From the archives of Helena Dunne

The Shotts Connection

Lena's older sister Margaret (Peg) preceded her to Scotland as a teacher and married Richard Reynolds in Shotts, Lanarkshire in 1912. They had three children, Gerard (1913), Lena (1915 - 1994) and Willie (1918)

753 Fr James Kearney was born in Glasha, Co. Waterford, in 1872, and was ordained in 1902. He was a curate in St Patrick's, Shotts from 1904 until 1918 and Parish Priest of the combined parishes of St Paul's and St Mark's, Shettleston from 1923 until his death in 1945.
He was a brother of the Very Rev. Thomas Canon Kearney of St. Ignatius', Wishaw.
 

336 Camera shake? What camera shake?

There is a limit to what even
the best image editing program can do.

Probably Peg Dunne (Mrs Reynolds)
with one of her children.

 
317F 474
from a montage
  		and a larger copy is much the same.
 
301 740 434
I think this is Gerard & Lena
"Lena & Gerard - 30.6.17"
 		   "Lena" [& Gerard]
 
752
[?]Lena & Gerard
 

509 495
Lena, Gerard, Nannie
Moppy, Dodie, May Connor
[May Procession in Shotts?]

 

 

Nannie, ??, Willie, Gerard
 

832 833 834
Gerry and Willie with Cora's pups at Westthorn.
 

831 Mikey Fahey and Gerry Reynolds

The Faheys were related to the Carey's
and lived on South Circular Road, Dublin.
This photo was taken during a cycle trip
from Dublin to Sligo round the north coast,
possibly at Portrush or Bundoran.

 

Gerry married Margaret Martin in 1940.

491 491R
[Eileen was born in August 1941.]
 

Willie married Rosa (Queenie) McGee in 1945.

835 - S.E.Taylor, Darlington, Harrogate, Bishop Auclkland. No. H6221A 821
Royal Corps of Signals, Harrogate 1939 Queenie and Mary with part of John, 1950/51
 

338 338R postmarked Shotts
12.15 PM 16 JU 14

[Daddy thinks Katie Reynolds
later (Mrs Stanley Wilson)
who was 19 in 1914,
possibly holding Gerard
who was born in 1913.]
 

529 postmark

Shotts
3 PM
26 MR
14

 529R
Lena received a similar card from E.M.Doyle six months earlier.
 

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