 26, 1930, Lincoln, NE; d. Lincoln, NE.

 

7. JAMES JOSEPH4 WALSH (MARY ANN3 ENRIGHT, FRANK2, JOHN1) was born May 02, 1906 in Lincoln, NE, and died in Lincoln, NE. He married ALMA BOUDREAU July 16, 1937.

Child of JAMES WALSH and ALMA BOUDREAU is:

i. LANORE5 WALSH.

 

8. CLARA4 WALSH (MARY ANN3 ENRIGHT, FRANK2, JOHN1) was born March 20, 1913, and died in Livermore, CA. She married (1) RAY CENTONI. She married (2) FLOYD ELLER August 12, 1935 in Lincoln, NE. He died in Livermore, CA.

Child of CLARA WALSH and FLOYD ELLER is:

i. DAVID5 ELLER, b. November 17, 1942, Anderson, IN.

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The watercolor, at left, of an Irish farmhouse was done by John Summers, father of Tom's wife Melody. The watercolor was given to Lucille Hull, Tom's mother, as a Christmas present.  The picture is used as the background for this Walsh-Enright page.

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