Fifth Generation
30. James BUCKLEY was born about 1775 in Ireland. Buckley is either an English name, or an anglicized form of "Buachaill" which in Gaelic means "boy". He probably died in Ireland. Julia RIORDAN and James BUCKLEY were married about 1815 in Ireland. The Buckley family emigrated from Ireland to the U.S. at different dates in the 1850s. Information about the children of this marriage is based on the recollections of their great-granddaughter, Julia Murphy (1886-1977), who served as the unofficial family historian, and census records that could be found.
31. Julia RIORDAN was born in 1795 in Ireland. She died in July 1880 at the age of 85 in New York, NY. According to the 1860 census, she was living with her daughter Ellen and her second husband John Shea in Manhattan. In 1870 she was living with son James, then a "Police Justice", in Brooklyn.
Children were:
i. | Mary BUCKLEY was born about 1818 in Ireland. She died in California. She married a man named MURPHY, and this family lived in San Francisco. | |
ii. | Margaret BUCKLEY was born about 1821 in Ireland. She was also known as Peggie. She died in Oregon. She and her husband lived in Oregon. | |
iii. | Timothy BUCKLEY was born in 1828 in Ireland. He died in October 1871 at the age of 43 in Chicago, IL. He died about the time of the great Chicago fire in early October. But, we are unsure whether or not he died IN the fire ... which is a good possibility since the spread of the fire was largely due to the burning of the lumberyards along the Chicago River in which he was employed. After his immigration, he went to Chicago. According to the 1860 US Census he was living separately from his wife and two children for reasons unknown. At the start of the Civil War, he joined the 23rd Regiment, Illinois Infantry (known as the "Irish Regiment" because almost half its members were born in Ireland) which fought at the Battle of Lexington (Missouri) in September 1861. Following the surrender of the entire regiment there, they were paroled (ie. disbanded and sent home), but we believe Tim was injured at Lexington because in November of 1862 he applied for a pension as a war invalid. In 1870, according to the US Census, he was living in Chicago with his wife and five children, was employed as a "lumber inspector" and owned a home valued at $2000 and had a personal estate of $1500. Following his death in 1871, his wife applied for a widow's pension. | |
15 | iv. | Ellen BUCKLEY. |
v. | Patrick BUCKLEY was born in 1836 in Ireland. He died on 13 December 1862 at the age of 26 in Fredricksburg, VA. This son of James Buckley and Julia Riordan is found in the 1860 census living in Brooklyn with his wife Margaret. He was employed as a "laborer". This couple may have had a child before he went to war, as a pension claim for a minor is shown on the index card of the widow's pension application filed by his wife. He served during the Civil War with the 69th New York State Volunteers, which was dubbed by Robert E. Lee "the Fighting 69th". It was a part of the Irish Brigade consisting of the 63rd, 69th, and 88th New York, the 28th Massachusetts, and the 116th Pennsylvania, all under the command of General Thomas Francis Meagher -- an outspoken Irish nationalist. His mother, Julia R. Buckley and some of the family walked along side the regiment down Broadway and over to the ferry at 23rd Street, when they left for the campaign. After demonstrating their courage at Antietam, where they sustained heavy casualties, they arrived on the north shore of the Rappahannock River at Fredricksburg, VA on 02 Dec 1862. There they expected to establish winter quarters. But, on 13 Dec 1862 they were ordered to attack the Confederates on the higher ground of the south bank of the river. This was the disastrous charge of Mayre's Heights. Attack after attack against Lee's prepared positions were thrown back. Federal losses totaled 12,653. Patrick Buckley, a First Lieutenant in F Company of the 69th NYSV was killed at Fredricksburg. His older brother James, a Brooklyn judge, went to Virginia to bring back his brother's body in early 1863. We are uncertain whether this mission was successful. | |
vi. |  James BUCKLEY was born on 1 May 1839 in Cork County, IRE. He died on 9 October 1872 at the age of 33 in Brooklyn, NY. He came to America in 1850 and became a naturalized citizen at age 18, on 19 Oct 1857. He became a judge in Brooklyn (known as the "youngest judge" in the city) ... according to the 1865 NY State Census was a "justice of the peace" and the 1870 US Census lists him as a "Police Justice."In early 1863, he went to Virginia to return the body of his brother Patrick who was killed at the Battle of Fredricksburg. |