BRIDGET COYNE CONABOY

Bridget Coyne & Michael Conaboy‏‏

BRIDGET WAS BORN IN 1892. AT THE AGE OF 15, SHE WAS THE FIRST COYNE TO IMMIGRATE, TO SHARPSVILLE, PA WHERE SHE WORKED AS A MAID. SHE MARRIED MICHAEL CONABOY, OF TOURMAKEADY, COUNTY MAYO, ON AUGUST 26, 1914 IN YOUNGSTOWN, OH AND LIVED THERE UNTIL HER DEATH IN ? MICHAEL WORKED IN THE BLAST FURANCE DEPARTMENT OF REPUBLIC STEEL UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 1959, DYING IN 1963. THEY HAD FIVE CHILDREN: MARY, MICHAEL, JR., CATHERINE, EILEEN AND ANNE. HER COUSIN, JOHN LYNCH, DESCRIBED HER AS "HARDWORKING AND CHEERFULLY ASSUMED HER RESPONSIBILITIES AS A WIFE AND MOTHER. I NEVER HEARD HER SAY AN UNKIND WORD ABOUT ANYBODY."