THE CURLEY FAMILY

James Curley, and his two brothers, came from Roscommon County, Ireland, and settled in Hope River.

James married Rose Clarkin of Lot 65, and moved with his family to Brookvale, Lot 30, in 1861. There was a family of five boys: James, Owen. Michael, Patrick and John, all of whom are deceased.

John, born in 1861, took over the farm in 1907, at the time of his father's death. He married Mary Ann McDonald of Kelly’s Cross, Lot 29. They had a family of thirteen children, three girls and ten boys, whose names are: Minnie, Wilfred, Owen, Mark, Lena, Minerva, Maurice, Amos, William, Patrick O’Leary, Clarence. The other two children, Rose and Maurice Joseph died in early childhood.

Minnie married Parker Carroll. She died in 1937. Owen drowned in 1921 as (lid Maurice in 1948. Wilfred passed away in 1970.

Lena, married Joseph Carragher and lives in Brookvale.

Minerva has been keeping house for Father Wilfred Keefe and resides in St. Theresa’s. Amos, who taught school for many years, is now retired and lives in the senior citizen’s home in Kelly’s Cross.

The other three boys: Bill resides in L‘akeburn, N.B., O’Leary and Clarence are married and have their homes in Ottawa.

Grandfather James, when he moved from Hope River to the present homestead, had to start from scratch to clear the land, plant just a small garden. and gradually cultivate the soil so that it developed into a farm that provided a livelihood for his family.

When his son John took over the farm, it had developed consid- erably. There were cattle, sheep, hens and other stock, besides a couple of barns, though small, which supplied the needs at the time.

When the father, John, died in 1947, his son Mark took charge of the home place and he and his family still reside there. In 1936 he mar- ried Rose Smith, a daughter of Jerome Smith, Brookvale, and Maria Callaghan, Lot 65. They have a family of six boys and six girls.

The eldest girl, Josephine, married Alex Higgins, in 1965, of Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, and they have three children, Janet, Wayne and Michelle. Alex works for the steel company in Sydney.

Bernice, Mrs. James (Manny) MacLeod, with her husband whom she married July 14, 1962, and their three children, live in their own home a short distance from the family home. Their children are named Paul, Lawrence and D’Arcy. Manny is a paint contractor and has held many contracts throughout the Maritimes.

Mrs. Charles Sammons, Helen, married Charlie in June, 1969. They reside in Toronto where he is employed by the Goodyear tire com- pany. They have two boys Shawn and Shane.

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