James Flanagan
James was born on August 20th, 1898 in
Clarenbridge. James' father was
Martin Flanagan and his mother was
Mary Murphy. His paternal grandparents were
Patrick (Patt) Flanagan and
Bridget (Biddy) Fahy; his maternal grandparents were
James (Jim) Murphy and
Cecelia Crowe. He had eight brothers and four sisters, named
Patt,
John,
Edward,
Martin,
Thomas,
Michael,
Antony,
Michael,
Bridget,
Celia,
Mary Kate and
Norah. He was the second oldest of the thirteen children. He died due to natural causes or old age at the age of 88 on May 24th, 1987.