Individual Details
Lawrence (Larry) Aloysius MORAHAN
(7 May 1881 - 29 Jul 1970)
Sponsors at Larry's baptism were Michael Hunt and Ellen O'Hara.
Following studies at St. Patrick's College in Drumcondra, Dublin (Larry is listed as a 19-year-old student at the college in the 1901 census), Larry became a school teacher and it is known that he was teaching in Dublin in 1903. In 1904 he emigrated to the United States and possibly spent some time in Chicago before moving to Montana. We know that in 1906 he was living in Butte, Montana where a very large number of Irish were living at the time, attracted by the plentiful supply of jobs in mining. In Butte, Larry was involved, along with his first cousin Michael Hunt, in the publication of the Irish nationalist Butte Independent newspaper ("Published Every Saturday by Mulcahy, Morahan and Hunt"). By late 1911, however, Larry was living in Houston, Texas - Ellis Island records show that his brother Paddy, who arrived in New York in October 1911, was planning to join him there. Larry became naturalised in Houston on 9 May 1912.
The 1920 census shows Larry and Paddy living in the same rooming house in Houston. Larry was now working as a clerk in a tax assessment company, although family sources say that he worked in the newspaper business in Houston. It appears he returned to live in Ireland prior to 1925 as he married Molly (Hurley) in Galway in that year and it is known that they lived in Galway for many years. He and Molly had no children, and Larry died in a Dublin nursing home at the age of 89. There is no stone marking his grave in Deansgrange Cemetery.
Following studies at St. Patrick's College in Drumcondra, Dublin (Larry is listed as a 19-year-old student at the college in the 1901 census), Larry became a school teacher and it is known that he was teaching in Dublin in 1903. In 1904 he emigrated to the United States and possibly spent some time in Chicago before moving to Montana. We know that in 1906 he was living in Butte, Montana where a very large number of Irish were living at the time, attracted by the plentiful supply of jobs in mining. In Butte, Larry was involved, along with his first cousin Michael Hunt, in the publication of the Irish nationalist Butte Independent newspaper ("Published Every Saturday by Mulcahy, Morahan and Hunt"). By late 1911, however, Larry was living in Houston, Texas - Ellis Island records show that his brother Paddy, who arrived in New York in October 1911, was planning to join him there. Larry became naturalised in Houston on 9 May 1912.
The 1920 census shows Larry and Paddy living in the same rooming house in Houston. Larry was now working as a clerk in a tax assessment company, although family sources say that he worked in the newspaper business in Houston. It appears he returned to live in Ireland prior to 1925 as he married Molly (Hurley) in Galway in that year and it is known that they lived in Galway for many years. He and Molly had no children, and Larry died in a Dublin nursing home at the age of 89. There is no stone marking his grave in Deansgrange Cemetery.
Events
| Birth | 7 May 1881 | Cloonfeacle, Kiltoghert, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim | |||
| Christen | 8 May 1881 | Kiltoghert, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim | |||
| Marriage | 17 Sep 1925 | Cathedral of St. Nicholas, Galway - Mary (Molly) Teresa HURLEY | |||
| Death | 29 Jul 1970 | Roebuck Road, Dublin | |||
| Burial | Deansgrange Cemetery, Dublin |
Families
| Spouse | Mary (Molly) Teresa HURLEY (1888 - 1951) |
| Father | Owen MORAHAN (1842 - 1928) |
| Mother | Margaret O'HARA (1851 - 1940) |
| Sibling | John MORAHAN (1875 - 1953) |
| Sibling | Mary MORAHAN (1877 - 1932) |
| Sibling | Michael Joseph MORAHAN (1879 - 1959) |
| Sibling | Bridget Linda (Linda) MORAHAN (1883 - 1958) |
| Sibling | Eugene MORAHAN (1885 - 1935) |
| Sibling | Patrick (Paddy) MORAHAN (1887 - 1965) |
| Sibling | William H. MORAHAN (1889 - 1912) |
| Sibling | Thomas (Tom) J. MORAHAN (1891 - 1949) |
| Sibling | Margaret (Gretta) Mary MORAHAN (1894 - 1912) |