William SHEERIN

Birth:
May 1836
of Clares, Down, Ireland
Marriage:
8 Sep 1857
Tullylish, Down, Ireland
Sources:
Family Records of Michael John Gunson
1880 Census - South Fayette, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, Roll: 1091, p. 312A, ED 088
1900 Census - Watervliet Ward 8, Albany, New York, Roll: 1007, p. 3A, ED 0110
Ancestry.com
Tullylish Parish Records, County, Down, Ireland (FHL #101246 - Ireland General Registry)
Northern Ireland Index of Marriages, 1856-1857
New.familysearch.org
Notes:
                   Name: Spelled "Sheran" on the birth record of son, Joseph.  
Immigration: 1858
Occupation: Ironstone miner
We note the migration of the family of William Sheerin beginning in Ireland, then to Scotland, then to Pennsylvania, to West Virginia, and to New York.

Marriage:  4 Aug 1994 copy of the Family History Library Microfilm
Number 101383 . . . 8 Sep 1857 marriage of William SHEERIN (age 23,
resident of Clares) and Mary LECKY (age 20, resident of Clares),
"marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of Tullylish in
the Co[unty] Down," found through Family History Library Microfilm
Number 101246 of the Ireland General Registry, Office of the Republic of
Ireland (EIRE) and Northern Ireland, Index of Marriages, 1856-57.  The
father of William is John SHEERIN, and the father of Mary is William
LECKY.  William John LECKY and Fanny Lecky witnessed the marriage.
                  
Mary LECKY
Birth:
Abt 1838
Tullylish, Down, Ireland
Death:
22 Apr 1890
Mother:
Children
Marriage
1
Birth:
3 Jun 1858
Tullylish, Down, Ireland
Death:
18 Mar 1917
Denver, Denver, Colorado
Marr:
27 Oct 1886
Denver, Denver, Colorado 
Notes:
                   Birth:  Notation in Bible of her daughter, Dorothy Jane GUNSON Neighbor,
recording the death of Eliza Jane [SHEERIN] Gunson showing that her date
of birth was 03 Jun 1858.

Marriage:  Undated copy of the 23 Oct 1886 Clear Creek County, Colorado
Application for Marriage License and Marriage License of George GUNSON
and Eliza J. SHEEREN and the Certificate of Marriage of the 27 Oct 1886
marriage of George GUNSON of Georgetown, Clear Creek County, and Eliza
J. SHEEREN, of Georgetown, Clear Creek County, at Denver, Arapahoe
County, Colorado, witnessed by Rachael GUNSON and John GUNSON [DOB:
23 Apr 1864].  Evidence #50 and #51.

Death:  Copy of the 28 May 1963 certified copy of the State of Colorado
Bureau of Vital Statistics Certificate of Death of the 18 Mar 1917 death
of Eliza Jane SHERON Gunson, at Denver, Denver County, Colorado.  She
was buried in the Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, on 21 Mar 1917.
Informant Wm. A. GUNSON stated that Eliza was born on 3 Jun 1860; the
surname of Eliza's father was SHARON (birthplace: Ireland) and the
surname of her mother and birthplace was unknown.  Evidence #9.  Note:
the date of burial is unclear; the Fairmount Cemetery Register of Deaths
shows that Eliza Jane SHEERIN Gunson was buried on 22 Mar 1917.

Baptized:  20 Apr 1967, Los Angeles Temple, Los Angeles, California.
Evidence:  1 Dec 1980 response (copy of the Los Angeles Temple Records
for John Theodore GUNSON, original Request, and copy of George GUNSON
and Eliza Jane SHEERIN Gunson Family Group Record with date stamp of
temple ordinances) to the 22 Nov 1980 Temple Ordinance Indexes
Request for John Theodore GUNSON.

Endowed:  28 Apr 1967, Los Angeles Temple, Los Angeles, California.
Evidence:  1 Dec 1980 response (copy of the Los Angeles Temple Records
for John Theodore GUNSON, original Request, and copy of George GUNSON
and Eliza Jane SHEERIN Gunson Family Group Record with date stamp of
temple ordinances) to the 22 Nov 1980 Temple Ordinance Indexes
Request for John Theodore GUNSON.

Sealed to Parents:

Sealed to Spouse:  30 Apr 1968, Los Angeles Temple, Los Angeles,
California.  Evidence:  1 Dec 1980 response (copy of the Los Angeles
Temple Records for John Theodore GUNSON, original Request, and copy of
George GUNSON and Eliza Jane SHEERIN Gunson Family Group Record with
date stamp of temple ordinances) to the 22 Nov 1980 Temple Ordinance
Indexes Request for John Theodore GUNSON.
                  
2
Joseph SHEERIN
Birth:
21 May 1860
Drumnascamp, Tullylish, Down, Ireland
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   Birth:  A Search Report prepared by the Ulster Historical Foundation,
Balmoral Buildings, 12 College Square East, Belfast BTI 6DD, telephone
01232 239885, for Roger Gunson (cover letter dated 23 February 1995)
states that Tullylish Parish Church of Ireland records show: "Bap 6 Jun
1860, born 21 May Joseph, s. of Wm and Mary Sheran, Drumnascamp,
weaver." County Down, Ireland.





Last-Name Spelling:  Note:  In a 28 Dec 1984 letter to Ethel Louise WILDE
Gunson, Dorothy Jane NEIGHBOR Hynes stated that Joseph SHEERIN
changed his last name to SHERRIN.
                  
3
William SHEERIN
Birth:
Abt 1864
Scotland
Death:
 
Marr:
 
4
James SHEERIN
Birth:
6 May 1865
New Mount Pleasant, Bathgate, Linlithgow, Scotland
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   Birth:  Copy of Family History Library Microfilm Number 321304, #662
District Bathgate, Register of Births of Scotland, 1865, County
Linlithgow, page 82, 10h A.M. 06 May 1865 birth of James SHEERIN at
Newmountpleasant, Parish of Bathgate in the County of Linlithgow,
Scotland, to William SHEERIN, Ironstone miner, and Mary Sheerin, M. S.
[maternal surname] LACKY, married 1857 September 8th, Tullylish, Co. of
Down, Ireland.  (Note:  LDS Ordinances shows mother of James SHEERIN as
Mary LACKY, should be, Mary LECKY--see 08 Sep1857 Parish of Tullylish,
County of Down, Ireland marriage registration of William SHEERIN and
Mary LECKY.)
                  
5
John SHEERIN
Birth:
Abt 1868
Scotland
Death:
 
Marr:
 
6
Robert SHEERIN
Birth:
Abt 1871
Pennsylvania
Death:
 
Marr:
 
7
Thomas SHEERIN
Birth:
Abt 1874
Pennsylvania
Death:
 
Marr:
 
8
Mary SHEERIN
Birth:
Abt 1876
Pennsylvania
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   Note:  In a 28 Dec 1984 letter to Ethel Louise WILDE Gunson,
Dorothy Jane NEIGHBOR Hynes stated Mary's last name was Irving.
                  
9
Margaret SHEERIN
Birth:
Abt 1879
West Virginia
Death:
 
Marr:
 
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William Sheerin - Mary Lecky

William Sheerin was born at of Clares, Down, Ireland May 1836. His parents were John Sheerin and Mrs. John Sheerin.

He married Mary Lecky 8 Sep 1857 at Tullylish, Down, Ireland . Mary Lecky was born at Tullylish, Down, Ireland Abt 1838 daughter of William John Lecky and Fanny .

They were the parents of 9 children:
Eliza Jane Sheerin born 3 Jun 1858.
Joseph Sheerin born 21 May 1860.
William Sheerin born Abt 1864.
James Sheerin born 6 May 1865.
John Sheerin born Abt 1868.
Robert Sheerin born Abt 1871.
Thomas Sheerin born Abt 1874.
Mary Sheerin born Abt 1876.
Margaret Sheerin born Abt 1879.

Mary Lecky died 22 Apr 1890 .