Baptismal records for four of the O'Flaherty family were found on Find My Past recently by my cousin's husband (Thank you, Ed!). His wife is descended from my 2nd Great Aunt Mary Theresa O'Flaherty Rogers. I do tend to rush into talking when I'm excited about a new discovery or new documentation so let me back up a moment. Patrick O'Flaherty and Martha Durkin are my 2nd great grandparents. That is to say, they are my great-great grandparents. They married here in America, settled down in Phoenixville, Chester County, PA and had eight known children. Those children are: 1. James 2. Mary Theresa 3. Hugh 4. Michael 5. Dennis 6. Margaret A 7. Martha M 8. Catherine <-- my great grandmother Today, I am going to talk about four of them: Mary Theresa, Hugh, Martha, and Catherine. Mary Theresa, born 31 March 1868, married Patrick Rogers in 1891, at the age of 23. Patrick was born in Ireland and had immigrated in 1885. They had five children...
by Jeanne Ruczhak-Eckman