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Genealogist
Joan Losty Ellis - AR
Research Investigators
James M. Losty - MA
Sandra
Losty - IE
Sharon
L. Ellis - AR
Peter
Losty - Belfast IE
Research Assistants
Thomas R. Losty MA
Theresa Losty Chagnon - MA
Shelley Losty Gingras - MA
Story Consultants
Florence LaPierre Losty -
MA
Mary Losty Burgess - MA
Irene Losty Arnold - MA
Photo Historian
Susanne Noland Kelley - MA
Communication Coordinators
Michelle Rainville - MA
Pete Benoit - MA
Laura Zulli Losty - MA
Genealogy Consultants
John McDermot - IE
Marcel Benoit - CAN
Ed Eagan - MA
Kathleen Carrigan - NY
Jean Losty Vogt - NC
George
Ladeau Jr. - MA
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Sharon L. Ellis - AR
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The Losty Family
History Illustrated Narrative
IRELAND to AMERICA
Matthew J. Losty & Mary Jane
Losty
Matthew J. Losty, son of Mr. &
Mrs. Losty of Kildare County Ireland, and his wife, Mary Jane, met in Ireland where they were both
born during the late 1700's. Mary Jane was born in 1780. We
do not know Mary Jane's maiden name, yet.
Matthew and Mary fell in love and had
at least two children, John & Patrick. John and Patrick were
born in the early 1800's. Patrick being the younger of the two
was born in 1825. His mother, Mary Jane, was 45 years old at the time of
his birth. By the time Patrick was 18 years old, his father, Matthew
J. Losty, had passed away.
In 1843 at the peak of the potato
famine in Ireland, Mary Jane Losty 63 years of age and widowed,
left Halverstown, Kildare County Ireland, with her son Patrick Losty
and headed for the United States. They arrived in 1843. Mary's elder son, John Losty, remained in Ireland and later
married Miss. Julia Byrne of Ireland.
Mary and Patrick's destination in the
United States is unknown. However, Patrick Losty was in Cannan, New
York in 1850 and then later moved to West Stockbridge, Massachusetts
as noted in the 1860 US Census. Patrick Losty married Miss. Mary Rohan
and all of their children were born in the United States.
Sometime between 1859 and 1863,
Mary's son, John, died in Ireland. When John died he was married
and had four young children. His wife Julia was left widowed to
raise their babies in a country from which thousands of Irish
immigrants were fleeing each week. It is estimated 10,000 Irish
immigrants were arriving each week in the Port of New York during
1863. Julia and her children were among those passengers.
MARY JANE LOSTY
1780 - 1869
In 1869, Patrick & John's mother
died at the age of 89 and was laid to rest in the St. Joseph Cemetery,
in
Pittsfield Massachusetts.
James Michael Losty, Great
Great Great Grandson of Mary Jane Losty, visited Mary's place of rest
in February of 2004 and provided the adjacent photo of Mary
Jane's headstone.
The inscription
reads:
Mary Jane Losty,
Native of Haverstown
Parish Curragh County KildareIreland.
Died June 21, 1869, aged 89 years. Erected by her son Patrick
Losty.
Note: The head piece is missing from the
top of her headstone. Jim plans to return, when the snow melts, so
further investigation can be conducted to locate the Head piece and
other family members at St. Josephs Cemetery in Pittsfield, MA.
He will also be visiting Patrick Losty's place of rest in the
Berkshire Hills.
The complete story for Patrick and
his family will be written and added to our
narrative as soon as possible. We do have the beginnings
of his pages started you can visit but is not ready to be written
in stone.
Our story picks up with Patrick's
sister-in-law, Julia Losty and her four children in 1863.
