Tim Leahy was only seven years old when his father died and his mother ran away and left him on his own. With no other living relatives in his homeland of Ireland, he was put on a ship and sent to live with a great aunt in New York City. Great Aunt Julia Kelley was […]
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1896: Tige, the Newfoundland of the Mount Loretto Orphanage for Boys in Staten Island, Part I
Posted: 8th May 2017 by The Hatching Cat in Dog TailsTags: 400 East 48th Street, Father John Christopher Drumgoole, Julia Kelley, Mission of the Immaculate Virgin, Mount Loretto, New York History, Tim Leahy
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