Smith and Young Families of northern Rhode Island
Smith and Young Families of northern Rhode Island
Flynn Family
Thanks to my cousin Jennifer who did most of the research for this Flynn family page.
Michael1 Flynn
b. ? in Galway, Ireland?
m. Bef. 1841 Ellen (?)
d. ? in Galway, Ireland?
children:
***John2 Francis Flynn
***John2 Francis Flynn (Michael1)
b. Abt. June 12, 1841 in Galway County, Ireland
m. About 1870 in New York City? Catharine Fisher b. Abt. March 1856 in England? d. September 13, 1903 in Smithfield, R.I.
d. July 19, 1920 in State Infirmary Hospital, Cranston, Rhode Island
John immigrated to New York City in June 1865 and was naturalized on December 20, 1888 in Rhode Island.
In 1918, he was admitted to the Rhode Island State Poor Farm in Cranston, Rhode Island. He died in 1920
at the State Poor Farm, and was buried in Grave 164 in the State Farm Cemetery Annex (see pictures below).
children:
John3 Francis "Frank" Flynn
***Mary3 Evelyn Flynn
William3 H. Flynn
Agnes3 Flynn
Elizabeth3 G. Flynn
Unknown3 Flynn
Entrance Sign to Thomas C. Slater Prison Training School on "W Road"
for Rhode Island Juvenile Offenders in Cranston, Rhode Island. The
old State Farm Cemetery Annex (Cranston Historic Cemetery CR107) is
located behind this facility in some woods. It is best to get
permission from the Slater Training School Director to visit this
cemetery as it is a high security prison facility with active
monitoring of the perimeter.
View looking east to front of Thomas C. Slater Prison Training School.
April 2015 view of the State Farm Cemetery Annex (CR107) behind the
Thomas C. Slater Training School. The people buried here were all
residents of the Rhode Island State Poor Facility in Cranston and
were interred in numbered graves. In typical Rhode Island fashion,
this historic cemetery is overgrown with brush and trees.
John Flynn's Grave (No. 164) between the trees in CR107 (Burial
information from Rhode Island State Archives Poor Farm Records).
Close-up view of John Flynn's Grave (No. 164).
Map of the State Farm Cemetery Annex behind the Thomas C. Slater Prison Training School on "W Road"
in Cranston, Rhode Island courtesy of Google Maps.
John3 Francis "Frank" Flynn (John2, Michael1)
b. September 11, 1874 in Manchaug (Sutton), Massachusetts
m. September 24, 1895 in St. Michaels Church, Smithfield, R.I. Marie Louise Ducharme b. 1877 d. 1962
d. April 20, 1913 in Burrillville, R.I.
burial: Saint Patricks Cemetery (Burrillville Historic Cemetery BU010), Pascoag, Burrillville, Rhode Island
John was a weaver in a woolen mill.
children:
Male4 Flynn
Female4 Flynn
Female4 Flynn
Female4 Flynn
Male4 Flynn
Male4 Flynn
Female4 Flynn
***Mary3 Evelyn Flynn (John2, Michael1)
b. August 14, 1876 in Taunton, Massachusetts
m. Abt. 1901 in Smithfield, R.I. Jenckes Smith Jr. b. December 14, 1868 in Greenville, R.I. d. September 24, 1933 in Greenville, R.I.
d. November 11, 1962 in Smithfield, R.I.
burial: Greenville Cemetery (SM045)
Mary moved to Smithfield, R.I. from Massachusetts as a teenager in about 1892. She was a member of
St. Phillip's Church in Greenville, R.I. and the Ladies Auxiliary of the Greenville Fire Company.
children:
Female4 Smith
Male4 Smith
***Male4 Smith
Mary E. Flynn (1876 - 1962) circa early 1900's.
William3 Henry Flynn (John2, Michael1)
b. June 18, 1880 in Massachusetts?
m. November 30, 1905 in Providence, Rhode Island Sarah Hackett of Michael and Catharine Hackett b. 1884 d. ?
d. ?
Agnes3 Flynn (John2, Michael1)
b. July 7, 1882 in Massachusetts?
m. ? unknown male
d. ?
children:
Female4 Flynn
Elizabeth3 G. Flynn (John2, Michael1)
b. September 27, 1884 in Massachusetts?
d. ?
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