Styles family from Counties Wicklow and Wexford, Ireland, immigrated to Auburn, New York, USA in 1888. Some Styles descendants stayed in New York, others moved to Michigan, Indiana and elsewhere.
Residents on Earl Fitzwilliam’s Coollattin Estate, County Wicklow, 1848 & 1850. Manuscript transcribed by Erika Ward Lopresti. Townlands: Ballyshonog, Carrickgalter (Whiterock, Cross, Mullannaskeagh) Carricknameal (Carrick), Coolboy Lower (Hillbrook, Parkmore), Coolkenno, Coolroe, Coolruss, Croneyhorn, Farnees
Residents on Earl Fitzwilliam’s Coollattin Estate, County Wicklow, 1839. Manuscript transcribed by Erika Ward Lopresti. Townlands: Balisland, Boley, Ballyshonog, Carrickgalter (Whiterock, Cross, Mullannaskeagh) Carricknameal (Carrick), Coolboy, Hillbrook, Coolkenna, Coolroe, Coolruss, Corndog, Croneyhorn, Farnees, (Currevanish, Bridgeland and Rathinteigue), Killinure, Knockatomcoyle, Lugduff, Muskeagh, Toberpatrick, Tomcoyle
Residents on Earl Fitzwilliam’s Coollattin Estate, County Wicklow, 1827. Manuscript transcribed by Erika Ward Lopresti. Townlands: Balisland, Boley, Ballyshonog, Carrickgalter (Whiterock, Cross, Mullannaskeagh) Carricknameal (Carrick), Coolboy, Hillbrook, Coolkenna, Coolroe, Coolruss, Corndog, Croneyhorn, Farnees, (Curravanish, Bridgeland and Raheenteige), Killinure, Knockatomcoyle, Lugduff, Muskeagh, Toberpatrick, Tomcoyle
“Margaret Styles, examined by Mr. McInerney, said she saw the Rev. Mr. Usher and Martin Flinter running on the night of the 26th of August. The Rev. Mr. Usher cried “stand” and then he fired and said, “Now, I have you.” There was another shot fired in the lane. There were three shots fired altogether.”
The Styles moved south of Baltinglass in 1834. Newspapers gave a fascinating account of the Tithe War in the area, “BARONY OF RATHVILLY—Mobs are daily patrolling the country BLOWING HORNS, and threatening with death any person who attempts to serve a law process. That part of the country is completely under the dominion of those lawless ruffians.” I am certain this is exactly how Edward Styles would have wanted to be remembered.
On 12 Nov 1888, Edward and Margaret Styles arrived in New York on the SS Adriatic with their five youngest children: William, Edward, Mary, Margaret and Thomas. The four older Styles children Robert, James, Anna and Katherine had emigrated from Ireland one at a time to find work in Auburn, New York, sending their earnings home to Baltinglass for their siblings and parents.
Using Griffith’s Valuation, I was able to find the exact location of James Kavanagh’s farm in 1854. My sister and I visited Baltinglass last month in June 2016. The very kind residents of Carrigeen showed us the location of the house, demolished in the 1960s that the Kavanaghs and Whiteheads occupied in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
At the far end of the lane sit the ruins of Baltinglass Abbey. Established in 1148, the stone walls and arches are as much a part of the landscape as the hills behind it. Rising from the center of the Abbey are ruins from a later time, the tower of the former Church of Ireland parish church built in 1815, which would have been in use when the Styles family lived on Church Lane.
Young Jimmie seems to be about the most popular player on the Irvington course, for whenever he steps up to the tee with his small bag of clubs, the crowd gathers. The little chap will step up to the ball after his father, Alf Ward, who is the professional at the course, has teed it up for him, then get ready to swing. Then he will look around with a mischievous grin and say “Watch me.”
The USS St. Mary’s was the second ship in the center column after the flagship USS Chilton. At 18:38, the ship formation was attacked without warning by about 10 Japanese suicide bombers. One hundred and forty one men died within minutes. At 18:38: the USS Chilton, directly in front of the St. Mary’s, was struck first from the starboard quarter.
