A while later, I received an email from Patricia's sister, Mary Hayden Carlson with the following information:
I have been working on the family history for years, where you write or call relatives to get their information...I am related to Monsignor Ambrose Hayden. My father's sister Marie Hayden McGinnis, daughter of Michael T. Hayden and Mary Ann Voegele, told me Hanorah's mother was Mary O'Shea Reardon. She said some believe that her name was Mary Sullivan Reardon--then said to me "Do not believe it!"She further supplied info from her Aunt Marie:
My grandmother Hannorah O'Reardon (Riordan) Hayden, had 6 cousins from County Cork--2 girls and 4 boys by the name of Shea (Shay). They came to Minnesota and lived around Le Sueur, St. Thomas, and Le Center. Apparently they lived in the same area as the O'Reardons in Millstreet and it is said they were all so close and more like brothers and sisters than cousins to the O'Reardons.
One of the girls, Mary married Moses Murphy. They were grandparents of Sister Mary Kilduff and Hazel Green who went to St. Joseph's Academy when I did. Hazel Green's (married name Trumper) mother, Lizzie Murphy was Sister Mary Kilduff's aunt.
Timonty Reardon (Riordan) married Mary Shay (born 1811, died 18 May 1871, Le Sueur MN. She is buried in the Mike Feeney lot in Calvary Cemetery. They had at least eight children:1. Mary2. Johanna3. Hannorah4. Ellen5. Katherine6. John7. Jeremiah8. Denis
So, I was one of those that surmised Mary Riordan's maiden name may have been Sullivan. It is great to get some info much closer to the source!!
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