THOMAS COYNE

THOMAS COYNE & MARY KILCOURSE

THOMAS COYNE WAS BORN IN 1901. HE EMIGRATED TO THE U.S. IN 1923. HE SPENT ABOUT TWO YEARS IN YOUNGSTOWN, OH WHERE OTHER SIBLINGS HAD ESTABLISHED THEMSELVES. HE WOULD MOVE IN 1926 TO CHICAGO'S SOUTHSIDE WHERE MORE SIBLINGS WERE ESTABLISHING THEMSELVES. HE MARRIED MARY KILCOURSE OF CASTELBAR, COUNTY MAYO ON DECEMBER 1, 1928. IT APPEARS THOMAS AND MARY HAD THE SAME BIRTHDATE, FEBRUARY 11, BUT A YEAR APART. HE WAS EMPLOYED AT THE YOUNGSTOWN SHEET AND TUBE COMPANY AT INDIANA HARBOR, IN. HE ALSO HAD A FARM IN MIDLOTHIAN, IL. THOMAS AND MARY HAD SIX CHILDREN: ROSEMARY, EILEEN, THOMAS, DOROTHY, JAMES AND JOHN.