COUNTY CORK, IRELAND

GEANEY FAMILY

Summary Michael Geany (Irish Spelling), aka Michael Gainey (American Spelling)

The Gainey name has many variant spellings in Ireland, including Geany, Gainey, Geaney, and Guiney.

MICHAEL GAINEY

Michael Gainey, born ca 1830, died 11 Jan 1908 lived in Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland. He married Margaret Barnet, born ca 1836. Michael Gainey was a master boot and shoemaker. Family tradition holds that at one time he fled with his wife to Spain or France to escape religious persecution. Their children were:

1. Katherine, born March [Feb?] 3, 1861, baptized 10 Feb 1861, died April 17, 1947, married April 8, 1890 in Savannah, Georgia to Michael Siegvart Hansen.

2. Mary A., born ca Apr 1863, baptized 12 Apr 1863, married March 3, 1886 in Savannah, Georgia to Thomas Francis McGuire.

3. Margaret, born 16 Apr 1865, baptized 23 Apr 1865, died January 17, 1921 in Savannah, Georgia of breast cancer and brain cancer, never married.

4. John “Johnny”, born 15 November, 1867, baptized 17 Nov 1867, Skibbereen Ireland. Owned a print shop in Brooklyn, New York

5. Michael, born 22 June, 1870, baptized 28 Jun 1870, died February 17, 1949 in Savannah, Georgia of acute coronary occlusion, married February 6, 1901 to Katherine McGuirk.

6. Jeremiah, 23 Aug 1872, baptized 25 Aug 1782, lived in Ireland in 1947. Married Hannah Leonard, born ca 1872. Jeremiah's children were:

a. Margaret, born 10 Jan 1899

b. Michael, born 2 Apr 1900

c. John, born 6 Aug 1902

d. Jeremiah, Jr.,born 19 May 1904 was a detective for New York City.

e. Danny, born 9 Oct 1906

f. Denis born 12 Dec 1908

g. Mary, born 7 Dec 1911, married John McCarthy and moved to London, England.

7. Ellen, born 17 Nov 1875, baptized 21 Nov 1875, Skibbereen Ireland.

8. Hannah, born 12 Oct 1878, baptized 13 Oct 1878, Skibbereen Ireland. Never married, lived in Ireland in 1947.

Katherine, Mary, Michael and Margaret came to Savannah, Georgia where they remained until their death. Mary appears in the 1883 and 1884 City Directory of Savannah as a domestic servant. Johnny moved to Brooklyn, New York; and Jeremiah and Hannah remained in Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland.

Compiled By: David H. Robertson, 159 Hickory St., Roswell, GA 30075 davidhr@hushmail.com