James O’Reilly, Priest in Cleveland, Ohio, ca. 1868
James O’Reilly married Patrick Cavanagh and Bridget Murray in 1868 in Cleveland, Ohio. Here is some info I found on him at http://www.irisharchives.org/pdf/PioneerPriests.pdf.
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Do you have the ‘true’ story of how Cavanagh>Kavanagh>Kavanaugh>Kavenaugh – and into the Fay family history?
I heard that Frank L Fay was born Kavenaugh (dad’s spelling on my birth certificate) and ‘took’ his step father’s name because Kavenaugh / Cavanagh was ‘shanty’ irish, but Fay was more aristocratic – putting him in better company to situate himself as a young budding entrepreneur / man of action (my words).
Love to know…
Frank was born a Cavanaugh, his father died when he was young, and his mother remarried a Fay.