Thomas Henry Greelis
Parents: Patrick
and Mary Greelis
Born: September
17, 1835 - Clonfert Parish , County Galway, Ireland
Died:
February 16, 1911 Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Waterloo,
Iowa
Married: May 11,
1858
- Troy, New York
Spouse: Margaret Anne Hart (1838 - 1920)
Born:
October 15, 1838 - Ballymote, County Sligo, Ireland
Died:
August 5, 1920 Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Waterloo, Iowa
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Mary Eleanor Greelis
Born:
Jan. 2, 1860 - West Troy, New
York
Died:
1861
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John Henry
Greelis
Born:
Dec. 16, 1862 - West Troy, New
York
Died:
1862
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Maria Z.
Greelis
Born:
Oct. 4, 1863 - West Troy, New
York
Died:
Oct. 13, 1950
Spouse: Thomas Emmett
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Thomas
Henry Greelis
Born:
Nov. 22, 1865 - West Troy, New
York
Died:
Oct. 1957
Spouse:
Margaret Dorothea Kroeger
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Robert
George Greelis
Born:
July 6,1870 - Vinton, Iowa
Died:
May 1940
Spouse:
Grace Flemming
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Catherine
Greelis
Born:
June 24, 1874 - Traer, Iowa
Died:
June 9, 1930
Spouse:
Matthew Hilary Talty
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John Henry
Greelis
Born:
July 27, 1877 - Traer, Iowa
Died:
Jan. 26, 1946
Spouse:
Linnie Aloween Fleming
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Margaret Ellen Greelis
Born:
May 28, 1882 - Traer, Iowa
Died:
Oct. 11, 1953
Spouse:
Peter Charles Schilling
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Thomas
Greelis came to the United States as a child, with his parents, from
Chonfert Parish, Galway Ireland in 1838. They settled in Troy, New
York. Thomas worked in
the Waterleit Arsenal at Troy, NY during the Mexican War 1846-48.
Thomas married Margaret Ann Hart May 11, 1858 at Troy New York where
they made their home. The 1860 census listed Thomas Greelis
as owning real estate valued at $300 and having a personal estate of
$100.
Margaret
Hart was the daughter of Michael and Maria Hart. She was born in Ballymote, County Sligo Ireland on October 15,
1838 and came to America with her brothers, Henry and John in
December 1847. They joined their mother and their other three
siblings in Albany, NY who had come over to America in 1846.
Eleven
days after the firing in Fort Sumpter, S.C. (April 12, 1861), Thomas was
back working for the Government making cartridges (bucking ball
cartridges). After the war, Thomas and Margaret moved to Traer,
Iowa where he started his own coal and wood business. He was a
member of the city council and organizer of the fire department.
He was fire chief there for ten years.
He
retired from the coal and wood business in 1905 and they moved to a new
home at 52 Franklin Street, Waterloo, Iowa. Thomas and Margaret
celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on May 11, 1908. There
were eight children. However, two died as infants. Thomas
died at the age of 75 and Margaret at the age of 81. They are
buried in Calvary cemetery in Waterloo, Iowa.
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Articles:
Youngest In the
Arsenal An article on the early days of Thomas Henry Greelis
working in the U.S. Arsenal.
The following is a collection of articles on
Thomas and Margaret's 50th and 52nd wedding anniversaries.
50th
Wedding Anniversary Article #1
50th
Wedding Anniversary Article #2
50th
Wedding Anniversary Article #3
52th
Wedding Anniversary
An article from the Traer, Iowa
newspaper telling of stories from Traer's history from 1874 to
1974:
Those
Were The Days
Thomas
Henry Greelis Obituary #1
Thomas
Henry Greelis Obituary #2
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The house at
52 Franklin St. The picture was taken in 1996. This house
was built by Thomas and Margaret Greelis in about 1905.
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