The Children of Bartley and Judy Lacey: William Lacey and Judith Lacey

This is the eighth post in my continuing series about the Lacey family of Rossadillisk, Ireland. Thus far, I have written about our earliest known Lacey ancestors, Bartholomew "Bartley" Lacey and Judith Corbett. I've also shared information about their five eldest children, Mary Lacey, Mark Lacey, Valentine Lacey, Patsy Lacey, Michael Lacey, and their descendants.

This post is devoted to Bartley and Judy's sixth child, William J. Lacey, and his descendants. First, however, I'll also mention the seventh and final Lacey child, Judith Lacey.

Judith Lacey

Irish baptismal records indicate that Judith Lacey was born on June 4, 1868 to Bartley Lacey and Judith Corbett. She was the youngest Lacey child, born about 25 years after her eldest sibling. Bartley and Judy would have been in their forties at this point. Unfortunately, after this, Judith disappears from records. I can find no trace of her. It's possible she died, or married, or emigrated, but there's no proof of any of those options at this point. I searched the 1901 Irish Census in County Galway for all people with the first name Judith or Judy and didn't come up with anyone in the right age range or in an area near Clifden that might be Judith Lacey. For now, I know nothing more than the date of her birth.

William J. Lacey

William was the sixth child of Bartley and Judy Lacey, their last son. Various records place his birth somewhere between 1862 and 1865. In the 1900 U.S. Census, William declared that he was born in May 1865. William was born in Rossadillisk, Ireland and would have grown up surrounded by elder siblings, cousins, and nieces and nephews. While William's siblings stayed in Ireland and sent their children off to America, William was the one child of Bartley and Judy Lacey to emigrate. This was likely due to his age. In the 1880s, when it was somewhat affordable and quite common for young Irish people to seek opportunity in America, many of William's elder siblings were in their 30s or 40s, already settled with families. William, being younger, was just the right age to join his nieces and nephews in their journeys across the Atlantic.

According to the 1900, 1920 and 1930 U.S. Census records, William Lacey arrived in America in 1883. He went to the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area, where many of his relatives would also relocate and find work in the local steel mills. In the 1910 U.S. Census, William stated that he was a laborer in a boilerhouse. In the 1920 U.S. Census, he specified that he worked in a steel mill.

This map shows the location of Homestead, Munhall, and Braddock in relation to Pittsburgh.
These cities are where our Irish relatives settled, close to their jobs in local steel mills.

On November 17, 1887, William married Margaret Mulkerin (sometimes spelled Mulkerrin) in Homestead, Pennsylvania. Maggie was born in either January or July 1866 (records differ) in Ireland, and, per her death certificate, was the daughter of John Mulkerin and Margaret Joyce. Various accounts online suggest that the Mulkerin family may have been from the Roundstone area, about 30 minutes southeast of Clifden. I can't find absolute proof of this, however. William and Maggie had eleven children together in Homestead after their marriage.

1. John Joseph Lacey (b. 1890; m. (1) Nellie Moore (2) Margaret Saly; d. 1957)

2. Martin Christopher Lacey (b. 1891; d. 1918)

3. Thomas Francis Lacey (b. 1893; m. Sara Cecelia Garrity; d. 1946)

4. Valentine Lacey (b. 1895; d. 1909)

5. Mary Lacey (b. 1896; d. unknown)

6. Margaret Lenore Lacey (b. 1900; m. Michael Francis Lacey; d. 1967)

7. Agnes Lacey (b. 1901; m. Patrick Joseph Kane; d. 1994)

8. Ellen "Nellie" Lacey (b. 1904; d. unknown)

9. William Paul Lacey (b. 1906; d. 1971)

10. Joseph Raymond Lacey (b. 1908; m. Agnes Viven Williams; d. 1960)

11. Cecelia Lacey (b. 1911; m. John Gregory Bridges; d. 1996)

William Lacey & Margaret Mulkerin with their children. My guess is that all their children are pictured
except Martin and Valentine (died young) and either Mary or Nellie (one of whom likely died young).

William died on March 15, 1931 in Munhall, Pennsylvania. He was 65 years of age. America was consumed with hardship due to the Great Depression at this time. Maggie lived another seven years, dying on November 19, 1938 at the age of 72. 

The Children of William J. Lacey and Margaret Mulkerin

John Joseph Lacey 

John Joseph Lacey was born on January 11, 1890 in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, likely in the city of Homestead.

In 1917, John registered for the World War I draft. Age 27 at the time, he was living at 808 10th Ave. in Munhall, Pennsylvania. His occupation was Stationary Engineer for Harbison Walker Manufacturing Co. in Hays, Pennsylvania. According to their website, Harbison Walker is "the largest supplier of refractory products and services in North America." On census records, John would be listed simply as a mechanic, but a stationary engineer (sometimes called an operating engineer or power engineer) is a technically trained person who operates, troubleshoots, and oversees industrial machinery and equipment that provides energy in various forms. Stationary engineers are also known as Process Operators in some settings. (Source) It does not appear that John served in the war. On his application, he noted that he was suffering from a head injury and his wife was sick.

Pittsburgh Press, November 21, 1916

In 1916, John married Nellie Moore. We know this was his wife's name because in 1946 their son, John J. Lacey, Jr., named his parents on his marriage license application. In the Pittsburgh Press on November 21, 1916, a list of people requesting marriage licenses was published and John J. Lacey and Nellie M. Moore are listed. Nearly everything else I've been able to learn about Nellie comes from the 1920 U.S. Census. According to the census, Nellie was born in Ireland around 1890, she emigrated to America in 1912 and was naturalized in 1913. In searching for Nellie's family, I kept these dates in mind, and eliminated one option that at first seemed likely, the Nellie Moore who was born in Ireland in 1890 to Patrick and Julia Moore. That Nellie came to Allegheny, Pennsylvania with her parents in 1891, much earlier than Nellie Moore Lacey's census report indicates. While I can't prove completely that I've found the right Nellie Moore in immigration records, I think I have a very strong contender.

I believe that Nellie Moore arrived in New York on August 31, 1910 aboard the ship S.S. Caronia from Queenstown, Ireland. She had come to America to work as a servant. She was from Ballinahinch in County Tipperary. On immigration records, she listed her nearest kin as her father, John Moore. This is two years later than Nellie's stated date of arrival on the U.S. Census in 1920, but I think I've discovered the discrepancy. On April 8, 1912, Nellie Moore arrived in New York aboard the S.S. Caronia from Queenstown. She listed her birthplace as Ballinahinch and her father as John Moore. This was a little perplexing, since this same Nellie was also recorded having arrived in New York a little less than two years prior to this. However, on the manifest, across Nellie's name is stamped, "Non immigrant alien." Her last place of residence is listed as New York. So, it appears that Nellie came to America in 1910, went back to Ireland at some point, and then returned permanently in 1912. This doesn't place Nellie in Pittsburgh, where she would marry John Lacey in 1916, but the name and dates appear correct.

Nellie Moore on the arriving passenger list of the Caronia, April 8, 1912

John and Nellie had five children together:

1. John Joseph Lacey, Jr. (b. 1918; m. Margaret Bamford; d. 1997)

2. Rebecca Teresa Lacey (b. 1919; m. Wilbert Harding; d. 2013)

3. Annabelle C. Lacey (b. 1921; m. Harold A. Johnson; d. 2008)

4. Leo Richard Lacey (b. 1922; m. (1) Anna Mary Thomas (2) Mary; d. 1976)

5. Lucille Lacey (b. 1925; m. Fred W. Barker; d. 1996)

Nellie died in Munhall, Pennsylvania in November 1926. She was about 36 years of age, and her youngest child was only a year old. 

John was still a fairly young man when Nellie died, and he would live for another thirty years. At some point after 1930, he married again, to Margaret Saly. She is listed as his wife on John's death certificate. Margaret can also be found in John Lacey's in the household in the 1930 U.S. Census, listed as his housekeeper. In 1930, Margaret had a 9-year old daughter living with her, Ruth Saly. In 1940, I cannot locate either Margaret or her daughter Ruth in the U.S. Census, and they aren't listed with John Lacey and his children, so it's not clear when John and Margaret were married. Margaret Saly was born on May 5, 1895 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Henry Saly and Catherine Stibich. She and John Lacey did not have any children together.

John died on June 30, 1957. His death certificate lists the cause as a retroperitoneal tumor of undetermined origin with possible cerebral metastasis. At the time of his death, John and his wife Margaret were living at 5125 McAnulty Road in Pittsburgh. After John's death, Margaret moved to Florida. Her daughter Ruth had married Ernest Kuban and settled in Sarasota with their two children. Margaret died in Clearwater on April 18, 1977.

The Children of John Joseph Lacey and Nellie Moore:

John Joseph Lacey, Jr. - John was born on April 5, 1918 in Munhall, Pennsylvania. From 1943 to 1946, John served in the U.S. Navy. Beginning in October 1944, he was stationed on the U.S.S. Burias, an electronics supply ship stationed in the Mariana Islands, and later transferred to the U.S.S. Mindanao, another repair ship that moved between Papua New Guinea, the Carolina Island the Solomon Islands, Okinawa and Shanghai. As mentioned in a previous post, John married his second cousin once removed, Margaret Theresa Bamford, on May 9, 1946, after returning from the war. John and Margaret settled in Homestead, Pennsylvania, where they raised two sons and a daughter. John died on July 13, 1997, at the age of 79. 

Rebecca Teresa Lacey - Becky was born on November 5, 1919 in Munhall, Pennsylvania. On September 15, 1950, she married Wilbert T. Harding, the son of Howard Harding and Anna Carlin of Homestead, Pennsylvania. Wilbert had been previously married, and likely was widowed between the birth of his daughter in 1939, and his marriage to Becky in 1950. Wilbert and Becky raised the child together after their marriage and did not have more children. Wilbert died in 2000. Becky died on January 31, 2013 in Munhall. 

Annabelle C. Lacey - Annabelle was born on March 2, 1921 in Munhall, Pennsylvania. On September 30, 1941, at the age of 20, she married Harold Alter Johnson, the son of John Phillip Johnson and Alice Alter of Munhall. Harold was employed at Carnegie Steel. Their first child, Charles William Johnson (1942-2001) was born the year after their marriage. From 1944-1946, Harold served with the U.S. Marine Corps in World War II. He was kept on domestic duty, rather than being sent overseas. Harold and Annabelle welcomed son Gerard Johnson (1946-2018) after the war, and two more children (possibly still living) in the years that followed. After many years working for the University of Pittsburgh, Harold died in 1985. Annabelle Lacey Johnson died in Munhall on January 8, 2008.

Leo Richard Lacey- Leo was born in Munhall, Pennsylvania on May 8, 1922. He joined the Air Force in 1940, at the age of 18, just before America entered World War II. He spent 1943-1945 serving overseas. Leo continued in the Air Force after the war, spending 21 years there. On March 5, 1949, he married Anna Mary Thomas (1925-2007), the daughter of William Weaver Thomas and Mary Evans of Floyd, New York. Leo and Anna had a son together before divorcing in 1961. It appears that Leo remarried, as his obituary mentions his wife, Mary, but I have not been able to learn more about her. Leo and his second wife did not have children. After growing up in Pennsylvania, Leo lived in Washington, D.C. for some years, and retired to Clearwater, Florida in 1969. He died there on July 25, 1976, at the age of 54.

Lucille Lacey - Lucille was born in Munhall, Pennsylvania on January 21, 1925. On October 17, 1945, she married Frederick William Barker, the son of Joseph Barker and Catherine Coleman of Pittsburgh. Fred was newly returned from the war. He had enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1942 and served overseas in World War II from 1944 to 1945. After the war, Lucille and Fred had three children together. Lucille died on January 21, 1996 at the age of 71. Fred died on September 11, 2001 at the age of 82.

Martin Christopher Lacey

Martin was born on September 2, 1891 in Homestead, Pennsylvania. In 1917, during World War I, he registered for military service. On his draft paperwork, Martin stated that he was single and employed at Carnegie Steel in Munhall. He was of medium build and had brown hair and blue eyes. Martin was assigned to the 1102d Aero Squadron. According to Wikipedia, "Aero Squadrons were the designation of the first United States Army aviation units until the end of World War I. These units consisted of combat flying, training, ground support, construction and other components of the Air Service."

He was sent to France on May 26, 1918, when the war was at its peak. Unfortunately, Martin became ill and died in France on June 11, 1918, of pneumonia. He was 26 years old.

World War I Veterans Service and Compensation Files, 1917-1919 for Martin C. Lacey

Thomas Francis Lacey

Thomas was born on August 2, 1893 in Homestead, Pennsylvania. On August 25, 1914, at the age of 21, he married Sara Cecelia Garrity, the daughter of Owen Garrity and Margaret Meagher of Homestead. Sara was born on February 20, 1891. Their first child, Ruth Marion Lacey, was born in 1915, followed by son Charles Joseph Lacey in 1916. In 1917, Thomas registered with the military draft, and stated that he was employed as a machinist at Carnegie Steel. He claimed exemption from the draft, noting that he had a wife and two young children dependent upon him. It does not appear that Thomas was called to service.  Thomas and Sara had three more children between 1918 and 1920, and their sixth and final child was born in 1926. 

1. Ruth Marion Lacey (b. 1915; m. Edgar T. Peters; d. 1975)

2. Charles Joseph Lacey (b. 1916; m. Helen Elizabeth Markham; d. 1994)

3. Martin William Lacey (b 1918; m. Catherine Rita Roche; d. 1997)

4. Louis Paul Lacey (b. 1919; d. 2011)

5. John Vincent Lacey (b. 1920; d. young)

6. Thomas Francis Lacey, Jr. (b. 1926; m. Gynne Elizabeth Wood; d. 1968)

In the 1920 U.S. Census, Thomas stated that he was a machinist at a furnace company. In the 1930 U.S. Census, he declared that he was a machinist in a machine shop. By 1935, Thomas had moved his family from the Pittsburgh area to Washington, D.C. In the 1940 U.S. Census, he listed that he was a machinist at the Navy Yard there. In 1942, Thomas registered for military service again, this time for World War II. On that paperwork, he stated that he was employed by the U.S. Naval Torpedo Station in Alexandria, Virginia. Thomas and his family were living at 1736 A Street in Washington, D.C., a row home near the National Armory. 

Thomas died on January 27, 1946 at the age of 52. His wife, Sara, lived another 33 years, dying in Key West, Florida on June 11, 1979. At the time of her death, she had 16 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren.

Ruth Marion Lacey - Ruth was born on May 22, 1915 in Homestead, Pennsylvania. Her family moved to Washington, D.C. when she was in her late teens. On August 6, 1938, Ruth married Edgar T. Peters, the son of Leonard Peters and Maria Shugart of Hagerstown, Maryland. Edgar moved in with the Laceys at 1736 A Street, and the young couple remained there for several years. In 1940, Edgar registered for military service. He stated that he was employed by the Army and Navy Country Club in Alexandria, Virginia. I cannot tell if Edgar actually served in the war. There were a number of Edgar Peters who enlisted during the early 1940s, and I can't be certain any of them are the correct Edgar. Ruth and Edgar had sons born in 1941 and 1944, so he was at home at least some of those war years. Ruth died of lung cancer on October 21, 1975 in Arlington, Virginia. Edgar died on October 5, 1989 in Leesburg, Virginia. 

Charles Joseph Lacey - Charles was born on September 25, 1916 in Homestead, Pennsylvania. In the 1940 U.S. Census, 24-year old Charles was living with his parents in Washington, D.C., and working as a steel worker for U.S. Steel. That same year, he registered for the military draft, and stated that he worked at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. He was likely working on Navy ships, and his obituary clarifies that Charles spent his career as a machinist for the U.S. Civil Service. He also enlisted in the Navy during the war and served between 1943 and 1946, including time spent in France from 1944-1945 in the Western Naval Task Force.

On May 31, 1947, Charles married Helen Elizabeth Markham, daughter of Thomas Markham and Ellen Lee of Pittsburgh. Helen was born on November 11, 1920. They had a two sons and two daughters together. Their first child, Philip Thomas Lacey, was born on May 31, 1948 and died at the age of four, on June 27, 1952. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery with his father, Charles.

The Laceys moved from Washington, D.C. to Florida in 1961. Charles died on October 1, 1994 in Orlando. Helen died on May 30, 1996 in Orlando. 

Charles Lacey and Helen Markham on their wedding day in 1953,
with Charles' mother, Sara Garrity Lacey.

Martin William Lacey - Martin was born on October 27, 1918 in Braddock, Pennsylvania. Between 1916 and 1918 the family moved from Homestead across the Monongahela River to Braddock, in the shadow of U.S. Steel Works. They moved again to Washington, D.C. before 1935. In the 1940 U.S. Census, Martin stated that he was employed as a messenger for the government. Martin served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and worked in the Naval Weapons Plant and at the Navy Oceanographic Office. 

On June 17, 1943, Martin married Catherine Rita Roche, daughter of Raymond Roche and Genevieve O'Connor. Catherine was born on October 12, 1923 in Washington, D.C. Martin and Catherine had seven children together starting in 1944. In 1986, they retired to Florida. Martin died in Merritt Island, Florida on December 12, 1997. Catherine died on October 2, 2007 in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Louis Paul Lacey - Paul, as he was called, was born on December 27, 1919 in Braddock, Pennsylvania. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy during World War II and served 30 years in the Navy. He also served 20 years as an emergency room volunteer at Winter Park Memorial Hospital. Paul did not marry. He died on July 16, 2011 in Winter Park, Florida, and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

Paul in front of his parents' home in 1946

John Vincent Lacey - John was born in 1920 in Braddock. He does not appear on the 1930 or 1940 U.S. Census with the rest of his family, which leads me to believe he died sometime before the age of ten. I have not found a death record to support this yet.

Thomas Francis Lacey, Jr. - Thomas was born on February 17, 1926 in Munhall, Pennsylvania. In the years since 1920, the Lacey family had moved back across the river to Munhall, adjacent to Homestead. They would move again, to Washington, D.C., before Thomas was ten years old. In 1942, despite being just sixteen, Thomas registered for military service in Washington, D.C. On his paperwork, he stated that he was a year older than he actually was, born in 1925 instead of 1926. He was assigned to the US Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida,for some of his service, and then was in foreign service from 1943-1946. He spent the war years aboard the USS Bogue, a Navy escort carrier that sank multiple German and Japanese submarines. 

On February 10, 1950, Thomas married Gwynne Elizabeth Wood in Washington, D.C. She was born on November 17, 1931 and was the daughter of George Wood and Virginia Knipple of Harrisonburg, Virginia. In 1951, Thomas and Gwynne had a son. In 1964, they divorced, and it appears to have been contentious. The divorce paperwork states that the marriage had lasted 11 years and one month, until March 1961, and Gwynne filed for divorce on grounds of desertion. In 1964, Gwynne was living in Herndon, Virginia and Thomas was living in Bladensburg, Maryland, where he worked as an appliance service mechanic. On the divorce decree, it states that there were two minor children from the marriage. I cannot find the name of the second child, but I identified the first child, born in 1951. On that child's marriage certificate, in 1971, he was not using the Lacey surname, but the surname of Gwynne's second or third husband, Herbert Lee Smith. There appear to have been some complicated family dynamics in play here, but it looks likely that Thomas had two children with Gwynne Wood, but at least one of them later renounced the Lacey surname.

Thomas died on March 13, 1968. He is buried in Suitland, Maryland.

Valentine Lacey 

Valentine was born in January 1895 in Homestead, Pennsylvania. On August 28, 1909 he was admitted to Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh, where he died on August 31, 1909. He was thirteen years old. The cause of death was listed as acute parenchymatous nephritis, and basal meningitis. Parenchymatous nephritis is inflammation of the kidneys and upper urinary tract, which today would be treated with antibiotics. Basal meningitis refers to a meningitis that occurs at the base of the brain, usually due to tuberculosis. Valentine was buried in St. Mary's Cemetery on September 3, 1909.

Mary Lacey

Mary was born in March 1896 in Homestead, Pennsylvania. She is found in the 1900 U.S. Census living with her family, but in no census records after that time. 

Joseph Lacey's 1960 obituary stated that he had a surviving sister who was a nun, Sister Teresa Mary of St. James Convent. With the other sisters in the Lacey family accounted for, it seems likely that Sister Teresa Mary must have been either Mary Lacey or Nellie Lacey. Both sisters disappear from records in their teenage years, so I suspect one died and one became a nun, but I can't be sure of the fate of either sister.

Margaret Lenore Lacey

Margaret Lacey was born in about 1900 in Homestead, Pennsylvania. She appears in the 1900 U.S. Census, the 1910 U.S. Census, and the 1920 U.S. Census with her family. In 1928, at the age of 28, Margaret married Michael Francis Lacey in Buffalo, New York. Michael was an Irish immigrant who had arrived in America in 1914. Born on September 27, 1896, Michael was born in the Clifden, Ireland area, and thus was almost certainly related to Margaret.

Margaret and Michael moved to Detroit, where Michael took work in the booming automotive industry. He became an important union leader in Detroit, serving as President of UAW's Chevrolet Gear and Axle 235 Local for three terms. He then worked as an International Representative of UAW before being named to the UAW Executive Board and becoming the Co-Director of the union's largest region.

Margaret's younger brother, William Paul Lacey, moved in with them at some point. In the mid-to-late 1930s. He can be found living with them in the 1940 U.S. Census.

Margaret and Michael had two sons:

1. Joseph Jude Lacey (b. 1929; m. (living); d. 1988; Joseph and his wife had four children)

2. Michael Francis Lacey (b. 1931; m. (possibly living); d. 2013; Michael and his wife had four children)

Michael died in Detroit in September 1954. Margaret died in Detroit on July 28, 1967.

Agnes R. Lacey

Agnes was born on August 14, 1901 in Homestead, Pennsylvania. She can be found on the 1910 U.S. Census with her family in Homestead, and on the 1920 U.S. Census in nearby Munhall with her family. Sometime around 1925, Agnes married Patrick Joseph Kane, the son of John Kane and his wife Mary. Patrick had been raised in nearby Braddock, Pennsylvania, and was employed at Carnegie Steel. Patrick was born on April 7, 1891 in Pennsylvania. His parents were Irish immigrants. His father, John Kane, arrived in America from Longford, Ireland in 1885. His mother, Mary Ellen Connelly, was from the Clifden area, in County Galway, which is also where the Laceys originated. Patrick and Agnes had five children together.

1. Mary Eileen Kane (b. 1926; m. William Robert Campbell; d. 1997)

2. John W. "Jack" Kane (b. 1928; m. Marilyn Jean Ewing; d. 2016)

3. (possibly still living)

4. William Paul Kane (b. 1935; m. Garnet Louise McClure; d. 2017)

5. (possibly still living)

Patrick and Agnes settled in Swissvale after their marriage, but had moved to Munhall by the time of the 1940 U.S. Census. Patrick worked as a brakeman on the railroad. He died suddenly in July 1949 while on a trip to New York, according to his obituary. Agnes lived another 45 years, dying on February 17, 1994 at the age of 92. 

Ellen F. "Nellie" Lacey

Nellie was born on August 9, 1904 in Homestead, Pennsylvania. She can be found on the 1910 U.S. Census with her family in Homestead, and on the 1920 U.S. Census in Munhall with her family. After this time, I cannot locate any records for her.

As mentioned above, Joseph Lacey's 1960 obituary stated that he had a surviving sister who was a nun, Sister Teresa Mary of St. James Convent. With the other sisters in the Lacey family accounted for, it seems likely that Sister Teresa Mary must have been either Mary Lacey or Nellie Lacey. Both sisters disappear from records in their teenage years, so I suspect one died and one became a nun, but I can't be sure of the fate of either sister.

William Paul Lacey

William was born on January 10, 1906 in Homestead, Pennsylvania. He can be found on the 1910 U.S. Census with his family in Homestead, and on the 1920 U.S. Census in Munhall with his family. 

William was married and later divorced. His spouse was likely a woman named Marie, and they wed in Pennsylvania in 1927. At some point in the late 1930s, William moved in with his sister, Margaret Lacey, and her family in Detroit. In the 1940 U.S. Census, he stated that he was married, but his wife was not listed in the household. In 1942, William registered for military service. On that paperwork, he declared that he was married but separated. A divorce was granted in Michigan in 1944, with William claiming cruelty and abandonment. William and his wife appear to have had a son together. 

William worked in the automotive industry in Detroit. In the 1940 U.S. Census, he gave his occupation as "Pipe-Fitter." On his military enlistment paperwork, he described his occupation as, "Plumbers, gas fitters, and steam fitters." He enlisted in the Army in 1942, but I cannot find details of his service during World War II.

William died in Detroit on March 4, 1971 at the age of 65.

Joseph Raymond Lacey

Joseph was born on April 6, 1908 in Homestead, Pennsylvania. He can be found in the 1910, 1920, and 1930 U.S. Census reports with his family. In the 1920 U.S. Census, 22-year old Joseph was working as a laborer in a brick yard. In 1940, Joseph registered for military service. On those documents, he lists his occupation as restaurant owner. His obituary describes him as having been in the transfer business. I'm not sure if these means the transfer of funds, of cargo, or of some other asset. Joseph enlisted in the Coast Guard during World War II, and was assigned to the river patrol in Pittsburgh. He served in that capacity from 1942-1944. 

On July 17, 1941, Joseph married Agnes Vivien Williams in Arlington, Virginia. Agnes was the daughter of Moses Perry Williams and Mabel Agnes McDowell of Franklin, Pennsylvania. She was born on July 25, 1906 in Rockland, Pennsylvania, and before her marriage was a teacher in Munhall schools. 

Joseph and Agnes did not have children. Joseph died on February 7, 1960 after an illness. Agnes lived another 40 years, dying on December 23, 2001 in Franklin, Pennsylvania.

Cecelia Rose Lacey

The youngest child of William Lacey and Margaret Mulkerin, Cecelia was born on June 30, 1911 in Homestead, Pennsylvania. She appears in the 1920 and 1930 U.S. Census records with her family.

Around 1935, Cecelia married John Gregory Bridges. He was the son of James Bridges and Rose Quinn. John was born on February 14, 1909 in Clairton, Pennsylvania. Cecelia and John settled in Munhall and had four children together, two sons and two daughters. 

John registered for military service in 1940, and stated that he worked for the Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation in Braddock. 

John died on July 17, 1993 in Pittsburgh at the age of 84. Cecelia died on February 19, 1996 in State College, Pennsylvania at the age of 84.

Cecelia Rose Lacey

This post concludes my work on tracing the lineage of all descendants of Bartley and Judy Lacey, my third great-grandparents, and my earliest proven ancestors in Rossadillisk, Ireland. When I learn new things, I will update the posts on this family. I am also hoping to expand this research into a printable report that can be easily shared with Lacey relatives. This has been a fascinating exercise in the Lacey family diaspora, and I've gone from believing there weren't many of us Rossadillisk Laceys out there to knowing there are actually a lot. Family reunion when such things are possible again?