THE WALSH SISTERS FOR ST. PATRICK'S DAY

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left to right

Hannah Walsh, Julia Walsh Algoe and Elizabeth Ann Walsh Fecht
Hannah's name in some records was Johanna.In an era when any kind of deformity or disability was viewed with superstition and shame, Aunt Hannah was viewed as undesirable for suiters. She lived out her adult life with her sister Elizabeth and is buried in Saint Brendan Cemetery in Mexico, Missouri. Julia Walsh Algoe was a half-sister to Hannah and Elizabeth. She was the child of her father Patrick Walsh's second marriage.

All three of these women were strong Roman Catholics, and shared an intense loyalty to their Irish heritage.

RARE JAMES WALSH PHOTO

"Uncle Jim Walsh, mother's half-brother" (Julia Fecht Hogan's writing) James Walsh was the half-brother of Elizabeth Ann Walsh Fecht. Photo courtesy of Dr. Dan Sullivan.
Patrick Walsh remarried to Ellen Sweeney after the death of his first wife Ann (Finn).
Ellen was born c. 1861 and died in 1904. She is buried in Calvary Cemetery near St. Louis on Floriessant Street.

CHILDREN OF ELLEN (SWEENEY) AND PATRICK WALSH

1) JAMES _______________ WALSH (w-8) (called Jim)
born: ____________ in ______________, _________________
mother: Ellen SWEENEY (w-4)
father: Patrick WALSH (w-1)
died: 4 or 11 Novemeber, 1953 in ____________
buried: __________ in ___________ Cemetery, in _____________, ___________

2) PATRICK ___________ WALSH Jr. (w-11)
born: ____________ in ______________, _________________
mother: Ellen SWEENEY (w-4
father: Patrick WALSH (w-1)
died: _________, in __________________, ___________________
buried: __________ in ___________ Cemetery, in _____________, ___________

3) JULIA AGNES WALSH (w-5)
born: 10 Sept. 1871 at Bridgeton, Missouri
mother: Ellen SWEENEY (w-4
father: Patrick WALSH (w-1)
married: 22 June 1894 to James A. ALGOE (w-6)
in ______________, __________
died: 5 June, 1944 at St. Louis, Missouri
buried: __________ in ___________ Cemetery, in _____________, ___________

4) JOHN (JACK) ____________WALSH (w-12)
born: ¬¬¬¬¬¬__________
mother: Ellen SWEENEY (w-4
father: Patrick WALSH (w-1)
died: _____ November, 1910 in _________________
buried: __________ in ___________ Cemetery, in _____________, ___________

HANNAH WALSH

Hannah (Johannah) Walsh

Walsh Sisters Hannah Walsh, Julia Walsh Algoe, and Elizabeth Ann Walsh Fecht
Hannah Walsh is the second and last child of Ann (Finn) and Patrick Walsh. She was born on the 12th of August, 1862 at Bridgeton, Missouri and died on 4 December, 1926. Not a great deal is known by your author about the life of Hannah Walsh other than the fact that she was quite young when her mother Brigid Ann (Finn) Walsh died. Her father Patrick remarried and family stories have it that the two older girls Elizabeth Ann (Walsh) Fecht and her sister Hannah were not treated as they should have been.
Photos are courtesy of Dr. Dan Sullivan

CHILDREN OF JULIA WALSH ALGOE

The older people in the Fecht family referred to the half-sister of Elizabeth Walsh Fecht and Hannah Walsh as Aunt Julia Algoe. She and her family lived in Saint Louis, Missouri. Julia's family dies out after two generations. The Algoe name is important for Walsh family research since it may appear in church records or census data near the names of Walsh, Kelleher, Finn, Hyde, Tudor etc.
Left is Genevieve Algoe who became a Roman Catholic nun, Sister Catherine Marie.
Center is James Algoe who stands to the left of little Kathleen.

ALGOE FAMILY

Julia Walsh Algoe and daughter Genevieve Algoe

James Algoe and daughter Genevieve Algoe

Julia Walsh was the half sister of Elizabeth Ann Walsh Fecht. She married James Algoe. Their daughter was Genevieve Algoe who became a Catholic nun. She took the name Sister Catherine Marie and remained a nun all her life.
Genevieve had family records but destroyed them, since her "real family" was her religious community.

This family lived in Saint Louis, Missouri. Photos # 32 and 33